Sylvain Tesson, found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the middle taiga, on the shores of Baikal, for six months. Noting carefully his impressions of the silence, Sylvain Tesson shares with us an extraordinary experience. ...

The No. 1 bestseller
- perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom
- & the fifth historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic,

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Voted the Best Book on Africa by Foreign Affairs & Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice. Conspiracy to Murder is a gripping account of the most appalling event of the late 20th century: the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Linda Melvern`s damning indictment of almost all the key figures & institutions involved only serves to sharpen the horror of a tragedy that could have been avoided. Fully updated, this new edition

Includes:: an in-depth account of the genocide trials at the International Criminal Tribunal.

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Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the `other side`
- there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. & Sam is caught in the middle
- will he be able to bring himself to help? Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London.

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One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women. ” Ang on boy, Joan`s got sumfink to show yer.` She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper & handed it to me. ` Constance Street, ` she said. ` As I remember it.` Through the story of one street
- Constance Street
- we hear the true life tales of a tight knit group of working class women in the East End of London set against a backdrop of war, hardship & struggle. It`s a story of matriarchy & deep family ties, of a generation that was scattered away from the street during the blitz bombings, but which maintained the ties of that street for decades afterwards. Set in an area of East London called Silvertown, a once thriving docking community that at the turn of the 20th century was the industrial heartland of the south of England; the story focuses on the lives of 12 incredible women & their struggle to survive amidst the chaos of the war years. We have Nellie Greenwood, the author`s great grandmother who runs a laundry in Silvertown which becomes the focal point of the community. In 1917 a munitions factory in Silvertown explodes flattening much of the surrounding area & causing extensive damage to Constance Street
- Nellie`s daughter is blown from her crib but miraculously survives. Deciding to open the laundry as a field hospital for the injured, Nellie & the women on the street come together to tend the wounded, the sick & the emotionally shattered as they cope with the aftermath of not just one but two world wars. Through the Great War, the roaring Twenties, the Depression & then the unimaginable
- the outbreak of a second world war
- Nellie & the street survive with love, laughter & friendships that bind the community together. But just as this incredible group of women live through the worst, the unthinkable happens. On 7 September 1940, Constance Street is no more. Following in the footsteps of Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth & The Sugar Girls, Constance Street is a life-affirming, heart-warming read that reminds us of a time when people pulled together.




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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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An invaluable record of the metropolis as it used to be
- a fascinating crossroads between Eastern & Western civilization & one
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This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual & the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200. During the early Middle Ages, travellers to the East returned with stories of a place called Miklagarth, a city so vast that its churches, palaces & monasteries covered the land & so rich that its ruler could scatter bagfuls of gold among his astonished guests. This was no legend or tall tale because Miklagarth was a real place. Better known as Constantinople, it was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium & a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The mythical aura that surrounded Constantinople was no accident. It was assiduously cultivated by the Byzantine emperors to bolster their power, wealth & prestige. Jonathan Harris examines the intriguing interaction between the mythical & the actual to reconstruct the city at the peak of its power. ...

In his history ‘ Constantinople
- City of the World’s Desire, 1453-1924’, Philip Mansel charts the interaction between the vibrant,
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In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thous&-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in a bitter contest fought on l&, sea & underground, & directed by two remarkable men
- Sultan Mehmet II & the Emperor Constantine XI. In the fevered religious atmosphere, heightened by the first massed use of artillery bombardment, both sides feared that the end of the world was nigh. The outcome of the siege, decided in a few short hours on 29 May 1453, is one of the great set-piece moments of world history.
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