There`s a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system & keep going. Where do you end up, & what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, mind-blowingly empty. As you travel through the void between galaxies your spaceship encounters nothing more exciting than the odd hydrogen molecule. But when it does come across something more exotic: wow! First & most obviously, stars & planets. Some are familiar from our own backyard: yellow suns, rocky planets like Mars, gas & ice giants like Jupiter & Neptune. But there are many more: giant stars, red & white dwarfs, super-earths & hot Jupiters. Elsewhere are swirling clouds of dust giving birth to stars, & infinitely dense regions of space-time called black holes. These clump together in the star clusters we call galaxies, & the clusters of galaxies we call... galaxy clusters. And that is just the start. As we travel further we encounter ever more weird, wonderful & dangerous entities: supernovas, supermassive black holes, quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black dwarfs, quark stars, gamma ray bursts & cosmic strings. A Journey Through The Universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects & how they fit together to build the cosmos. As for the end of the journey
- nobody knows. But getting there will be fun. ABOUT THE SERIESNew Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive & accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy & engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work & why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter & their impact on individuals, society, & the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that`s open to everyone, & putting new ideas & discoveries into perspective & context.
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Take a journey into the weird & wonderful world of the weather! Prepare to be swept off your feet by the wind & experience all the different types of wild weather first hand! From sunshine to snow, rain to hurricanes, swot up on how our weather works, & find out exactly how it shapes our planet. With a quiz included at the back of the book, readers can test themselves on the knowledge they have learned! Packed with lively illustrations to reveal the wonderful weather, this delightful factual picture book is perfect for a parent & child to read together or to explore independently. ...

Take a journey from your doorstep into outer space! Zoom through the Solar System, discovering satellites, comets & asteroids along the way. Explore craters on Mars, moon-hop around Jupiter, & get a close-up view of Saturn`s amazing rings. Just don`t travel too close to the Sun! Packed with lively illustrations to reveal our amazing universe, this book is perfect for a parent & child to read together or to explore independently. The new A Journey Through titles include: Human Body: 978-1-78493-297-8 Space: 978-1-78493-298-5 ...

It is AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire & Hadrian its most complex & compelling ruler. Faraway Britannia is one of the Romans` most troublesome provinces: here the sun is seldom seen & `the atmosphere in the country is always gloomy`. What awaits the traveller to Britannia? How will you get there? What do you need to pack? What language will you speak? How does London compare to Rome? Are there any tourist attractions? & what dangers lurk behind Hadrian`s new Wall? Combining an extensive range of Greek & Latin sources with a sound understanding of archaeology, Bronwen Riley describes an epic journey from Rome to Hadrian`s Wall at Britannia`s
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- northwestern frontier. In this strikingly original snapshot of Roman Britain, she brings vividly to life the smells, sounds, colours & textures of travel in the second century AD.

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Courland is an entity that no longer exists. With the Gulf of Riga to the north, the Baltic to the west & Lithuania at its southern border, & now part of modern Latvia, the region was by occupied by Nazi Germany & returned to Soviet Russia after the war, remaining largely inaccessible until 1991. Once ruled by descendants of the Teutonic Knights, it is now a nowhere land of wide skies & forests, deserted beaches, ruined castles & ex-KGB prisons. For years Jean-Paul Kauffmann has been irresistibly drawn to this place, the buffer between the Germanic & Slav worlds. His digressive travels at the wheel of a Skoda become an investigation into the whereabouts of a former lover, a search for an excavator of tombs, & he follows in the footsteps of Louis XVIII, for whom Courland was once a place of exile. Author of Voyage to Desolation Island & The Dark Room at Longwood
- 'a remarkable book which defies classification' (New Statesman), which won six prizes on its publication in France
- Kauffmann has come to be known as an erudite & witty observer of the world's most desolate reaches.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`A compelling & moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in & keep you in its grip until the last page.` DAILY EXPRESS` Magnificent.. . his writing is evocative & perfect. His grasp of human loneliness & longing is beautiful & comforting.` MARIAN KEYES` Atmospheric, creepy & impossible to put down.` the TIMES`I raved about Holding two years ago.. . A Keeper is even better. A powerful, very sad story, beautiful writing, two time frames that are perfectly balanced. Outstanding. Will easily be one of my books of 2018.` JOHN BOYNE`A gripping, thoughtful tale about the search for identity, belonging & self-possession.` OBSERVER` Moving & darkly funny.` GOOD HOUSEKEEPING` Smart, well-written & thoroughly entertaining.` IRISH INDEPENDENT` It`s a sad & lovely book, brimful of tenderness & compassion, where the revelations of the past upturn the perceptions of the present.` SUNDAY EXPRESS` Charming & tender, a complete joy.` SUNDAY MIRROR` Perfectly crafted, a beautiful, gripping account of Irish memory & deceit. A terrific achievement.` ANDREW O`HAGANFrom the bestselling author of Holding comes a masterly tale of secrets & ill-fated loves set on the coast of Irel&. Dear Lonely Leinster Lady, I`m not really sure how to begin... The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. & then the tide turns. Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother`s death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother`s presence already fading. & perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light. 40 years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet but for the tireless wind that circles her as she hurries further into the darkness away from the cliffs & the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on. This compelling new novel confirms Graham Norton`s status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature & its darkest flaws. ...

With prose that is every bit as raw, intense & bitingly honest as the world it depicts, Barry Hines` ”A Kestrel for a Knave” contains a new afterword by the author in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. Life is tough & cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, & unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. Billy identifies with her silent strength & she inspires in him the trust & love that nothing else can, discovering through her the passion missing from his life. Barry Hines` acclaimed novel continues to reach new generations of teenagers & adults with its powerful story of survival in a tough, joyless world. Ken Loach`s renowned film adaptation, ” Kes”, has achieved cult status & in his new afterword Barry Hines discusses his work to adapt the novel into a screenplay, & reappraises the legacy of a book that has become a popular classic. Barry Hines (b. 1939) was born in the mining village of Hoyland Common, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Leaving Ecclesfield Grammar School without any qualifications, Hines worked as an apprentice mining surveyor for the National Coal Board before entering Loughborough Training College to study Physical Education. Working as a teacher in Hoyland Common, he wrote novels in the school library after work, later turning to writing full-time. If you enjoyed ”A Kestrel for a Knave”, you might like ” The Call of the Wild, White Fang, & Other Stories” by Jack London, published in ” Penguin Classics”. ...

This is a Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer
- love, films & kidnapping in North Korea, the world`s wildest regime. Before
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Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been a day when he had not shown her some small kindness & even after the tragic death of their young daughter, their relationship remained as strong as before. Grief takes its toll however, & it`s not surprising that by the following Christmas, Tommy is a shadow of his former self, with the look of death upon him. But what happens next is entirely unexpected, not least for the kind man... ...

A car hurtles down the driveway of a luxury villa in Switzerl&. The driver is a young woman, Lucia Bernardi. Inside the house, ...