” Paris-Roubaix is the best race in the world & knocks spots off the Tour de France.” (Sir Bradley Wiggins). Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The ultimate monument in cycling`s Classics. More than 150 miles across dusty or muddy roads, much of it puncture-inducing & bone-breaking cobblestones. Even professional riders blanche at the very mention of it. Tour de France winners (with the notable exception of Wiggins in 2014) make their excuses from it. So why on earth would an amateur even dare to attempt it? In To Hell on a Bike, Iain Mac Gregor does just that & as he prepares for the ride of his life, he explores the history & culture of this extraordinary race. With insights from legends of the sport, trainers, mechanics & fellow writers, as well as those who have maintained the traditions of Paris-Roubaix since its inception over a century ago, it is the ultimate story of the ultimate cycling challenge. ...

To Hull & Back sees Tom Chesshyre undertake a series of mad adventures on holiday in unsung Britain – from Hull to Hell (which he found to be a rather nice place on the Isles of Scilly), via Wit’s End (a quirky guesthouse in Slough) to watching the Canaries play in Norwich with Delia Smith. After visiting over 80 countries on assignment as a travel writer, Tom wondered how much he really knew about what was on his doorstep. After embracing the less fashionable bits of his own country, he finds that there is plenty to write home about. ...

Che Guevara & Alberto Granado`s journey through South America in 1952 on a Norton 500 motorcycle is one of the most famous motorcycle journeys of all time. Guevara`s experiences on that journey led him to become a key figure of the Cuban Revolution & one of the greatest inspirational icons of the twentieth century. Steve Holmes & Pete Sandford`s journey through South America in 2009 is arguably the least known motorcycle journey of all time, but it took them on the same route, through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia & Venezuela. Along the way, the pair did battle with some of the most dangerous environments on the planet including the Atacama Desert (the driest place on Earth) & the mighty Amazon River. To make it just a bit tougher they made the trip on authentic period Nortons just like Che`s. Che`s motorcycle never completed the 5000 mile journey. Would Holmes & Sandford`s 60-year-old bikes survive this epic trip? ` To infinity & beyond` relates the dangerous & exciting adventure as they follow Che`s route faithfully. ...

To Interpret the Earth is a concise & imaginative discussion of the general basis behind the scientific approach to problems within the earth sciences. It is aimed primarily at students & beginning researchers & attempts to inform them about the scientific method behind the study of the complex & dynamic systems that make up the earth's surface. The discussion is illustrated with examples of the sort of problems typically encountered in the study of the earth's surface, & general solutions based on a scientific approach are provided. The book will be of value particularly to undergraduate & postgraduate students in earth & environmental science, & also to researchers at all levels. ...

In the mid-1970s, Saul Bellow visited Israel & To Jerusalem & Back is his account of his time there. Immersing himself in its landscape & culture, he records the opinions, passions & dreams of Israelis of varying viewpoints – from Prime Minister Rabin, novelist Amos Oz & the editor of an Arab-language newspaper to a kibbutznik escaped from the Warsaw ghetto & the barber at Bellow’s hotel. Through meditations steeped in history & literature he adds his own reflections on being Jewish in the twentieth century. Bellow’s exploration of a beautiful & troubled city is a powerful testament to the unique spirit & challenges of Israel, its history & its future. ...

` Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit `em, but remember it`s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.` A lawyer`s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel
- a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s with both compassion & humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father, Atticus, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence & hypocrisy.
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` Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit `em, but remember it`s a sin to kill a Mockingbird.` A lawyer`s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee`s classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man`s struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. With Harper Lee`s eagerly awaited sequel Go Set A Watchman now available, this novel is experiencing a whole new lease of life.
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Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material & observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war & uncovers hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, & democracy. ...

This tense, gripping novel set in 19C St Petersburg amid desperate revolutionaries bent on the overthrow of the Tsar `confirms Andrew William`s place in the front ranks of English thriller writers` (Daily Mail). Shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters & the Walter Scott Awards, To Kill a Tsar will appeal to readers of John le Carre, Robert Harris & Alan Furst. St Petersburg, 1879. A shot rings out in Palace Square. Cossack guards tackle the would-be assassin to the ground. In the melee no one notices a striking dark haired young woman in a heavy coat slip away from the scene. Russia is alive with revolutionaries. While Tsar Alexander II remains a virtual prisoner in his own palaces, his ruthless secret police will stop at nothing to unmask those who plot his assassination & the overthrow of the Imperial regime. For Dr Frederick Hadfield, whose medical practice is dependent on the Anglo-Russian gentry, these are dangerous times. Drawn into a desperate cat-&-mouse game of undercover assignations, plot & counter-plot, he risks all in a perilous double life. From glittering ballrooms to the cruel cells of the House of Preliminary Detention, from the grandeur of the British Embassy to the underground presses of the young revolutionaries, To Kill a Tsar is a gripping thriller set in a world of brutal contrasts in which treachery is everywhere & nothing is what it seems. ...

Sam Bourne, in which Maggie Costello uncovers an assassination plot to kill the tyrannical new president. The unthinkable has happened... The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president, backed by his ruthless chief strategist, Crawford ` Mac` Mc Namara. When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control & the President comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack, it`s clear someone has to act, or the world will be reduced to ashes. Soon Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator & stubbornly principled, discovers an inside plot to kill the President
- & faces the ultimate moral dilemma. Should she save the President & leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant
- or commit treason against her Commander in Chief & risk plunging the country into a civil war?

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