From the jungles of South America to the deserts of Arizona, one thing remains consistent: bees are disappearing. A world without bees would be much less colourful, with fewer flowers. But that`s not all-bees are responsible for up to one-third of our food supply, & the consequences of not taking action to protect them are frightening. While the media focuses on colony-collapse disorder & the threats to honey bees specifically, the real danger is much greater: all bees are at risk, whether it be from loss of habitat, pesticide use or disease, among other factors. & because of the integral role these insects play in the ecology of our planet, we may be at risk as well. In Keeping the Bees, Laurence Packer, a melittologist whose life revolves around bees, debunks many myths about these creatures & takes us behind the scenes with scientists around the world who are working to save these fascinating creatures before it`s too late. ...

When India became independent in 1947, the general view, which has prevailed until now, is that Britain had been steadily working for an amicable transfer of power for decades. In this book Walter Reid argues that nothing could be further from the truth. With reference to a vast amount of documentary material, from private letters to public records & state papers, he shows how Britain held back political progress in India for as long as possible
- a policy which led to unimaginable chaos & suffering when independence was granted, & which created a legacy of hatred & distrust that continues to this day.
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In 1996, in the middle of watching an ill-tempered football match between England & Germany, Philip Oltermann`s parents tell him that they are going to leave their home city Hamburg behind & move to London. A number of worrying questions arise. How would English schoolboys take to a lanky 16-year-old German? How did they think & do things differently? What was the secret of the famed British humour? & were there values that English & German people shared? In search of answers, Oltermann interweaves memoir & history, taking ten key Anglo-German encounters from the last 200 years as his starting point. These include: an encounter between Joe Strummer & the Baader Meinhof gang, Helmut Kohl trying to explain the virtues of German cuisine to a sceptical Margaret Thatcher & philosophers Theodor Adorno & A. J. Ayer clashing over jazz. What emerges is nothing less than an alternative national story for the two countries: not one marked by military conflict & diplomatic hostility, but one shaped by dialogue, interaction & genuine fondness. ...

In 1996, in the middle of watching an ill-tempered football match between England & Germany, Philip Oltermann`s parents tell him that they are going to leave their home city Hamburg behind & move to London. A number of worrying questions arise. How would English schoolboys take to a lanky 16-year-old German? How did they think & do things differently? What was the secret of the famed British humour? & were there values that English & German people shared? In search of answers, Oltermann interweaves memoir & history, taking ten key Anglo-German encounters from the last 200 years as his starting point. These include: an encounter between Joe Strummer & the Baader Meinhof gang, Helmut Kohl trying to explain the virtues of German cuisine to a sceptical Margaret Thatcher & philosophers Theodor Adorno & A. J. Ayer clashing over jazz. What emerges is nothing less than an alternative national story for the two countries: not one marked by military conflict & diplomatic hostility, but one shaped by dialogue, interaction & genuine fondness. ...

Kefalonia at 1:65, 000 with Ithaca at 1:25, 000 on a contoured, GPS compatible double-sided map from a wide coverage of the Greek islands by Anavasi, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper. On one side are both islands presented at 1:65, 000, with an enlargement of Ithaca to 1:25, 000 shown on the reverse. Contours at 20m intervals are enhanced by relief shading & spot heights, with graphics indicating different types of vegetation: forests, shrubbery, olive groves & vineyards. Road network indicates dirt roads in poor condition or difficult roads, & shows locations of petrol stations & driving distances on main routes. Also marked are country trails ranging from narrow earth roads to faintly defined paths. Symbols mark various places of interest. The maps have a UTM grid for GPS use & latitude/longitude margin ticks. All place names are in both Greek & Latin alphabet, as are the indexes for each isl&. Map legends include English. (Kefallonia, Kefallinia, Cephalonia, Cefalonia, Ithaka, Ithaki) ...

If holidays are about new experiences, then this pocket guide solves two problems — where to enjoy walking in Kefalonia & where to find some good, traditional food. There are strolls for hot days & longer walks to work up an appetite. & if you‘re just after some recommendations for where to eat out in Kefalonia, you need look no further! For each suggested restaurant there is a photograph of the décor & one of their dishes, plus sample menu, price guide, opening times, & a recipe for one of their specialities. Other sections include: planning your trip, logistics on arrival, shopping for self-catering (including health food shops), local markets & specialities, glossary of local food terms, etc. A special feature is the emphasis on natural local foods suitable for those with food intolerances. All recipes have been made by the authors & are known to ‘work’. Area covered: The walks are spread all around the island & there is at least one near every major resort. There isn’t much information available for walking on the isl&, & this book brings together ten of Kefalonia’s best walks. The best months for walking in Kefalonia are from early April to end May & late September till October. ...

One of the titles in the 1:50, 000 topographic survey of Icel&. The series is not complete. So far 102 maps have been published, out of the total of 199, with the north-west & the east of the country not yet covered. The series has been compiled from aerial photography & has contours at 20m intervals. The maps do not give as much information on the type of the terrain & land use as the 1:100, 000 series, but the cartography

Includes:: many other

Features: hot & cold springs & wells, streams graded by width, etc. Each map covers an area of Approx. 23 x 28 km / 14 x 17 miles. The maps have a UTM grid, with margin ticks showing latitude & longitude in steps of 5'. Map legend

Includes:: English.





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Your writer, in conjuring this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption & remorse, takes you first to a daffodil-filled garden in Highgate, North London, where, just outside the kitchen window, something startling shimmers on the very edges of perception. Fluttering & chattering, these are our kehua
- a whole multiplying flock of Maori spirits (all will be explained) goaded into wakefulness by the conversation within. Scarlet
- a long-legged, skinny young woman of the new world order
- has announced to Beverley
- her aged grandmother
- that she intends to leave home & husband for the glamorous actor, Jackson Wright
- he of the vampire films. Beverley may be well on her way to her ninth decade, but she`s not beyond using this intelligence to stir up a little trouble. & neither are the kehua outside the window. The sins & traumas of the past haunt us all. Call them hungry ghosts, grateful dead, dybbuks, kelpies, poltergeists, furies or kehua, we carry them with us
- across continents, oceans, decades & generations. Quite how they became attached to a three-year-old white girl is the origin of your writer`s tale. Suffice to say that murder is at the root of it all, that Beverley & her female bloodline carry a weighty spiritual burden & that this is the story of how they learn to live with their ghosts, or maybe how their ghosts learn to live with them -






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Map No. 3228, Kei Mouth, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Keighley & Haworth in the Cassini Past & Present map series which covers town & cities of England & Wales & offers a unique way of tracing their history & expansion by showing four different periods of their development using Ordnance Survey mapping from the mid-19th century, the late 19th century, the 1920s & the present day. Coverage

Includes:: Cullingworth, Denholme, Glusburn, Oxenhope, Silsden, Steeton & Sutton-in-Craven. Each Past & Present map consists of four panels, all centred on a city or a town & covering exactly the same 15km x 15km area. Three of the panels reproduce Ordnance Survey

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