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The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Tim Mackintosh-Smith (Ed)
Category: History | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
A gift to those who contemplate the marvels of travelling in the ancient world. Ibn Battuta was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, travelling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, coveri ...Show more
Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Category: Travel
Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, ...Show more
Understanding Nutrition with Student Resource Access 12 Months by Eleanor Whitney; Sharon Rady Rolfes; Tim Crowe; David Cameron Smith; Adam Walsh
Category: Education
Building upon Ellie Whitney and Sharon Rady Rolfes' classic text, this third Australian and New Zealand edition of Understanding Nutrition is a practical and engaging introduction to the core principles of nutrition. A thorough introductory guide, this text will equip students with the knowledge and ski ...Show more
Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Tim Hopgood (Illustrator); Richard Smith; Felix Bernard
Category: Picture Books
"Sleigh bells ring! Are you Listening?"Based on the classic song Winter Wonderland, this gorgeous picture book takes you on an enchanting journey through a glistening winter landscape. With beautiful wildlife to spot on every page, it is the perfect gift for the most wonderful time of the year. The book ...Show more
Wynonna Earp - Bad Day at Black Rock by Tim Rozon; Beau Smith
Category: Graphic Novels
Wynonna Earp, descendant of the legendary gunslinger Wyatt Earp, and her whole family are members of the U.S. Marshals Black Badge Division--a unit dedicated to protecting the world from all things that go bump in the night. Two of their greatest assets in the fight against evil are the Division's relat ...Show more
Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Category: Non-Fiction
Our ideas of the Arabian Peninusula have been hijacked: by images of the desert, by oil, by the Gulf War. But there is another Arabia.For the Classical geographers Yemen was a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves. Medieval Arab visitors told of disappearing islands and menst ...Show more