From the migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the latest voyages into space an incredible team of historians travellers & explorers brings to life seventy of humanitys most remarkable journeys. With hundreds of evocative photographs paintings illustrations & portraits plus specially commissioned maps this volume is for everyone who is fascinated by the stories & personalities of those who were there first who explored the unexplored & who set out into the unknown celebrating the romance & sheer thrill of travel in a way no book has done before. ...

New in Thames & Hudsons bestselling Seventy" series this visually stunning & highly topical book is an essential guide ...

Danny Mc Guire doesnt like his job but hes good at it. Since his brothers murder eight years earlier he has become a professional killer: a hit man for hire bent on retribution. The Job: Dannys been contracted to eliminate the Thevshi
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- the most elusive informant that has ever penetrated the Republican movement in Northern Irel&. But theres a problem: the Thevshi claims to know whos responsible for his brothers death. Dannys never killed someone he needed to talk to first. The Target: When Finn OHanlon (A.K.A. the Thevshi) is attacked in a bar in Alabama he realises that his past has finally caught up with him. Forced to flee he embarks on a desperate journey to find Danny Mc Guire before its too late. The Complication: But Danny & Finn are up against someone whos spent years hiding a secret & its a secret theyll go to any lengths to protect.

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A hit man trying to find answers to his brother's murder. An informer trying to flee his past. A family under threat. Rural Northern Ireland & small-town Alabama: Two places connected by a deadly act
- an act that draws two men & those closest to them into a spiral of lies violence & murder as they try to lay their ghosts to rest. But can you ever be forgiven for the sins of your past?
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How were the ancient wonders of the world built? How many people did it take to build the Great Wall of China & the Sphinx at Giza? This text seeks to answer such questions examining these spectacular feats of engineering & celebrating the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. Expanding on the theme of the traditional Seven Wonders the book broadens the scope to incorporate marvels from around the globe spanning the centuries from the first standing stones of the fifth millennium BC to the Great Temple of the Aztecs in the 16th century AD. The raising of the stones at Stonehenge the erection of Egyptian obelisks the building of Roman roads & the laying out of the Nazca Lines on the face of the Peruvian Desert are all described & explained in the light of archaeological research. The text also features factfiles diagrams photographs & perspective views. ...

The newspapers referred to it as the case of the seventy-seven clocks. There was quite a fuss at the time. We got into terrible trouble. Dear fellow it was one of our most truly peculiar cases. I remember as if it was yesterday. In fact Arthur Bryant remembers very little about yesterday but he does remember the oddest investigation of his career... It was late in 1973. As strikes & blackouts ravaged the country during Edward Heaths Winter of Discontent sundry members of a wealthy aristocratic family were being disposed of in a variety of grotesque ways
- by reptile by bomb by haircut. As the hours of daylight diminish towards Christmas Bryant & May the irascible detectives of Londons controversial Peculiar Crimes Unit know that time is the key
- & time is running out for both the family & the police. Their investigations lead them into a hidden world of class conflict craftsmanship & the secret loyalties of big business. But what have seventy seven ticking clocks to do with it? Now the full story can at last be revealed in this most eerie of adventures that features Arthur Bryant at his rudest John May at his most exasperated & a gallery of colourful bizarre characters who could only make their home in a city like London.

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The third & final novel in Lauren De Stefano's breathtaking dystopian romance series The Chemical Garden Trilogy Time is running out for Rhine. With less than three years left until the virus claims her life Rhine is desperate for answers. Having escaped torment at Vaughn's mansion she finds respite in the dilapidated home of her husband's uncle an eccentric inventor who hates Vaughn almost as much as Rhine does. Rhine's determination to be reunited with her twin brother Rowan increases as each day brings terrifying revelations to light about his involvement in an underground resistance. She realizes must find him before he destroys the one thing they have left: hope. In this breathtaking conclusion to Lauren De Stefano's The Chemical Garden trilogy everything Rhine knows to be true will be irrevocably shattered. But what she discovers along the way has alarming implications for her future
- & about the past her parents never had the chance to explain.
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This book presents a holistic approach to the complete long-term day-to-day care of patients disabled by neurological conditions emphasizing practices that promote physical well-being & minimize secondary complications. It focuses on physical management within the context of the lifestyle of the disabled person & primary caregiver. In addition it highlights the difficulties commonly encountered when implementing a physical management regime & discusses the importance of compromise. ...

You wake up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood. You have no idea how you got there. Beside you is a dead girl. Your girlfriend. The phone rings & a voice tells you to press play on the room's DVD machine. The film shows you killing your girlfriend. Then you're told to go to an address in East London where you're to deliver a briefcase & await further instructions. There's no way out. If you're to survive the next 24 hours you must find out who killed your girlfriend & why. Before they come for you too... ...

Flowing 220 miles from source to the sea the Severn is Britains longest river. The author has followed the Severn along its first 100 or so miles photographing the present day views to compare with the enduring historic pictures which so appealed to Edwardian tourists & travellers. The Severn Plynlimon to Bridgnorth Through Time is the first of two books which give a unique insight into the history of this ever-changing river. The journey starts at the source of the Welsh Afon Hafren (Severn) on the boggy slopes of Plynlimon in the Cambrian Mountains & takes the reader through the Marches & into Shropshire. Reproduced in full colour this is an exciting examination of how the Severn has been immortalised by earlier generations of photographers & is essential reading for anyone who knows & loves this iconic waterway. ...