The editor of the best-selling annual Mariner`s Book of Days assembles some of his favourite classic nautical material into an amalgam of practical information about boats, anchors, rope & ballast, together with poetry, legend, lore, language of the sea, art, thoughts about literature & more. A rich collection of maritime knowledge. Fully illustrated. ...

Weigh anchor & sail the seven seas with great explorers from across the globe. A Mariner’s Tale features flaps, 3D artwork & a secret mariner’s chest full of amazing activities. Discover the seafearing methods used by famous mariners such as Marco Polo & Christopher Columbus. Learn about the ingenious instruments invented to help navigation, & uncover how the world was explored in this stunningly illustrated, interactive maritime guide. ...

Astha has everything an educated, middle-class woman could ask for: comfortable surroundings, children & a dutiful loving husb&. So why should she be consumed by a sense of unease & dissatisfaction? & when she begins a relationship with another woman, is she liberating herself from her marriage, past & culture
- or foolishly jeopardising everything she has?
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** The new novel from Oscar de Muriel, out now!** 1889. The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage terror treads the boards. A grisly message found smeared across the cobbles in blood, foretelling someone`s demise. As the bloody prophecies continue to appear Edinburgh`s own beloved pair
- Detective ` Nine-Nails` Mc Gray & Inspector Ian Frey
- enter the scene. Frey scoffs at this blatant publicity stunt, while Mc Gray is convinced of supernatural affairs. As they scrutinise the key players, they discover that Terry, Irving, & his peculiar, preoccupied assistant (one Bram Stoker) all have reasons to kill, or be killed... But one thing is clear. By occult curse or human h&, death will take bow the night the curtain rises. Praise for the Frey & Mc Gray series: `I enjoyed this
- properly creepy & Gothic` Ian Rankin `A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery` New York Times ` This is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book
- I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch` Manda Scott ` Fun to read & a fast page-turner. Love & murder
- they go together like strawberries & cream` Independent `A brilliant mix of horror, history, & humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It`s clever, occasionally frightening & superbly written.. . Everything you need in a mystery thriller` Crime Review ` Fast-paced, well-researched & thoroughly spellbinding. The mismatched pair is as entertaining as Holmes & Watson at their best` Historical Novel Society




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John Berger was one of the most influential thinkers & writers of postwar Europe. As a novelist, he won the Booker Prize in 1972, donating half his prize money to the Black Panthers; as a TV presenter he changed the way we looked at art in Ways of Seeing; as a storyteller & political activist he defended the rights & dignity of workers, migrants & the oppressed around the world. In 1953 he wrote: ” Far from dragging politics into art, art has dragged me into politics.” He remained a revolutionary up to his death in January, 2017. In A Writer of Our Time, Joshua Sperling places Berger`s life & works within the historical narrative of postwar Britain & beyond. The book also explores, through the work, the larger questions that vexed a generation: the purpose of art, the nature of creative freedom, the meaning of commitment. Drawing on extensive interviews, close readings & a wealth of archival sources only recently made available, the book brings the many different faces of John Berger together & shows him as one of the most vital, & brilliant, thinkers & storytellers of our time. ...

One morning, in the dead of winter, three German soldiers are dispatched into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders to track down & bring back for execution `one of them`
- a Jew. Having flushed out the young man hiding in the woods, they decide to rest in an abandoned house before continuing their journey back to the camp. As they prepare food, they are joined by a passing Pole whose outspoken anti-Semitism adds tension to an already charged atmosphere. Before long, the group`s sympathies have splintered as they consider the moral implications of their murderous mission & confront their own consciences to ask themselves: should the Jew be offered food? &, having shared their meal, should he be taken back, or set free?
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One morning, in the dead of winter, three German soldiers head out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders to track down & bring back for execution `one of them`
- a Jew. Having flushed out a young man hiding in the woods, they decide to rest in an abandoned house before continuing their journey back to the camp. As they prepare food, they are joined by a passing Pole whose virulent anti-Semitism adds tension to an already charged atmosphere. Before long, the group`s sympathies begin to splinter as each man is forced to confront his own conscience as the moral implications of their murderous mission become clear.
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In his sixth outdoor book, Graham Wilson casts a sceptical eye on the whole Munro-bagging industry. He considers his personal reactions to the obsession & pays tribute to some notable Munroists & fine mountain writers. Interspersed are the peaks & troughs of his own Munro experiences, described with humour & reflecting his love & concern for the Highlands of Scotl&. ...

Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army, this is a stunning new novel of identity ...

A Meeting in Seville follows a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. They return to Seville on Semana Santa (Easter) for a `second honeymoon`, a gift from their daughter, only to encounter their own younger selves, on their first honeymoon exactly 30 years earlier. William Sutherland (53), is stressed, work-obsessed & alienated from his vibrant Spanish wife Luisa (52), whom he suspects of an affair with old friend & current business partner Sandy. He could do without a 30th anniversary gift from their concerned daughter. When they encounter their happily-honeymooning selves, (Will 23 & Lu 22) they think they`ve gone mad. Somehow two worlds have collided in this unchanging city
- yet the only element of the other era is that the two couples can see each other. William & Luisa recognise `themselves` but the youngsters think they`re simply a nice if fractious couple here in Seville in 1988. William is drawn to the appealing young woman his wife once was. Whilst Luisa looks in sadness at the couple these sweet lovers have become. But Sandy, William`s best-man was also in Seville that long-ago week. Was this when the fatal `attraction` took hold? When William accidentally discovers that he has the ability to tamper with history, he contrives to ease the young Sandy out of Luisa`s life but soon finds his efforts turning into something more potent...
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