Frank Mc Allister has long since dropped ” Retief” as his middle name, but the legacy of his family`s history proves harder to shake. His ancestor Piet Retief, leader of the South African Great Trek, was killed by Zulu king Dingane in the 1838 massacre, along with a hundred men, women, & children. Afrikaner legend paints Retief as a homegrown Moses, bringing his people to the Promised L&. But Frank believes something rotten lies at the core of this family myth. Frank spends his days in his London home with his new partner & her son & the products of his wealth. But the return of his daughter, Lucinda, from rehab in California brings him intense guilt: having sided with him during his divorce from her mother, she crumbled under the weight of the bitter separation. Lucinda has brought home with her a mysterious boy, & they will join the family trip to Frank`s beach house in South Africa--not far from the site of the 1838 massacre. In the lulls of their idyllic days, Frank unravels what really happened on that fateful day, & how it may connect to the violence of the apartheid years, & the violence encroaching on them even now.” Up Against the Night” is an enthralling tale of personal conflict & intrigue, set against the backdrop of South Africa`s tangled past & troubled present, & told with tremendous color & insight. Absolutely original & gripping, it is destined to be as influential as JM Coetzee`s ” Disgrace.” ...

At dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott & Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington`s epic expedition to the mountain`s immense south-west face. As darkness fell, Scott & Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metres below the summit & survived the highest bivouac ever
- without bottled oxygen, sleeping bags &, as it turned out, frostbite. For Doug Scott, it was the fulfilment of a fortune-teller`s prophecy given to his mother: that her eldest son would be in danger in a high place with the whole world watching. Scott & Haston returned home national heroes with their image splashed across the front pages. Scott went on to become one of Britain`s greatest ever mountaineers, pioneering new climbs in the remotest corners of the globe. His career spans the golden age of British climbing from the 1960s boom in outdoor adventure to the new wave of lightweight alpinism throughout the 1970s & 1980s. In Up & About, the first volume of his autobiography, Scott tells his story from his birth in Nottingham during the darkest days of war to the summit of the world. Surviving the unplanned bivouac without oxygen near the summit of Everest widened the range of what & how he would climb in the future. In fact, Scott established more climbs on the high mountains of the world after his ascent of Everest than before. Those climbs will be covered in the second volume of his life & times.
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At dusk on 24 September 1975, Doug Scott & Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington`s epic expedition to the mountain`s immense south-west face. As darkness fell, Scott & Haston scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metres below the summit & survived the highest bivouac ever
- without bottled oxygen, sleeping bags &, as it turned out, frostbite. For Doug Scott, it was the fulfilment of a fortune-teller`s prophecy given to his mother: that her eldest son would be in danger in a high place with the whole world watching. Scott & Haston returned home national heroes with their image splashed across the front pages. Scott went on to become one of Britain`s greatest ever mountaineers, pioneering new climbs in the remotest corners of the globe. His career spans the golden age of British climbing from the 1960s boom in outdoor adventure to the new wave of lightweight alpinism throughout the 1970s & 1980s. In Up & About, the first volume of his autobiography, Scott tells his story from his birth in Nottingham during the darkest days of war to the summit of the world. Surviving the unplanned bivouac without oxygen near the summit of Everest widened the range of what & how he would climb in the future. In fact, Scott established more climbs on the high mountains of the world after his ascent of Everest than before. Those climbs will be covered in the second volume of his life & times.
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In this much-anticipated sequel to the internationally best-selling picture book Lost & Found, we revisit the boy & the penguin after their trip to the South Pole... The boy & the penguin still enjoy spending all their time together... That is, until the penguin starts to dream of flying, ignoring the boys advice that it is impossible. Running away, the penguin visits place after place, searching for a chance to get his feet off the ground. But will flying be everything he had hoped? & is the boy missing him, as much as he is missing the boy? A heart-warming story about friendship, love & reaching for your dreams, from highly-regarded, multi-award-winning author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers. ...

A miniature hardback edition of this fantastic sequel to Lost & Found, by internationally bestselling author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers, in which we re-visit the boy & the penguin after their trip to the South Pole... The boy & the penguin still enjoy spending all their time together... That is, until the penguin starts to dream of flying, ignoring the boys advice that it is impossible. Running away, the penguin visits place after place, searching for a chance to get his feet off the ground. But will flying be everything he had hoped? & is the boy missing him, as much as he is missing the boy? A heart-warming story about friendship, love & reaching for your dreams, from highly-regarded, multi-award-winning author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers. ...

This rhyming text travels from Lake Titicaca all the way to the city of Cusco for the annual Inti Raymi Festival in June. Young readers will meet children from many areas of southern Peru who are travelling to the festival, each using a different mode of transport. This title

Includes:: useful notes on the history & culture of Peru. From the best-selling author of We All Went on Safari. It features informative endnotes with interesting facts about the Inti Raymi festival & the Andes mountains, as well as facts about the indigenous people & the history of Peru, & a helpful map.

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Follow the adventures of a little girl who`s dream of flying comes true in this stunning story by Shirley Hughes. The illustrations ...

Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint, & through him comes to realise that to deny love, with all its passions & risks, is to deny life itself. ...

You`re coming to the end of an epic race. Your chest burns as your lungs fight to suck in enough oxygen & your thighs ache as lactic acid courses through your muscles in a final effort to reach the finish. If this sounds like hell, this isn`t the book for you, but if you`ve experienced similar feelings & the subsequent endorphin rush as you cross the line, Up for the Challenge will be right up your street. Sports writer Dominic Bliss has scoured the planet to bring you a selection of some of the most intense, hardcore sporting events around & dares you to have a go yourself. With over 60 challenges covering all four corners of the globe & a range of different disciplines, discover events like the North Pole Marathon where competitors run the 26.4 miles in sub-zero conditions or the Atlantic Challenge, a race that sees you & a rowing boat attempt to cross the world`s second largest ocean. Then there`s the Simpson Desert Challenge, a five-day bike race across the Australian Outback, or the Tevis Cup, a 100-mile, 24-hour horse ride across California`s Sierra Nevada mountains
- an event where on average only around half the competitors make it to the finish line. Alongside the event profiles, which are illustrated with spectacular photography are interviews with some of the competitors & organisers, explaining what it`s actually like putting yourself through some of the most extreme physical test known to man.
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Post a note, leave a message, or jot down reminders on Galison`s themed sets of sticky notes in styles ranging from fine art to pretty patterns & fun contemporary designs. Each rectangular portfolio has room for notes on the inside cover & holds eight decorated sticky pads in three sizes for a total of 480 memo sheets & tabs. The wallet portfolio measures 5-3/8 x 7-1/4 x 3/8” & comes in a poly bag. ...