Thomas is desperate to join 'the players' he'll do anything to watch them perform even skip school & risk a caning. But when Thomas' rule breaking gets him in trouble with more than just his school master he has to flee his home & make his way to London. Here he meets his hero Shakespeare & his players. But behind the excitement of the theatres is a grimy world of deception poison & treason. Will Thomas manage to uncover the plot in time? & will he manage to save Shakespeare from a fate worse than death? ...

The definitive guide to the origin of J.R.R. Tolkiens books from The Hobbit to The History of Middle-earth series --



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A bestseller in England & celebrated as one of the great memoirs in many years The Road to Nab End is a marvelously evocative account of growing up poor in a British mill town. From William Woodruff's birth in 1916 (in the carding room of a cotton mill) until he ran away to London at the age of sixteen he lived in the heart of Blackburn's weaving community in the north of Engl&. But after Lancashire's supremacy in cotton textiles ended with the crash of 1920 his father was thrown out of work. From then on Billy & his family faced a life blighted by extreme poverty. For the ordinary families of Lancashire unemployment was an ever-present fear: If you worked you ate. If there was no work you went hungry." Billy's boyhood was not all misery. Working-class pride & culture made for tight family & neighborhood bonds & added savor to the smallest pleasures in life. Mr. Woodruff writes with an understated lyricism & an eye for telling details that effortlessly pulls us into another time & place." ...

Still a legend in his own lifetime the Hawk hero or anti-hero of THE ROAD TO GANDOLFO is back irrepressibly maddening a $500 million caper up his sleeve. Worshipped by the men he once led into battle General Mac Kenzie Hawkins is now in his sixties & shows no sign of retiring from the intrigue & politicking which is his lifeblood. Now he's planning to take on the Government. From the Oval Office to the Pentagon the President's men do all they can to stop him before he threatens national security. ...

A real-life adventure that inspired countless travellers in fact & fiction the Penguin Classics" edition of Robert Byrons " The Road to Oxiana"

Includes:: an introduction by Colin Thubron. In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut Jerusalem Baghdad & Teheran to Oxiana
- the country of the Oxus the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan & the Soviet Union. " The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers. Robert Byron (1905-41) was born in 1905 & educated at Eton & Merton College Oxford. He died during the Second World War when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath. Byrons " The Road to Oxiana" is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing. If you enjoyed " The Road to Oxiana" you might like Charles Darwins " The Voyage of the Beagle" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The greatest of all pre-war travel books". (William Dalrymple). " What " Ulysses" is to the novel between the wars & what " The Waste Land" is to poetry " The Road to Oxiana" is to the travel book". (Paul Fussell). " In any list of the great travel books of the 20th century Robert Byrons account of his travels in Persia & Afghanistan " The Road to Oxiana" must be put somewhere near the very top". (" Telegraph")."


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Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world Romulus & Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome Romulus twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life loved by Brutus but wooed by Marcus Antonius his deadly enemy. Soon after Romulus fights at Zela the vicious battle where Caesar famously said Veni vidi vici. Tarquinius separated from Romulus in the chaos of war hides in Alexandria searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both. From the battlefields of Asia Minor & North Africa to the lawless streets of Rome & the gladiator arena they face death daily until on the Ides of March the twins are reunited & must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny. ...

Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux & refined dining. Ten thousand miles later his family's been attacked by a donkey had a run-in with a death-cult & after a near drowning & a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy his own marriage is in jeopardy. A combination of obsessions about mosquitoes French gravel & vegetable theme parks mean it's a bumpy ride as Ben takes a stand against tyrannical French pool attendants finds himself running with the bulls in Pamplona & almost starring in a snuff movie after a near fatal decision to climb into a millionaire's Chevrolet Blazer. Funny & poignant Road to Rouen asks important questions about life marriage & whether it's ever acceptable to tape baguette to your children's legs to smuggle lunch into Disneyland Paris. ...

The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century it has inspired politicians & thinkers around the world & has had a crucial impact on our political & cultural history. With trademark brilliance Hayek argues convincingly that while socialist ideals may be tempting they cannot be accomplished except by means that few would approve of. Addressing economics fascism history socialism & the Holocaust Hayek unwraps the trappings of socialist ideology. He reveals to the world that little can result from such ideas except oppression & tyranny. Today more than fifty years on Hayeks warnings are just as valid as when The Road to Serfdom was first published. ...

A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to the Dales". Gervase tells of a life full of happiness conversation music & books shared with his three siblings mother & father. This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s
- reminisce with Gervase & share in his personal journey
- of school days & holidays as well as his tentative steps into the adult world. Devour numerous uproarious stories including the incident involving a broken greenhouse crashing his brothers newly restored bike as well as secrets about his first dates adventures at summer camp family trips to Blackpool & many other captivating tales. With a wicked ear for the comical & a sharp eye for detail " Road to the Dales" visits poignant moments significant events & precious memories from a boy called Gervase Phinn. Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of childrens charities & organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include " The Other Side of the Dale" " Over Hill & Dale" " Head Over Heels in the Dales" " The Heart of the Dales " " Up & Down in the Dales" & " Trouble at the Little Village School"."

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Road to Valour is the inspiring against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history & continues to hold the record for the longest time-span between victories. Yet what ensured his permanent place in Italian hearts & minds were his actions in between when he secretly aided the Italian Resistance during World War II. Aili & Andres Mc Connon chronicle Bartalis journey starting in impoverished rural Tuscany where a scrawny mischievous boy painstakingly saves his money to buy a bicycle & before long is racking up wins throughout the country. At the age of 24 he stuns the world by winning the Tour de France becoming an international sports icon in the process. But Mussolinis Fascists hijack his victory for propaganda purposes derailing Bartalis career & as the Nazis occupy Italy Bartali undertakes dangerous missions to help those being targeted. He shelters a family of Jews in an apartment he financed with his cycling winnings & is able to smuggle counterfeit identity documents hidden in his bicycle past Nazi checkpoints under the guise of being a national hero in training. After the gruelling wartime years Bartali fights to rebuild his career as Italy emerges from the rubble. Despite numerous setbacks & a legendary snowstorm in the Alps the chain-smoking Chianti-loving 34-year-old underdog comes back & wins the most difficult endurance competition on earth
- the Tour de France. Bartalis inspiring performance helps unite his fractured homeland & restore pride & spirit to a country still reeling from war & despair. Based on nearly ten years of research in Italy France & Israel including interviews with Bartalis family former teammates a Holocaust survivor Bartali saved & many others this is the first book ever written about Bartali in English & the only book written in any language to fully explore the scope of Bartalis wartime work. Road to Valour is the breathtaking account of one mans unsung heroism & his resilience in the face of adversity. An epic tale of courage comeback & redemption it is the untold story of one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century.
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