` Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now.` Patrick Ness A Face Like Glass is an astonishing & imaginative novel from the Costa Award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge. In the underground city of Caverna the world`s most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare
- wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate & perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, & only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear
- at a price. Into this dark & distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past & a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell`s emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. & that makes her very dangerous indeed.. .

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When Australian Jane Paech moves to Paris, her visions of afternoons in bijou bistros & bookshops on the Left Bank are kept in check by the needs of a young family & a long to-do list that

Includes:: apartment-hunting, school selection, & multiple trips to IKEA. Through a collection of sharp observations, insightful travel articles & laugh-out-loud anecdotes, A Family in Paris conveys the joys & difficulties of living in this most famous of cities. It introduces us to the Parisians & their eccentricities, explores the intricate rituals of daily life, & takes us beyond the well-trodden tourist sites to the best eating spots, boutiques, museums & markets that only a local could know about. Frank, intimate & beautifully photographed, A Family in Paris is about making a home in a strange l&, finding a community, & discovering the joy of renewal.

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Following the same format & style as ”A Football Fan`s Guide to Europe”, ”A Fan`s Guide to World Cricket” is New Holland`s guide to the world`s top cricket teams & their homes. The book covers all Test teams as well as places where fans are most likely to go. Each team is covered in detail, including history, their test & ODI records, championships won, key players & the grounds. The book also contains information about the cities & countries of each team, including local culture, the best attractions & great places to eat & drink.A Fan`s Guide to World Cricket is written from the fans` point of view in expert & irreverent prose that taps into the cricketing culture across Europe. ...

After young publishing assistant & war widow Mrs Hawkins crosses swords with writer Hector Bartlett the repercussions are swift. Set in postwarliterary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a mischievous & stylish tale of the cost of telling the truth. This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime. All are being published by Polygon in hardback Centenary Editions between November 2017 & September 2018. ...

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded & twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway`s description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer, & the men & women he meets in Italy, with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama & uncompromising passion. ...

Most of the scientific establishment predict that the North Pole will be free of ice around the middle of this century. As Peter Wadhams, the world`s leading expert on sea ice, demonstrates in this book, even this bleak assessment of the future is grossly optimistic. Wadhams has visited the Polar Regions more often than any other living scientist
- 50 times since he was on the first ship to circumnavigate the Americas in 1970
- & has a uniquely authoritative perspective on the changes they have undergone & where those changes will lead. From his observations & the latest scientific research, he describes how dramatically sea ice has diminished over the past three decades, to the point at which, by the time this book is published, the Arctic may be free of ice for the first time in 10, 000 years. Wadhams shows how sea ice is the `canary in the mine` of planetary climate change. He describes how it forms & the vital role it plays in reflecting solar heat back into space & providing an `air conditioning` system for the planet. He shows how a series of rapid feedbacks in the Arctic region are accelerating change there more rapidly than almost all scientists
- & political authorities
- have previously realised, & the dangers of further acceleration are very real. A Farewell to Ice is a report from the frontline of planetary change in the Arctic & Antarctic by a leading authority, presenting incontrovertible scientific data, but always in clear language which the layman can easily underst&. It is one of the most important books published in recent years about the existential challenge which human civilization now faces.



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Ice is beautiful & complex. It regulates our planet`s temperature. & it is vanishing
- fast. Peter Wadhams, the world`s leading
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‘ For me, the bond I have with Peg, my border collie sheepdog is priceless. I know how very lucky I, & thousands of other shepherds & farmers, are to have these extraordinarily bright, enthusiastic dogs at our side. But we, who work the land & our flocks, are not the only beneficiaries of the extraordinary relationship between man & dog …’ In A Farmer & His Dog, Adam Henson explores the unique relationship between a farmer & his most loyal friend. Sheepdogs come in a variety of shapes & sizes from border collies to Australian kelpies (rumoured to be a distant relative of the dingo). Not only are they essential to the running of a farm, but they are also fiercely intelligent & exceptionally devoted companions, having evolved over millennia to make the make the work of a shepherd possible. But it is not just the farmer working the land who benefits from the extraordinary relationship between man & dog. Beginning by introducing us to the dogs who have been faithful companions to the Henson family over the years, Adam goes on to explore the impact made by the UK’s hardest working breeds. From traditional herding dogs & gundogs – such as the Labrador’s he grew up with & the Hungarian wire-haired Vizslas like Boo & Olive who live with him now – to the assistance dogs, sniffer dogs & even search & rescue dogs, whose stories have reinforced Adam’s belief that we humans owe an enormous debt to our wet-nosed, four-legged friends. ...

In A Farmer & His Dog, Adam Henson explores the unique relationship between a farmer & his most loyal friend. Sheepdogs come in a variety of shapes & sizes from border collies to Australian kelpies (rumoured to be a distant relative of the dingo). Not only are they essential to the running of a farm, but they are also fiercely intelligent & exceptionally devoted companions, having evolved over millennia to make the make the work of a shepherd possible. But it is not just the farmer working the land who benefits from the extraordinary relationship between man & dog. Beginning by introducing us to the dogs who have been faithful companions to the Henson family over the years, Adam goes on to explore the impact made by the UK`s hardest working breeds. From traditional herding dogs & gundogs
- such as the Labrador`s he grew up with & the Hungarian wire-haired Vizslas like Boo & Olive who live with him now
- to the assistance dogs, sniffer dogs & even search & rescue dogs, whose stories have reinforced Adam`s belief that we humans owe an enormous debt to our wet-nosed, four-legged friends.

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A spellbinding concoction of crime, history & horror
- perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes & Jonathan Creek. New Year`s Day,
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