As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at bedtime, it was shortlisted for the irish book awards novel of the year 2014. She stood on the edge of the grass. She hovered between worlds, deciphering the ground, tracing in mid-air the hall, the dining-room, the stairs. She was despairingly close to home now, to the rooms & the voices that contained the first names for home. Memories abounded & her heart pounded & history broke in.. . Growing up in the west of Ireland in the 1940s Tess is a shy introverted child. But beneath her quiet exterior lies a heart of fire. A fire that will later drive her to make her home among the hurly burly of 1960s New York. Over four decades & a life lived with quiet intensity on Academy Street in upper Manhattan, Tess encounters ferocious love & calamitous loss. But what endures is her bravery & fortitude, & her striking insights even as she is `floating close to hazard.` Joyous & heart-breaking, restrained but sweeping, this is a profoundly moving story that charts one woman`s quest for belonging amid the dazzle & tumult of America`s greatest city. Academy Street establishes Mary Costello as one of Ireland`s most exciting literary voices. ...

As heard on BBC radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the Irish book awards novel of the year 2014 shortlisted for the costa first novel award 2014. Tess Lohan appears to be a quiet child. But within lies a heart of fire. A fire that will propel her from her native Ireland into the hurly-burly of 1960s New York. In this city she will face the twists of a life graced with great beauty, but forever floating close to hazard. Joyous & heart-breaking, Academy Street journeys through six decades & one incredible story. ...

Find out the best ways to enjoy Acadia National Park, from biking through coastal forests & exploring iconic lighthouses to visiting quaint towns with great shopping & seafood. Journalist & Maine native Hilary Nangle offers unique ideas to help you organize themes trips, from A Studio Tour: Artists & Artisans to The 3-Day Best of Acadia National Park. This guide provides details to make sure you enjoy the best this park has to offer, &

Includes:: information on hiking to ancient sea caves on Mount Desert Isl&, boarding a catamaran in Bar Harbor to observe whales & puffins, & enjoying fresh lobster at market price on the Schoodic Peninsula. Moon Acadia National Park gives travellers the tools they need to create a more personal & memorable experience. This full-colour guide

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Map No. 212, Acadia National Park, ME, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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Acadia National Park is coastal Maine`s most beautiful destination. This gorgeous, full-color travel guidebook reveals the highlights & hidden gems of Acadia & Mount Desert Isl&. Whatever your interests-hiking to the top of Cadillac Mountain, dining on fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, sailing past historic lighthouses
- Acadia: The Complete Guide puts the best of Acadia at your fingertips. Beautiful colour photos showcase the park`s best destinations. Fascinating chapters on Geology, History & Wildlife reveal the story behind the scenery. Detailed maps make travel planning easy. Written & photographed by Maine native James Kaiser, Acadia: The Complete Guide is the only guide you`ll need.
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Topographic mapping from Mexico’s national survey agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. The maps have contours at 20m intervals with relief shading & indicate various types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. dense vegetation, cultivated areas, swamps, sand dunes, salt pans, etc. UTM grid is at 10km intervals, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks at intervals of 5`. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Simple street plan with no index. Symbols depict a variety of features eg. hospitals, shopping centres, hotels, places of interest. Inset maps show the international airport to the east of the main map, & the Pie de la Cuesta area to the west. Legend in Spanish only. On the reverse is a general road map at 1:1000, 000 of southern Mexico, Approx. centred on Mexico City & reaching outwards to Guadalahara in the north-west corner, Veracruz in the east & to the southern coast. The legend for this map

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Formerly beautiful & at one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai has long held covenant with the dead. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering & sometimes ending it, she is revered & feared in equal measure as the village`s Accabadora. When Bonaria adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial consent, & in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her & flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love & acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid, of a duty & destiny that must one day be hers. Accabadora has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy`s prestigious Premio Campiello. An exceptional English-language debut, it weaves a narrative of rare grace & subtlety into a sensual tapestry of local nuance, atmosphere & dialect. ...

When Maria, the fourth child of a widow, is adopted by the old & childless Bonaria Urrai, her life is instantly transformed
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Published to coincide with Sara Wheeler`s 50th birthday, Access All Areas gathers together a selection of her shorter travel pieces; both journalism & introductions to other books. As one would expect, the frozen poles of the earth feature regularly, whether she is spending the night in Captain Scott`s hut or reliving the adventures of Shackleton & Nansen. But hot places feature too
- Malawi, Kerala, Cuba & Bangladesh. Wheeler writes brilliantly of her heroes
- Mary Kingsley, Fanny Trollope, Norman Lewis, Martha Gellhorn & Sybille Bedford
- & about the pains & pleasures of writing biography. Worried that having children would end her roaming, she took her infants with her, to the Arctic, & on a brilliantly depicted cruise on the QE2. She learns to belly-dance, to strip, & to walk on the wing of a biplane at 3000 feet. This is an immensely varied & satisfying collection of Wheeler`s works, following her series of remarkable books
- Travels in a Thin Country, Terra Incognita, Cherry
- A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Too Close to the Sun & the Magnetic North.




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