From the creator of the critically acclaimed Where the Forest Meets the Sea & Mirror, comes a poetic, eco-conscious picture book which explores the complex, interdependency of nature. This is the story of the little-known Bar-tailed Godwit who, following invisible pathways that have been used for thousands of years, undertakes the longest unbroken migration of any bird, a total of 11, 000 kilometres, flying from their breeding grounds in Alaska across the Pacific Ocean to Australia or New Zeal&. Facing hunger & treacherous conditions to reach their destination, their flight is one of bravery, tenacity & strength, & Jeannie`s stunning mixed media collages, inspired first-hand by the spectacular landscapes of Alaska & China, will amaze readers, & take them on an extraordinary visual journey to the corners of our Earth. ...

From the creator of the critically acclaimed Where the Forest Meets the Sea & Mirror, comes a poetic, eco-conscious picture book which explores the complex, interdependency of nature. This is the story of the little-known Bar-tailed Godwit who, following invisible pathways that have been used for thousands of years, undertakes the longest unbroken migration of any bird, a total of 11, 000 kilometres, flying from their breeding grounds in Alaska across the Pacific Ocean to Australia or New Zeal&. Facing hunger & treacherous conditions to reach their destination, their flight is one of bravery, tenacity & strength, & Jeannie`s stunning mixed media collages, inspired first-hand by the spectacular landscapes of Alaska & China, will amaze readers, & take them on an extraordinary visual journey to the corners of our Earth. ...

Describes the life of an Englishman in Japan, a banker by day & a writer by night, & what it feels like to be a chameleon in a pin-stripe suit: the strange sensation of returning to Japan, as another persona comes back to life, part Japanese, part gaijin; the gradual internalization of an alien culture; & the bittersweet adventure of becoming someone other. The book records the experience of an outsider in a country where the group is all-powerful, & of an individual in a society where conformity is an almost religious duty. It describes a journey through the looking glass land of a foreigner in Tokyo & the invisible country which exists in the mind of the Japanese, into the interior
- in search of the heart of Japan.
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Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind
- getting something for nothing
- the surprise of a gust, the boon of a side-wind

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From Lucy Wadham, the bestselling author of The Secret Life of France, Heads & Straights is an autobiographical tale of bohemians, punk, the King`s Road in the 1970s & family
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. ”A rich, vital family saga, & a feat of narrative compression”. (The Times). ” Authors include the masterly John Lanchester, the children of Kids Company, comic John O` Farrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical, the personal to the societal, they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually they`re delightful small reads, pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city”. (Evening Standard). ” Exquisitely diverse”. (The Times). ” Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed”. (Tom Cox, Observer). ”A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent, as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books”. (A Common Reader blog). ” The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw”. (Londonist). ”A series of short, sharp, city-based vignettes
- some personal, some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected, full of wit, & just the right amount of grit”. (Fabric Magazine). ”A collection of beautiful books”. (Grazia). [ Praise for Lucy Wadham]: ” Penetrating insight & dry observation”. (Independent). ” Beautifully clever & intellectually challenging”. (Good Housekeeping). ” Effortless wit & keen intelligence”. (New Statesman). Lucy Wadham was born in London & has lived in France for the past twenty years. She is the author of Lost, shortlisted for the Macallan Gold Dagger for Fiction. Her most recent book is The Secret Life of France.

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Concentrating on the eighty most important sites in Britain & Irel&, this illustrated guide to stone circles & landscape temples is the first work on the subject to combine stunning photography with scientific survey. Stone circles are one of the enticements & fascinations of prehistory. The emptiness & mystery of these sites & their weathered stones have captivated, perplexed, & attracted visitors from all over the world.

Max Milligan's images convey the serene beauty & unique aura of these sites, & range from descriptive & informative views to strikingly abstract & inspiring compositions. The text by Aubrey Burl, the acknowledged authority on the subject, offers detailed historical accounts & descriptions of the sites, & recounts the powerful myths & legends that have surrounded them & persist to this day.

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As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, & she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence & heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses & serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage
- but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny. Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband & became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer`s licence. After falling in with the notoriously hedonistic & gin-soaked Happy Valley set, Beryl soon became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen & big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen`s memoir Out of Africa). It was this unhappy affair which set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her truest self, & to her fate: to fly.
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Presenting a series of 50 circular walks along & around the Pennine Way, this title also aims to provide an appreciation of this wonderful part of the English Countryside. The walks included were adopted by the Countryside Agency for its 40th anniversary celebration of the Pennine Way, with an event called ' Walk the Way in a Day'. ...

In her new collection, Katherine Gallagher draws on a rich inheritance from her different worlds: Australia, Britain
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A boxer-turned-hitman faces an impossible mission to kill his brother; an old lady sets up a gang of her own teenage vigilantes after being mugged herself; a village boy faces the gruesome end of his beloved pet piglet; a retired geography teacher dreams of places he`s never been; a clown on the make talks an impoverished lion tamer into selling his lion to gangsters; &, a fading beauty is courted by a suitor with suspiciously scaly hands
- Drawing on the monsters & myths of Balkan folklore, the brutal reality of the Communist regime, & the dazzling magic of Enev`s own imagination, these stories have an almost hypnotic & surreal quality. Absurd, both painfully funny & deeply sad, Circus Bulgaria, reaches straight into the cracked heart of the Eastern Europe.
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