Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor, traces the past for a living. But suddenly, truth & certainty are turning against her. Rebecca is accused of serious fraud, & worse, she suspects
- she knows
- that her husb&, Stephen, is having an affair. Desperate to find answers, Rebecca leaves with Stephen for Greece, Italy & Paris, where she can uncover the conspiracy against her, & hopefully win Stephen back to her side, where he belongs. There`s too much at stake
- her love, her work, her family. But on the idyllic Amalfi Coast, Stephen goes swimming & doesn`t come back. In a swirling daze of panic & fear, Rebecca is dealt with fresh allegations. & with time against her, she must uncover the dark secrets that stand between her & Stephen, & the deceit that has chased her halfway around the world.


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` Lost Tommies` brings together stunning never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies & their amazing stories in a beautiful ...

The German missionary Martin Gusinde arrived in Tierra del Fuego in 1919. Although his initial mission was to convert the Indians among whom he lived, Gusinde in fact ended up doing the very opposite: he was to become one of the first Westerners to be initiated into the Indians sacred rites. Over the course of five years, he studied the Alakaluf, Yamana & Selknam peoples, travelling from the canals of Western Patagonia to the great island of Tierra del Fuego. Gradually, the missionary became an anthropologist. Gusindes isolation on this land at the end of the earth made his approach highly unique. Fascinated by what he saw, he took over a thousand photographs, all produced using a portable darkroom. The portraits he captured constitute a kind of genealogical & social tree. Unlike his contemporaries, Gusinde photographed mainly the body in extraordinary manifestations: feather-clad figures sporting high head-dresses made from bark, wrapped up in guanaco furs, or entirely covered with ritual paint Captured in a landscape battered by wind & rain or covered in snow, in the heart of a natural world that Darwin celebrated for its wild & rough aspects, & framed in poses codified by ritual, these Indians bear witness to a society on the wane. Magic, spirits, communion with nature & initiatory rites draw the outlines of a world in which appearances vie with reality. The exceptional circumstances of the photos creation coupled with the personality & engagement of their author make these images a unique testimonial. ...

Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, & she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin & grandmother of monarchs. Some thought she should be queen of Engl&. She ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, & was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful & tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match. Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions, once under sentence of death. She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the sixteenth century, but it brought her only tragedy. Her son & her husband were brutally murdered, & there were rumours that she herself was poisoned. She warred with two queens, Mary of Scotland & Elizabeth of Engl&. A brave survivor, she was instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson. Her story deserves to be better known. This is the biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns, a life packed with intrigue, drama & tragedy. ...

The idea of the village
- unspoilt, unpretentious, unchanging & growing almost organically out of the landscape
- is one of

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In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil & misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war`s end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives & eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation & suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding & maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital & its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys & mules across Africa, Asia & Latin America. ...

In 1930 wealthy Scottish socialite Dorothy Brooke followed her new husband to Cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former British war horses leading lives of toil & misery. Brought to the Middle East by British forces during the Great War, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war`s end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home. Grant Hayter-Menzies chronicles not only the lives & eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation & suffering found respite in the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital established by Dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding & maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale. The legacy of the Old War Horse Memorial Hospital & its founder endures today in the dozens of international Brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys & mules across Africa, Asia & Latin America. ...

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER` One of the most beautiful books of the year... A symphony to the wonders of the natural world, & a stand against the disappearance of wild childhood` The Bookseller From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris All over the country, there are words disappearing from children`s lives. These are the words of the natural world -- Dandelion, Otter, Bramble & Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination & wild play is rapidly fading from our children`s minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. It is a joyful celebration of nature words & the natural world they invoke. With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane & h&-painted illustration by Jackie Morris, this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language & nature for all ages. ...

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL is famous for the engineering wonders he left behind
- from the SS Great Britain to the delights of Paddington
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A land before time
- a journey beyond belief... Unlucky in love, but desperate to prove himself in an adventure, journalist Ed
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