Spolit, feckless Temple Drake, the daughter of a judge, runs away from school with an unsuitable man. Abandoned by him with a gang of moonshiners, Temple falls into the clutches of the psychotic Popeye, one of the most grotesque characters of Faulkner`s imagination. A compelling, shocking tale of perverted justice in the Deep South, ” Sanctuary” is also a moving plea for courage in the darkest of circumstances. ...

Solitary, nostalgic Liz Crane returns to her family`s now-deserted farmhouse to study the migratory habits of the Monarch butterfly. A rich family history
- all the anecdotes & blarney of successful Irish immigrants
- is now tainted with sadness. Her cousin Amanda, a gifted military strategist, has been killed in Afghanistan, a loss foreshadowed by the earlier disappearance of her charismatic father. Reflecting on the fragility & transcience of human life & relations
- mirrored in the Monarchs` restless flight
- Liz finds that love is there to be found where you least expect it.



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” Sanctuary: British Artists & their Studios” gives a rare & privileged insight to the studios & inspirations of nearly 120 of Britains greatest living artists working today, both in Britain & abroad. Sanctuary`s stellar cast of artists encompasses many different ways of thinking about & making art. This lavish, large-format book brims with specially commissioned photographs portraits, images at work, places of inspiration & incisive interviews: the artists open their minds as much as their studio doors. The book is full of insights, revelations & thoughts on the modern art world & contemporary art practice, giving a vivid sense of what it means to be an artist at work today. It features a stellar cast of characters, including Frank Auerbach, Ron Arad, Fiona Banner, Peter Blake, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, Susan Hiller, Howard Hodgkin, Polly Morgan, Cornelia Parker, Grayson Perry, Paula Rego, Juergen Teller, Gavin Turk, Keith Tyson, Rachel Whiteread & more the list is extraordinary. Iwona Blazwick gives an A-Z of studios with a twist; Richard Corks Studio Visits gives a personal & vivid tour around the studios of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Bridget Riley & more; Tom Mortons Field Notes on British Art in the Third Millennium is an intelligent sketch of the wider wilder world that all artists now inhabit. ...

18th C. industrial design 30 minute sandglass filled with fine white s&. Collectable because of their combined historical & practical value. Navigators tried to keep count of the hours: the galleons wrecked on the Western Australian reefs remind us of the perils of incorrectly kept time. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

After the fall of Singapore in 1942, the conquering Japanese Army transferred some 2500 British & Australian prisoners to a jungle camp at Sandakan, on the east coast of North Borneo. There they were beaten, broken, worked to death, thrown into bamboo cages on the slightest pretext & subjected to tortures so ingenious & hideous that the victims were driven to the brink of madness. But it was only to be the beginning of the nightmare. In late 1944 when Allied aircraft began bombing the coastal towns of Sandakan & Jesselton, the Japanese resolved to abandon the prison camp & move the prisoners 250 miles inland to Ranau. The journey there became known as the Sandakan Death marches. Of the thousand plus prisoners who set out on the epic marches, only six survived. This is both their story & the story of the fallen. ...

One woman`s journey into her family`s past reveals a shocking story that has never been told. 1915, Aleppo, Syria. When Elizabeth Endicott steps off the boat from Boston, armed only with a crash course in nursing, nothing could have prepared her for the atrocities she is about to face. For Aleppo is the arrival point for the hundreds of thousands of Armenians who have been forced to march out of Turkey & through the desert to die. There Elizabeth gets to know Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife & infant daughter in the Genocide. When Armen travels to Egypt to join the British army, he begins to write to Elizabeth, & slowly realizes that, unless he can find his way back to her, he risks becoming lost forever. Present day, New York. Laura Petrosian has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought until an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a photo of Laura`s grandmother advertising a museum exhibition. As Laura embarks on a journey back through her family`s history she`ll find a tale of love, loss
- & the hidden story of a nation in mourning.
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Sandison's Scotland is a wonderful collection of stories & tales about some of Scotland's most wild & evocative places; dark Loch Ness, the lifeboats that protect vessels in the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth, Shetland's famous Up Helly Aa festival, the raucous Kirkwall Ba' Game in Orkney, remote townships, Helmsdale in the east, distant Glegelg in the west, crofts & castles; & many, many more, all written by a man who is clearly in love with his native l&, its people, culture & history. Sandison's Scotland is a book for all times & all seasons. It will captivate & delight readers as they embark on an unforgettable journey through this magical l&. ...

Stavanger East area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:25, 000 with cartography based on the country’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. The base map is an enlargement of the standard 1:50, 000 topographic survey series. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle, ski or canoeing routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only.PLEASE NOTE: this title is also available together with the Stavanger West map as a 2-map set. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:25, 000 & links to Turkart series at 50K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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Map No. 10116, Sandnessjøen, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...