In celebration of the Apollo 11 Mission`s 50th Anniversary, experience the awe & excitement of humankind`s first steps on the moon! In this exclusive, exquisite pop-up adventure, readers follow astronaut Buzz Aldrin`s story as he encounters the ”magnificent desolation” of Earth`s only satellite first-h&. Paper engineer Bruce Foster brings to life what it was like to blast off into space & take the first steps on the moon through intricate pop-ups & paper folds. Including Buzz Aldrin`s firsthand accounts of the mission, historical context, stunning images, & unique personal perspectives, this book is an informative & collectible work of art
- perfect for budding astronauts & grandparents hoping to share their memories of the moon landing with the young explorers in their lives.
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Climb up to the moon with this amazing fold-out colouring book, the tallest in the world! Colour an amazing tower, all the way from your house down on the ground, past dragons, witches, space ports & flying elephants, to reach the moon at the very top! Grab your pens & let`s get going! Can you climb all the way to the moon? ...

Cecilia, capricious & unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Markie`s appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent & tragic act. This book is reissued alongside The Hotel & The Little Girls. ...

Climb down to the depths of the ocean in this amazing fold-out colouring book, the longest in the world! You can colour an amazing tower, all the way from a boat bobbing in the waves, past sea dragons, mermaids, aqua robots & sharks, to reach the deep ocean floor. ...

To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One idyllic, midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked Woolf`s river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape
- & how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.
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When Christopher Rush`s wife died suddenly of cancer, leaving him with two young children, his world fell apart. He not only stopped writing, he also lost faith in everything that had informed his existence: literature, the arts, his role as teacher, his love of nature, the society of friends. Nothing could cure his almost suicidal depression. At last he decided to try to reclaim his sanity in the least expected of ways. A confirmed non-traveller, he went to France, bought a donkey & disappeared into the mountains of the Cevennes. Like a fellow Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, who had made the same journey over a century before, he hoped to find a new reason to live. ” To Travel Hopefully” is a memoir of grief & recovery, expressed in an intensely private but universal language, which records a compelling journey of the spirit from defeat to victory. Anyone who has had to confront bereavement will find in these pages an understanding, experience & expression of the human predicament which go far beyond mere sympathy. ...

The seven-year campaign that saved Europe from Napoleon told by those who were there What made Arthur Duke of Wellington the military genius who was never defeated in battle? In the vivid narrative style that is his trademark, Peter Snow recalls how Wellington evolved from a backward, sensitive schoolboy into the aloof but brilliant commander. He tracks the development of Wellington`s leadership & his relationship with the extraordinary band of men he led from Portugal in 1808 to their final destruction of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo seven years. Having described his soldiers as the `scum of the earth` Wellington transformed them into the finest fighting force of their time. Digging deep into the rich treasure house of diaries & journals that make this war the first in history to be so well recorded, Snow examines how Wellington won the devotion of generals such as the irascible Thomas Picton & the starry but reckless ` Black Bob` Crauford & soldiers like Rifleman Benjamin Harris & Irishman Ned Costello. Through many first-hand accounts, Snow brings to life the horrors & all of the humanity of life in & out of battle, as well as shows the way that Wellington mastered the battlefield to outsmart the French & change the future of Europe. To War with Wellington is the gripping account of a very human story about a remarkable leader & his men. ...

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life. To War with Whitaker is an account of the most adventurous, most defiant & most valiant of those years. Hermione & Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir offers astounding displays of commitment & independence. After vowing not to go home without her husb&, Hermione travelled alone from Cape Town to Cairo, & remained in the Middle East & North Africa for the two & a half years he was imprisoned by the Germans
- meeting many notable characters along the way. With wit & exuberance, Hermione`s diary entries take us To War with Whitaker & back again, providing sharp insight into the strong & outspoken woman she was. This Pan Heritage Classics edition features the original black & white plate sections.
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When Izzy is asked to tell her friends some exciting stories, she thinks of Macbeth
- there are battles, loads of gore, excellent
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Every year when Moonlight Pond freezes over, a talent contest takes place deep in the woods. Ducks dance, mice perform... But there is one animal that never competes. Toad watches the talent show from behind his rock, careful to keep himself hidden. Because Toad doesn`t have a special talent--or so he thinks! When Toad is finally discovered, he slips on the icy pond & realises he does have an incredible talent...ice-skating! This hilarious, heart-warming, story shows the reader that you never know what you can do unless you try. ...