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Call-out is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes - Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century.

In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team and together they developed innovative techniques and equipment in order to save lives - often risking their own in the process - whether night or day, and always at a moment's notice. He was a central figure in...

Ein Tesla-Motors-Insider erzählt die Geschichte des revolutionärsten Autoherstellers seit Ford und des Mannes, der ihn zum Erfolg führte. Hamish McKenzie zeigt, wie unter Elon Musks "Insane Mode"-Leitung das Ende eines Zeitalters eingeläutet wurde - das der Benzinmotoren. Musk treibt mit seiner Vision und seinen Autos nahezu alle anderen Hersteller der Branche vor sich her. Tesla ist in Sachen Elektromobilität das Maß aller Dinge. Dies ist nicht nur die Geschichte einer unglaublich bahnbrechenden Automarke - es ist die Geschichte eines unbeirrbaren Visionärs und einer neuen Ära,...

"Listen to me, Jennifer The fairies need your help."

Jennifer likes fairies, but not reading, or writing, or telling the time, or finding her way on a map. When she learns she is the only one who can save the fairies - the real fairies - from a cruel sorcerer holding the Fairy Queen prisoner, Jennifer's loves and fears collide with secrets, strangers, and magical letters, on a dangerous journey to find Lilah's Dagger.

This book explores how New Zealand, a small country almost as far from Western Europe as it is possible to be, assumed political importance in Britain's accession to the European Community vastly out of proportion to its size, proximity and strategic position. At several points in accession negotiations, the issue of New Zealand's continued trade with Britain threatened to derail UK Government attempts to join the Community. This issue also interacted with the broader context of the Cold War, economic shocks and decolonisation, materially affecting the terms of entry into...