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First Crossing of America - Alexander Mackenzie "Endowed by nature with an acquisitive mind and an enterprising spirit", Mackenzie, a Scot engaged in the Canadian fur trade, resolved, as he out it "to test the practicability of penetrating across the continent of America". In 1789...

Eating Dirt in Venezuela - Alexander von Humboldt Geographer, geologist, naturalist, anthropologist, physician and philosopher, Baron von Humboldt brought to exploration a greater range of enquiry than any contemporary. Also an indomitable traveller, particularly in the Orinoco/Amazon basin (1799-1804),...

Alone in Africa - Mungo Park Park's 1795-7 odyssey in search of the Niger first awakened the world to the feasibility of a white man penetrating sub-Saharan Africa. But unlike his illustrious successors, this quiet tenant farmer's son from the Scottish Borders travelled alone; relieved of his meager...

Four Years in the Ice - John Ross Disgraced and dishonored for his report of an imaginary mountain range blocking the most likely access to the North West Passage, in 1829 Ross returned to Canada's frozen archipelago to vindicate his reputation. He rounded the north of Baffin Island and entered what...

'As Mona Hamadeh's two previous books are already a staple in our house, I have been waiting eagerly for the release of her new title and I was not disappointed. This new book is a beautiful continuation of the author's previous achievements, a loving tribute to Lebanese cuisine, culture and lifestyle...

From the pens of today's leading female writers of lesbian erotica come tales of passion and lust, anticipation and regret, ecstasy and bliss. The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica, edited by Rose Collis, brings together forty-eight rewarding tales from women writers around the world.

Seriously hot gay erotica from the top writers in the field - Landon Dixon, M. Christian, Julian Benedict and Richard Hiscock to name just a few. There are no fewer than 44 superbly-written stories in this bumper collection. If you like your erotica limp, this is not for you. · A PI is hired...

On the tennis court, Fernando and Robbie are the deadliest of rivals. But off it, they play a very different kind of love game, as a delay to the men's singles finals gives them an opportunity to prove . . . Jude is accepted into an exclusive gay sex club where he learns that a gorgeous, straight...

The KC Suite Memories of an affair in words and stolen dialogue, as a lover reconstructs the anatomy of lust and love and the dangerous ways in which they combine. A Map of The Pain A married woman flees her past life and goes on the road. A sexual calvary of encounters and degradation which...

n this work the full range of sexual experience is explored. In some of the stories the mood is lighthearted, in some it is sad, and a few reach out towards the limits of human desire. The authors range from Martin Amis to Poppy Z. Brite.

BDSM/Bondage and Dominance and Submission, recently brought to such extraordinary prominence by 50 Shades of Grey, are perennially popular erotic themes. This collection of over 40 outstanding new stories by some of the best writers of erotica and romance, including Kay Jaybee, K. D. Grace and Rachel...

This is a fabulous collection of new writing from all over the world during 2003-4, selected by bestselling editor Maxim Jakubowski. These tales explore the extraordinary variety of the erotic experience, as men and women play out the eternal rhythms of desire. Here is explicit sexual drama in all its forms from some of the best writers in the field.

Exciting, intimate, experimental - a selection of the best of recent erotic writing. Featuring more than 40 new stories of sexual encounters from every part of the world, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica offers the most outstanding work of both well-known names and fresh new talents, such as Lisette...

Over 130 short, short erotic stories of about 1,500 words each, or over 500 pages of outstanding erotica in bite-sized pieces, exploring the full range of human sensual and sexual experience. Each one of eight sections is devoted to a specific erotic kink, such as spanking, submission, voyeurism,...