When the First World War broke out, the Post Office was the biggest employer in the world, with its own company of volunteer part-time soldiers, The Post Office Rifles. Suddenly catapulted into conflict, ordinary postmen & messenger boys found themselves in the trenches of the Western Front, hoping that their own letters would reach home
- & relying on the letters & parcels they received for comfort & much-needed boosts to morale. By the war`s end, 1, 500 of them had been killed. Using the personal stories, letters & diary entries of the men who joined the Post Office Riffles, this is a moving account of how the war touched the lives of ordinary people
- how it changed communities, how women took up men`s work, &, of course, the vital role the mail played in winning the war.

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Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway`s career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist. Hemingway`s men are bullfighters & boxers, hired hands & hard drinkers, gangsters & gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman`s h&. Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory
- they helped establish him as one of the great literary authors of the twentieth century, & one of the best American authors of all time.
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Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats & smoky bars, lonely hearts & mysterious women, baseball & the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic ...

”I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.” Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats & smoky bars, lonely hearts & mysterious women, baseball & the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic. ...

Menagerie Manor is the hugely entertaining account of how the well known & much-loved conservationist & author, Gerald Durrell, fulfilled a lifelong ambition by founding his very own private zoo in Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff & a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows. The reader is introduced to the village idiocy of Trumpy, the grey-winged trumpeter, who wakes the zoo every morning; the riotous antics of Claudius the tapir; the moving romance of N ...

Menai Bridge / Porth-aethwy in 1913 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the town of Menai Bridge, plus the western part of Bangor on the Caernarvonshire shore in a section of Caernarvonshire sheet 6.11. Features include Menai Bridge town centre, Menai Suspension Bridge (at foot of map), Anglesey Arms Hotel, Uxbridge Square, Church Isl&, St Tysilio`s church, chapels, Mount Pleasant area, St George`s Pier, Halfway House, Pont Cadnant (at top of map), Ynys Gaint, Ynys Castell, Ynys Faelog, Ynys Tobig, Victoria Hotel, old causeway, Ynys Benlas, Ynys Welltog, Swelly Rock, Pentraeth Road area, Coed Colonel, Aution Mart, etc. The small Caernarvonshire area

Includes:: Gorphwysfa & George Hotel. On the reverse is a 1910 business directory of Menai Bridge. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. Now a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere & starring Emmanuelle Seigner. A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death & life. In the depths of a winter`s night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours` time, just before six, his alarm will go off & he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to the beach, & go surfing with his friends. A trip he has made a hundred times & yet, today, the heart of Simon Limbeau will encounter a very different course. But for now, the black-box of his body is free to leap, swell, melt & sink, just as it has throughout the years of Simon`s young life. 5.50 a.m. This is his heart. & here is its story. Translated from the French by Jessica Moore ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Mende et ses environs à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. P481, with 20 day walks of varying length & difficulty mainly south of the town. Each walk is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000, with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in August 2009. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

Moon Spotlight Mendocino & Redwood Country is an 86-page compact guide covering one of the most picturesque towns on the California coast & the stunning redwood forests. Author Stuart Thornton offers his expert advice on must-see attractions, &

Includes:: maps with sightseeing highlights so you can make the most of your time. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, & transportation, as well as easy-to-read maps, making navigating this naturally beautiful region uncomplicated & enjoyable. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Coastal California.

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