23 colour photos, 60 black and white photos. For Enid Blyton, Old Thatch was "a wonderful place to write stories in." From her 400 year old home to the surrounding Thames Valley, where she set her most celebrated mystery series, this book is a gateway to some captivating places. Along river pathways and leafy lanes, around stately manors, snow-covered churches and country pubs, its journey will delight Enid Blyton at Old Thatch is NOT another analysis of why her books still sell in their millions. Nor is it a politically-correct critique of golliwogs and the supposedly hidden lives of Noddy...

PETERBOROGH Please Slow Down is the story of a small town with a rich history set on Victoria's spectacular Great Ocean Road. It is a story about nation building, intrepid pioneers, mysterious shipwrecks and generations of families linked by the enjoyment of summer holidays. The town's first resident, James Meek, explorer, gold miner, artist, writer and entrepreneur, sank a well and built a hut in 1855. Inspired by his descriptions of the surrounding fertile lands, other pioneers followed. They built productive farms from rugged wilderness, cooked on open fires and gave of their time and...