Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) felt a profound empathy with the natural environment, & considered the spiritual essence of trees to be comparable with that of human figures. ” Vincents Trees” traces Van Goghs development as a painter of trees in the natural landscape from his home province of North Brabant, through Paris to Provence. Ralph Skeas elegant prose is accompanied by Van Goghs vibrant illustrations of trees, which range from pencil & ink sketches to watercolours & oil. Stylistic experiments encompassing Pointillism & compositions inspired by Japanese prints give way to the expressive, painterly depictions of his later work. The book also

Includes::"es from Van Goghs letters, which convey the depth of his feeling for the natural landscape, & the force with which it affected him.

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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

` You can`t get around Kate Battista as easily as all that`. Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house & home for her eccentric scientist father & uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she`s always in trouble at work
- her pre-school charges adore her, but the adults don`t always appreciate her unusual opinions & forthright manner. Dr Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There`s only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. & without Pyotr... When Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he`s relying
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- on Kate to help him. Kate is furious: this time he`s really asking too much. But will she be able to resist the two men`s touchingly ludicrous campaign to win her round? Anne Tyler`s retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks whether a thoroughly modern, independent woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The answer is as individual, off-beat & funny as Kate herself.”I loved Kate & Pyotr & the way they discover the oversized, tender, irreverent relationship that fits them... It is joyful”. (Rachel Joyce). ” Read her books & she can actually change your view, change how you see the world”. (Judy Finigan, Mail on Sunday). ” Tyler writes with an apparent effortlessness which conceals great art”. (Helen Dunmore, Stylist). ” Tyler`s sentences are wholly hers, instantly recognisable & impossible to duplicate”. (Hanya Yanigihara, Observer). ”A new novel from Tyler is always a treat”. (Daily Mail).


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Vinel&, a zone of blessed anarchy in northern California, is the last refuge of hippiedom, a culture devastated by the sobriety epidemic, Reaganomics, & the Tube. Here, in an Orwellian 1984, Zoyd Wheeler & his daughter Prairie search for Prairie`s long-lost mother, a Sixties radical who ran off with a narc. Vineland is vintage Pynchon, full of quasi-allegorical characters, elaborate unresolved subplots, corny songs (” Floozy with an Uzi”), movie spoofs (Pee-wee Herman in The Robert Musil Story), & illicit sex (including a macho variation on the infamous sportscar scene in V.). ...

This lovely reusable gift wrapping cloth by Ever Green Wraps is a new & fun idea to wrap presents. This is a unique wrapping featuring a big orange sun with the names of wine varieties & indigo striped rolling hills. No need for sticky tape or scissors, all you have to do is make a bow to fit the present & it will not end in the bin. It can be reused, transformed into a bag, a scarf or anything the imagination suggests! made from 100% cotton & machine washable, it comes in one size measuring Approx. 71x 72cm. This wrap is practical & a present on its own! ...

A detailed, colour survey map from the Portuguese Military Survey's M782 series. Each map in this series has contours at 20m intervals with supplementary contours at 10m intervals. One major advantage the military mapping has over the civilian equivalent is that the legend is in English as well as Portuguese. This legend

Includes:: roads, railways, buildings, spot heights, vegetation type, fluvial information, scree, dunes, churches, ruins, etc. Latitude & longitude ticks are show at 10' intervals. Recently revised sheets also have a UTM grid at 100m intervals. Vertical Datum: Mean Sea Level at Cascais Harbour Projection: Transverse Mercator

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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:100, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 50m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 64 x 40km (40 x 25 miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals, plus show UTM coordinates for the map corners. Map legend is in Portuguese only.PLEASE NOTE
- EDITION DATES: some sheets at this scale date back to the 1950s or 1960s. For more recent editions please see IGP’s 1:25, 000 series where each 50K map is divided into four quarters. To see all the titles in the 1:100, 000 series please click on the series link.
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