SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008. An epic chronicle of the last twenty years of British life from the Booker shortlisted & Granta Best of Young British novelist Philip Hensher. Beginning in 1974 & ending with the fading of Thatchers government in 1996 The Northern Clemency is Philip Henshers epic portrait of an entire era a novel concerned with the lives of ordinary people & history on the move. Set in Sheffield it charts the relationship between two families: Malcolm & Katherine Glover & their three children; & their neighbours the Sellers family newly arrived from London so that Bernie can pursue his job with the Electricity Board. The day the Sellers move in there is a crisis across the road: Malcolm Glover has left home convinced his wife is having an affair. The consequences of this rupture will spread throughout the lives of both couples & their children in particular ten-year-old Tim Glover who never quite recovers from a moment of his mothers public cruelty & the amused taunting of fifteen-year-old Sandra Sellers childhood crises that will come to a head twenty years later. In the background England is changing: from a manufacturing- & industrial-based economy into a new world of shops restaurants & service industries a shift particularly marked in the North with the miners strike of 1984 which has a dramatic impact on both families. Inspired by the expansive scale & webs of relationships of the great nineteenth-century Russian novels The Northern Clemency shows Philip Hensher to be one of our greatest chroniclers of English life. ...

The Northern Crusades inspired by the Popes call for a Holy War are less celebrated than those in the Middle East but they were also more successful: vast new territories became & remain Christian such as Finland Estonia & Prussia. Newly revised in the light of the recent developments in Baltic & Northern medieval research this authoritative overview provides a balanced & compelling account of a tumultuous era. ...

From the Mersey to the Solway & the Isle of Man in the West & the Humber to Berwick in the east up north is described to us in the authors own inimitable style. Industrial areas & the wilder landscapes are described with the same care & attention to detail. The result is a wealth of varied sea kayaking voyages to suit all tastes & abilities from easy sheltered paddles to testing offshore passages & everything in between. In addition to the usual important information needed to plan a trip recommended cafes pubs & chip shops are strategically located to provide sustenance at the end of your trip. Detailed tidal information also allows the book to serve as a valuable inshore pilot for water users such as anglers windsurfers & sailors. Jim started paddling in any old kayak he could muster during the school holidays. He has since paddled (and swum) many of the exciting white water rivers of England Scotland & Wales as well as many of those in the French Alps. A passion for sea kayaking combined with an interest in writing & photography brought about the first comprehensive guidebook to the Welsh coast for sea kayakers. His first publication (Welsh Sea Kayaking" co-authored by Andy Biggs) is a great success & has already gone to a reprint." ...

The Northern Fells include the rolling Caldbeck & Uldale Fells
- serene & restful a perfect sanctuary for birds & animals & fell-walkers
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A Lakeland Fellranger walking guide by Mark Richards exploring 23 summits in the Northern Fells of the Lake District including a wide range of walks old & new between Keswick to the south & Caldbeck to the north. Among the summits featured are the massifs of Skiddaw & Blencathra & the peace of the more modest fells of High Pike Great Cockup & Carrock Fell further north. Author Mark Richards combines his passion for the Lake District & artistic flair with all the information the experienced walker needs to explore & enjoy the Western Fells. For each of the 23 hills covered this guide offers a dedicated chapter with full descriptions of a range of both undiscovered & time-honoured routes full-colour Harvey maps & clear elevation diagrams detailed summit panoramas & plenty of inspiring photographs. This guide is the seventh to be published in Cicerones 8-volume Lakeland Fellranger series which provides a comprehensive new guide to the fells of the English Lake District with a selection of new routes up more than 230 hills. ...

From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict
- Catholic against Protestant & Republican against Unionist. Marc Mulholland explores the pivotal moments in Northern Irish history
- the rise of republicanism in the 1800s Home Rule & the civil rights movement the growth of Sinn Fein & the provisional IRA & of the opposition the DUP led by Dr. Ian Paisley. His detailed examination of the violent upheaval of the last century epitomized by the killing of 13 civilian demonstrators on Bloody Sunday culminates in the controversy surrounding the current ongoing peace process. Over 300 years on the question still remains: can two identities & national allegiances be accommodated in the same state without oppression rebellion or violence?

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The conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969 has cost over 3 600 lives & about 100 000 people in Northern Ireland live in a household where someone has been injured in a troubles-related incident. This has been a key issue in British & Irish politics & the recent peace process in Northern Ireland & the current War on Terrorism has stimulated international involvement & a desire to learn the lessons of the troubles. Although Northern Ireland has a population of just 1.5 million people it is one of the most researched territories of the world. There is considerable controversy over the interpretation of the history of Northern Ireland not least since 1969. This new addition to the Seminar Studies in History Series provides a comprehensive introduction to the difficult topic reviewing different perspectives on the recent history of the conflict in Northern Ireland while at the same time providing an authoritative overview. Each book in the Seminar Studies in History series provides a concise & reliable introduction to complex events & debates. Written by acknowledged experts & supported by extracts from historical Documents a Chronology Glossary Whos Who of key figures & Guide to Further Reading Seminar Studies in History are the essential guides to understanding a topic. ...

Their relative isolation stunning scenery & Norse history make Orkney & Shetland a very special place. For the sea kayaker ...

When Lyras friend Roger disappears she & her daemon Pantalaimon set out to find him. They travel to the ice kingdoms of the North where armored bears rule & witch-queens fly through frozen skies. Lyra possesses a device that will aid their quest
- if she can decipher its mysterious messages. But it knows terrifying secrets about their journey & the dangers that await them in worlds far beyond their own.
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Without this child we shall all die". Lyra Belacqua & her animal daemon live half-wild & carefree among scholars of Jordan College Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic where witch-clans reign & ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world..." ...