Though the Scythian period in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people their heartland & the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as greater Scythia. From the very beginnings of their emergence on the world scene the Scythians took part in the greatest campaigns of their times defeating such mighty contemporaries as Assyria Urartu Babylonia Media & Persia. This highly illustrated book details their costume weapons & the way they waged war. ...

'A masterly study of grief memory & love recollected'
- Professor John Sutherland Chair of Judges Man Booker Prize 2005. When art
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE. When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart & sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come & keep him company & Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions. ...

First published in 2005 The Sea was critically acclaimed as an extraordinary achievement. It went on to win that years Man Booker Prize one of the most hotly contested in the history of the award. When Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday he is both escaping from a recent loss & confronting a distant trauma. Mr & Mrs Grace & their twin children Myles & Chloe appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. He grew to know them intricately even intimately & what ensued would haunt him for the rest of his years & shape everything that was to follow. In 2012 Picador celebrated its 40th anniversary. During that time we have published many prize-winning & bestselling authors including Bret Easton Ellis & Cormac Mc Carthy Alice Sebold & Helen Fielding Graham Swift & Alan Hollinghurst. Years later Picador continue to bring readers the very best contemporary fiction non-fiction & poetry from across the globe. Discover more at picador.com/40 ...

Written by experts accurately illustrated & easy to use Spotters Guides are essential companions for everyone who enjoys nature. Detailed descriptions & beautiful illustrations show more than 100 fishes. Further inspiration can be found with links to fascinating nature websites. ...

When a womans partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it first appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a difficult & emotionally charged investigation. Florence Horvath was an attractive recently divorced heiress from Florida who had a penchant for steamy sex & was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting the latter. Somehow a combination of past & present got her killed
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Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all it's a happy name & there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams on Everdene beach. Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman it is a restful change from his daily life & he's surfing mad. One weekend he's down there on his own when he notices a girl on the beach. He's young free & single & she catches his eye. But on this particular summer weekend both Jenna & Craig's lives are about to change.. . ...

The Sea Change by Joanna Rossiter is a haunting & moving novel about a mother & a daughter caught between a tsunami & a war. Yesterday was Alice's wedding day. She is thousands of miles away from the home she is so desperate to leave on the southernmost tip of India when she wakes in the morning to see a wave on the horizon taller than the height of her guest house on Kanyakumari beach. Her husband is nowhere to be seen. On the other side of the world unhappily estranged from her daughter is Alice's mother violet. Forced to leave the idyllic Wiltshire village Imber in which she grew up after it was requisitioned by the army during the Second World War violet is haunted by the shadow of the man she loved & the wilderness of a home that lies in ruins. As Alice searches for her husband in the debris of the wave she is forced to face up to some truths about herself she has been hiding from. Meanwhile violet is compelled to return to Imber to discover just why she abandoned her great love...A great theme: impermanence & the sweeping away of everything we believed was certain. Joanna Rossiter really shines with lovely fluid restrained writing. This is such a moving story". (Helen Dunmore). Joanna Rossiter grew up in Dorset & studied English at Cambridge University before working as a researcher in the House of Commons & as a copy writer. In 2011 she completed an MA in Writing at Warwick University. The Sea Change is her first novel. She lives & writes in London.

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January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age
- the collapse of the South Sea Bubble.
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This is the remarkable story of one of the Second World War's most unusual animal heroes
- a 14-stone St Bernard dog who became
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