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The only man ever to direct two major orchestras in North America at once, Zubin Mehta is a true maestro. A musical prodigy who appeared on the cover of Time magazine at the age of thirty-one, Zubin Mehta looks back at his illustrious life as a conductor, drawing links with the symphony in music and life. The book follows his relationship with Western classical music, his training and his refinement of the art. Weaving in and out of the narrat...

Chronicling the Indian Premier League (IPL), India's first sports league and the most controversial ever, this book explores the intricacies of the business and the acceptability of the IPL to take a closer look at the various scams that have plagued it. It is a blow-by-blow description of the highs, lows, and future of the IPL that has possibly, redefined the way the rest of the world perceives India

The arrival at 221b Baker Street of Dr Mortimer, an old man with a story of sudden death under strange circumstances, launches the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companian Dr Watson on a journey to Dartmoor. There they must confront the huge and deadly Hound of the Baskervilles.

Following on from the rollercoaster events of the award winning first volume "Keystone", Dee and Chrissy return from the beyond to find a resurgent evil and millions of missing human souls! The story firmly plants itself in the all ages readership audience with Ex-Marvel Editor Tim Quinn guiding the art and story duties of 'DC' and 'Marvel artist' Russ Leach and award winning writer Rik Hoskin, in a tale that is in many ways a love letter to t...

For over fifteen years Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett supplied a monthly strip to the famed Marvel Comics 'Doctor Who Magazine'. The strip cast a humorous look behind the scenes and in front of the cameras at the world's longest running science fiction tv series. Now to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, Quinn & Howett return to take a look at all new Doctors alongside their personal pick of their very best strips. Top up your fluid lin...

WHAT IF ... the first moon landing had overshot and landed on the dark side of the moon?WHAT IF ... vampires had been making the moon their home for hundreds of years?WHAT IF ... that moon landing drew them back to Earth to invade?WELCOME to the Vampire Invasion. Make your choice, bloodsack--will you be predator ... or will you be cattle?From Dragon Award-winning writer Rik Hoskin, with painted artwork by Chatri Ahpornsiri.

A new translation of the medieval Icelandic account of the settlement of Iceland by settlers from Norway and elsewhere in Scandinavia in the ninth and tenth centuries, in the version written by Haukr Erlendsson in the fourteenth century. It is illustrated by the translator's photographs of elements of the landscape referred to in the text.

WHAT IF ... the first moon landing had overshot and landed on the dark side of the moon? WHAT IF ... vampires had been making the moon their home for hundreds of years? WHAT IF ... that moon landing drew them back to Earth to invade? WELCOME to the Vampire Invasion. Make your choice, bloodsack--will you be predator ... or will you be cattle? From Dragon Award-winning writer Rik Hoskin, with painted artwork by Chatri Ahpornsiri.

Here's a potential pitch for 'Life Field Manual' by Kevin B. DiBacco: Turning 50 can feel daunting. Your body starts changing, your priorities shift, and society expects you to act a certain way. But what if there was a guide to help you navigate this transition and make the most of your 50s? That's exactly what Kevin B. DiBacco provides with his new book 'Life Field Manual.' As a talented author, filmmaker, and self-proclaimed Life Warrior, D...

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Two utterly charming Christmas tales by master storyteller David Adams Richards that will surely warm the heart and remind us of the enchantment and meaning of Christmas. These stories are of his river, the great Miramichi. "The Christmas Tree"captures the tradition of finding the perfect Christmas tree in the snowy woods of New Brunswick. A neigbourhood child joins the group as they make their way to Christmas Mountain and experiences the mag...

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The touching and wonderfully engaging second novel from the author of CROCODILE SOUP. It is late December and fifteen year old Caris is trying to hang an angel on a Christmas tree in a terraced street in Newcastle upon Tyne. She is interrupted by the arrival of the police who have come to the house to announce that her mother, Louise, has been caught stealing shoes in a department store in town. Caris's father Mac, a taxi driver, struggles to ...

In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a tennis vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who styles himself the world's number one money launderer. Dima wants, among other things, a game of tennis. Back in London, the couple is subjected to an all-night interrogation by the British Secret Service, which also needs their help. Their acquiescence wil...

We last left Rumpole in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home - or a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for Rumpole - until suddenly he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable insight into human behaviour come to the fore again. And once he has solved the mystery of the Primrose Pa...

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This volume presents the building and use of the Faroese boat. It shows the boat's great importance to the Faroese society, for fishing and transporting people and goods. The building process, craftsmanship and seamanship are examined, and the maritime history of the Faroese Islands from the Viking Age and until the 1970's are presented.