Celebrating the 70th anniversary of this magical & well-loved classic. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; & an American financier find themselves in the enigmatic snow-capped mountains of uncharted Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travellers set about discovering the secret hidden at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La. ...

Contrary to popular belief, London isn`t all grime & crime. Despite the endless maze of paving, commuter rat race & never-stop, never-rest attitude, there`s another side
- a natural side
- unearthed in this beautiful new book. Lost in London is for those who aren`t in love with the capital`s dynamic pace & crowded tubes. It`s for those who crave the slower, sweeter side of the city. From orchards in Southwark, & birdwatchers on Tower 42, to the riverside pubs where you can spot rare butterflies, this urban nature guide lists the best places to slow down & reconnect with the world. Light-hearted & lovingly-researched, the book is packed with practical tips on turning local finds into jams, cordials, & boozy treats such as sloe gin & elderflower champagne. There is also advice on how to pick summer food for the winter months & Christmas presents, & how to make the most out of your garden, allotment, rooftop or window box. Packed with beautiful colour photographs, maps & original illustrations, Lost in London finds fresh air in the big smoke & proves that it really is possible to live more simply in the city. Word count: 30, 000

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Lost in New Zealand is a new release from pre-eminent New Zealand photographer Craig Potton, in the popular New Zealand pictorial genre. In a deliberate move away from the highly commercial photography of the likes of New Zealand Aotearoa, Craig is presenting images from his photo library with a more subtle & sophisticated take on the landscape. Influenced by recent photography trips to Iceland & Nepal, & the success of his newly-opened Arrowtown gallery, Craig is keen to make available his less-known but more personal photography, meeting the expectations of tourists & locals alike whose tastes in landscape photography are wider than a book of solely postcard-style pictures. Art & literature is full of metaphors of those who become either emotionally, physically, or spiritually 'lost' in the wilderness. Through this journey, they are able to find a sense of calm within themselves, & learn to appreciate the sublime in nature. Similarly, Lost in New Zealand tries to capture the quiet beauty of this l&, & one photographer's passion for it. Not since Moment & Memory has Craig allowed such a private & personal retrospective of his work to be published, & Lost in New Zealand

Includes:: many previously unpublished photographs from the past 10 years.

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Lost in Paris is a colouring-in stroll around the fabulous the city of light. From the Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve, to more modern architecture such as Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, the skyline is mixed, giving Paris such a wonderful, unique personality. Featuring fun facts "es about the city along the way, this is a relaxing colouring book as well as a wonderful keepsake. Take a wander along the Seine, discover famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower & The Louvre, & colour in some charming boulangeries & boutiques along the way. ...

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, ' Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, & a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea's Baliem Valley crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers & crew were killed & two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, & a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps. Hurt, unarmed & afraid, they prayed for deliverance
- from their wounds, from the elements, & from the spear-carrying, Dani tribesmen who roamed the mountains, men who were untouched by modernity. For seven weeks, the survivors experienced one remarkable adventure after another, until they were rescued in a truly incredible mission. Rounding out the true-life cast is a rogue filmmaker who'd left Hollywood after being exposed as a jewel-thief; a smart-alek pilot who flew best when his plane had no engine, & a cowboy colonel whose rescue plan seemed designed to increase the death toll. Using a huge range of sources, including first hand accounts from the survivors themselves, Mitchell Zuckoff exposes the enlightening & terrifying adventure of three individuals lost on uncharted soil & the relationships they built not only with each other, but also with a lost civilization.
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In 1959 13-year-old Eva Hoffman left her home in Cracow, Poland for a new life in America. This memoir evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess & exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands of people this century. Her autobiography is profoundly personal but also tells one of the most universal & important narratives of twentieth century history: the story of Jewish post-war experience & the tragedies & discoveries born of cultural displacement. ...

In 1959 13-year-old Eva Hoffman made a voyage that took her from the familiar, loved country of her childhood to the unknown New World. Her life was irrevocably divided in two. In this personal memoir, she evokes the landscapes of postwar Poland
- recently war-torn, suffering oppression, yet also the land of friends, first love, first home. She then sets out to convey the shock of the disruption of exile from that home & the struggle to comprehend a suddenly alien world, in which she experienced hardships among the well-manicured lawns of suburban Vancouver. The view of an adolescent thrust into a new world with no familiar references is offered via comments on a succession of American landscapes
- college education in Texas; counterculture at Harvard; the literary milieu of New York. The reader is given an insight into the profound consequences of living a bicultural identity, the risks of nostalgia, the conflicting pulls of freedom & family knowledge. The book also explores the condition of being caught between two languages
- a condition that literally offers different answers in moments of important decision
- & tells how Hoffman learned to rewrite herself in the splintered, challenging English idiom.



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In today`s world no self-respecting English-language enthusiast could have failed to notice the frequent & flagrant abuse of our native tongue by pesky foreigners? (Forgetting, for a moment, the fact that many nations speak our language better than we do.) ” Lost in Translation” features hundreds of genuine, original & utterly ridiculous examples of the misadventures in English discovered all over the world by the author & his intrepid team of researchers. Everything from hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a ` Cream shower for pretentious skin` or the Japanese bar that boasts ` Special cocktails for ladies with nuts`, or the French warning at a swimming pool
- ` Swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour.` Published in paperback for the first time this autumn, ” Lost in Translation” demonstrates how widely the English language has travelled, though unfortunately some of it seems to have got a bit scrambled en route.
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Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there`s a Swedish word that means a traveller`s particular sense of anticipation before a trip? Lost in Translation brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with 50 beautiful ink illustrations. The words & definitions range from the lovely, such as ”goya”, the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Hawaiian ”pana po`o”, which describes the act of scratching your head to remember something you`ve forgotten. This is a collection is full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language. ...

Lost in Translation is 140 wacky, weird & wonderful snapshots of the English language being abused abroad & at home. Whether it`s dodgy grammar, bad spellings or just plain old terrible translations, Lost in Translation demonstrates how the world`s favourite language is treated when it goes on holiday. From hilarious street signs to dreadful translations to an assortment of wonderful unintentional wordplay, this book will make you laugh out loud.. .and remind you to always use spellcheck! Word count: 5, 000 ...