A landmark in travel writing this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Heinrich Harrer already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping & fled to Tibet. Settling in Lhasa the Forbidden City where he became a friend & tutor to the Dalai Lama Heinrich Harrer spent seven years gaining a more profound understanding of Tibet & the Tibetans than any Westerner before him. More recently made into a film starring Brad Pitt Seven Years in Tibet is a stunning story of incredible courage & self-reliance by one of the twentieth century's best travel writers. ...

Seven Years to Sin
- a classic erotic romance
- by Sylvia Day
- author of the sensational international bestselling Bared


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Seven Years with Banksy" is an illuminating memoir of the world's most celebrated graffiti artist offering an insight into his life & work through the experiences that he & the author Robert Clarke shared together during Banksy's formative years. Clarke takes us through his first encounters with Banksy which took place in a hotel in New York in the 1990s & candidly describes how his friendship with this young English artist developed. Along the way readers will discover more about the ever-mysterious Banksy
- what makes him tick why he does what he does & why he ultimately rejects fame in favour of anonymity setting him apart from many other popular artists of our time. This is the perfect read for any Banksy or modern-art fan."
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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. ...

Clutching in my hand my seven copper pennies I ran down the two flights of stone stairs from our tenement flat & through the East End to Kinloch Street where puffing a bit I joined the queue of other wee boys lining up to place their coins on the brass plate above the iron turnstile push hard against it then climb up onto the dirt terracing & into Paradise. The rest of the world called it Celtic Park. This is a story seen through green-&-white spectacles. It begins when nine-year-old Glaswegian John Cairney walks through the boys gate at Celtic Park & embarks on a series of adventures that over the years take him all over Scotland & beyond. The Sevenpenny Gate" is about a search for heroes Celtic heroes. It is also the tale of an East End club of humble Irish origins that has developed into a worldwide brand & continues to command the devotion of its fans even with the Celtic diaspora now spread across the globe." ...

This is a unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus. From Newtons Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets equations are everywhere
- & they are fundamental to everyday life. In Seventeen Equations that Changed the World" acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart sets out seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. He explores how Pythagoras Theorem led to GPS & Sat Nav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera & what is really going on with Schrodingers cat. Entertaining surprising & vastly informative " Seventeen Equations that Changed the World" is a highly original exploration
- & explanation
- of life on earth."


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With full support from hit US monthly teen magazine & most trusted source of fashion advice among young women The Seventeen Big Book of Style" will be the book every young fashionista has to own! " The Seventeen Big Book of Style" is an indispensable fashion guide for todays young woman. Chock full of great clothes & advice on how to wear them this isnt about latching onto short-lived trends; at its core the book is about teaching young women to develop their own personal style. It provides hundreds of ideas on how to maximize your wardrobe stretch your pounds & make everyday basics work in hundreds of different ways. Providing style rules to live by & answers to the toughest of fashion questions its the book readers will return to again & again for inspiration." ...

THE HOLY THIEF: At the height of the hot summer of 1144 the abbey at Ramsey is in danger. When heavy rain brings the threat of floods to Shrewsbury & the holy relics must be removed to a place of safety the subsiding waters reveal a robbery has been committed. The master sleuthing of Brother Cadfael is put to the test once more but to the crime of theft is soon added a murder...BROTHER CADFAEL'S PENANCE: In the year of our Lord 1145 the bitter rift between King Stephen & Empress Maud at last has a chance of reconciliation particularly the question of the prisoners of war. Brother Cadfael learns that amongst the prisoner is Olivier de Bretagne; his son. His determination to come to his son's aid prompts a perplexing investigation of a uniquely personal nature. A RARE BENEDICTINE: In these three vintage tales of intrigue & treachery: 'A Light on the Road to Woodstock ' ' The Price of Light' & ' Eye Witness ' emerges the events that have turned Cadfael from a crusading & seafaring past to the momentous decision of entering the Benedictine Order of the Abbey of St Peter & St Paul. ...

A fading papyrus nearly four thousand years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time.. .a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered beautiful half-English half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in Engl&. With eminent archaelogist Nicholas Quenton-Harper she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life & find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For Duraid. & for the dreams of an ancient Pharoah.. . Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own. 'A desert sandstorm couldn't get pages turning faster than Smith' Independent On Sunday ' Full blooded muscle-on-bone-crunching treasure hunt.. .it is non-stop action' Daily Express ...

Ireland AD 670. When the body of a murdered young noble is discovered not far from Cashel the King calls upon Sister Fildema & her companion Eadulf to investigate. The only clue to the nobles identity is an emblem originating from the nearby kingdom of Laign. Could the murder be somehow related to the violence erupting in the west of the kingdom? The turmoil is led by a fanatical figure claiming to have been summoned by the seventh angel to remove the impure of faith from the land & Fidelma & Eadulf soon find themselves struggling with a tangled skein of murder & intrigue. What is the mystery that connects the dead noble a murdered alcoholic priest & a menacing abbot who has built his abbey into a military fortress? When Sister Fidelma herself becomes the victim of abduction it is up to Eadulf to find & save her from imminent death so that the mystery can be solved... ...