A multi-layered story told by two narrators: a 21st-century Emily Dickinson living in Mexico City who relates to the world vicariously through her children & a past that both overwhelms & liberates her, & a dying poet living in a run-down apartment in Philadelphia in the 1950s. While she tells the story of her past as a young editor in New York City desperately trying to convince a publisher to translate & publish the works of Gilberto Owen-an obscure Mexican poet who lived in Harlem during the 1920s & whose ghostly presence constantly haunts her in the subway-she also relates the slow but inevitable disintegration of her present family life. ...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors & barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.` When Janet Frame`s doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful & poignant novel. Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff, with humour & compassion, she reveals her original & questing mind. This riveting novel became an international classic, translated into nine languages, & has also been used as a medical school text. ...

Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher have spent 30 years & travelled more than 270, 000 miles to create this collection. Each image unfolds new & revealing perspectives; taken together, they create nothing less than the group portrait of a world that draws strength from shared values & common experiences even as it glories in the unique appeal of every individual. Exploring the vital importance of family & community; the central role of ceremony at every stage of life; &, the deep-rooted attunement to the African landscape & its rhythms
- all evoked in text & captions that enhance over 250 stunning photographs with anecdote, information & insight.
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” Faces of Exploration” is a lavishly produced collection of interviews, photographs & biographies of fifty of the world`s most famous & inspirational explorers. It will appeal to anyone motivated by examples of human endeavour, fascinated by exploration or interested in what makes people risk their lives to undertake epic journeys. Anthropologists, ethnologists, cavers, climbers, balloonists, pilots, astronauts, polar specialists, desert explorers, & sailors are all included. Each pioneer has been interviewed & photographed exclusively by award-winning photographer Joanna Vestey. Best-selling travel writer Justin Marozzi compliments the stunning images with evocative text, an additional photograph is supplied by the explorers themselves from their personal archives. Many were previously unpublished. ” Faces of Exploration” is the first collection to focus entirely on contemporary explorers. It is endorsed with the double authority of the Royal Geographic Society & the Explorers Club, & is filled with inspirational stories & images that will bring this defining period of history to life. Explorers featured include: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Dame Ellen Mac Arthur, Buzz Aldrin, Sir Edmund Hilary, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Fossett, Sir Chris Bonnington, Bear Grylls, Jean-Michel Cousteau, & many more. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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In June 2003, Bear Grylls & his team set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, across the infamous Labrador Sea, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. The team headed for the vast ice packs off the coast of Greenland & from there they journeyed to Iceland & on to the north coast of Scotland & Cape Wrath.A dramatic account of the expedition without external assistance, in an inflatable boat braving towering icebergs, sub-zero temperatures, crashing walls of white water & force eight gales. ...

In this highly illustrated book Barry Cunliffe focuses on the western rim of Europe--the Atlantic facade--an area stretching from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Isles of Shetl&. We are shown how original & inventive the communities were, & how they maintained their own distinctive identities often over long spans of time. Covering the period from the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, c. 8, 000 BC, to the voyages of discovery c. AD 1500, he uses this last half millennium more as a well-studied test case to help the reader better understand what went before. The beautiful illustrations show how this picturesque part of Europe has many striking physical similarities. Old hard rocks confront the ocean creating promontories & capes familiar to sailors throughout the millennia. Land's End, Finistere, Finisterra--until the end of the fifteenth century this was where the world ended in a turmoil of ocean beyond which there was nothing. To the people who lived in these remote places the sea was their means of communication & those occupying similar locations were their neighbours. The communities frequently developed distinctive characteristics intensifying aspects of their culture the more clearly to distinguish themselves from their in-land neighbours. But there is an added level of interest here in that the sea provided a vital link with neighbouring remote-place communities encouraging a commonality of interest & allegiances. Even today the Bretons see themselves as distinct from the French but refer to the Irish, Welsh, & Galicians as their brothers & cousins. Archaeological evidence from the prehistoric period amply demonstrates the bonds which developed & intensified between these isolated communities & helped to maintain a shared but distinctive Atlantic identity. ...

This Fact Finder wheel is great fun for the whole family. The card wheel is double sided with a rotating inner disc used to select the city or country of interest. The front features a map of the United Kingdom with facts & a colour image for each of 20 major cities. It shows the population, major sites, an image of the city & its coat of arms. The reverse has a map of Europe & displays flag, capital city, population, principal cities, currency, land area, time zone & EU status about each of 30 countries. Learn hundreds of fascinating & interesting fact about the United Kingdom & Europe whilst having fun, in the classroom or out travelling. Please be aware this educational toy is suitable for children aged 6 & over. ...

Did you know the Brontosaurus never existed
- the wrong neck & body were put together! Do you know why dinosaurs grew to such
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How did Pluto stop being a planet? Are there other planets in space that could have life on them? This new series explores the cutting edge of popular science subjects
- the place where theories are developed & discoveries made! Children will find out about the theories that explain some of the most interesting questions about space, & learn how to evaluate them. With hands-on novelties, funny artwork & light-hearted, informative text, this is the perfect book for budding astronomers, astrophysicists & cosmologists!
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