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. ...

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. ...

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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Once upon a time there was a bear, a moose & a beaver who were the best of friends, though they often disagreed. The day they decided to go canoeing, it was one disagreement after another. The moose wanted to steer, but so did the bear & the beaver. They all wanted to paddle portside. & they all had a different idea as to how to cross a beaver dam. So when the three friends veer into raging rapids & find themselves up the creek, how will they agree on a rescue planstarring a charming cast of characters, Nicholas Oldland`s humorous contemporary fable highlights the importance of working together
- & keeping friendships afloat!
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Up the Creek: An Amazon Adventure is John Harrison`s thoroughly satisfying description of a challenging canoe expedition on one of the mighty Amazon`s more obscure tributaries. His quest to arrive at the upper section of the Jari river in Brazil & carry his canoe across the border into French Guiana is ambitious, exciting & ultimately flawed, but it`s the journey itself, full of unexpected encounters, spells of intense illness & a mixture of emotions, which is as inspiring as the tales of even the earliest adventurers. Harrison`s tale is compelling, suspense-laden & at times funny, with beautiful descriptions of Amazonian wildlife. Overall, this is a book written with honesty & minus any pretention. Add this to your cart today! ...