THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful & treacherous Brigid OShaughnessy & when Spades partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursbys trail Spade finds himself both hunter & hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird a treasure worth killing for before the Fat Man finds him? ...

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. ...

Mama Panya is alarmed at the market when her son Adika invites all of their friends to come over for pancakes. However will she feed them all? This clever & heart-warming story about village life teaches children the benefits of sharing as well as introducing simple Swahili phrases. ...

In 1989 driven by a dream & the memory of her own past Christina Noble travelled 6 000 miles to Vietnam a country of great beauty where the terrible legacy of war is still being felt. Against extraordinary odds she opened the Christina Noble Childrens Foundation providing medical aid & schooling. Through this foundation the street children could find safety & new beginnings under the protection of Mama Tina. In this vivid & moving book Christinas story continues with the amazing tale of what she & her foundation have achieved. She takes us from the streets of Saigon to the childrens prisons of Mongolia. Finally she returns to Dublin where she is greeted by the president of Ireland herself. A staunch campaigner for childrens rights for Christina there are no frontiers only a world filled with children reaching out. ...

Deep in Marxist Guerilla territory a hopeless war is being fought. The Berlin Wall is demolished. Marx is dead. Try telling that to Ramon & his desperate men hiding in the jungle cradling their AK 47s dusting off the slabs of Semtex & dreaming of world revolution. MAMista takes us to the dusty violent capital of Spanish Guiana in South America & thence into the depths of the rain forest; the heart of darkness itself. There four people become caught up in a struggle both political & personal a struggle corrupted by ironies & deceits & riddled with the accidents of war. They are four people who never should have found themselves bound together in a mission for revolution. Ralph Lucas the Australian doctor came to the jungle on charitable business strictly civilian. Tending frontline casualties of war with too few medical supplies & only a beautiful but untrained woman by his side was not on the agenda. Gerald Singer tough black warrior with an indomitable sense of humour was already in guerrilla territory. He can take it. Up to a point. Angel Paz part charming youngster part violent hoodlum has theories about everything. His arrogance will set in motion the last terrible endgame. But it is Inez who will suffer the most; for being a woman an educated woman. At guerrilla headquarters she was Ramons right-h&. In the jungle she is the butt of mens jokes & the subject of their fantasies. For the men in Washington this MAMista patrol is just one short entry in a busy worldwide agenda. But for the three men & one woman trapped in the jungle of our nightmares it is the sentence of death. Never has Deighton portrayed so accurately the terror & the tedium of war or the shifting alliances & betrayals between people who have nothing to lose but their lives. This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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This is unputdownable short erotic fiction from the most outstanding writers in the field. Once again Maxim Jakubowski has put together a masterful selection of over 40 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world. From both acclaimed writers & exceptional newcomers this is powerful erotica which explores the full range of human sensual & sexual experience. Praise for previous editions: ' The overall standard is impressively high'
- Desire". ' Few publications will boast as many climaxes'
- " Observer"."

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This is an unputdownable short erotic fiction from the most outstanding writers in the field. Once again Maxim Jakubowski has put together a masterful selection of over 40 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world. From both acclaimed writers & exceptional newcomers this is powerful erotica which explores the full range of human sensual & sexual experience. ...

This is the years best & darkest tales of terror showcasing the most outstanding new short stories & novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre & exciting newcomers. As ever this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; & a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan & writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" remains the worlds leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction." ...

These are the years best & darkest tales of terror showcasing the most outstanding new short stories by both contemporary masters of the macabre & exciting newcomers. As ever this acclaimed anthology also offers a comprehensive overview of the year in horror a necrology of recently deceased luminaries & a list of indispensable addresses horror fans & writers. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" remains the worlds leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction." ...