Will Andrews is no academic. He longs for wildness, freedom, hope & vigour. He leaves Harvard & sets out for the West to discover a new way of living. In a small town called Butcher`s Crossing he meets a hunter with a story of a lost herd of buffalo in a remote Colorado valley, just waiting to be taken by a team of men brave & crazy enough to find them. Will makes up his mind to be one of those men, but the journey, the killing, harsh conditions & sheer hard luck will test his mind & body to their limits. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

The campaign serving tray in lustrous French finish & brass-bound corners. Connecting to a rich & interesting past this timber tray is a new classic. Warm & rich looking. Soft & easy to the touch as if waxed & polished by generations of housemaids. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

A little over a decade ago, Pankaj Mishra traveled through the small towns of India & found they had shed their sleepy, half-apologetic air; brash & ostentatious, kitschy & clamorous, here was an India in transition. A convent-educated young woman from Jhansi aspiring to be a beauty queen; a rich young man in Gujarat speaking casually of murdering Muslims; Naxalites in Bihar trying to foment revolution; small shopkeepers planning a vacation in London
- Mishra captured, with irony & humor, a people rushing headlong to their tryst with modernity. ' Butter Chicken in Ludhiana is a marvelous travel book about small-town India, where the village & the city, the folk & the kitsch, & the comic & the violent threaten to converge'
- Ashis Nandy. 'A love-letter to the real republic. No other book defines as clearly, & with such troubled irony, our last decade of change'
- Amitava Kumar.


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` On this Sunday morning in May, this girl who was later to be the cause of a sensation in New York awoke much too early for her night before`... This particular morning Gloria finds herself alone in a stranger`s apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress & her stockings & panties. When she takes a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she sets in train a series of events that will lead to tragedy. A bestseller on its first publication, ”BUtterfield 8” is the glittering story of a 1930s glamour girl whose ill-starred entanglement with a respectable married man is set against a backdrop of Manhattan bars & bedrooms. ...

Our unique fascination with butterflies has been a gloriously British pastime since the early 18th century, through the Victorian butterfly mania of the 1890s & two World Wars, & is now the popular hobby it has become today. This is a wonderful celebration of great British butterflies, whether you are tracking the elusive Green Hairstreak, Painted Lady & violet Emperor in the wild or identifying the more common Small Tortoiseshell, Orange Tip & Chalkhill Blue from the comfort of your garden chair. This fascinating guide to the British butterfly will delight both beginners & enthusiasts alike, with practical tips on all aspects of attracting, tracking & identifying butterflies & how to protect these beautiful creatures for future generations. ...

The monarch butterfly, one of the most seemingly delicate of all of nature`s animals, proves to be one of the toughest in this reader. With bold, colourful photographic illustrations & covering a wide range of popular non-fiction subjects, ` National Geographic Readers` stand out in the market for their widespread appeal with both boys & girls. Making the yearly trip from the Northern United States & Canada to the Oyamel forest of Mexico is no easy task, & it takes five generations of butterflies in order to do so. Battling cold temperatures & the threat of starvation, these beautiful insects complete an almost 3, 000 mile journey over the course of two months, only to have to turn & around & head back home. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. ...

Discover over 325 species of butterfly & moth found in Britain & Northwest Europe with this new edition, in association with the RSPB. From the Short-tailed Blue Butterfly to the Winter Moth, discover over 325 species of butterflies & moths with this pocket-sized guide. In-situ photographs & no nonsense notes covering both anatomy & identifying marks will help you identify them in the field quickly & accurately. It

Includes:: maps that show you what butterflies & moths to find where so you can plan your spotting & make the most of your surroundings, whether you are on a holiday browse or serious quest. It is an ideal guide for all the family.

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The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look & updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen butterflies & moths in Britain & northern Europe. Authoritative text, beautiful photographs & detailed illustrations show the distinguishing features of each butterfly & moth to aid identification. Features information on size, habitat, geographical range & months when they can be spotted, as well as names of similar species with which each butterfly or moth could be confused, & details of the differences between them. This new edition builds on the strengths of the unrivalled original, now expanded to include over 240 butterflies & moths. ...

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Includes:: beautiful full-colour artwork of each species on the left-hand page, with information,

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