Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

The gripping new psychological thriller from Joanne Harris, to follow her bestselling Gentlemen & Players & Blueeyedboy. Perfect for fans of Claire Mackintosh, BA Paris, Paula Hawkins & Tracy Chevalier. ` Crime novel or literary novel? Categories really don`t matter; readers will find themselves comprehensively gripped.` Independent `A cracking psychological thriller` Good Housekeeping After thirty years at St Oswald`s Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come & go
- the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, & those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there`s a boy who doesn`t fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. A boy with hidden shadows inside. With insolvency & academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing Powerpoint, sharp suits & even sixth form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even twenty years on haunts his teacher`s dreams. A boy capable of bad things.
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We`ve all been there: We know we must talk to a colleague, our boss or even a friend about something we know will be at least uncomfortable & at worst explosive. So we repeatedly mull it over until we can no longer put it off, & then finally stumble through a confrontation when we could have had a conversation. ” Difficult Conversations” is the definitive work on handling these unpleasant exchanges, based on 15 years of research at the Harvard Negotiation Project. It teaches us to work through them by understand that we`re not engaging in one dialogue but three: the ”what happened” conversation (what do we believe was said & done), the ”feelings” conversation (the emotional impact on everyone involved), & the ”identity” conversation (what does this mean for everyone`s opinion of themselves). In a world where asking for a pay rise, saying `no` to your boss, asking a favour or apologizing for a mistake can be a horrendous nightmare, ” Difficult Conversations” deserves its position as a business classic. ...

A spectacular display of this key European writer`s early work This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters & masterfully illustrates Calvino`s unique perspective & narrative gifts. As well as the thirteen tales from his Difficult Loves collection this volume also

Includes:: Smog & A Plunge into Real Estate.

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Difficult Personalities is a reassuring guide to help us deal with the difficult personalities we encounter daily, as well as with our own. It offers strategies such as anger & conflict management, means of achieving empathy, optimism & assertion, & how to make decisions about difficult relationships. The authors discuss ways to cope with frustrating, confusing & damaging personalities. They also identify the `successful` sociopaths. These can be charming, often highly successful people who are serial liars with no conscience. They can `con` everyone they meet & do much damage
- until those around them realise there is a pattern. Difficult Personalities explains how to identify those patterns & shows that these `con artists` or `chameleons` are more common than we may think.
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When the bitter conflict of the Second World War drew to a close, Britain quietly busied herself with getting back to normal. As the men returned from the battlefields of Europe, wartime airfields were deserted, pillboxes guarding strategic Stop Lines were abandoned to nature, & jetties for the convoy escorts were left to rot. Their ghosts linger still, criss-crossing the landscape, & much can be learned from their excavation & examination. In Dig WW2 Dan Snow takes us on a journey through the Allied Battle for Europe, unearthing a Spitfire buried in the Donegal peat bog, joining a team diving on a tank graveyard off Malin Head, & venturing into a sealed bunker on a D-Day beach. Jean Hood delves more deeply into the stories he uncovers, & explores the themes raised in the TV series to reveal the neglected, forgotten & secretive accounts of the war: Britain`s relationship with `neutral` Ireland & America, the programme of `starfish sites`, & the mystery of the launch ramps pointing at London. Some stories are intensely personal, & others simply celebrate British eccentricity & the art of invention. The result is a thoroughly engrossing book that takes you to the Liri Valley & Juno Beach, Lough Erne & a Somerset cemetery. With an end section on how we can all get involved & interact with our wartime history, it will awaken the military archaeologist in all of us. ...

Digger is the story of a foreigner arriving unannounced & ill-equipped in a mining town that boomed & died before the Great War began, a town whose sole heirs are eight buildings, 13 people & a pub. All around is ruin, mining waste, waterless scrub... & the world's purest gold. Anderson spins a break-neck account of adventure & adversity as he tries to join the remarkable band of men who detect metal for a living. Ex-truckie Ron snarls about bastard, gold-filching tourists; veteran treasure hunter Lazy Les drawls bar room advice while strumming air guitar with AC/DC; & pub owner Kevin quietly surveys all through a haze of cigarillo smoke. Digging between the abandoned shafts, Anderson unearths superstitions & secrets, as well as stories of the original desert diggers who struck as much misery as they did gold. But ultimately he sinks deep into a small town's psyche &
- risking his relationship & his self-respect
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Friday August 15th, 1997. Two tiny Korean babies are delivered to Baltimore to two families who have no more in common than this. Every year, on the anniversary of ` Arrival Day` their two extended families celebrate together, with more & more elaborately competitive parties, as little Susan & Jin-ho take roots & become American. Full of achingly hilarious moments & toe-curling misunderstandings, Digging to America is a novel about belonging & otherness, pride & prejudice, young love & unexpected old love, families & the impossibility of ever getting it right... ...