Little Penguin misses his friend & decides it`s time to visit. Leaping off his iceberg, he embarks on a journey, facing ups & downs, ins & outs (and more opposites, besides!) until the pair are finally reunited. Young readers will have fun getting hands-on with this interactive book of lift-flap opposites, presented in an upmarket format that perfectly showcases Britta Teckentrup`s colour-rich artwork. ...

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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In this exuberant & lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over & Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves.. .and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world & many lives of a garden through the course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves & sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world—earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow—populated by all the animals that make a garden their home. ...

A follow-up to OVER & UNDER THE SNOW that explores the hidden world & many lives of a garden through the course of a year, now in paperback. Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves & sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, & all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant & lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves.. .and down in the dirt. ...

The North. Where does it begin? Where does it end? & is it all whippets, black pudding & queer folk going rounds saying ” There`s nowt so queer as folk”? Fresh from the PJ O` Rourke School of Diplomatic Journalism, southern jessie Charles Jennings finds himself in need of Answers. With something approaching trepidation, Jennings packs his big girl`s blouse in a suitcase full of prejudice & ventures fearfully into the great melting-pot that is the North of England
- undergoing in the process a series of life changing experiences such as being mistaken for an exhibit at the Wigan Pier: Where History Comes Alive! Museum & voluntarily attending a concert featuring Roy Walker. Scandalous, astonishingly rude, scabrously funny, Up North presents the quintissential northern experience.
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” Penguins Stopped Play” meets ” Cool Runnings” in this hilarious & uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds, set on a Pacific isl&. After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson & his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world`s worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country & play for them
- achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football & winning a `cap`. They are thrilled when Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei, a tiny, remote island in the Pacific whose long-defunct football team is described as `the weakest in the world`. They contact Pohnpei`s Football Association & discover what it needs most urgently is leadership. So Paul & Matt travel thousands of miles, leaving behind jobs, families & girlfriends to train a rag-tag bunch of novice footballers who barely understand the rules of the game. ” Up Pohnpei” tells the story of their quest to coach the team & eventually, organise an international fixture
- Pohnpei`s first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. With funding, a population whose obesity rate is 90 percent & toad-infested in facilities one of the world`s wettest climates, their journey is beset by obstacles from the outset. Part travelogue, part quest, ” Up Pohnpei” shows how the passion & determination of two young men can change the face of football
- & the lives of total strangers
- on the other side of the world.



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Penguins Stopped Play meets Cool Runnings in this hilarious & uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds, set on a Pacific isl&. After one too many late night discussions, football journalist Paul Watson & his mate Matthew Conrad decide to find the world's worst national team, become naturalised citizens of that country & play for them
- achieving their joint boyhood dream of playing international football & winning a 'cap'. They are thrilled when Wikipedia leads them to Pohnpei, a tiny, remote island in the Pacific whose long-defunct football team is described as 'the weakest in the world'. They contact Pohnpei's Football Association & discover what it needs most urgently is leadership. So Paul & Matt travel thousands of miles, leaving behind jobs, families & girlfriends to train a rag-tag bunch of novice footballers who barely understand the rules of the game. Up Pohnpei tells the story of their quest to coach the team & eventually, organise an international fixture
- Pohnpei's first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. With no funding, a population whose obesity rate is 90 percent & toad-infested facilities in one of the world's wettest climates, their journey is beset by obstacles from the outset. Part travelogue, part quest, Up Pohnpei shows how the passion & determination of two young men can change the face of football
- & the lives of total strangers
- on the other side of the world.



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