Ten years ago The Bonfire of the Vanities" defined an era
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Mark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy he is in fact the man behind the massively popular www.seat 61.com website which offers invaluable advice on worldwide train travel. This book is the essential guide for anyone who wishes to travel to Europe & beyond by train. Packed with insider knowledge & top tips it offers advice on everything from the quickest routes & the cheapest fares to the best weekends away; travelling with children & changing trains; timetables & maps; essential items to travel with; & everything in between. More & more people are choosing to avoid air travel & seek alternatives & this is the only book they need to plan those journeys. ...

Mark Smith is the Man in Seat Sixty-One. Although this might make him sound like a fictional spy he is in fact the man behind the massively popular seat 61.com website which offers invaluable advice on worldwide train travel. Following on from the success of The Man in Seat 61" which took travellers around Europe by train this book covers international train travel around Africa Asia the Americas & Australasia. Focusing on affordable international travel by scheduled trains not just deluxe tourist services this book is packed with insider knowledge & top tips on the best routes & cheapest fares; travelling with children & changing trains; timetables & maps; essential items to travel with; & everything in between. More & more people are choosing to avoid air travel & seek alternatives & this is the only book they need for environmentally friendly journeys around the world." ...

A young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station & finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa! Pretty young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact adventure comes looking for her -- & finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man reeking of mothballs loses his balance & is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? & why did he race off leaving a cryptic message behind: 17-122 Kilmorden Castle? ...

A dazzling speculative novel of counterfactual history from one of Americas most highly-regarded science fiction authors Philip K. Dicks The Man in the High Castle"

Includes:: an introduction by Eric Brown in " Penguin Modern Classics". Philip K. Dicks acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world
- one where the Allies have lost the Second World War. In this nightmare dystopia the Nazis have taken over New York the Japanese control California & the African continent is virtually wiped out. In a neutral buffer zone in America that divides the worlds new rival superpowers lives the author of an underground bestseller. His book offers a new vision of reality
- an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers were defeated
- giving hope to the disenchanted. Does reality lie with him or is his world just one among many others? Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago in 1928. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels typically character studies incorporating androids drugs & hallucinations. His best works are generally agreed to be " The Man in the High Castle" & " Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" the inspiration for the movie " Blade Runner". If you enjoyed " The Man in the High Castle" you might like Yevgeny Zamyatins " We" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The most brilliant science fiction mind on any planet". (" Rolling Stone"). " Dicks finest book & one of the very best science fiction novels ever published". (Eric Brown)."




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One of Frances best-selling writers at the time of the novels composition Dumas here combines what he considered to be lifes essentials
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Of course you know the Guardians of Childhood. You've known them since before you can remember: Santa The Tooth Fairy The Easter Bunny & the others. But.. .where did they come from? How did they became beloved & worthy of holidays? Embark on the first of seven very different journeys starting with the Man in the Moon's the very first of the Guardians. Join William Joyce on his latest adventure-to the Moon & discover the legends of The Guardian of Childhood. ...

Man in the Music" meticulously tracks Jacksons solo career from 1979s groundbreaking " Off the Wall" to 2001s " Invincible" to a glimpse into some of his yet-to-be-released material. With each album Vogel places the music in its social & historical context discusses its relation to Jacksons personal life reveals the singers fascinating process of artistic creation & analyses each record from its cover to its songs to its aesthetic impact & cultural legacy. Rather than focusing on the surface-level sensationalism " Man in the Music" explores & offers insight into the creative process behind Michael Jacksons work which serious Michael Jackson fans are sure to be looking for." ...

This is the chilling tale of a painting so terrifying its secrets will haunt those who see it... It is a ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black". A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Olivers old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winters night i eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene instead of imitating life has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides & become the victim of its macabre beauty..." ...

Outside a London theatre a throng of people wait expectantly for the last performance of a popular musical. But as the doors open at last something spoils all thought of entertainment: a man in the queue is found murdered by the deadly thrust of a stiletto... ...