** GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 **` Popular science at its best` Mail on Sunday` Eminently accessible & enjoyable` Observer With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds in the Roman Senate, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding. In fact, you`re probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might also bear traces of Cleopatra`s perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe`s creation. In Caesar`s Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe & across time to tell the epic story of the air we breathe. ...

Europe is still a divided continent. In the place of a fallen Berlin wall, there is a chasm between the East & the West. Are these differences a communist legacy, or do they run even deeper? What divides us today? To say simply that it is the understanding of the past, or a different concept of time, is not enough. But a visitor to this part of the world will soon discover that we, the Eastern Europeans, live in another time zone. We live in the twentieth century, but at the same time we inhabit a past full of myths & fairy tales, of blood & national belonging, & the fact that most people are lying & cheating or that they have the habit of blaming others for every failure...` An intimate tour of life on the streets of Budapest, Tirana, Warsaw & Zagreb, as those cities continue to acclimatise to the post-Communist thaw, Cafe Europa does not provide easy solutions or furnish political pallatives. Rather as a Croatian with a viewpoint of ever-widening relevance, the value of Slavenka Drakulic`s wry & humane observations lie in the emotional force of their honesty & the clarity of their insight... ...

Australia has evolved from a nation of tea drinkers into one of passionate, true-to-Italian-immigrant espresso consumers. Cafe culture is carved into Sydney`s phenomenal harbour topography & colourful neighbourhood character. From bayside to beachfront, bohemian inner-city areas, student zones & leafy residential areas, each suburb has its own distinct flavour & cafes to match. ” Cafe Life Sydney” explores how espresso culture has percolated up from its Italian roots to be an essential part of Australian lifestyle. ...

Cafe London takes locals & tourists beyond the obvious guidebook destinations. It highlights the best places to go for a trendy brunch, simple lunch & decadent afternoon tea, as well as the best places for a real coffee & a perfect cup of tea. Covering more than 100 destinations, it`s an essential guide for visitors looking for an authentic London experience, & Londoners looking to discover new cafe favourites. ...

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- San Severino Marche area in Umbria & the Marches on a double-sided, GPS compatible hiking & recreational

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Cagliari & Golfo degli Angeli area in a series of contoured, GPS compatible maps at 1:60, 000 from Ed. Abies, with extensive tourist information including special recreational routes plus additional coverage at more detailed scales of selected popular areas.* Main series at 1:60, 000 (Nos. 1 to 12)* The maps have contours at 100m intervals & colouring for woodlands & maquis shrubl&. Local trails are highlighted, with additional overprint for selected hiking, mountain bike & kayaking routes listed on the reverse of the maps with brief notes & grading for the degree of difficulty. All the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. Very extensive range of symbols highlight numerous places of interest & tourist facilities, including campsites & caravan parks, beaches, sport & recreational sites, archaeological remains & nuraghi, etc. The maps also indicate places where typical local products can be purchased. On the reverse each title has descriptions of its main places of interest, beaches, etc.* More detailed maps at 1:25, 000/1:30, 000 (Nos. 3A to 12A)* Contour interval is 25m, plus colouring for vegetation. Local trails are marked but unless indicated in the individual description, special routes are not included. Tourist overprint is also less extensive than on the 1:60, 000 maps. Most titles have GPS coordinates. On the reverse are extensive notes describing the area. For more details see individual descriptions. * Map legend & additional text on all the maps

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Cagliari Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is now published with digital cartography. ...

Cagliari Province at 1:200, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC ...

Sold in packs of three, the Cahier is a light notebook which has evolved from the original Moleskine design. It has a heavy-duty cardboard cover & visible stitching on the spine. Squared pages. This version is covered in black kraft paper & measures 13cm x 21cm, with 80 pages, the last 16 of which are detachable. ...

Sold in packs of three, the Cahier is a light notebook which has evolved from the original Moleskine design. It has a heavy-duty cardboard cover & visible stitching on the spine. Ruled pages. This version is covered in red kraft paper & measures 13cm x 21cm, with 80 pages, the last 16 of which are detachable. ...