A strange rock in the forest. A mysterious crystal. A full moon. An ancient secret. How do you find your way home when you've never left?Twins Jack and Kaya live in a small seaside town in Australia. When they see a dazzling white light shining from a giant rock in the forest near their home, it takes them on an adventure to a place both familiar and yet like nowhere they know. But where exactly are they? And can they find their way back in time?The Stone Gate is an excitin...

‘… there I was in the middle of Bogotá, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade…’Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann and his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs.Sad, funny and shocking, ...

The "Community Tourism Guide" will lead you to a new type of holiday. Tribal people and rural villagers in Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America and the Pacific islands are setting up their own tours: tours from which they, and not the international hotel chains, derive some income. For the traveller, they offer uniquely exciting opportunities, far from the usual tourist ghettos, and they are based on fair trade, benefiting local communities and giving them hope of a better futu...

Worried about global warming? Want to do something but not sure where to start? Then this is the book you need. It’s Easy Being Green highlights simple changes that can be easily and quickly incorporated into your daily life to reduce your harmful impact on the environment. It identifies the things that will make the most difference with the least cost and effort, and shows how being green is not only better for the planet, but can also save money and make us happier and healthier.

“… This is a book for which lovers of the automobile have waited a long time: the most comprehensive text-and-picture history of the dual-purpose car since it came to life more than sixty years ago.As the authors of The Book of Sports Cars point out, “in the beginning they were all sports cars.” The automobile began its active life, whatever the intentions of its creators, as a new instrument of sport. Because the increasing demands of this sport imposed an ever-growing burden of te...

“… This is a book for which lovers of the automobile have waited a long time: the most comprehensive text-and-picture history of the dual-purpose car since it came to life more than sixty years ago.As the authors of The Book of Sports Cars point out, “in the beginning they were all sports cars.” The automobile began its active life, whatever the intentions of its creators, as a new instrument of sport. Because the increasing demands of this sport imposed an ever-growing burden of te...

Never before has such sordid, depraved and inhuman activity seemed so perfectly natural. Charting the highs and lows of the author's own dæmon, Zodiac Mindwarp, Fucked By Rock, and its pre-Zodiac sister book I Have The Greatest Respect For You, George, offer a myriad of warnings and lessons as they lay bare the inner workings of an absorbent mind subjected to levels of weird sex, bad drugs, comical violence and heavy decibels which would wither lesser souls. Zed has stalked the rock world ...

* Stay with indigenous tribes in the Amazon* Dog-sled with the Inuit in the Arctic* Walk the Songlines of central Australia with Aboriginal guides* Learn African drumming in Ghana or how to dance salsa in CubaBored with the same old package tours and identikit resorts? Then this book is your key to a whole new world of inspirational holidays. Throughout Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, tribal people and rural villagers are setting up their own tours ...

“… This is a book for which lovers of the automobile have waited a long time: the most comprehensive text-and-picture history of the dual-purpose car since it came to life more than sixty years ago.As the authors of The Book of Sports Cars point out, “in the beginning they were all sports cars.” The automobile began its active life, whatever the intentions of its creators, as a new instrument of sport. Because the increasing demands of this sport imposed an ever-growing burden of te...

Biographical sketches of the most famous Grand Prix and sports car racing builders:Sydney Allard, W. O. Bentley, A. C. Bertelli, Marc Birkigt, Ettore Bugatti, Colin Chapman, Louis Coatalen, Briggs Cunningham, Albert De Dion, Fred And August Duesenberg, Enzo Ferrari, Amédée Gordini, J. A. Grégoire, Donald Healey, Ernest Henry, Antoine Lago, Vincenzo Lancia, Albert Lory, The Maserati Brothers, Wilhelm Maybach, Laurence H. Pomeroy, Ferdinand Porsche, Georges Roesch, Harry C. Stutz, Rud...

DO YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE CATS??Did you know they played a huge role in Irish history? Like to know more...?This funny, informative book has tons of the kinds of fun stories and fascinating trivia that cat lovers can't get enough of...It tells you EVERYTHING you might possibly like to know about how cats shaped Irish history and culture...DID YOU KNOW?--There’s a luxury Irish hotel that gives plain old kitties the 5-Sta...

Discover the story of a man who lived with a secret for 75 years and was determined to speak out against corruption. In this book, readers will learn how to stand up against injustice and speak out for what is right. This book will show readers how to recognize and face corruption in their daily lives, and how to take action to fight it. With this book, readers can learn how to take control of their lives and make a difference in the world.This book includes:-The story of a m...