Tibble is a reporter. He only ever writes about cats, & he`s about to be fired. Minou is a young woman who has moved into Tibble`s flat. She hates dogs, likes rooftops, loves the fishmonger, & happens to have been, until very recently, a cat. With her feline friends listening out for all the local human news, is Minou the answer to all Tibble`s problems-or just the beginning of them? A hilarious, charming story of cats, dogs, & learning to dare. ` My find of the year to date...both a rousing story about how to be brave & a captivating defence of the virtues of the cat` Lorna Bradbury, Daily Telegraph `A big, unexpected hit... The beauty here is the writing itself` Daily Telegraph ` To discover Annie MG Schmidt is to feel like the cat who got the cream
- & the salmon fillet... Guaranteed to make anyone 7-plus to 107 who likes to curl up with a book & a cat purr with pleasure.` Alex O` Connell, The Times ` Enchanting.. . Amusing & uplifting.` Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times ` This story is a gift to the English language & a reminder that we should not forget the wealth of tales written abroad` We Love this Book `A funny & yet quietly profound tale of courage, friendship & what it really means to be human... The narrative beautifully unfolds with unseen & fine tuning, climaxing with an exciting & rich ending which is deeply satisfying` Playing by the Book `A humorous, surreal & satisfying story with an old fashioned feel` Book Trust Books We Like ` Annie is not a writer, she`s a miracle!` Guus Kiijer ` Books of this quality are a rare thing`NRC Handelsblad Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-95) was regarded as the Queen of Dutch Children`s Literature & her books have been an essential part of every Dutch childhood for the last fifty years. She trained as a librarian but burst onto the literary scene when the newspaper she was working for discovered her gift for children`s verse. Having won numerous awards during her lifetime, including the 1989 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Schmidt is now included in the Canon of Dutch History taught to all Dutch schoolchildren, alongside Spinoza, Anne Frank & Vincent van Gogh. David Colmer has won several international awards for his translations of Dutch & Flemish novels, poetry & children`s books. He has translated much of Annie M.G. Schmidt`s work.
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Welcome to the British Museum, home to Lottie Lipton: nine-year-old investigator extraordinaire! Lottie has lived in the British Museum all her life
- she thought she knew it like the back of her hand! But when she finds herself locked in a secret tunnel deep beneath the museum she starts to worry that she might never escape. Can Lottie, Uncle Bert & Reg solve the puzzles to find their way out of the maze of passageways? Perfect for developing & newly confident readers, Lottie Lipton Adventures are packed with action, excitement & puzzles for the reader to solve.
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Without libraries, what have we? We have no past & no future. This book tells for the first time in English the story of the first great universal library in the age of printing
- & of the son of Christopher Columbus who created it. This is the scarcely believable
- & wholly true
- story of Christopher Columbus` bastard son Hernando, who sought to equal & surpass his father`s achievements by creating a universal library. His father sailed across the ocean to explore the known boundaries of the world for the glory of God, Spain & himself. His son Hernando sought instead to harness the vast powers of the new printing presses to assemble the world`s knowledge in one place, his library in Seville. Hernando was one of the first & greatest visionaries of the print age, someone who saw how the scale of available information would entirely change the landscape of thought & society. His was an immensely eventual life. As a youth, he spent years travelling in the New World, & spent one living with his father in a shipwreck off Jamaica. He created a dictionary & a geographical encyclopaedia of Spain, helped to create the first modern maps of the world, spent time in almost every major European capital, & associated with many of the great people of his day, from Ferdinand & Isabel to Erasmus, Thomas More, & Durer. He wrote the first biography of his father, almost single-handedly creating the legend of Columbus that held sway for many hundreds of years, & was highly influential in crafting how Europe saw the world his father reached in 1492. He also amassed the largest collection of printed images & of printed music of the age, started what was perhaps Europe`s first botanical garden, & created by far the greatest private library Europe had ever seen, dwarfing with its 15, 000 books every other library of the day. Edward Wilson-Lee has written the first major modern biography of Hernando
- & the first of any kind available in English. In a work of dazzling scholarship, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books tells an enthralling tale of the age of print & exploration, a story with striking lessons for our own modern experiences of information revolution & Globalisation.



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The third mystery in the hugely compelling, bestselling international crime series from Norway`s answer to Agatha Christie, Hans Olav Lahlum. The Catalyst Killing will have you guessing to the final clue... The first murder was only the spark.. .1970. Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen, known as K2, witnesses a young woman desperately trying to board a train only to have the doors close before her face. The next time he sees her, she is dead.. . As K2 investigates, with the help of his precocious young assistant Patricia, he discovers that the story behind Marie Morgenstierne`s murder really began two years ago, when a group of politically active young people set out on a walking tour in the mountains. There, one night, the party`s charismatic leader
- & Marie`s boyfriend
- Falko Reinhardt vanished without a trace. But were the relationships between this group of friends & comrades all they appeared to be? What did Marie see, that made her run for her life that day? & could both mysteries be linked to Falko`s research into a cell of Norwegian Nazis he suspected may still be active? It soon becomes clear that Marie`s death is not only a complex case in its own right, but will act as a catalyst in a dark set of events which will leave K2 & Patricia confronting their most dangerous & explosive investigation yet. & as the pair work hard to unravel the clues before Marie`s killer can strike again, the detective fails to notice that his young assistant has her own problems to face.. .

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A well-rounded guide covering the techniques & skills needed to succeed in catamaran sailing, for those starting out through to those striving for championship wins. Whether you are a youngster choosing your first cat, a club sailor looking to improve your results, or a seasoned racer embarking on a higher performance model, expert advice from Tom & Brian Phipps will take your catamaran sailing to the next level. Beginning with key theory & seamanship skills, the Phipps take you through your early sailing experiences & caring for your catamaran. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will be introduced to trapezing, race tuning & racing itself. As your confidence grows you move onto advanced techniques & high performance catamarans. The final section gives you a glimpse of the cutting edge of catamaran sailing with foiling platforms & solid wings. 30 focussed chapters are packed with over 350 photographs showing you exactly how it`s done, with diagrams illustrating key boat parts, the various points of sailing & complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water & improve your catamaran sailing. ...

The companion reissue to The Spirit of London, this classic text from 1934 is still an invaluable aid to understanding England`s cathedrals. It aims to give a brief account, & pictorial review, of each cathedral in Engl&. Simply & concisely written to be read by anyone with an interest in the subject. From mighty York minster, Durham & Canterbury through St Albans to Ripon & Southwark, all the cathedrals are covered. The full list of cathedrals covered are: Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, London, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, Rochester, St Albans, Salisbury, Southwark, Southwell, Wells, Winchester, Worcester, York. Also the Parish church cathedrals of Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Chelmsford, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, St Edmundsbury, Sheffield & Wakefield. Not only does it have the stunning Brian Cook illustration on the cover (Gloucester Cathedral), but several of Brian`s line drawings are used inside the book. A beautiful book to have on any shelf, this is also a practical guide that still works as a reference guide. It should be stocked in all the cathedral shops across England! The companion reissue to The Spirit of London, this classic text from 1934 is still an invaluable aid to understanding England`s cathedrals. It aims to give a brief account, & pictorial review, of each cathedral in Engl&. Simply & concisely written to be read by anyone with an interest in the subject. From mighty York minster, Durham & Canterbury through St Albans to Ripon & Southwark, all the cathedrals are covered. The full list of cathedrals covered are: Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, London, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Ripon, Rochester, St Albans, Salisbury, Southwark, Southwell, Wells, Winchester, Worcester, York. Also the Parish church cathedrals of Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Chelmsford, Coventry (pre-war building), Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Newcastle, Portsmouth, St Edmundsbury, Sheffield & Wakefield. Not only does it have the stunning Brian Cook illustration on the cover (Gloucester Cathedral), but several of Brian`s line drawings are used inside the book.A beautiful book to have on any shelf, this is also a practical guide that still works as a reference guide. It should be stocked in all the cathedral shops across England! ...

The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history
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Catskill Park & the Catskill Mountains in New York state at 1:215, 283 on a detailed indexed road map from Jimpaco, highlighting numerous recreational facilities, plus enlargements & street maps for local towns. On one side is a road map at 1:215, 283 covering the park & the surrounding area. Topography is shown by relief shading with main peak heights. Catskill Park & other protected areas are highlighted & symbols show numerous campgrounds, recreational areas, ...

Catskill Park & the Catskill Mountains in New York state at 1:215, 283 on a detailed indexed road map from Jimpaco, highlighting numerous recreational facilities, plus enlargements & street maps for local towns. On one side is a road map at 1:215, 283 covering the park & the surrounding area. Topography is shown by relief shading with main peak heights. Catskill Park & other protected areas are highlighted & symbols show numerous campgrounds, recreational areas, “fun spots”, wineries & other places of interest. The map has no geographical coordinates, Extensive index lists geographical features & places of interest, with a separate index of communities on the reverse. The map indicates which areas are shown on the reverse in greater detail. On the reverse the main panel covers the eastern part of Catskills Park
- roughly between Hunter & Kingston on the Hudson. Other enlargements show residential areas: Margaretville
- Fleischmanns, Oneonta, Liberty
- Monticello, Middletown, Wurtsboro
- Bloomingburg, Ellenville, & Rosendale
- High Falls
- New Paltz. The enlargements provide a much more detailed presentation of the road/street network with, where appropriate, names of individual roads & streets.





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In this well-researched & fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal--author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden--makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia, the five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international crisis in 2008, proves that this is still a combustible region, whose inner dynamics & history deserve a much more complex appreciation from the wider world. In The Caucasus, de Waal provides this richer, deeper, & much-needed appreciation, one that reveals that the South Caucasus--Armenia, Azerbaijan, & Georgia, & their many smaller regions, enclaves, & breakaway entities--is a fascinating & distinct world unto itself. Providing both historical background & an insightful analysis of the period after 1991, de Waal sheds light on how the region has been scarred by the tumultuous scramble for independence & the three major conflicts that broke out with the end of the Soviet Union--Nagorny Karabakh, Abkhazia, & South Ossetia. The book examines the region as a major energy producer & exporter; offers a compelling account of the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the rise of Mikheil Saakashvili, & the August 2008 war; & considers the failure of the South Caucasus, thus far, to become a single viable region. In addition, the book features a dozen or so ”boxes” which provide brief snapshots of such fascinating side topics as the Kurds, Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, the promotion of the region as the ” Soviet Florida, ” & the most famous of all Georgians, Stalin. The Caucasus delivers a vibrantly written & timely account of this turbulent region, one that will prove indispensable for all concerned with world politics. It is, as well, a stimulating read for armchair travellers & for anyone curious about far-flung corners of the world. ...