With this up-to-date authoritative guide you can experience all the sights & Best Of" recommendations for Icel&. You can discover hotels & restaurants trendy spots & also pick up tips on what to do on a limited budget ideas for shopping as well as suggestions for travel with kids & sport & activities. Also contains: Festivals & Events In a Nutshell Travel Tips Links Blogs Apps & More Useful Phrases in Icelandic & a comprehensive index. Iceland is a land full of contrasts surprises & secrets. In the ancient volcanic landscape you feel you've been transported back to the time when the earth was first created. The country's greatest treasure is its unique natural world & medieval sagas are part of the national cultural heritage. With MARCO POLO Iceland nature lovers can experience a veritable El Dorado. This practical guide book small enough to slip into your pocket takes you to thunderous geysers massive glaciers fascinating deserts of lava black beaches steep cliffs & breathtaking waterfalls. Become an adventurer & set off on a riding or glacier tour. Unwind in hot pots warm baths. Experience the midnight sun weaving its magic & the beguiling enchantment of the polar lights. Or go shopping in the lively mini-metropolis of Reykjavik. The Insider Tips tell you where it's good value to camp & where you can go diving between continental plates. The " Best Of" pages succinctly tell you what's unique to Iceland where there are great places for free where's nice on rainy days & where you can relax & chill out. On the " Perfect Tour" you'll get to know Iceland in all its glory. The tips on what to do on a limited budget in each chapter show how you can experience a great deal with very little money & snap up some real bargains. Get to know the cultural monuments & experience the highlands. Trips & Tours take you to glaciers & geysers through wasteland & to waterfalls. On water & on land on glaciers & on lakes: there are possibilities for outdoor activities everywhere in Icel&. You'll find the most important suggestions in the Sport & Activities chapter. The Dos & Don'ts advise you know why you should wear swimwear in the shower & why you should not mock the myths. MARCO POLO Iceland gives comprehensive coverage of all the islands regions. To help you find your way around there's a detailed road atlas with street atlas of Reykjavik inside the back cover & additional removable pull-out map." ...

Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning.

Includes:: city plan of Reykjavik. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. The map scale is 1: 750 000.


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Winner of the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award ICELIGHT is the third in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton as he navigates the treacherous uncertainties of the post-war world. For all fans of John le Carre Robert Harris Eric Ambler & Graham Greene. Confirms Aly Monroes genius for creating tension... Daily Telegraph 1947. Threadbare London endures the bleakest coldest winter for decades. Food rationing is worse than during the war. Coal supplies run out. The Thames freezes over. Against a background of black ice blackouts & the black market agent Peter Cotton is seconded to Operation Sea-snake. MI5 is in the grip of civil war; MI6 is riddled with traitors. Unsure who to trust
- or even who is pulling the strings
- Cotton ever the outsider must protect an atomic scientist caught up in a vicious homophobic witch-hunt limit the damage caused by a bully-boy MP rely on a rent-boy informer & despite the murderous attentions of a couple of Glasgow razor boys embark on a ruthless hunt of his own.

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The elite police officers secretly launching Scotlands biggest ever offensive against organised crime had only one target. His name was Jamie Stevenson but he was known as The Iceman the biggest drugs trafficker the country has ever seen. Suspected of a string of murders
- including the gangland assassination of his best friend
- Stevensons decade-long rise was built on ruthless ambition strategic cunning & calculated brutal violence. It left him at the head of one of Europes biggest smuggling operations pouring tons of drugs & guns onto the streets of Scotl&. The Iceman" tells the astonishing story of Stevensons rise & fall offering a unique & explosive insight into Operation Folklore the unprecedented four-year investigation that ended in his arrest. It lays bare the blood-soaked business of Scotlands most powerful crime lord & for the first time exposes how he made
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- his dirty millions."



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Top Mafia hit man. Doting father. For 30 years Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour & he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity never disappointing his customers. For an additional price he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate he killed over 200 men taking enormous pride in his cunning & the ferocity of his technique. The Iceman is a blood-chilling insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers. ...

The fifth action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy adventure & high-kicking heroines! Very few people ever enter the Shadow Woods for these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is the Gateway to the Shadow Realm -- a dark & chaotic world where all kinds of gruesome creatures live! On her tenth birthday tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of the magical gateway & that her destiny is to protect the human world from the goblins trolls & evil sprites that inhabit the Shadow Woods. Each book sees Sophie having to outwit weird & terrifying creatures from the Shadow Woods & in this fifth action-packed adventure it's the turn of the nasty Icicle Imps! This Shadow Creature may look like a fluffy snowball on legs but Sophie quickly learns that appearances can be deceptive Stand between them & a Shadow gem & watch the Imps turn into mini-monsters with razor sharp fangs & teardrops that turn into daggers of ice! When the Imps run amok at Sophie's town's summer fete Sophie has to think on her feet & stretch her Guardian powers to the limit. ...

Welcome to the world of baking & decorating! Whether you've never picked up a cookie cutter or a piping nozzle before or you're an experienced baker this book will show you how easy it is to transform a humble cake cupcake biscuit cake pop macaron or other baked treat into a stunning creation. Juliet Stallwood runs a bakery specialising in decorated goodies & is renowned for her unique & imaginative designs. For the first time she is sharing her secrets in a book. In Chapter One of The Icing on the Cake ' Decorate to Indulge' you'll find recipes for sweet comforts such as Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes & Raspberry Dust Macarons. Chapter Two ' Decorate for Love' revels in the art of romance including wonderful wedding favours like Kissing Birds Biscuits & a Heart Chocolate Box Cake for your Valentine. Chapter Three ' Decorate to Celebrate' gives you recipes for birthday parties baby showers & festive occasions including teddy bear & rabbit cupcakes & a Gingerbread House. The book finishes with a flourish in Chapter Four ' Decorate to Impress' which is full of extravagant show-off pieces like the Ivory Corsage Wedding Cake & Magnificent Mini Cakes. There are over 50 gorgeous recipes that are completely do-able all with practical information & clear instructions. Plus in Chapter Five you'll find all of Juliet's ' Best-Kept Secrets' from tools & equipment to techniques & downloadable templates making this a must-have book. ...

Everyone knows where snot comes from but whys it there & whats it for? Dig deep (inside this book of course!) & discover all the fantastic facts about breathing blood & bogeys. This irreverent pop-up guide is a fascinatingly fun read for any child. Its a fantastic companion for anyone studying science at Key Stage 1 & 2
- where children are taught about respiration & how blood circulates round the body.
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One day Mr Rabbit finds a smooth speckly perfect thing in the woods & takes it back to his neat tidy burrow. But this perfect thing is not quite what he thinks... Suddenly CRACK! out hatches an icky sticky duckling! Mr Rabbit does not want something icky & sticky in his lovely burrow but the little duckling has other ideas... ...

It is 1999 & Russia is on the edge of total implosion. Social & moral order has collapsed & what small semblance of control there is is being imposed by mafia-like criminal gangs. While public opinion in the West is largely indifferent the political analysts are less sanguine
- Russian meltdown will make the disintegration of the Balkans look like the collapse of a cup-cake. Out of the chaos however a single charismatic voice is starting to be heard
- that of Igor Komarov a visionary patriot who claims he can restore Russia's greatness & bring prosperity to the masses. He even woos Western political leaders with a rather more realistic analysis of the way forward for Russia. Komarov is set to win the next election when a document is smuggled into the British Embassy in Moscow. It's called The Black Manifesto & it appears to show Komarov's secret agenda
- his political blueprint is really Mein Kampf the rebirth of Russia will be as a New Third Reich with Komarov as Fuhrer. But can the document be authenticated? & what can the Western Alliance's most secret Trilateral Commission do about it if it is? They need to find another voice the masses will listen to & obey rather than Komarov
- an icon they can cleave to & trust. Once not that long ago he was called the Tsar. & so develops a thrilling & increasingly frightening adventure
- Jason Monk ex-CIA who used to run agents into the Soviet Union is recruited & slips back into Russia into the desperate Moscow world of poverty luxury gangsters & prostitutes & underneath it all the titanic power struggle to ensure the outcome of the forthcoming elections.




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