The splendid, sweeping panoramas of the island of Capri where all the brilliant colours of the sea & surrounding nature blend together, lead to the doors of the most exclusive villas, thrown open by their owners for select viewing in this handsome volume. superb photography captures Capri's unique qualities, including its terraced gardens, moored boats, & the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean, drawing the reader to the heart of the home, the Caprese kitchen. Punctuated with delightful, home-grown Caprese recipes, the characteristics of a unique European culture that is the essence of Capri are revealed. Capri Style is a grand banquet of stories from some of Capri's most illustrious residents. ...

The Capricorn-70 is a classic two-element, air-spaced achromatic refractor telescope of very good quality, & makes an excellent choice for the more serious novice astronomer. It will provide memorable views of the Moon, Stars, Star Cluster, Bright Planets, Nebulae & Galaxies. Supplied with the EQ1 equatorial mount, which when polar aligned, will allow you to easily track objects as they move across the night sky via its slow motion control cables. ...

Capricornia has been described as one of Australia`s `great novels`, a sharply observed chronicle about life in the Northern Territory of Australia & the inhumane treatment suffered by Aborigines at the hands of white men. The story is immense & rambling, laced with humour that is often as bitter & as harsh as the terrain in which it is set, & follows with irony the fortunes (and otherwise) of a range of Outback characters over a span of generations. Through their story is reflected the story of Australia, the clash of personalities & cultures that provide the substance on which today`s society is founded. Above all, however, this is a novel of protest & of compassion
- for the Aborigines & half-bloods of Australia`s `last frontier`. Sprawling, explosive, thronged with characters, plots & sub-plots, Capricornia is without doubt one of the best known & widely read Australian novels of the last 70 years. When it was first published it was acclaimed as `a turning point`, an `outstanding work of social protest`. Its message is as penetrating today as it was in the 1930s when Herbert himself was official ` Protector of Aborigines` at Darwin.
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Cap de Formentor with Cap des Pinar, plus Cap de Ferrutx on the north-eastern coast of Mallorca on a set of two separate, contoured & GPS compatible maps at 1:25, 000 from Editorial Alpina highlighting hiking & cycling trails, plus various places of interest. The maps have contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading & colouring for different types of vegetation. An overprint highlights waymarked local hiking trails & GR routes, mountain bike trails indicating difficult sections, plus cycling routes. Symbols show different types of accommodation including campsites, climbing sites, locations of car parks & petrol stations, etc. the maps have a 1km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English.PLEASE NOTE: the same two maps, printed back to back, are also available as part of the Mallorca North Walking & Cycling Map & Guide, where they are accompanied by a booklet with English language trail descriptions.

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TRA-LA-LAA! The third CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS adventure, now in colour for the very first time! Harold & George`s crazy creation is back
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Who`s the grubbiest pirate on the high seas? Why, it`s Captain Beastlie, me hearties! He is EXTREMELY dirty & pretty smelly too, & that is just the way he likes it. But as he eagerly counts down the days to his birthday, little does he know that his smart & shiny crew have a huge
- & very soapy surprise
- lined up for the big day. One grey & grimsome Monday, Captain Beastlie rolled out of his bunk. Three rotten cabbages & a bacon sandwich rolled out with him.;” Only five days left till my birthday!” he roared, picking a bogey out of his nose & licking it. ” Mmmn! Slimey!”

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This text is the account of an extraordinary journey, a great achievement in the history of European seafaring & a personal triumph for a man that has been misjudged by history. At dawn on 28 April 1789, Captain William Bligh & 18 men from the Bounty were herded onto a 23-foot boat & abandoned in the middle of the Pacific. Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare is the extraordinary story of the 6705 kilometre journey that the boat made to Java. It was an amazing feat of navigation & discipline that involved attacks by islanders, continuous storms, crippling illness & near starvation. Through the narration of the journey John Toohey skilfully interweaves the story of Bligh's life & re-evaluates his reputation in history. Toohey speculates on the unwritten truths of Bligh's life
- his guilt over Captain Cook's death in Kealakekua Bay, the myths surrounding the Bounty expedition, the trials & retributions that followed his return to Engl&, fighting next to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. John Toohey reveals Bligh as a man of his times, misunderstood by later generations. Combining extensive research with story-telling, this is an extraordinary tale, an intriguing biography & a wonderful piece of history.
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At dawn on April 28, 1789, Captain William Bligh & eighteen men from HMS Bounty were herded onto a twenty-three-foot launch & abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Thus began their extraordinary journey to Java. Covering 4, 162 miles, the small boat was battered by continuous storms, & the men on board suffered crippling illness, near starvation, & attacks by islanders. The journey was one of the greatest achievements in the history of European seafaring & a personal triumph for a man who has been misjudged by history. Captain Bligh`s Portable Nightmare reveals Bligh`s great mapmaking skills, used to particular effect while he was exploring with Captain Cook. We discover his guilt over Cook`s death at Kealakekua Bay. We learn of the failure of the Bounty expedition & the myths that surround the mutiny led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, the trials & retributions that followed Bligh`s return to Engl&, his successes as a navigator & as a vice admiral fighting next to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. Combining extensive research with dazzling storytelling, John Toohey tells a gripping tale of seafaring, exploration, & mutiny on the high seas, while also dismissing the black legend of the cruel & foulmouthed Captain William Bligh & reinstating him not just as a man of his times but as a true hero. ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE. Wrongfully arrested following the Monmouth rebellion of 1685, Peter Blood, country physician & former soldier, escapes the hangman`s noose only to be exiled to the tropical colonies. Sold into slavery to a cruel plantation owner, his moral fortitude & medical ability soon earn him the favour of the island`s governor, & the attentions of Arabella, his master`s niece. When the town is attacked by marauding Spanish buccaneers, Blood springs to the rescue, & with a motley yet loyal band of shipmates escapes to begin a life of noble piracy & adventure on the caribbean seas. A classic swashbuckling tale of piracy, romance & redemption, Captain Blood stands as one the greatest adventure novels of the 20th century. ...

Let Inga Moore take you on an adventure with Captain Cat & his shipful of cats! New lands, an island Queen, untold treasures & glorious feasts...it will be a journey like no other! Captain Cat is a trader. However, his eye is not for gold but for...CATS! So much so, that his ship
- the Carlotta
- is populated by all kinds of felines! But one day, Captain Cat decides that it`s time to give up his trading &, with his beloved cats in tow, visit all the places he has always dreamed of. Out on the sea, a rogue storm brews up & Captain Cat ends up on a remote isl&. Here, they meet an Island Queen who`s beside herself with joy...she has never seen a cat before! She prepares a huge feast in their honour, but
- EWWW! A horde of hungry RATS emerge! Good thing Captain Cat has his ship full of cats! Amazed, the queen begs Captain Cat to trade her his cats for untold treasure. Does he? Could he? What happens next? Never fear, fellow travellers! The purr-fect solution is on the horizon & is sure to satisfy both pet-lovers & adventurers. Inga`s extraordinary illustrations practically leap off the page, totally immersing her readers in a world she has made entirely her own. Fabulous storytelling & a great narrative voice reels you right in, so much so that you want to press your nose against the page & be ON the Carlotta with Captain Cat!


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