Cooks three voyages of discovery which took place between 1768 & 1779 are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy & the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography & navigation. With crews containing gifted sailors & navigators as well as botanists painters & scientists Cook provides the link between the speculative profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers & the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries. ...

This is a new unabridged edition of the beloved story of the doctor who can talk to animals has long enchanted children. Strikingly illustrated by Scott Mc Kowen this book is sure to find a treasured place in any familys library. It is suitable for children aged 10 years & up. Hugh Loftings beloved story of the doctor who can talk to animals has long enchanted children. Though his fondness for pets drives away all his human patients as a veterinarian Doctor Doolittle has the magic touch. Join him Polynesia Jip the dog Dab-Dab the duck & the rest of his furry & feathered friends as they face evil kings & treacherous pirates while handling their most important case ever. This handsome unabridged edition of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle" with striking illustrations by Scott Mc Kowen is sure to find a treasured place in any familys library." ...

' Tim & I both understood we had done something really stupid. We had underestimated the danger involved in going out to sea. We had no radio compass life raft or flares. In other words we were a couple of idiots'. This is the story of Shane & Timothy Spall & their Dutch barge The Princess Matilda. After a summer on the Thames they head out to sea with only a road atlas & a vast amount of ignorance
- & it is absolutely terrifying! On their travels memories are triggered of childhood trips to the seaside but also of more recent times. A decade before Tim had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia & was given only days to live. Shocked at how life can pass you by they decided that when & if Tim got better they would buy a boat. As Tim & Shane explore the coast from the Medway to Cornwall eventually they start to wonder could they make it out of England altogether? Could Matilda make it to.. . Wales? Taking over five years The Voyages of The Princess Matilda" is a minor epic charting a very personal moving & uplifting story of an everyday couple's adventure around their much loved homel&."
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' Tim & I both understood we had done something really stupid. We had underestimated the danger involved in going out to sea. We had no radio compass life raft or flares. In other words we were a couple of idiots.' This is the story of Shane & Timothy Spall & their Dutch barge The Princess Matilda. After a summer on the Thames they head out to sea with only a road atlas & a vast amount of ignorance
- & it is absolutely terrifying! On their travels memories are triggered of childhood trips to the seaside but also of more recent times. A decade before Tim had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia & was given only days to live. Shocked at how life can pass you by they decided that when & if Tim got better they would buy a boat. As Tim & Shane explore the coast from the Medway to Cornwall eventually they start to wonder could they make it out of England altogether? Could Matilda make it to... Wales? Taking over five years The Voyages of The Princess Matilda" is a minor epic charting a very personal moving & uplifting story of an everyday couple's adventure around their much loved homel&. It is a winner of the British Travel Press' Narrative Travel Book of the Year Award."
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A popular guide to the states canoe country from Rainy Lake east to Lake Superior tells of famous explorers the great fur traders voyageurs Indians & loggers who passed that way. Photographs & maps support the fascinating authoritative text. ...

It was the late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warning him that life comes to an end after 40 that prompted Peter Moore to chase a boyhood dream. To go to Italy & seek out its celebrated dolce vita from the back of a Vespa. But it couldnt be just any old Vespa. Peter wanted a bike as old as he was & in the same sort of condition: a little rough round the edges a bit slow in the mornings perhaps but basically still OK. & it had to have saddle seats. & temperamental electrics. & a little too much chrome. The sort of scooter youd imagine a sharp-suited Ray Ban-wearing young Marcello Mastroianni riding. Her name was Sophia. From picnicking in the Italian alps & rattling through cobbled hilltop to gate-crashing Frances Mayess villa & re-enacting Roman Holiday Vroom with a View is as much a romance as a travel adventure. For not only does Peter win the woman of his dreams he falls for a side of Italy others rarely see. Along with Sophia of course... ...

Decimus finally finds the children that vanished from nearby towns. Whilst the missing kids face mortal danger Decimus & his friends must first overcome the demons lurking within the Screaming Void. But even if they defeat these fearful monsters.. .can they survive a battle against the undefeated Clone Warriors? ...

Decimus Rex reunites with his five friends to follow a message sent to them all from Teo
- a friend they know to be dead. It begs
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Decimus Rex & his four friends sail to China on the trail of the Golden Warrior & in search of Teo. But they are captured by the King of Yelang & imprisoned in his Water Maze? What connections does the King have with Slavious Doom & will they ever escape? ...

Having escaped the dreaded water maze the five friends now have a new enemy
- they are being hunted by three ninjas
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