Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love & knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories & little-known trivia. Featuring nautical facts & feats including superstitions at sea the history of animals on the waves
- until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships
- & how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy it is packed with informative tales. Focusing on the glory days of tall ships he explores marine myths & unearths the truth behind commonly held beliefs about the sea such as whether Lord Nelson's body was really pickled in rum to transport it back to England after his death at Trafalgar. Interspersed throughout are salty sayings showing the modern words & phrases that originate from the mariners of old
- 'cut of his jib' 'high & dry' 'the coast is clear' 'first rate' & 'slush fund'. Accompanied by nostalgic black & white line drawings Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany" is a charming giftbook guaranteed to appeal to the sailing enthusiast but also amuse & inform even the staunchest landlubber."


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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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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Stolen" is the number one bestseller from Lesley Pearse. A beautiful young woman is discovered half-drowned on a Sussex beach... Where has she come from? Why cant she remember who she is
- or what happened? Shes wearing an old-fashioned dress & her hair has been hacked off. Shes obviously been bound by the wrists & ankles. But without knowing her own name or who did this to her she cant begin to piece together who she is & what led her to this unfamiliar place. The police are baffled but when the doctors examine her they make a shocking discovery: she has recently given birth. Who on earth is she? & where is her baby? " Stolen" is a riveting nail-biting story of a young woman desperately trying to recover her past & make sense of the woman she used to be. Lesley Pearse author of the UK & international best-sellers "A Lesser Evil" & " Remember Me" tells a powerful & moving story of identity & self-discovery in her thrilling number one best-seller " Stolen". Fans of Susan Lewis will love Lesley Pearse. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie" " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."
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In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in Cyprus. Not knowing what lay ahead the Irish mother tricked her ex-husband into believing she still loved him & wanted them to live together as a family purely so that she could see her kidnapped child again. Once in his homeland Louise too was held captive locked inside a run-down house day & night with little food & no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water severely beaten by her ex-husband & abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her she took her little girl & made a daring escape. The journey they made through bomb attacks & sniper fire & across a heavily patrolled mountain range in the dead of night led by illegal people-smugglers was a harrowing ordeal. Yet miraculously they both survived & Stolen is Louise's breathtaking account of events. ...

A taut sensual thriller that grips from the first page. Elena Michaels is at once sublime & sympathetic a modern heroine who shows that real women bite back Karin Slaughter Elena Michaels is a wanted woman. Ten years ago she was transformed into a werewolf by her lover. Her transformation makes her powerful. But in the wrong hands it also makes her deadly. & now just as shes coming to terms with it all a group of scientists learns of her existence. Theyre hunting her down & Elena is about to run straight into their trap. But they havent reckoned on Elenas adoptive family her Pack who will stop at nothing to get her back. They havent reckoned on Elena either. & thats a very big mistake.. . ...

Lucy Winters' parents have always been there for her. Loving gentle & kind they have given her everything she could have wished for. Now estranged from her husband she has moved to the country to take over their thriving auction business. The moment she begins to prepare for her first sale she knows she's made the right decision. & she dares to hope that at last she is living the life she has always dreamed of. But then quite suddenly her world is thrown into turmoil. She discovers a shocking truth one that forces her to question everything she has ever known. & it becomes frighteningly possible that the very people who should have protected her are the ones who have betrayed her in the most devastating of ways. Can she ever forgive them? Can they ever forgive themselves...? ...

In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in Cyprus. Not knowing what lay ahead the Irish mother tricked her ex-husband into believing she still loved him & wanted them to live together as a family purely so that she could see her kidnapped child again. Once in his homeland Louise too was held captive locked inside a run-down house day & night with little food & no hope of being released. Sick from polluted water severely beaten by her ex-husband & abandoned by the Turkish men paid to rescue her she took her little girl & made a daring escape. The journey they made through bomb attacks & sniper fire & across a heavily patrolled mountain range in the dead of night led by illegal people-smugglers was a harrowing ordeal. Yet miraculously they both survived & Stolen" is Louise's breathtaking account of events." ...

A missing child. A mother destroyed. A life stolen. When Abby Henshaw is brutally attacked by two strangers who dump her at the side of a remote country road her first thought is for the safety of her baby daughter Beth. But what follows is a mother's worst nightmare: Beth is gone & Abby's world collapses around her. As the world-weary DI Michael Gardner investigates Abby & her family he discovers lives built on secrets & betrayal. Under pressure from his bosses to find the missing child & unearth the truth Gardner finds himself struggling to stay emotionally removed from the case & from Abby herself. After the authorities finally shelve their investigation Abby receives an elusive message telling her where she can find her daughter. But how can she convince those around her that the girl really is Beth when they are the very people she knows the least? A gripping & haunting debut Stolen is a richly imagined psychological thriller from an exciting new talent in crime writing. ...