` An inch in the right direction is better than a mile in the wrong direction.` ` If you think your life is bl&, then you haven`t added enough flavour.` ` People who live in glass houses should never undress.` In September 2009, London cabbie Mark Solomon began asking passengers in the back of his taxi for a random"e or proverb. It started spontaneously, to give him more purpose & direction, but he found that sharing these daily inspirations with others made them feel part of something special too. The project developed into a popular website, & now this pocket-sized book offers the best thoughts for the day, ranging from the truly philosophical to the downright bizarre. ...

All over Britain, POW camps are filling up with defeated German soldiers. Every day, thousands more pour in on ships from France. But only the most dangerous are sent to Camp 21
- `black` prisoners
- SS diehards who`ve sworn death before surrender. Nothing will stop their war, unless it`s a bullet. As one fanatic plots a mass breakout & glorious march on London, Max Hartmann dreams of the oath he pledged to the teenage bride he scarcely knows & the child he`s never met. Where do his loyalties really lie? To Hitler or to the life he left behind in the bombed ruins of his homeland? Beneath the wintry mountains, in the hell of Black Camp 21, suspicion & fear swirl around like the endless snow. & while the Reich crumbles
- & his brutal companions plan their assault
- Max`s toughest battle is only just beginning. Inspired by terrifying actual events, Black Camp 21 takes readers on a gut-wrenching journey from the battlefields of France to its shocking climax in a camp which still stands today.



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Map No. 245, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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We are able to source a wide range flags in many sizes, sewn or printed on 100% Ministry Of Defence Standard Woven & Knitted Polyester. Flags are supplied with rope & toggle. If you would like more information, have a custom size request or cannot find a desired product, please email us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk. We will be glad to help! ...

A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie`s stage play by Charles Osborne Sir Claud Amory`s revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, & Hercule Poirot & Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames & suspicious foreigners to find the killer & prevent a global catastrophe. BLACK COFFEE was Agatha Christie`s first playscript, originally performed in 1930 & made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Combining her typically beguiling plot & sparkling dialogue with his own faithful narrative, Charles Osborne`s novelisation is `A worthy addition to the Christie canon` (The Spectator) ...

Catherine Bailey`s ” Black Diamonds” is an extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest & the downfall of a mining dynasty. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest & largest Georgian house in Britain & belonged to the Fitzwilliam family. It is England`s forgotten palace which belonged to Britain`s richest aristocrats. ” Black Diamonds” tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, & a tragic & violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century. ” Magnificent.. .peels back the grand facade of Wentworth toreveal a family riven with fueds, mental illness & forbidden love”. (” Tatler”). ”A compelling new history.. .fascinating insights into the dynasty that once ruled this Yorkshire roost”. (” Daily Mail”). ” An aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters & historical fact.. . Fascinating”. (” Easy Living”). Catherine Bailey read history at Oxford University. She is a successful, award-winning television producer & director, making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth century history. She is the author of ” Black Diamonds” & ” The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery”. She lives in West London. ...

A black dog appears outside the Hope family`s home. As each member of the household sees it & hides, the dog grows bigger & bigger. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the Black Dog. When it chases her through the forest she shows no fear, so it grows smaller & smaller. Finally, back to the size of a normal hound, the Black Dog is welcomed into the Hope household as their newest addition. ...

Richly observed, this witty & yet deeply moving tale of Charlotte Hobson`s year travelling around Russia takes us to the heart of a country that we are continually interested in, yet can struggle to underst&. As the TLS put it, Hobson writes with `such a beguiling directness that it is hard not to feel intimate with her & her characters. Few books evoke so much of Russian life, with so little effort.` Each chapter is a bonne bouche, possessing its own particular flavour, from sweet to acrid-bitter. Hobson`s characters are often wonderfully quixotic & so is the spirit she finds everywhere at this crux in Russia`s history. She drinks with derelicts, hangs out with gypsies, & watches investigators go about the grim business of exhuming purge victims, & giving them the Christian burial they have been denied for seventy years. Her style is deft: she manages to render the scenes through which she passes with needle-sharp precision.` Financial Times ...

Once again, Russia stands at a crossroads getting by on little but faith, vodka & a blithe indifference to the moral & financial bankruptcy looming from all sides. Andrew Meier`s stunning debut explains a state in collapse. It explains how millions of Russians have been displaced by the death of an ideology. It seeks to explain how the Russian government can increase defence spending by 50% whilst the poverty line cuts through a third of its households, & the people face epidemics of AIDS, TB, alcoholism & suicide. Russia`s story is told through the voices of Russians who live at the five corners of the nation. It is a dramatic portrait of Russia at a time when the old regime has given way, but the new has yet to take hold. Meier has travelled to the extremes
- north to Norilsk above the arctic circle; east to Sakhalin, south to Vladikavkaz & west to St. Petersburg. & to Moscow. Andrew Meier`s writing is classic, poised, poignantly observant & richly human. No one has yet captured the historical, cultural & political disintegration of Russia as well as him.
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We have come to see the Holocaust as a factory of death, organised by bureaucrats. Yet by the time the gas chambers became operation more than a million European Jews were already dead: shot at close range over pits & ravines. They had been murdered in the lawless killing zones created by the German colonial war in the East, many on the fertile black earth that the Nazis believed would feed the German people. It comforts us to believe that the Holocaust was a unique event. But as Timothy Snyder shows, we have missed basic lessons of the history of the Holocaust, & some of our beliefs are frighteningly close to the ecological panic that Hitler expressed in the 1920s. As ideological & environmental challenges to the world order mount, our societies might be more vulnerable than we would like to think. Timothy Snyder`s Bloodlands was an acclaimed exploration of what happened in eastern Europe between 1933 & 1945, when Nazi & Soviet policy brought death to some 14 million people. Black Earth is a deep exploration of the ideas & politics that enabled the worst of these policies, the Nazi extermination of the Jews. Its pioneering treatment of this unprecedented crime makes the Holocaust intelligible, & thus all the more terrifying. ...