` Utterly fascinating` Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Anthony Trollope wrote three thousand words every morning before heading off to his job at the Post Office. Toulouse-Lautrec did his best work at night, sometimes even setting up his easel in brothels, & George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas & a bathrobe. Freud worked sixteen hours a day, but Gertrude Stein could never write for more than thirty minutes, & F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in gin-fuelled bursts
- he believed alcohol was essential to his creative process. From Marx to Murakami & Beethoven to Bacon, Daily Rituals examines the working routines of more than a hundred & sixty of the greatest philosophers, writers, composers & artists ever to have lived. Filled with fascinating insights on the mechanics of genius & entertaining stories of the personalities behind it, Daily Rituals is irresistibly addictive, & utterly inspiring.
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Where can you find joy? What`s the true measure of success? How should we manage anger? Find meaning? Conquer grief? The answers to these questions & more lie at the heart of Stoic philosophy. The Daily Stoic is a compelling, accessible guide to living a good life, offering daily doses of this classic wisdom. Long the secret weapon of history`s great figures, from emperors to artists & activists to fighter pilots, the principles of Stoicism have shone brightly through the centuries as a philosophy for doers. Tested in the laboratory of human experience over the last two thousand years, this timeless knowledge is essential to navigating the complexities of modern life. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights & exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, & the slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as diamonds like Zeno, Cleanthes & Musonius Rufus. On each page, one for every day of the year, you`ll find one of their pithy, powerful"ations, as well as historical anecdotes & provocative commentary to help you tackle any problem or approach any goal. By following these teachings over the course of a year (&, indeed, for years to come) you`ll find the serenity, self-knowledge, & resilience you need to live well. ...

Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks & acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian, her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed. In ” Daisy Miller” James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic & dangerously independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces. ...

Daisy Nook & Limehurst in 1933 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the north side of Ashton-under-Lyne, stretching from Daisy Nook eastward to Smallshaw, & from Bardsley Bridge southward to Cranbourne Road. Areas shown include Waterloo, Limehurst, Taunton, Well Style, Smallshaw; & features include the Oldham Ashton & Guide Bridge railway, but no stations; stretches of the Manchester & Ashton Canal (Fairbottom & Hollinwood Branches), Medlock Hall, Daisy Nook, Little Moss (in south-western corner), Bardsley Vale Mills, Rock Mill, Atlas Mill, Crowhill Farm, Springwood Hall, Limehurst Farm, Newmarket, River Medlock, etc. Extracts from a trade directory are on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Daisy Nook & Limehurst in 1933 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the north side of Ashton-under-Lyne, stretching from Daisy Nook eastward to Smallshaw, & from Bardsley Bridge southward to Cranbourne Road. Areas shown include Waterloo, Limehurst, Taunton, Well Style, Smallshaw; & features include the Oldham Ashton & Guide Bridge railway, but no stations; stretches of the Manchester & Ashton Canal (Fairbottom & Hollinwood Branches), Medlock Hall, Daisy Nook, Little Moss (in south-western corner), Bardsley Vale Mills, Rock Mill, Atlas Mill, Crowhill Farm, Springwood Hall, Limehurst Farm, Newmarket, River Medlock, etc. Extracts from a trade directory are on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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The legendary workhorse of the skies during the 1930-50s. Some are still flying in far-flung places like the Amazon & the Gobi Desert. It`s taken us a couple years, but we pulled off a major feat. The first limited edition production of a h&-built model in aluminum. Complete with etched metal sheets & rivets. Windows, extreme engine detail, propellers, landing gear, ailerons. Inspect... Admire. 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 ...

On a willow-covered island behind Tibet`s Potala Palace is a small pagoda roofed Khang, or temple, a place reserved exclusively for the Dalai Lamas as a place of meditation & spiritual retreat. During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built the Lukhang Temple in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on its chapel walls; comparable in quality & ambition to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, these masterpieces of Tibetan art are superbly reproduced here in this extraordinary publication, which is now available in paperback. This treasure of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality is presented in a magnificent & sumptuous large format edition. The vivid detail, rich colour & awe-inspiring impact of this path to spiritual liberation can at last be experienced outside the Lukhang Chapel. ...

Dalane area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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