On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? A Day to Die For reveals for the first time the full, startling facts that led to the tragedy. Graham Ratcliffe, the first British climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice, was a first-hand witness, having spent the night on Everest's South Col at 26, 000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm. For years, he has shouldered a burden of guilt, feeling that he & his teammates could have saved lives that fateful night. His quest for answers has led to discoveries so important to an understanding of the disaster that he now questions why these facts were not made public sooner. History is dotted with highprofile disasters that both horrify & capture the attention of the public, but very rarely is our view of them revised to such devastating effect. ...

On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest`s history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer`s ” Into Thin Air” becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? ”A Day to Die For” reveals the full, startling facts that led to the tragedy. Graham Ratcliffe, the first British climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice, was a first-hand witness, having spent the night on Everest`s South Col at 26, 000 ft, sheltering from the deadly storm. For years, he has shouldered a burden of guilt, feeling that he & his teammates could have saved lives that fateful night. His quest for answers has led to discoveries so important to an understanding of the disaster that he now questions why these facts were not made public sooner. History is dotted with high-profile disasters that both horrify & capture the attention of the public, but very rarely is our view of them revised to such devastating effect. ...

Dexter the kitten & his grandpa both love trains. Join them as they travel on every kind of train imaginable, from steam trains & sleepers to the Zebra Express, & learn all about how the railway works along the way. Dexter even gets to help Grandpa drive the Seaside Special! With so many witty, humorous details to explore, children will love this br&-new addition to Sharon Rentta`s internationally award-winning A DAY WITH THE ANIMAL...series. ...

Jerry Delfont is a travel writer with writer`s block. When he receives a letter from an American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son`s, he is intrigued. Who is the dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room? How did he die? & why? As Delfont becomes more & more drawn into these mysteries, he simultaneously becomes increasingly entangled with the seductive philanthropist & her tantric massages. But she is also hiding something & it becomes swiftly apparent that all is not what it seems. ...

Barcelona, 1912. A city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called ` Tragic Week` when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city`s dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting, many were killed, & afterwards, even more put in prison. Including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell. The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar, so what had he been doing in Barcelona? What part did he play in the illicit three-way trade between Gibraltar, Spanish Morocco & Barcelona? & just how did he really meet his end
- murdered, in a prison cell? The case, in Gibraltar`s view, crys out for investigation
- & by someone independent of the Spanish authorities. So Scotland Yard are summoned to send out one of their men
- but who? Seymour ticks all the right boxes
- he has experience of the tangled diplomatic world of that part of the Mediterranean. He speaks foreign languages. & possibly most importantly of all
- he grew up near the docks of London`s East End so with any luck, knows how to swim if pushed in the water...PRAISE FOR MICHAEL PEARCE`S A DEAD MAN IN...SERIES ` His sympathetic portrayal of an unfamiliar culture, impeccable historical detail & entertaining dialogue make enjoyable reading.` Sunday Telegraph ` The steady pace, atmospheric design, & detailed description re-create a complicated city. A recommended historical series.` Library Journal ` Sheer fun.` The Times




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Autumn 2004. In Bampton, Derbyshire, Lena Fisher is arrested for suffocating her husb&, Andrew. Spring 2016 A year after Lena`s release from prison, Andrew is found dead in a disused mortuary. Who was the man Lena killed twelve years ago, & who committed the second murder? When Lena disappears, her sister, Kat, sets out to follow a trail of clues delivered by a mysterious teenage boy. Kat must uncover the truth
- before there`s another death...A Deadly Thaw confirms Sarah Ward`s place as one of the most exciting new crime writers.
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Late spring, 1728 & Thomas Hawkins has left London for the wild beauty of Yorkshire
- forced on a mission he can`t refuse. John
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2005 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONDelving into Brazil’s baroque past, Peter Robb’s “A Death in Brazil” looks at its history of slavery & the richly multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century. Even today, Brazil is a nation of almost unimaginable distance between its wealthy & its poor, a place of extraordinary levels of crime & violence. It is also one of the most beautiful & seductive places on earth. Using the art, food & the books of its great nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, Robb takes us on a journey into a world like Conrad’s “ Nostromo”. A world so absurdly dramatic, like the current president Lula’s fight for power, that it could have come from one of the country’s immensely popular TV soap operas, a world where resolution is often only provided by death. Like all the best travel writing, “A Death in Brazil” immerses you deep into the heart of a fascinating country. ...

` There`s no easy way to say this, Kubu. Your father`s dead. I`m afraid he`s been murdered.` Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David ` Kubu` Bengu, Botswana CID`s keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? The picture becomes even murkier with the apparent suicide of a government official. Are Chinese mine-owners involved? & what role does the US Embassy have to play? Set amidst the dark beauty of modern Botswana, A Death in the Family is a thrilling insight into a world of riots, corruption & greed, as a complex series of murders present the opera-loving, wine connoisseur detective with his most challenging case yet. When grief-stricken Kubu defies orders & sets out on the killers` trail, startling & chilling links emerge, spanning the globe & setting a sequence of shocking events in motion. Will Kubu catch the killers in time.. .and find justice for his father? ...

Detective Max Camara is under pressure. A renowned paella chef has been found dead; the town hall are set on demolishing El Cabanyal, the colourful fisherman`s quarter on Valencia`s sea-front; an abortionist has been kidnapped & with the Pope due to visit the city, the police are summoned to offer protection from crowds of the faithful & the danger of anti-religionists alike. When one of Camara`s long term adversaries is put in charge of the missing abortionist case, tensions are quickly running high, & with ominous cracks spreading across the walls of his flat, Camara soon has nowhere to turn. ...