Ideal for business or leisure City Pack Rio de Janeiro is succinct with all the practical information you need for a perfect trip. Presented in a handy compact format the guide also contains a separate fold-out map within a concealed poppered pocket to help you navigate the city. This new edition lists Top 25 sights & experiences in one chapter & features 3 new sections; City Tours section contains self-guided tours that show you the best of the city; More To See sights is ideal if you have extra time on your hands & Focus On helps you get know the city in more depth." ...

When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel the gallant members of the South African police force are soon on the scene: Kommandant van Heerden whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch ever active in the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els with his propensity for shooting first & not thinking later
- & also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room; & some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother the Bishop of Barotseland is sentenced to be hanged on the ancient gallows in the local prison. Not a 'political' novel in any previously imagined sense Riotous Assembly provided a completely fresh approach to the South African scene
- an approach startling in its deadpan savagery & yet also outrageously funny.

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Rip up this book & unleash your hidden potential Most self-help books encourage you to think differently; to think yourself thin imagine a richer self or to visualize the perfect you. This is difficult time consuming & often doesnt work. Drawing on a dazzling array of scientific evidence psychologist Richard Wiseman presents a radical new insight that turns conventional self-help on its head: simple physical actions represent the quickest easiest & most powerful way to instantly change how you think & feel. So dont just think about changing your life. Do it. * Discover the simple idea that changes everything * Lose weight * Stop smoking * Feel instantly younger ...

When pirates attack a cargo ship off the Somalian coast & one of them is found to be a British-born Pakistani alarm bells start ringing at Londons Thames House. MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is brought in to establish how & why a young British Muslim could go missing from his well-to-do family in Birmingham & end up onboard a pirate skiff in the Indian Ocean armed with a Kalashnikov. After an undercover operative connected to the case turns up dead in the shipping office of an NGO in Athens it looks like piracy may be the least of the Services problems. Liz & her team must unravel the connections between Pakistan Greece & Somalia relying on their wits
- & the judicious use of force
- to get to the truth. & they dont have long as trouble is brewing closer to home: the kind of explosive trouble that MI5 could do without.. . Stella Rimington former Director General of MI5 returns with a tense & heart-stopping spy thriller where the secrets are deep the stakes are high & the enemy is always just out of sight.

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Rip van Winkle is an amiable man whose home & farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains & there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of very strange folk he settles down under a shady tree & falls asleep. He wakes up twenty years later & returns to his village to find that not only is his wife dead but war & revolution have changed many things. He on the other hand although older is not appreciably wiser & soon slips back into his idle habits. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells of conscientious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane. Orderly & strict in school out of school his life is disorderly & his head full of fearful fantasies. He is in love with the beautiful Katrina but has a rival for her hand a dashing young hero who together with his prankster friends plays on Ichabods superstitions notably with the story of a headless horseman who haunts the region. Tragedy strikes when their hapless victim encounters just such an apparition when returning home one dark & especially dismal night.. . Three equally compelling stories The Spectre Bridegroom The Pride of the Village & Mountjoy complete this collection of classic tales from the inspired pen of Washington Irving one of Americas greatest writers. ...

Ripley had kept his name & reputation clean amazingly clean considering. It would be most embarrassing for him if his interest in the Buckmaster Gallery were made public. The gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition. But now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake it is of course. & he wants to talk to Derwatt. But he inconveniently is dead. Ripley needs the perfect solution. But not everyone's nerves are as steady as his. Especially if it comes to murder... ...

Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce & as ever is keeping one step ahead of the law
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Following hot on the heels of last years best-selling edition Ripleys Believe It or Not! 2012" offers an entirely new compendium of bizarre facts & features in a stunning new design including a section on the wacky & amazing feats of the Olympic games past & present & an 8-page pull-out featuring Ripleys first ever odditorium which opened in 1933. For the legions of dedicated Ripleys fans & anyone else on the planet who loves unbelievable facts & jaw-dropping images the latest annual in the bestselling series is a feast of delights. Meet the man who chews molten lead the cat that can predict death the vending machine that dispenses live crabs & the artist who paints portraits with burger grease. Intriguing interviews with some of the astounding individuals who feature in the book spotlight their achievements & reveal their motivations & informative Ripleys Research boxes give the scientific explanation behind some of the most incredible tales such as how people have turned their fingers into magnets." ...

For the legions of dedicated Ripleys fans & anyone else on the planet who loves the unbelievable the latest annual in the bestselling series is a feast of delights. Following hot on the heels of last years best-selling edition Ripleys Believe It or Not! 2013" offers an entirely new compendium of bizarre facts & features including the largest crocodile ever captured the village in China where three million snakes are bred each year & the national sport that uses a headless goat as a ball! As well as the jaw-dropping images & strange stories are intriguing interviews with some of the astounding individuals who feature in the book informative Ripleys Research boxes mind-boggling lists fascinating black & white photos from the Ripley archive submissions from Ripley fans around the world
- & a brand new Ripleys Weird Records feature."
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Packed full of fascinating facts & strange tales about utterly unbelievable but totally true stories this new book celebrates the incredible & the bizarre in our world today. Ripleys Incredibly Strange" is a 384-page extravaganza with a wealth of extraordinary images & interviews with many of the amazing individuals featured in the book. Be shocked & amazed at the extraordinary feats & incredible tales. Marvel at the wedding dress made from cream cakes the artist whos a horse the man who traded a paperclip for a house & even a knitted Ferrari! Illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs this book is a must-have for anyone intrigued by the weirder aspects of our planet & its inhabitants." ...