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111 Places in Bristol That You Shouldn't Miss by Martin Booth; Barbara Evripidou (Photographer)
Category: Travel | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- The ultimate insider's guide to Bristol - Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides - Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide - Appeals to both the local market (more than 520,000 people c ...Show more
A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth; Marc Martin (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Educational
Follow a stone's journey through time as it faces ice, water, wind, and scorching heat in this beautiful nonfiction picture book that is Seeds Move! meets A Stone Sat Still. "Where do rocks come from?" The answer may be more incredible than you think! After all, a stone is not just a stone: a st ...Show more
A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction
"Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense."--"Booklist" The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly--for he appears to be a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himsel ...Show more
Cannabis: A History by Martin Booth
Category: Culture
To some it's anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain: to others still, it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganga - incites debate at every level a ...Show more
Cannabis: a History by Booth Martin
Category: unmapped
To some it's anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain: to others still, it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganga - incites debate at ever level an ...Show more
Coyote Moon by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction
An action-filled, historical adventure set in the Wild West in 1861 When 12-year-old Daniel appears at Dark Creek ranch, the owner, Matt, takes him in. But this is Texas, 1861, the Civil War is raging and soon Matt leaves to join up. Accompanied by an elderly Mexican cowhand, No-head Nolan, an eccent ...Show more
Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction | Series: The Alchemist's Son Trilogy S.
A fantastic tale of sorcery and betrayal from a boy hidden for nearly six hundred years. Sebastian is the alchemist's son, pursuing his father's enemy through the centuries. Pip and Tim can hardly believe his story. But then they themselves are caught in a web of magic and cunning, and their only hop ...Show more
Gweilo: Memories Of A Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth
Category: Biography and Memoir
Martin Booth died in February 2004, shortly after finishing the book that would be his epitaph - this wonderfully remembered, beautifully told memoir of a childhood lived to the full in a far-flung outpost of the British Empire...An inquisitive seven-year-old, Martin Booth found himself with the whole o ...Show more
Jungle Lore by Jim Corbett; Martin Booth (Other)
Category: Biography and Memoir
Jim Corbett, naturalist, shikari, and conservationist is famous for his tales of hunting in the Indian Jungle. Many years before the issues of conservation became understood, Corbett was obsessed with the jungle and animals of the Kumaon hills. This new edition of Jungle Lore offersCorbett's own story o ...Show more
PoW by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Ted joins the Royal Navy in 1914 as a cabin boy. His duties include carrying ammunition to the guns. Ted takes part in the Battle of Jutland, when his ship is sunk, he survives but is taken as a Prisoner of War.
Soul Stealer (Book 2 Alchemist's Son trilogy) by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction
Someone is out to steal your soul. Sebastian, the alchemist's son, must face new evil. An old enemy, a magician whose power lies in stealing souls, has reappeared in a new and cunning disguise. He is using an ancient spell book to bring about a terror beyond imagining. Once again, Pip and Tim brave ...Show more
The American by Martin Booth
Category: Fiction
The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying rare butterflies. But Farfalla's real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan, not for the butterflies he paints but for the guns he creates for ...Show more