The recorded history of Hampstead goes back a thousand years. but it was only in the 18th century, with the first Hampstead Spa, that it became fashionable. Building took place on part of the heath l&, but local opposition stopped further exploitation of this picturesque open space favoured by artists & the general public. Hampstead retains many of its 18th century buildings & still has much charm, liveliness & distinctive character. This is a well illustrated book written by an eminent Hampstead expert & resident. ...

Choosing the glories of New York`s preeminent summer destination
- the Hamptons, Clinton captures the essence of beachfront life
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A new translation of George Simenon`s taut, devastating psychological novel set in American suburbia. The inspiration for the new play by award-winning playwright David Hare. `I had begun, God knows why, tearing a corner off of everyday truth, begun seeing myself in another kind of mirror, & now the whole of the old, more or less comfortable truth was falling to pieces` Confident & successful, New York advertising executive Ray Sanders takes what he wants from life. When he goes missing in a snow storm in Connecticut one evening, his closest friend begins to reassess his loyalties, gambling Ray`s fate & his own future. ` The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt & bitterness, redolent of place.. .utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining` John Banville ` One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.. . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories` Guardian `A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness` Independen ...

Snared between two cultures & two loves, one man is forced to choose...1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms & daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims. Amidst the conflict is young Hernando, the son of an Arab woman & the Christian priest who raped her. He is despised & regularly beaten by his own step-father for his `tainted` heritage. Fuelled with the love of the beautiful Fatima, Hernando hatches a plan to unite the two warring faiths
- & the two halves of his identity...
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What happens when an urban girl swaps her kitten heels in the city for karma in the country? It is a big year for Lucy
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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire
- neither Offred`s nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived & executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood`s devastating irony, wit & astute perception.
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A stunning bespoke gift package featuring an iconic design from a prize-winning artist, eye-catching sprayed edges & ribbon. ...

The Handy London Map & Guide from Bensons Map Guides in their range of street plans of central London, in a handy A5 paperback format with descriptions & an index of essential sights & numerous other places of interest, main shopping streets & markets, plus parks & gardens, all graded according to their importance & popularity. Coverage extends, roughly, from Earl’s Court to The Tower & north/south from London Zoo & St Pancras International Eurostar terminal to the southern bank of the Thames between the Vauxhall & the Tower bridges, including the Imperial War Museum. The atlas uses the publishers’ standard cartography, presented here at 1:10, 775 approx. The atlas has a street index & in addition

Includes:: a street plan of central Greenwich, a map of London’s theatreland with an index of venues, a bus map, an index of tube & railway stations plus a diagram of the tube lines, plus general tourist information. Current edition of this title was published in 2013. About Bensons range of street plans of central London: The plans offer the clearest, most accurate & most informative street mapping of the capital, particularly for those who wish to explore London on foot. The same style of presentation of the street network is used in different titles with varying degree of detail. Excellent placing of names & the use of colours or symbols enable the publishers to provide a wealth of information whilst retaining the clarity of small detail: streets with bus services, Underground/railway stations & riverboat piers, prime shopping areas, places of entertainment & main services, selected hotels & pubs, etc. The capital’s main sights are prominently highlighted & other important buildings are named. For drivers the maps indicate main traffic routes & show entry restrictions for motorized traffic & car parks. One way streets are not marked. For those exploring London on foot the Bensons plans offer information not often found on other street maps: small passages, steps or stairways, foot access onto bridges from streets below them, etc. Additional panels, varying from title to title, provide more information: enlargements of the West End & the City, bus routes, places of entertainment, descriptions of sights, sightseeing walks, a shopping guide, etc. For more information please see the individual description. The most detailed coverage is offered by the London Street Map.

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Georges Simenon`s haunting tale about the lengths to which people will go to escape from guilt, translated by Linda Coverdale as part of the new Penguin Maigret series. A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. & there were at least twenty other etchings & pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch. A church steeple: beneath the weathercock, a human body dangling from each arm of the cross... Below another sketch were written four lines from Francois Villon`s Ballade of the Hanged Men. On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man`s suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to shoot himself. ” Compelling, remorseless, brilliant”. (John Gray). ” One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century... Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories”. (Guardian). ”A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness”. (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels & short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerl&, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. Linda Coverdale is the awarding-winning translator of many French works & has been honoured with the title of Chevalier of the Order of Arts & Letters for her contribution to French literature. ...

A twisting, turning thriller from the author of With Malice Two girls, one fatal reading... because the truth always lies in the cards Skye`s mother believes she has `the gift`
- the opportunity to see the future. Skye however can only see the opportunity to make money
- & happily fleeces her gullible classmates into handing over their cash to hear their futures through Skye`s wellworn tarot cards. But it`s all in a good cause, right? Skye needs to save her hardearned cash to go to New York with her best mate Drew. Then the local mayor`s daughter Paige disappears
- & Skye has a tip off about her whereabouts. Skye is uncomfortable about the source & masks the tipoff as a vision she has received. But then events get wildly out of control
- Paige is found murdered & Skye is a prime suspect...



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