At its height, the Khmer empire stretched from Angkor in Cambodia as far west as Muang Singh on the border of present-day Burma & Thailand & as far north as Wat Phu on the banks of the Mekong river. Hundreds of temples & thousands of shrines marked the territory of this powerful kingdom. Following on from the great success of ” Angkor
- Cities & Temples”, the renowned scholar & epigraphist, Claude Jacques, explores the achievements & developments of the Khmer people from the 5th to the 13th century. Beginning with the early pre-Angkorean site of Funan & ending with the reign of the great Khmer king, Jayavarman VII, the author journeys beyond the well-known sites around Angkor Wat, to reveal the marvels of many temples hitherto inaccessible to visitors. Thus the reader is taken on a virtual tour of exquisite Khmer architecture
- from Preah Vihear perched on a steep cliff overlooking the Cambodian plain, to the mysterious & extensive site of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay & the elaborately carved temple-in-the-forest of Beng Mealea, to mention but a few. Based on a lifetime of study & research, the author speculates as to the origins & reasons behind each site & how the Khmer empire functioned over many hundreds of years. Superbly photographed by Philippe Lafond, the book

Includes:: site plans, old photographs, aerial shots of the ancient cities & detailed photographs showing the reliefs & other magnificent carvings. Never before has the richness & diversity of the Khmer empire been captured so evocatively & comprehensively.



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Jamie`s desperate to become Highwood School`s star football player (and in his dreams, Hawkstone United`s, too). But after he wrecks his chances at the trials, the pressure`s on to prove himself. Dan Freedman is a hot new talent headed straight for the Premier League! He has great connections & insider knowledge
- he works
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Warm, wise & full of heart... I absolutely loved this book.` Lucy Diamond Mum always knows best... The stunning debut for ...

This bright & colourful children's cookbook contains 56 classic recipes from around the world. All the recipes have been carefully tested & edited to make them suitable for young cooks. The book is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs. Each recipe is given a double-page spread &

Includes:: not only photographs of the finished dish but also photos of all the separate ingredients, the utensils that are needed & the key stages of preparation.

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The Kiel Canal: North Sea to the Baltic (No. 711), a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance footpaths, cycling routes, accommodation, etc, printed on durable, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper.KOMPASS HIKING & RECREATIONAL MAPS: This title is part of an extensive series covering Austria, much of Germany & the Slovenian Alps. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of hiking maps; their mapping of other countries, including expanding coverage of Italy, is listed on our website separately.CARTOGRAPHY: The maps are contoured with additional shading, graphic relief & colouring to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10m in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous regions. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Latest editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES: Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. MAP LEGEND: Most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.OTHER
Features: Selected titles include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have a booklet with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage.BOOKLETS: PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING! Many titles come with a booklet describing the area and/or various hiking routes. Unless indicated in the individual description that the booklet

Includes:: English, these booklets are IN GERMAN only. The booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, full English language map legend is provided.


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Who killed Nanna Birk Larsen? That was the question on many lips when, in 2011, the BAFTA winning first series of The Killing was aired on British television. The subsequent column inches, not least about a certain black & white Faroe Island jumper, & critical success it garnered were partly a legacy of the previous year ...

Who killed Nanna Birk Larsen? That was the question on many lips when, in 2011, the BAFTA winning first series of The Killing was aired on British television. The subsequent column inches, not least about a certain black & white Faroe Island jumper, & critical success it garnered were partly a legacy of the previous year’s great success, The Wire, which had shown the appetite for a sophisticated investigation of the relationship between crime & politics. Acclaimed crime writer David Hewson has not, in this novelised version of the series, given us just another hack work spin-off, but a superb example of engrossing, literary detective fiction, so well written that it is now being translated & readied for publication in Danish. Instead of just giving us a verbatim transcript of the subtitles to the tv series, Hewson took the trouble to travel to Copenhagen & consult with Søren Sveistrup, the series script writer. What has emerged is a novel which has its own integrity & its own perspective, for Hewson takes on the persona of a witness to the events, just as the television viewer is. Where the television series at times seemed in danger of making Copenhagen seem dreary, Hewson has retained the gloomy Scandi atmosphere we all know & love, & given the novel’s ending an extra twist rather than an insulting anti-climax or an easy moral. Anyone who appreciates clever detective fiction & has not seen the series will find this riveting, while those who are already fans of the television series will be mesmerised by Hewson’s dynamic style & alternative ending. ...

Thirty nine steps rose from the busy road of Tuborgvej into Mindelunden, with its quiet graves & abiding bitter memories. Lennart Brix, head of the Copenhagen homicide team, felt he`d been walking them most of his life. Beneath the entrance arch, sheltering from the icy rain, he couldn`t help but recall that first visit almost fifty years before. A five-year-old boy, clutching the hand of his father, barely able to imagine what he was about see.. . The bark of a dog broke his reverie. Brix looked at the forensic officers, white bunny suits, mob hats, marching grim-faced down the rows of graves, towards the space in the little wood where the rest of the team was gathering.. . Three gnarled stakes, replicas now, with the originals in the Frihedsmuseet. A woman was tied to the centre pole, hands behind her back, bound with heavy rope round her torso. Blonde hair soaked with rain & worse, head down, chin on chest, crouched awkwardly on her knees. A gaping wound at her neck like a sick second smile. She wore a blue dressing gown slashed in places all the way to the waist, flesh & skin visible where the frenzied blade had stabbed at her. Her face was bruised & dirty. Blood poured from her nostrils, had dried down each side of her mouth, like makeup on a tragic clown.. . It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case. Two years since Detective Sarah Lund left Copenhagen in disgrace for a remote outpost in northern Denmark. When the body of a female lawyer is found in macabre circumstances in a military graveyard, there are elements of the crime scene that take Head of Homicide, Lennart Brix, back to an occupied wartime Denmark -- a time its countrymen would wish to forget. Brix knows that Lund is the one person he can rely on to discover the truth. Reluctantly she returns to Copenhagen & becomes intrigued with the facts surrounding the case. As more bodies are found, Lund comes to see a pattern & she realises that the identity of the killer will be known once the truth behind a more recent wartime mission is finally revealed.. . ...

`I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.` Llew Jones wanted to see the States & write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfly salesman as charismatic as he is infuriating, & they were soon hurtling across 1980s America together, caught up in an adventure that got way, way out of control. Now Llew is in jail, his friend is gone, & he has to give his side of the story if he`s ever going to get free... Part existential road trip, part neo-gothic thriller, part morality tale, The Killing of Butterfly Joe by Rhidian Brook is a dazzling & propulsive novel full of characters you`ll never forget. An epic story of friendship, desire, & participating in the Great American Dream
- `the one that leads from rags to riches via pitches`
- whatever the consequences.

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`I love Robert Thorogood`s writing`
- Peter James An original story from the creator & writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death
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