Dr. Edward A. Wilson (1872-1912) is widely regarded as one of the finest artists ever to have worked in the Antarctic. Sailing with Captain Scott aboard ` Discovery` (1901-1904), he became the last in a long tradition of `exploration artists` from an age when pencil & water-colour were the main methods of producing accurate scientific records of new lands & animal species. He combined scientific, topographical & landscape techniques to produce accurate & beautiful images of the last unknown continent. Such was the strength of his work that it also helped to found the tradition of modern wildlife painting. In particular Wilson captured the essence of the flight & motion of Southern Ocean sea-birds on paper. Returning with Captain Scott aboard ` Terra Nova` (1910-1913) as Chief of Scientific Staff, he continued to record the continent & its wildlife with extraordinary deftness. Chosen to accompany Captain Scott to the South Pole, his last drawings are from one of the most famous epic journeys in exploration history. Along with his scientific work, Wilson`s pencil recorded the finding of Roald Amundsen`s tent at the South Pole by Captain Scott. Wilson died, along with the other members of the British Pole Party, during the return journey, in March 1912. Many of the images in this book are rarely seen or are previously unpublished. The drawings & paintings were created at considerable personal cost in the freezing conditions in which Wilson worked. He often suffered severely from the cold whilst sketching & also from snow-blindness, or sunburn of the eye. They provide a remarkable testament to one of the great figures of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. The book has been produced as a companion volume to ` Edward Wilson`s Nature Notebooks` by two of Wilson`s great nephews, to mark the centenary of his death. ...

The ”PBS Masterpiece” series Downton Abbey has taken the world by storm. With 80 delicious recipes, this cookbook celebrates the phenomenal success of the series & the culinary wonders enjoyed by the aristocracy in Edwardian Engl&. Starting with an elegant array of savory tea sandwiches & sweets from traditional high tea, this book guides you through dinner at the Edwardian table with its: Infinite variety of breads-Dinner Biscuits, Estate Oat Bread, Downton Dinner Rolls, & many more; Soups-Majestic Potato Soup, Royal Cheddar Cheese Soup, Stilton Chowder; Side Dishes-Asparagus in Cider Sauce, Baked Creamed Turnips, Shredded Spiced Brussels Sprouts, Savory Caraway Cabbage; Entrees-Edwardian Leg of Lamb, Lobster Pudding, Oyster Roll, Leek Pie, Downton Pheasant Casserole, Pork Loaf with Apples. Dessert at the Abbey-Lemon Creme Souffle, Raspberries in Sherry Sabayon Sauce, Queen Victoria Rice Pudding, Downton Abbey Honey Cake With recipes adapted for the modern cook by Chef Larry Edwards, these dishes are as inspiring as they are easy to make. ...

Meet Jen, who works in a bookshop & likes the odd glass of Prosecco...oh, & she`s about to be branded The Most Dangerous Woman in Scotl&. Jen Carter is a failed writer with a crap boyfriend called Ed
- who she accidentally kills one night. Now that Ed`s dead, she has to decide what to do with his body, his drugs & a big pile of cash. &, more pressingly, how to escape the hitman who`s been sent to recover Ed`s stash. Soon Jen`s on the run from criminals, corrupt police officers & the prying eyes of the media. Who can she trust? & how can she convince them that the trail of corpses left in her wake are just accidental deaths? A modern noir that proves, once & for all, the female of the species really is more deadly than the male.
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A rip-roaring read-aloud (shout-aloud) picture book about a small girl saving a large family of mice from her father`s amazing mouse trap...and the pet cat, from the internationally acclaimed illustrator of Julia Donaldson`s What the Ladybird Heard. ” Eeeek, a mouse!” squeaked Mummy. ” Aaahh, I don`t like mice!” squawked Daddy. ” Oooh, I love mice!” squealed Minnie. But can Minnie keep the poor little mouse safe with a Dad & a cat so intent on catching it? ...

EEL PIE ISLAND is the only inhabited island on the semi-tidal Thames. Its most famous contemporary resident, Trevor Baylis, OBE, inventor of the clockwork radio, has been heard to describe it (with some exaggeration) as 120 drunks clinging to a mudbank. It is a tiny place, just 600 yards long & barely 150 at its widest, but it has nearly fifty houses, some twenty houseboats, two boatyards & a score of small businesses & craft studios, two boating clubs & a nature reserve at each end, & it is connected to the rest of the world by an elegant footbridge. Named for the favoured snack of Henry VIII, who was said to stop here on his way to & from Windsor, the island has enjoyed two periods of special fame: in the nineteenth century it was a resort for Londoners who, like Charles Dickens, came by the newfangled steamboats to spend the day in the grounds of the hotel that dominated the island until 1969; & in the middle of the twentieth it was a venue for jazz & later English R&B groups, where the likes of Chris Barber or George Melly, & then the Rolling Stones or Rod Stewart, performed in the dancehall of the hotel.A surprising number of people all over Britain & beyond remember Eel Pie Island & its gigs
- usually with a nostalgic smile. Dan van der Vat & Michele Whitby tell the story of Eel Pie Island from the Stone Age to The Rolling Stones & beyond, illustrated with a wealth of rare archive images & atmospheric contemporary photography.
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Eger in a series of street plans of Hungary’s main towns from Cartographia in Budapest. The plans cover the whole town with its outer suburbs &, where appropriate, have an enlargement for the central area. All the plans have a street index. Map legend varies; in plans of larger towns or popular tourist destinations it usually

Includes:: English. Many plans also include additional

Features: insets with plans of larger satellite developments or villages, lists of sights and/or various municipal offices & facilities, etc. Some titles include on the reverse a road map of the town’s environs or the administrative province.* In this title:* English map legend, an enlargement for the city centre at 1:7, 000, a road map of the province, plus street plans of Szarvasko & Felnemet at 1:12, 500.



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North-western Bohemia at 1:200, 000 from Höfer Verlag in a series of road maps of areas which used to be part of Germany or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, showing both current & the old German place names. In many places former settlements which now no longer exist are also named. Present road & rail networks are supplemented by historical information, e.g. former railway lines. There is no relief detail apart from spot heights. Forests, nature reserves, national park boundaries & locations of interest are marked, & symbols indicate campsites, historical sites, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. As the maps have dual place names, the print is rather small, but each title comes with a special magnifying lens attached to the map cover. Also included is a booklet with separate, cross-referenced indexes for each set of names & a street plan of the central part of the area’s main city, showing both old & current street layout. In this title: street plans of central Karlovy Vary/ Karlsbad, Mariánské Lázne/ Marienbad & Cheb/ Eger.

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Map No. 10004, Egersund, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked, combines fairy tale & folklore in this irreverent re-imagining of the classic story of mistaken identity
- The Prince & the Pauper. Described by School Library Journal as ”a beautiful reminder that fairy tales are at their best when they illuminate the precarious balance between lighthearted childhood & the darkness & danger of adulthood”, this book will appeal to readers both young & old. Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father is dead & her mother dying, while her brother has been conscripted into the Tsar`s army. Elena`s future is as bleak as the wastelands surrounding her village of Miersk. That is until the night of a freak storm when a majestic steam train is forced to stop at the village`s abandoned station. The train carries a fabulous Faberge egg & Ekaterina, a girl whose fate is now entwined with Elena`s. When their lives collide, a complex, funny & engrossing adventure begins. An adventure that features the mythical Firebird, a prince travelling incognito, the awesome city of Saint Petersburg, the glacial lands of the north, &
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- Baba Yaga, the enigmatic witch of Russian folklore, & her shapeshifting house, Dumb Doma, perched on chicken legs.


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Map No. 10033, Eggedal, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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