In his bestselling book Tequila Mockingbird, Tim Federle combines delicious cocktail recipes with beloved classic novels & witty humor. Existing readers, newcomers, & drink enthusiasts of every persuasion will love this clever, portable kit, which

Includes:: 15 cocktail recipe cards (plus five cards with tips for perfect drinks every time), a stainless steel bartender`s jigger, & 4 cocktail stirring sticks.

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The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest, & most famous, archaeological discoveries of all time. 6, 000 life-size figures of warriors & horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China
- each is individually carved, & they are thought to represent real members of the emperor`s army. This is the remarkable story of their creation, the man who ordered them made, their rediscovery & their continuing legacy as a pre-eminent symbol of Chinese greatness. The First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, was king of the Chinese state of Qin & the first man to unite China into a single empire. He built the first Great Wall & brought a single written script to the whole country. He was an inspired & ruthless ruler, but one also beset by paranoia & a desire for immortality. He is still considered the founding father of the modern state of China. On his death in 210 BC he was buried in a giant mausoleum near modern-day Xi`an. Legends of the treasures contained therein still tantalize the imagination today. In 1974 local farmers digging a well for water broke through into the burial mound & found the first of the Terracotta warriors. Further excavations have revealed the full splendour of the buried army. But the majority of the mausoleum is yet to be opened, including the burial chamber itself
- myth tells us that amongst the treasures yet to be uncovered is a vast map of the First Emperor`s kingdom with rivers marked with channels of flowing mercury. The story of the First Emperor & the Terracotta Army is a fascinating one, not least for the discoveries yet to be made.

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The Terracotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, & some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano gives to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers dead fifty years ago & still embracing are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog. Montalbano`s passion to solve this old crime takes him, heedless of personal danger, on a journey through the island`s past & into a family`s dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. ...

The Terracotta Army of Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor of China, is one of the most spectacular & best-known finds in world archaeology. It was discovered by surprise in 1974 by peasants digging a well, an 8, 000-man garrison in battle-ready formation, spread across four pits. Here were life-size warriors made over two thousand years ago from fired clay (originally brightly painted), carrying real weapons: cavalry, archers & infantry; lowly foot soldiers & high-ranking officers; horses & war chariots. But who was this powerful Emperor of the Qin Dynasty who needed an army to guard him in the afterlife? How were the figures made? How could they have been manufactured on such a vast scale? The astonishing facts behind the figures are revealed in this little book's fascinating introduction. Individual pieces are then examined in detail to illustrate the amazing nature of the Terracotta Army. Not only are there figures of different ranks & units, but each head is unique: every racial group in China seems to be represented; facial expressions & hairstyles vary; ages & characters are different. Atmospheric photography & extended captions bring the Army to life & make this book a perfect introduction to what has often been described as the eighth Wonder of the World. ...

Eight people take part in an ecological experiment in 1990s Arizona. Inspired by real events, The Terranauts places human behaviour under the microscope to spellbinding effect Linda is desperate to be one of the lucky eight chosen to take part in the world`s most ambitious ecological experiment. She knows that she can survive for two years under the glass dome of Ecosphere II, set in the Arizona desert. Competition is fierce between the hopefuls, among them smooth-talking PR man Ramsay, & Dawn, a na� ve beauty. Inside the humid microcosm, the terranauts` labours over crops & livestock, their battles with creepy crawlies, their hostilities & sexual dalliances are all observed by tourists who come to gawp, Mission Control`s cameras & the watchful eye of the media. As they struggle to control nature, & hunger sets in, the snake in this Eden starts to look unmistakably human. ...

Charming, hilarious & super-inventive comic strip adventures from Gary Northfield, creator of ” Derek the Sheep”. Is it possible to fly to the moon in a bubble of snot? Can you really have an argument with a cloud? Are there bogey monsters at the bottom of the garden? All these questions & more are explored in an hysterical & charming collection of comic strip adventures, following a teeny tiny gang of dinosaurs as they wind each other up & muddle their way through the myths & mysteries of prehistoric life. It offers seven short & entertaining stories that will engage young girls & boys. The book combines storytelling with fun games, laugh-out-loud gags & unforgettable comic book characters. ” Beano” whizz Gary Northfield is creating comics at the very height of his powers & this book is an absolute must-have for all the family. ...

A brilliantly interactive book that makes times tables fun! Lift the flaps & pull the tabs to learn all the times tables up to twelve. Join Noah as he counts the animals into the ark, help an octopus work out how many shoes she has & find the secret times tables hidden in the sweet factory. ...

Stephen King hailed Dan Simmons` bestselling novel as `a brilliant, massive combination of history & supernatural horror` & it`s now a chilling 10-part AMC Original TV series from Ridley Scott. The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin`s 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. But for almost two years his ships HMS Terror & Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Supplies of fuel & food are running low. Scurvy, starvation & even madness beging to take their toll. & yet the real threat isn`t from the constantly shifting, alien landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or being crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness. It stalks the ships & snatches men. It is a nameless thing. At once nowhere & everywhere, this terror has become the expedition`s nemesis... ...

The French Revolution marks the foundation of the modern political world. It was in the crucible of the Revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism & socialism began to find their modern form, & it was the Revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are based. But the Terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, & such wars are always both brutal & complex. The guillotine in Paris claimed some 1, 500 official victims, but executions of captured counter-revolutionary rebels ran into the tens of thousands, & deaths in the areas of greatest conflict probably ran into six figures, with indiscriminate massacres being perpetrated by both sides. The story of the Terror is a story of grand political pronouncements, uprisings & insurrections, but also a story of survival against hunger, persecution & bewildering ideological demands, a story of how a state, even with the noblest of intentions, can turn on its people & almost crush them. ...