It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating`s christening party uninvited & notices a heart stoppingly beautiful woman. When he kisses Beverly Keating, his host`s wife, he sets in motion the joining of two families, whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets the famous author Leon Posen one night at the bar, & tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story. ...

A powerful story of two families brought together by beauty & torn apart by tragedy, the new novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto & State of Wonder is her most astonishing yet It is 1964: Bert Cousins, the deputy district attorney, shows up at Franny Keating`s christening party uninvited, bottle of gin in h&. As the cops of Los Angeles drink, talk & dance into the June afternoon, he notices a heart-stoppingly beautiful woman. When Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his host`s wife, the new baby pressed between them, he sets in motion the joining of two families whose shared fate will be defined on a day seven years later. In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, has dropped out of law school & is working as a cocktail waitress in Chicago. When she meets one of her idols, the famous author Leon Posen, & tells him about her family, she unwittingly relinquishes control over their story. Franny never dreams that the consequences of this encounter will extend beyond her own life into those of her scattered siblings & parents. Told with equal measures of humour & heartbreak, Commonwealth is a powerful & tender tale of family, betrayal & the far-reaching bonds of love & responsibility. A meditation on inspiration, interpretation & the ownership of stories, it is Ann Patchett`s most astonishing work to date. ...

This book is a complete guide to all forms of communication at sea. It examines the international marine use of cell phones, satellites, amateur radio & email, cutting through the jargon & sales hype to enable readers to make the right choice for their needs & sailing territory. Comprehensive appendices on radio procedure, tables of radio frequencies & weather broadcast times provide invaluable reference information not available from any other single source. This book is an essential on-board reference for cruising sailors worldwide. ...

Sam Thompson`s compelling Man Booker-longlisted novel recognises that cities are made up of people`s stories: stories that collide & diverge, that touch on the normal & the unusual, that deal with crime & love. Communion Town is the tale of a location that never glances twice in the same direction; a destination conceived by each new visitor who strolls through its constantly-changing streets, hearing voices half-heard, learning of wishes half-acknowledged & seeing signs half-glimpsed. This is a story of urban renewal
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The ” Community Tourism Guide” will lead you to a new type of holiday. Tribal people & rural villagers in Africa, Asia, Australia, North & South America & the Pacific islands are setting up their own tours: tours from which they, & not the international hotel chains, derive some income. For the traveller, they offer uniquely exciting opportunities, far from the usual tourist ghettos, & they are based on fair trade, benefiting local communities & giving them hope of a better future. Written by Mark Mann for Tourism Concern, Europe`s leading ethical tourism organization, the Guide brings together the pick of these holidays. It describes hundreds of different holidays in many of the most beautiful places around the world, with full contact details & a range of further useful information. Chosen by Tourism Concern, & not available through conventional travel agents, they promise uniquely rewarding experiences to the adventurous & those concerned about the impacts of their visits. ...

Following each of the railway lines that radiate from the capital`s main stations, The Daily Telegraph Guide to Commuterland discusses house prices, developments & changes within commuter communities in reach of London. More than 1, 200 towns & villages in southern England are described, from Frinton & Ipswich in the east to Bristol & Bath in the west. In each case there is a summary of the types of property to be found, details of how much you can expect to spend to buy one, & a succinct, easy-to-use breakdown of the pros & cons of each option in terms of local facilities, amenities & social make-up. Forget estate agents: Commuterland is a godsend for house-hunters. Now you can narrow down your search to focus on the areas most likely to meet your needs without ever leaving the comfort of an armchair. ...

Como on an indexed street plan at 1:10, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:7, 500. 35 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Como & Lecco Provinces 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 still produced in the traditional cartographic style. ...

Map No. 1374, Como, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Como, map No. 297, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. The map covers mainly the Italian side of the border, with only a small part of Switzerland shown on it. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...