In this reissue of his popular travel text H.V. Morton goes in search of Wales & finds equal delight in climbing Snowdon & going down a coal mine. Bustling with local stories & characters this account reaches from the scenic north to the domestic beauty of the industrial south. ...

This is the account of Thubron's 15 000-mile journey through an astonishing country
- one twelfth of the land surface of the whole
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The true story of an A&E doctor that became a huge word-of-mouth hit
- now revised & updated. Forget what you have seen on Casualty
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Derek Dougan was a flamboyant striker who scored more than 200 League goals & as players union chief & club administrator was involved in some of professional footballs most significant developments of the past 40 years. With unprecedented access to family members David Tossell retraces the steps of his life through an exhaustive series of interviews with teammates opponents friends & family offering the definitive portrait of one footballs most complex & controversial figures. ...

In spring 1956 Deborah Duchess of Devonshire
- youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters
- invited the writer & war hero

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My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 & its popular stories & bright illustrations have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books big books sticker & activity books. 12 key Bible stories have now been made available as great value little paperbacks offering a smart way of collecting multiple books for use in groups & classes for award-giving or for anyone wanting a pocket-money gift. The series
Includes:: In the Beginning; Noah & the Ark; Moses & his Sister; Brave David; Jonah & the Whale; Daniel & the Lions; Baby Jesus; Jesus & the Storm; The Good Samaritan; The Lost Sheep; Our Father; & The Easter Story.
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Winter 1919. Two months after the Armistice that ended the Great War & life in Londons East End is slowly returning to normal. But for 25-year-old Birdie Connor the battle is only just beginning. Frank Birdies older brother has been sent to prison for deserting his army post whilst fighting in Belgium & the shame heaped on the Connor family by their neighbours is unrelenting. Wilfred Birdies widowed father has disowned Frank & vows that he will never set eyes on his son again but Birdie cannot believe that her brother is guilty So when Frank escapes from prison & comes to find Birdie in secret she promises to help him & is determined to prove his innocence. But little does she realise that she is exposing herself to danger as Frank gets himself deeper & deeper into trouble with the so-called friends he met in prison. Helped by the Connors lodger the handsome Harry Chambers will Birdie be able to find the proof that Frank needs in time to reconcile him to their frail father before it is too late? & can she build a future to keep herself & her younger brother Patrick safe? ...

The last survivor of the end days of Hitlers bunker tells his story publicly for the first time. Von Loringhoven was aide-de-camp to Hitlers last two chiefs of staff Guderian & Krebs & the link between the armies at the fronts & Hitler in his Berlin bunker. For the last nine months of the Third Reich he was present at the daily military briefings between Hitler & Marshals Keital & Goring General Jodl & Admiral Donitz along with Goebbels Bormann Ribbentrop Himmler & Fegelein. Von Lorninghoven was witness to the ever-growing gap between the reality of reports outside the bunker & Hitlers misunderstanding of the calamity that was encircling the regime. As the Third Reich spiralled downwards he watched & recorded Hitlers catastrophic strategic mistakes & the paralysis in which he held his generals. Hitlers reason was twisted by his need for vengeance after the assissination attempt; he was searching for an impossible theatrical victory from an empire in total ruin. The final week of the regime saw Loringhoven living wholly in the bunker watching the deteriorating relations among the inmates military & civilian as the atmosphere poisoned to an inevitable end. When radio-telephone communications finally broke down on 29 April he escaped the bunker
- amazingly with Hitlers blessing
- crossed the Russian lines & was picked up & taken prisoner by the Americans. He was released in January 1948.

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Precious Ramotswe that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build' is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortunately her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van & a bicycle & by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant Mma Makutsi & one of the apprentices at the garage. This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz. How can he be rescued from his folly? & as for Mma Makutsi she has found a dancing class & a man who may not be able to dance very well but who admires her greatly. & all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea & of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky... ...

From the cave walls at Lascaux to the last painting by Van Gogh from the works of Shakespeare to those of Mark Twain there is clear evidence that crows & ravens influence human culture. Yet this influence is not unidirectional say the authors of this fascinating book: people profoundly influence crow culture ecology & evolution as well. John Marzluff & Tony Angell examine the often surprising ways that crows & humans interact. The authors contend that those interactions reflect a process of cultural coevolution. They offer a challenging new view of the human-crow dynamic a view that may change our thinking not only about crows but also about ourselves. Featuring more than 100 original drawings the book takes a close look at the influences people have had on the lives of crows throughout history & at the significant ways crows have altered human lives. In the Company of Crows & Ravens" illuminates the entwined histories of crows & people & concludes with an intriguing discussion of the crow-human relationship & how our attitudes toward crows may affect our cultural trajectory." ...