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The Open Passage Expedition successfully sailed through the Northwest Passage during the summer of 2009. The crew not only succeeded in a sailing some of the most dangerous waters in the world, but also learned more about the people and their land

Following the success of "Dregs", this is the second William Wisting mystery to be translated into English. A stellar Scandinavian crime series for fans of the genre.

Jonny Muir's eccentric journey through the Western Isles of Scotland.

A novel about 3 deaf girls, born in the same north of England village in the last year of WWII.

A Norwegian police procedural mystery. In the course of one week in midsummer, four severed left feet are washed up on the shore. Inspector William Wisting has never examined evidence like this before.

A history of the island of Iona, and the influence of Celtic saint Columba.

With forewords by Vanessa Collingridge and Aubrey Manning, and lavishly illustrated with many colour photographs, maps and drawings by wildlife artist Darren Rees, this is a stunning exploration of the last surviving remnants of the Caledonian forest.

Chris Townsend's 1200 mile walk along the Pacific Northwest Trail, which runs for 1200 miles from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean through the states of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Life is sweet for would-be bohemian Artie Conville. Safe at the helm of his subsidised magazine - with a cosy office paid for by the tax-payer - he's content to drift along quoting poetry, lingering over long lunches and flirting with the lovely Rosie McCann. The main thing is to keep the real world at bay.

Not all of Hamish Brown's many travels about Scotland have taken up mountains or into wild and wind swept places, but he has found himself in some pretty odd locations.

Alice James spends most of her short life in bed. Henry calls it her solution to the practical problem of life', and William is too busy and too far away to pay much attention. Her lifelong companion, Katharine Loring, is a constant support, but in the midst of coping with Alice's pain and frustration, the two women are faced with the shock of discovering Henry has made use of them in his fiction. Alice's witty voice rises vividly from the pag...

The story of Peter Willcox, a senior captain for Greenpeace International for more than 40 years who has been at the vanguard of the international environmentalist movement. He has confronted naval warships, faced a bombing attack of the 'Rainbow Warrior' and the murder of a shipmate, and endured imprisonment for peacefully protesting Russian oil drilling in Antarctica.

The fourth novel from Stephen May, "Stronger Than Skin" is a story of toxic love gone wrong, moving from the present day in London to Cambridge in the 1990s. 'Acerbic and funny' "New York Times

When Shona's teenage daughter goes missing, she's convinced that her ex-husband is the culprit.

Second title in the "Best Defence" series, based on the author's extensive experience of criminal law.

Seventeen years ago William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway's most widely publicised criminal cases, when the young Cecilia Linde was killed. Now it is discovered that evidence was planted and the wrong man convicted. Wisting is suspended and the media smell blood.

The end of slavery is no guarantee of freedom. When Clayton McGhee journeys north with his parents and grandparents in search of a new life, they must build a homestead with their own labour and defend their right to own land from powerful vested interests and deep rooted prejudice.

Freya and Frankie long for a baby, and are pinning all their hopes on IVF, but secrets and lies start to unravel.

The final part of the author's series of memoirs which relates the story of his years in Morocco, and his encounter with its history, geography and culture, told through the people he met and the places he visited.

Soon after John McPake's marriage falls apart he starts hearing voices. An obsession with the works of Breughel develops into a full blown delusion, and he assumes the personna of Johannes, a 16th century Dutch weaver who travels with his friends, Balthazar and Cornelius, in pursuit of his son who has been abducted by the Spanish mercenaries.