SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017 A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She`s not his mother. He`s not her child. The two seem anxious &, at David`s ever more insistent prompting, Amanda recounts a series of events from the apparently recent past. As David pushes her to recall whatever trauma has landed her in her terminal state, he unwittingly opens a chest of horrors, & suddenly the terrifying nature of their reality is brought into shocking focus. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange & deeply unsettling psychological menace in this cautionary tale of maternal love, broken souls & the power & desperation of family. ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She`s not his mother. He`s not her child. The two seem anxious &, at David`s ever more insistent prompting, Amanda recounts a series of events from the apparently recent past. As David pushes her to recall whatever trauma has landed her in her terminal state, he unwittingly opens a chest of horrors, & suddenly the terrifying nature of their reality is brought into shocking focus. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange & deeply unsettling psychological menace in this cautionary tale of maternal love, broken souls & the power & desperation of family. ...

This is the Twentieth Anniversary Edition. As a young boy, growing up in London & watching his parents` marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby
- author of ” High Fidelity”, ” About a Boy”, & ” The Complete Polysyllabic Spree”
- had little sense of home. Then his dad took him to Highbury. Arsenal`s football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings he`d ever have: joy, humiliation, heartbreak, frustration, & hope. In this hilarious, moving & now-classic book, he vividly depicts his childhood life, his time as a teacher, & his first loves (after football), all through the prism of the game, as he insightfully & brilliantly explores obsession, & the way it can shape a life.

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An Intrepid adventurer, Mark has spent the last decade travelling areas left ominously blank on maps. This is the story of his malaria-wracked expedition across central Borneo. Once again he defies cartographers by going in search of the `wild men of Borneo`
- a tribe of jungle dwellers whose existence is validated only by myth. With fellow traveller Paul he paddles up an uncharted river into what was believed to be the valley of the spirit world
- where even the island`s fiercest head-hunters feared to go. Crossing mountains that no western eye has ever seen, they penetrate ever deeper into the vengeful jungle. On the way they encounter shipwreck, malaria, amoebic dysentery, near starvation, leeches, exhaustion, enforced alcohol abuse, barbecued mouse-deer foetus & a ferocious craving for chocolate!

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Seeking the beautiful, the breathtaking & the bizarre, Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain`s rarest & most endangered animals. Travelling the length & breadth of the UK, & meeting up with experts along the way, he tracks down secretive & scarce mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish & insects living on the brink, ranging from the iconic Scottish wildcat & surreal spiny seahorse to the striking golden oriole, outlandish wart-biter cricket & sinister black rat. Few & Far Between celebrates the diversity on our doorstep & highlights the natural treasures we risk losing. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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This masterly work will continue to be an invaluable source of reference for anyone wanting practical advice on working with GRP, in order to make repairs & improvements correctly & thus extend the life of their boat. Since it was first published 45 years ago, Hugo du Plessis` Fibreglass Boats has become a classic, relied upon by owners, surveyors & boat builders keen to understand how fibreglass behaves, & obtain practical advice on working with GRP. In a deliberately non-technical manner, he explains the peculiar nature of fibreglass, its durability, its weaknesses, where its likely to fail, the effects of use & the weather, plus the latest research into causes of the biggest worry for owners
- blistering & osmosis. ` One of the most respected works on the subject...thorough & its scope is vast` Yachting Monthly `A long-established classic` Kelvin Hughes
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Fichtelgebirge
- Bayreuth
- Marktredwitz (No. 191), a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local &

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Map No. 191, Fichtelgebirge
- Bayreuth
- Marktredwitz, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage

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Fichtelgebirge region of northern Bavaria at 1:35, 000 from Kümmerly+ Frey in a series GPS compatible, double-sided maps printed on durable, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper; contoured, with hiking & cycle routes, other recreational activities, etc. Maps in this series are at a scale of either 1:50, 000 or 1:35, 000. Contour interval varies from 10m to 40m according to the area &, where appropriate, the maps have finely drawn additional graphic relief to provide an excellent representation of the terrain, with plenty of names of peaks, valleys, etc, national parks or other protected areas, plus colouring/graphics indicating different types of vegetation. An overprint, graded according to the difficulty of the route, highlights hiking trails indicating their waymarking. Also marked are local & long-distance cycle routes, plus a selection of mountain-bike trails, cross-country & alpine ski routes & horse-riding paths. A wide range of symbols indicate locations for other outdoor activities: climbing, paragliding, toboggan runs, sailing or surfing, etc. Also marked are various sport facilities, different types of accommodations including alpine huts, campsites, youth hostels, sites of botanical or cultural interest, etc. For access the maps show local bus stops, car parks/park+ride facilities, roads with entry restrictions, etc. The maps have a 1km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title also provides a road map of the region around the area covered by it. To see the complete list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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