Poor Zebra just wants to go to sleep! But with tap dancing tigers in tuxedos & piano-playing porcupines in party hats hiding behind every flap, will Zebra ever find some peace & quiet? There`s plenty of peekaboo fun to be found in this hilarious lift-the-flap board book from award-winning Gareth Lucas (Peekaboo 123, Peekaboo A to Z, Peekaboo Opposites). Perfect for bedtimes that are full of bounce! ...

” Alice Hoffman can write about love like no-one else” Jodi Picoult Twig lives in a remote area of town with her mysterious brother & her mother, baker of irresistible apple pies. A new girl in town might just be Twig`s first true friend, & ally in vanquishing an ancient family curse. A spellbinding tale of modern folklore set in the Berkshires, where rumours of a winged beast draw in as much tourism as the town`s famed apple orchards. ...

Have you ever wondered what `our` birds get up to when they`re not pinching our peanuts, pilfering our pyracantha berries or nesting under the eaves of our homes? The One Show`s natural history star Mike Dilger tells us the answers in Nightingales in November. This brilliant almanac tells the very different personal & annual stories of twelve well-known birds we deign to call ` British`. Through a lyrical narrative, Nightingales in November showcases amazing avian facts gleaned over decades by birdwatchers, ringers, nest recorders & migration recorders. The perfect `dip-into` book, any enquiring naturalist will be able to find out such facts as where British-breeding swallows spend Christmas Day, when to look out for juvenile tawny owls, or when is the best date in the calendar to listen out for nightingales. By using a combination of cutting-edge satellite technology & millions of ringing records, Nightingales in November reveals the mysteries of migration, tracking the regular movements of, for example, cuckoos for the eight months they`re not in the UK, or divulging why not all robins are the `stay-at-home` territorial types we once imagined. Illustrated throughout by Darren Woodhead, the birds featured include a rich mix of resident birds, summer visitors, winter visitors & passage migrants. Nightingales in November is a great read for anyone with a fondness for British birds. ...

Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable portrayal by a master novelist of the physical & psychological devastation wrought in the homeland by Hitler`s war. Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner & `moderate pessimist`, lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped
- he, & the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collective guilt, but he is unable to right any wrongs, especially in his position as mayor of a small town in north-east Germany that has been occupied by the Red Army. Dr Doll flees for Berlin, where he finds escape in a morphine addiction: each dose is a `small death`. He tries to make his way in the chaos of a city torn apart by war, accompanied by his young wife, who shares his addiction. Fighting to save two lives, he tentatively begins to believe in a better future. Written with Fallada`s distinctive power & vividness, Nightmare in Berlin captures the demoralised & desperate atmosphere of post-war Germany in a way that has never been matched or surpassed. The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut which is funded by the German Ministry of the Arts.
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Nights at the Alexandra by William Trevor
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The European city was transformed when public lighting was introduced in the last century & night life was made possible for the first time. This is an investigation of the various aspects of Paris, Berlin, London & their inhabitants at night between 1840 & 1930. It deals with topical issues such as crime in the city, urban improvement & the predicament of women. By day the author sifted through countless police & church archives, city records & first-hand accounts; by night he explored the highways & byways of the three great cities. ...

Chris Yates, one of Britain`s most insightful & lyrical writers, raises his gaze from his beloved rivers & ponds & takes us on a mesmerizing tour of the British countryside. ” Last November, the sudden appearance of a hundred wintering ravens in a wood in Cranborne Chase, where I have lived for twenty-five years without seeing more than a few solitary specimens, reminded me that there is always something ready to flame up again in the landscape, just when it seemed the fire had gone out.” In Nightwalk we accompany Chris Yates on the most magical of journeys into the very heart of the British countryside. His acute observation of the natural world & ability to transcend it exquisitely sets Chris apart from his contemporaries. Time slows down for a deeper intimacy with nature, & through Chris`s writing we hear every rustle of a leaf, every call of a bird. He widens the power of our imagination, heightening our senses & revealing beauty in the smallest details. ...

In Nightwalking Matthew Beaumont recounts an alternative history of London-populated by the poor, the mad, the lost, the vagrant & the noctambulant. He shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists & thinkers: Chaucer & Shakespeare; William Blake & his ecstatic peregrinations & the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; &, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some & served as a balm or narcotic to others. ...

This is the fifth edition of this established introduction to astronomy, but the first edition with UK specific content. With more than 275, 000 copies in print since its initial publication, Nightwatch has become the standard reference guide to stargazers around the world. Terence Dickinson covers all the problems beginners face, starting with the fact that the night sky does not look the way a modern-city dweller expects. He discusses light pollution, how to choose binoculars & telescopes, how to pronouce the names of stars & constellations, telescope mounts, averted vision & why the Harvest Moon looks especially bright. Most of the photographs are taken by amatuers, which gives the section on astrophotography a particularly inspirational gleam. The deep-sky star charts are incredibly comprehensive & all the tables of dates & times of future solar & lunar eclipses, planetary conjunctions & planet locations have been updated through to the year 2018. ` One of the best handbooks for the wannabe astronomer`. Dr. Tim O` Brien, senior lecturer in astrophysics at Jodrell Bank Observatory. ...

The main lesson Luce had learned was that you couldn`t count on anybody. In the lonesome beauty of the forest, across the far shore of the mountain lake from town, Luce acts as caretaker to an empty, decaying Lodge, a relic of holidaymakers a century before. Her days are long & peaceful, her nights filled with Nashville radio & yellow lights shimmering on the black water. A solitary life, & the perfect escape. Until the stranger children come. Bringing fire. & murder. & love. ...