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100 Places You Will Never Visit: The World's Most Secret Locations by Dan Smith
Category: Travel
Ever wondered what it takes to get into Fort Knox? Fancied a peek inside the Coca-Cola Safety Deposit Box? Would you dare to visit Three Mile Island? The world is full of secret places that we either don't know about, or couldn't visit even if we wanted to. Now you can glimpse the Tora Bora caves in Afg ...Show more
50 Dark Destinations - Crime and Contemporary Tourism by Orlando Woods (Contribution by); Patrick Berry (Contribution by); Peter Joyce (Contribution by); Robin West (Contribution by); Rowland Atkinson (Contribution by); Sarah Hodgkinson (Contribution by); Sarah Jones (Contribution by); Selina Patel Nascimento (Contribution by); Simon Winlow (Contribution by); Sophie Gregory (Contribution by); Steve Wadley (Contribution by); Tammy Ayres (Contribution by); Tereza Østbø Kuldova (Contribution by); Thomas Raymen (Contribution by); Travis Linnemann (Contribution by); Wendy Laverick (Contribution by); Adam Lynes (Editor); Craig Kelly (Editor); James Treadwell (Editor); Alice Storey (Contribution by); Angus Nurse (Contribution by); Anna Sergi (Contribution by); Anthony Lloyd (Contribution by); Ben Colliver (Contribution by); Craig Ancrum (Contribution by); Dan Rusu (Contribution by); David Wilson (Contribution by); Donna Yates (Contribution by); Duncan John Frankis (Contribution by); Eamonn Carrabine (Contribution by); Emiline Smith (Contribution by); Emma Winlow (Contribution by); Eveleigh Buck-Matthews (Contribution by); Gary Potter (Contribution by); Grace Gallacher (Contribution by); Hannah London (Contribution by); Ian R. Cook (Contribution by); Jane Richards (Contribution by); Jack Denham (Contribution by); Jardar Nuland Østbø (Contribution by); Jenna Page (Contribution by); Joe Garrihy (Contribution by); John Bahadur Lamb (Contribution by); Katie Lowe (Contribution by); Keith Hayward (Contribution by); Kevin Hoffin (Contribution by); Kyla Bavin (Contribution by); Laura Hammond (Contribution by); Lucas Danos (Contribution by); Luke Telford (Contribution by); Max Hart (Contribution by); Melindy Brown (Contribution by); Michael Rowe (Contribution by); Natasha Pope (Contribution by); Neil Chakraborti (Contribution by); Nicholas Gibbs (Contribution by); Oliver Smith (Contribution by)
Category: Reference
From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, 'dark tourism' is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or ...Show more
Adventures of Lulu by Louise L. Hay & Dan Olmos (Illus JJ Smith-Moore)
Category: Parenting
These three stories were written to help today's child grown up with a strong sense of self-esteem and courage. As adults, we sometimes forget that children have many more issues to deal with than we did when we were their age. They're constantly being put into the position of making choices, and are st ...Show more
Around the World in 50 Ways (Tram, Train or Tuktuk...You Choose!) by Dan Smith
Category: Education | Series: Lonely Planet Kids
Set off from London and travel across the globe. Then try to make it back! In Lonely Planet Kids' Around the World in 50 Ways, kids choose their favourite routes and transportation, from tuk-tuks and sleds, to steamboats and hot-air balloons. They'll visit famous cities and exotic, far-flung places - a ...Show more
Below Zero by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
Twelve-year-old Zak, who has an inoperable brain tumour, is with his sister and parents when their private plane is disastrously diverted. Wrecked on a remote research outpost in the Antarctic, they find themselves in an abandoned base. Then Zak's parents disappear, and the base's equipment starts 3D-pr ...Show more
Big Game by Dan Smith
Category: Young Adult
13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the wor ...Show more
Big Game by Dan Smith
Category: Young Adult
A boy hunter, the president of the United States, and a terrorist plot converge to create an original and thrilling tale of wilderness survival Every boy in Oskari's remote mountain village must face a ritual hunt on his thirteenth birthday--the Trial--to become a man. It's Oskari's turn, and whatever a ...Show more
Big Game by Dan Smith
Category: Young Adult
13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the wor ...Show more
Boy X by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum - a genetic scientist - has been imprisoned and infected with a deadly virus. Where is he, and what's he doing there? He sets out to cross the jungle to find out and rescue his mother. Soon he realises he's quicker and sharper t ...Show more
Dry Season by Dan Smith
Category: Fiction
A powerful and moving debut novel of one man's search for redemption deep in the badlands of South America...
My Brother's Secret by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
Germany, 1941. 12-year-old Karl Engel is looking forward to joining the Hitler Youth, like all boys his age. But when his father is killed, his rebellious older brother Stefan shows him things that leave his faith in the Fuhrer shaken. What does it mean to be a good German? What does it mean to wear the ...Show more
My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith
Category: Children's Fiction
Summer, 1941. For Peter, the war is a long way away, being fought by a faceless enemy, marching across places he's never seen. Until the night it comes to him. A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after, before he went off to fight. Peter rushes to the crash site to find someth ...Show more