In the 1920s the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals Ackerley recorded the Maharajahs fantastically eccentric habits & riddling conversations & the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate & very funny account of an exceedingly strange place & one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature." ...

Hinduism is practised by eighty per cent of Indias population & by thirty million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction Kim Knott combines a succinct & authoritative overview of a major religion with an analysis of the challenges facing it in the twentieth century. She discusses key preoccupations of Hinduism such as the centrality of the Veda as religious texts the role of brahmins gurus & storytellers in the transmission of divine truths & the importance of epics such as the Ramayana. Issues such as the place of women & dalits (untouchables) in contemporary society are also addressed making this book stimulating reading for Hindus & non-Hindus alike. ...

Winston Churchills six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid dramatic remarkable both for its breadth & sweep & for its sense of personal involvement it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction & is an enduring compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The Hinge of Fate describes how the tide of the war gradually turned for Britain & its allies from constant defeat to almost unbroken successes Japans successful assault on the Pacific Britains attempts to aid a beleaguered Russia & the defeat of Rommel at the Battle of Alamein. ...

Failed Shadowknight Tylar witnessed the death of a god whose blood healed his deformities but branded him a Godslayer & a hunted criminal. In this second volume of the trilogy Tylar's struggle for the truth is vindicated when he is officially reinstated as a Shadowknight. Yet this is a trap revealed as Naethyn forces flow from the Ice Eyrie to wage a deadly siege trapping Tylar & his friends. But even Tylar's skill & magic cannot save the Citadel of Tashijan ancient Shadowknight headquarters for something foul lies at the heart of their Order. The Cabal has infiltrated the inner council & Tylar & his allies must flee for now there can be no refuge from evil. ...

Theres chaos in the clothes shop when the animals go on a glorious shopping spree. Zebras zip is stuck & Toads tracksuit is far too big but Flamingo finds a stylish bag & Caterpillars shoes are really cool. Youve never seen a fashion show like it! ...

Illustrated stories cover four important feelings (happiness sadness fear & anger) with a gentle & sweet approach. A happy hippo an angry tiger a sad zebra & a scared elephant allow young children to understand & learn to cope with these emotions. ...

Ages 5 to 10 years. A new edition to the dictionary series that gives children a fun first taste of a foreign language.



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Ted Wallace is an old sour womanising cantankerous whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet & drama critic but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper months behind on his alimony payments & disgusted with a world that undervalues him Ted seeks a few months repose & free drink at Swafford Hall the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted... ...

Hippopotamus had a spotamus.. .on her bottomus! Its Measles!" said Weasel. " Its Hippopox!" said Fox. " Its Jungle Fever!" said Beaver. But in the end the spotamus turned out to be something hilariously unexpected." ...

Was Jesus a Freemason? The discovery of evidence of the most secret rites of Freemasonry in an ancient Egyptian tomb led authors Chris Knight & Bob Lomas into an extraordinary investigation of 4 000 years of history. This astonishing bestseller raises questions that have challenged some of Western civilisations most cherished beliefs: Were scrolls bearing the secret teachings of Jesus buried beneath Herods Temple shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans? Did the Knights Templar the forerunners of modern Freemasonry excavate these scrolls in the twelfth century? & were these scrolls subsequently buried underneath a reconstruction of Herods Temple Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland
- where they are now awaiting excavation? The authors discoveries shed a new light on Masonic ceremony & overturn our understanding of history.
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