The Strand is a visually appealing 30cm (12) desktop globe mounted on a stylish chrome spindle & full ring maple wood base. The physical topography of the world is beautifully presented & remarkably detailed, whilst political boundaries & place names are subtly outlined in black, allowing for the straightforward identification of locations. A distinctive addition to the home & workplace. ...

“ Strand Lane & the entrance to the Roman bath” in a series of prints of sepia photos of some of old London’s best loved landmarks, presented by Soho Publishing in an A3 (29.6 x 39.6 cm) format. Under the photo are brief notes about the history of this area. Ideal for framing, these reproductions show many long gone or much changed sites & offer a unique way of decorating your home or office with photos of near by or close-to-your-heart parts of the capital. Please note: the prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

You might be forgiven for thinking that, when radio presenter Cash Peters got the call asking him to front a reality-adventure travel programme, he had struck gold. The premise of the show was simple: take a man & dump him in an unfamiliar culture in a faraway land with no money & nowhere to stay, then leave him to survive using his own resources. There`s just one drawback
- Cash is not the adventurous type. On the contrary, he has phobias, allergies, an obsession with hygiene & a fear of eating weird food & sleeping in bug-ridden huts made from cow dung. In short, they picked the wrong man for the job. In this wickedly funny look behind the scenes, Cash recounts with searing wit & unfailing honesty the year he spent struggling to make a TV survival show when the odds were clearly against his surviving at all. On epic journeys from Kenya to Cambodia, Morocco to Dubai, he experiences fascinating cultures, sleeps with them, eats with them
- & finally proves that whatever doesn`t kill you makes you stronger. Though, to be honest, killing you is more likely...

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Strandir, map no. 8, in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000 published by Mál og menning, with excellent, vivid presentation of the terrain, footpaths & bridleways, campsites, etc. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to show glaciers, lava fields, sands & mudflats, as well as to distinguish land with vegetation cover from the more sparsely covered terrain. The series provides a splendid presentation of the country’s topography, with large amount of detail & over 43, 000 place names. Road network indicates gravel roads &

Includes:: country tracks. Also marked are local footpaths, clear to see with their distinctive colouring, & bridleways. Symbols shows campsites, tourist huts or shelters, emergency shelters, summer houses, river fords, golf courses & swimming pools, hydro-electric or thermal power stations, local airports, etc, & detail such as individual farms, abandoned farms or ruins, sheepfolds, etc. Each map covers an area of 84 x 67km (53 x 42 miles approx.) & has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 2’ & 5’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English, German & French. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Strands describes a year`s worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal & constantly turning up revelations: mermaid`s purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales & a perfect cup from a Cunard liner. This is a series of meditations prompted by walking on the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool & Liverpool, Strands is about what is lost & buried then discovered, about all the things you find on a beach, dead or alive, about flotsam & jetsam, about mutability & transformation
- about sea-change.
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Strandzha Mountains in the south-eastern corner of Bulgaria between Burgas to the Turkish border on a contoured & GPS compatible map from Domino showing local hiking trails & highlighting various interesting sites, with three more detailed enlargements at 1:25, 000. Most place names are in both Latin & Cyrillic alphabet; map legend

Includes:: English. Contours are at 50m intervals & the map has latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals. 23 especially interesting locations are prominently highlighted & cross-referenced to descriptions on the reverse side (text in Bulgarian only). The reverse side also

Includes:: enlargements showing in greater detail at 1:25, 000 the coastal area of Ropotamo & Velyov Vir near Primorsko, plus two areas in the Strandzha Mountains around St. Petka plus west of Malko Tarnovo To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. Maps in the Domino series have contours (interval in most titles is 20m or 50m), enhanced by relief shading plus plenty of peak names & additional spot heights. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. An overprint highlights both waymarked routes & unmaintained hiking trails. Although not specifically named on them, the maps can be used to follow local sections of the E3, E4 & E8 trans-European long-distance routes. Road network is graded according to width, indicates locations of petrol stations, &

Includes:: local country tracks & paths. Railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols mark locations of hotels & holiday homes, campsites, mountain refuges, shepherd’s huts & hunting lodges, as well as various places of interest & natural sites. Names of towns, villages & main topographic features are in both Cyrillic & Latin alphabet; smaller peaks or rivers & streams are in Cyrillic only. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 5’. Map legend

Includes:: English. Most titles also include a list of local mountain refuges with contact details.







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Strange But True is an eye-popping compendium of extreme, bizarre & weird animals, places & strange phenomena Did you know there`s a plant that eats mice? That you can dip your toe in a rainbow-coloured river? Or peer into the Doorway to Hell? Find out the where, why & how in Strange But True. Ideal for those curious young minds who are fascinated by our weird & wonderful world. Stuffed full of strange animals, peculiar weather & odd places, Strange But True unravels all these astonishing strange phenomena, from fish that rain from the sky to huge sinkholes, through specially commissioned CGI artworks, jaw-dropping illustration & clear scientific explanations. ...

” Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.” The mysterious association between respectable Dr Henry Jekyll & despicable lowlife Edward Hyde is a puzzle to Dr Jekyll`s friends, including his lawyer Gabriel Utterson. Where Jekyll is sociable, hardworking & pious, Hyde is a violent criminal, a wild hedonist. When Hyde beats a member of Parliament to death, Utterson is determined to discover the ties that bind the two men together... Robert Louis Stevenson`s account of man`s capacity for evil is as powerful today as it was on first publication in 1886. ...

In litter-strewn Epping Forest on the edge of London, might a writer find that magical moment of transcendence? He will certainly discover filthy graffiti & frightening dogs, as well as world-renowned artists & fading celebrities, robbers, lovers, ghosts & poets. But will he find himself? Or a version of himself he might learn something from? Strange Labyrinth is a quest narrative arguing that we shouldn`t get lost in order to find ourselves, but solely to accept that we are lost in the first place. It is a singular blend of landscape writing, political indignation, cultural history & wit from a startling new voice in non-fiction. ...

In litter-strewn Epping Forest on the edge of London, might a writer find that magical moment of transcendence? He will certainly discover filthy graffiti & frightening dogs, as well as world-renowned artists & fading celebrities, robbers, lovers, ghosts & poets. But will he find himself? Or a version of himself he might learn something fromstrange Labyrinth is a quest narrative arguing that we shouldn`t get lost in order to find ourselves, but solely to accept that we are lost in the first place. It is a singular blend of landscape writing, political indignation, cultural history & wit from a startling new voice in non-fiction. ...