Get ready to get lost in this international boxed set, featuring Lost in London,Lost in Paris, and Lost in Rome!After a major misstep leaves Jordan and her host sister, Caroline trapped together overn
When Jimmy is evacuated to Wales with his little brother, Ronnie, he thinks his biggest problem will be dealing with the boredom of the countryside. But when he discovers a human skull, hidden in the hollow of a tree, he starts to wonder if Wales is more dangerous than war-torn London! Where has this skull come from? Before Jimmy knows it, he is pulled into a mystery from many years before. A mystery that has been haunting the village of Llanbryn. In a time of turmoil, can Jimmy find a way to bring people together again?
When Peter Pan flies into the Darling's room one dusky evening, he convinces Wendy and her brothers to come with him to the magical world of Neverland, where children never grow old. It's the beginning of an amazing adventure featuring a cast of classic characters, from the mischievous Lost Boy and jealous fairy Tinkerbell, to the villainous Captain Hook and his pirate band. But will the Darlings choose to stay in Neverland or return to London to grow up like a normal children?
The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s “late plays.” It tells the story of a king whose jealousy results in the banishment of his baby daughter and the death of his beautiful wife. His daughter is found and brought up by a shepherd on the Bohemian coast, but through a series of extraordinary events, father and daughter, and eventually mother too, are reunited.In The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson’s cover version of The Winter’s Tale, we move from London, a city reeling after the 2008 financial crisis, to a storm-ravaged American city called New Bohemia. Her story is one of childhood friendship, money, status, technology and the elliptical nature of time. Written with energy and wit, this is a story of the consuming power of jealousy on the one hand, and redemption and the enduring love of a lost child on the other.From the Hardcover edition.
James and Cordelia must save London — and their marriage — in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to The Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife. But reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial.Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and
A fascinating story of London as told through the buildings, parks, and palaces that are no longer there From bull rings to ice fairs and plague pits to molly houses, this is a truly intriguing journ
A spectacular presentation of photographs of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings captured just before their destruction - most seen here for the first time."This endlessly absorbing book that is a
Lost Youth Volume 2 London is the follow up to the critically acclaimed bestselling novel, Lost Youth Volume 1 New Zealand. Here now continues this incredible true life story of one man's life that to
"Powerful watercolor, pastel and gouache paintings capture the majesty of the Siberian wilderness into which a mother Siberian tiger and her cub step silently and then must flee for safety. A note pro
A wonderful collection of rare and previously unpublished images of London a century ago, presented in full colour. Over 250 rare colour photographs of London with authoritative captions
Dr Soufiani, founder and director of a civil engineering firm in London, is a London University PhD qualified and practising civil and environment engineer. He was researcher at University of London,
“A beautiful, intricate meditation on creativity and discovery, on fire and rebirth.” —Elizabeth Gilbert Awestruck at the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, David Esterly chose to
Rosie was found lying in a ditch next to her dead mother. She was brought up in the workhouse in London, but at the age of ten, an opportunity opens up for her to work in a grand London home. Just as
Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous stigmatised and itinerant
The story of the city as told through the buildings, parks, and palaces that are no longer thereLost London feature more than 150 forgotten and lost locations, from buried rivers, demolished buildings
