In The Sleeping Army, Freya went to Hel & back. She fought dragons, fled fire & outwitted giants
- all to restore eternal youth
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In 1993 Colin Thubron set out to explore the The Lost Heart of Asia
- the Moslem republics of the former Soviet Union. He visited
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This is the number one, bestselling title in this new spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. Old enemies awaken as camp half-blood`s new arrivals prepare for war. When Jason, Piper & Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods
- despite the monsters roaming the woods & demigods practising archery with flaming arrows & explosives. But rumours of a terrible curse
- & a missing hero
- are flying around camp. It seems Jason, Piper & Leo are the chosen ones to embark on a terrifying new quest, which they must complete by the winter solstice in just four days time. Can the trio succeed on this deadly mission
- & what must they sacrifice in order to survive?



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Katharina Blum is pretty, bright, hard-working & at the centre of a big city scandal when, at a carnival party, she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. Portrayed by the city`s leading newspaper as a whore, a communist & an atheist, she becomes the target of anonymous phone calls & sexual threats. Her life ruined by the distortions of a corrupt press, she shoots the offending journalist & gives herself up for arrest. Step by step & with an affecting forensic clarity, Katharina`s story is reconstructed for the reader, gradually disclosing & entire panorama of human relationship & motive. The novel is a masterful comment on the law & the press, the labyrinth of social truth & the relentless collision of fact & fiction. ...

Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin & Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India & Governor-General of Canada, he held the two most exalted positions available under the Crown, but prior to this his achievements as a British ambassador included restoring order to sectarian conflict in Syria, helping to keep Canada British, paving the way for the annexation of Egypt & preventing war from breaking out on India`s North-West Frontier. Dufferin was much more than a diplomat & politician, however: he was a leading Irish landlord, an adventurer & a travel writer whose Letters from High Latitudes proved a publishing sensation. He also became a celebrity of the time, & in his attempts to sustain his reputation he became trapped by his own inventions, thereafter living his public life in fear of exposure. Ingenuity, ability & charm usually saved the day, yet in the end catastrophe struck in the form of the greatest City scandal for forty years & the death of his heir in the Boer War. With unique access to the family archive at Clandeboye, Andrew Gailey presents a full biography of the figure once referred to as the `most popular man in Europe`. ...

The Lost Lines of Britain is a nostalgic trip along Britain's lost railways. Retracing Britain's lost railway history, the book explores many of Britain's more popular routes that have now been converted to footpaths & cycleways. The informative text not only gives the historical background to each railway, but also details of the route as it lays disused today, with clear directions for anyone to retrace bits of line. Historical photographs show the lines in use prior to their closure & there are modern photographs of what can be seen today. ...

Mayfair is comprised principally of the London estates of the Grosvenors & the Berkeleys. It has always been an area where the well-to-do resided, building town mansions whose interiors & exteriors revealed a flowering of domestic architecture, from the classicism of Lord Burlington to the extravagant exuberance of those erected by industrialists & bankers. This book focuses on the architectural heritage of Mayfair's lost buildings. It

Includes:: numerous illustrations, many published for the first time.

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Impeccably detailed & beautifully written, The Lost Olympian of the Somme is the story of an Olympic gold medallist & forgotten war hero. Frederick Kelly`s first-hand account offers a startling personal insight into the Great War & offers a unique look into the Royal Navy`s Hood Battalion. An innovative new division of sailors that served on land as soldiers, Kelly`s battalion included some of the leading artistic & intellectual minds of the day: The Hon. Charles Lister, Arthur ` Ock` Asquith (the Prime Minister`s son), & the poet Rupert Brooke, whose final hours Kelly witnessed. Olympic champion, composer, pianist, intellectual & leader of men
- this is Frederick Kelly`s incredible story.
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The welcome return of Oliver & Patch
- this time with Ruby & a lost baby penguin too! Everyone fell in love with these special
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