Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive & well. Things have changed
- no Eva Braun, no Nazi
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Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive & well. Things have changed
- no Eva Braun, no Nazi
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Follow the holes to read the story in this interactive flying adventure! Little ones will love finding the holes with their fingers, peeping through & turning the page to see what they become. With a gentle rhyming text encouraging children to say what they can spy in every scene, this is a journey through the stars to visit time & time again. ...

Follow the holes to read the story in this interactive space adventure! Little ones will love finding the holes with their fingers, peeping through & turning the page to see what the holes become. With a gentle rhyming text encouraging children to say what they can spy in every scene, this is a journey through the stars to visit time & time again. ...

Follow the holes to read the story in this interactive deepsea adventure! Little ones will love finding the holes with their fingers, peeping through & turning the page to see what the holes become. With a gentle rhyming text encouraging children to say what they can spy in every scene, this is a journey through the ocean to visit time & time again. ...

“ Looking East” is a large format portfolio of the best & most poignant portraits by Steve Mc Curry, known & loved the world over for his exquisitely beautiful & enduring images of the landscapes & cultures of Southeast Asia. This marvelous book

Includes:: iconic as well as previously unknown portraits of children, monks, pilgrims, parents & travellers that Mc Curry has encountered on his travels throughout Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Tibet & Myanmar (Burma). Each portrait is illustrated on a large scale, some life-size, rendering the portraits even more engaging & sensuous, making it easy to see why Steve Mc Curry is one of the most admired & well-represented photojournalists working today. This book is a genuine must-have, & would make a sumptuous gift for almost anyone. The images on the right are extracts from the book
- the book itself contains one portrait on one page, ensuring the individuality of the portrait is not lost.


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How do you become an explorer? It`s a question every child has asked. &, Steve Backshall was no different. But after a rainy-day visit to an exhibition of artefacts from Papua New Guinea, it was a question that began to obsess the seven-year old Backshall. Due to this childhood interest, the vast, untamed wildness of Papua New Guinea was where Backshall forged his unlikely path. From crushing lows of early failures to the extraordinary highs of the BBC`s Lost Land of the Volcano expedition, it was this dark island which gave Backshall his opportunity. Full of incredible wildlife, extraordinary wilderness, jungles, cannibals, pitfalls, triumph, danger & excitement, Looking for Adventure is the irresistible, inspiring story of a little boy who let his heart rule his head. ...

The unmissable first novel from bestselling & award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. ” If people were rain, I was drizzle & she was a hurricane.” Miles Halter`s whole life has been one big non-event, until he meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever & undoubtedly screwed-up, Alaska draws Miles into her reckless world & irrevocably steals his heart. For Miles, nothing can ever be the same again. ` Looking for Alaska` brilliantly captures the exquisite painful joy of living & loving. Poignant, funny, heartbreaking & compelling, this novel will stay with you forever. ...

Chrissie Docherty returns to the southern Africa of her childhood & tracks down Evelyn Fielding, the woman at the centre of an explosive scandal involving a traditional colonial officer & a gifted black African artist. Together, the two women uncover the secrets that shattered a remote expatriate outpost in the Zambian bush in the 1970s. Switching deftly between today & the recent past, & set against a background of tense post-colonial race relations, political turmoil & witchcraft, ` Looking for Evelyn` powerfully evokes the very special colours, sounds & smells of Africa. ...

The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more & more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world. But travelling, particularly to the more remote & volatile corners of the globe, can be a dangerous business. If you don`t prepare properly
- by looking for potential hazards (or ”lemons”) & learning how best to deal with them
- you may wish you`d never started out. Looking for Lemons is a unique new travel guide & essential reading for anyone planning an overseas trip, whether on business, as a tourist or a gap-year traveller. If you want no-nonsense, easy-to-follow, practical advice on how to recognise the warning signs, how to prevent problems, & how to cope with emergencies (should they occur), this is the book for you.

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