Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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This fine map in the excellent Ocean Explorer" series covers the Falkland Islands region. Produced in the same format as the previous maps in the series one side provides a detailed map of the islands with key areas identified while the other side presents information of the areas wildlife geography & history along with providing a town plan to Stanley." ...

At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment's assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun it falls to Sergeant Ian Mc Kay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together Ian Mc Kay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only Ian Mc Kay is left charging on alone towards the Argentine gun & a place in history. His was the final act of a man who lived breathed & was shaped by the Parachute Regiment: an act which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross. This is the story of Ian Mc Kay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century. ...

In 1982 Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands
- ownership of which had been disputed with
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When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive. Meanwhile his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. & when James does get home he finds that his nightmare is just beginning.. .CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. ...

What would you do if the man you love was accused of murder? Bad things never happen to Charlotte. Shes living the life shes always wanted & about to marry wealthy banker Dan. But Dans been hiding a secret & the pressure is pushing him over the edge. After hes arrested for the vicious killing of a nightclub owner Charlottes future is shattered. Then she opens her door to Keisha an angry & frustrated stranger with a story to tell. Convinced of Dans innocence Charlotte must fight for him
- even if it means destroying her perfect life. But what Keisha knows threatens everyone she loves & puts her own life in danger. DC Matthew Hegarty is riding high on the success of Dans arrest. But hes finding it difficult to ignore his growing doubts as well as the beautiful & vulnerable Charlotte. Can he really risk it all for whats right? Three stories. One truth. They all need to brace themselves for the fall.
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It is not natural" for human beings to kill each other for men to oppress women parents to oppress children for individuals or nations to accumulate massive wealth & power to abuse nature to even despise our own bodies & feel guilty for experiencing natural desires. The roots of our current malaise lie in an "ego-explosion" that happened several thousand years BC. " Primitive" pre-civilization men & women lived longer healthier happier & more productive & fulfilled lives than we do. We need to learn from their approach to life rather than dismiss it. This is the revolutionary thesis of this well-researched highly praised volume overturning the accepted wisdom of the last few centuries." ...

The tension-filled sequel to The Strain from the world-famous director whose films include Pan's Labyrinth & Hellboy. We survivors are bloodied we are broken we are defeated. But we are not turned. We are not Them. Not yet. The virus unleashed on New York City has taken over. Amid the chaos Dr Ephraim Goodweather leads a small team struggling against the bloodthirsty victims but fears it may already be too late. Their condition is contagious & is spreading across the country. Soon the entire world will fall. Though Eph understands the threat better than anyone he is powerless to protect his son Zack. Now corrupted by the deadly strain Zack's mother Kelly stalks the city awaiting the chance to reclaim her flesh & blood. Guided by Abraham Setrakian the brilliant professor & Holocaust survivor Eph & his team must fight off the great terror ahead. The ultimate plan in store for them & what remains of the human race is far more terrible than anyone can imagine
- a fate even worse than total annihilation.
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The much-anticipated latest novel from David Nobbs is the spiritual follow-up to The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin & is as witty as it is prescient. When revelations about the scandalous relationships & less than honest business practices of Sir Gordon Coppinger
- infamous financier & devotee of excess
- are made public the glamorous facade of his London life begins to crumble & those around him fear the worst. But much to Sir Gordons surprise all he can feel is relief. In this brilliant & funny examination of modern British values where success is governed by the principles of wealth & celebrity & driven by the insatiable desire to attain more & more we meet the perfect anti-hero: Gordon Coppinger a man going quietly sane.

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' This is a high-profile death with several possible explanations. Which can be summarized as jumped fell or pushed.' Adam Blaine returns to Martha's Vineyard out of duty rather than grief after his father
- bestselling author & celebrated human rights activist Benjamin Blaine
- falls to his death. Having been estranged from his father for ten years Adam is surprised to discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especially as the will disinherits Adam's family leaving their wealth & home to Ben's recent lover young actress Carla Pacelli. Adam's mission
- to undo the will & protect his blood whether innocent or guilty from criminal charges
- forces him to confront his own past & pulls him into a labyrinth of lies deception & betrayal...



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