Finn Family Moomintroll is the second book in the cult classic Moomin series by Tove Jansson. A must-read for adults & children alike. This special edition, with six stunning full-page colour illustrations, is published to celebrate the Moomins 70th anniversary. Poor little chap! He had been turned into a very strange animal indeed... Although they`re small, fat & shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting & funny things happen...” They seem to grow in wisdom & delight every time I read them.” (Philip Pullman). ”A beautifully strange world, excquisitely illustrated.” (Lauren Child). ...

The Holocaust has never been so widely commemorated, but our understanding of the accepted narrative has rarely, if ever, been questioned. David Cesarani`s sweeping reappraisal challenges accepted explanations for the anti-Jewish politics of Nazi Germany & the inevitability of the ` Final Solution`. The persecution of the Jews was not always the Nazis` central preoccupation, nor was it an inevitable process. Cesarani also reveals that in German-occupied countries it unfolded erratically, often due to local initiatives. Ghettos were improvised while the mass shooting of Jews during the invasion of Russia owed as much to the security situation as to anti-semitism. In this new interpretation, war is critical to the Jewish fate. Military failure denied the Germans opportunities to expel Jews into a distant territory & created a crisis of resources that led to starvation of the ghettos & intensified anti-Jewish measures. It was global war that eventually triggered genocide in Europe. Cesarani disputes the iconic role of railways, deportation trains & even Auschwitz, & reveals that plunder was more a cause of anti-Jewish feeling than a consequence of it. Using diaries & reports written in ghettos & camps, he exposes the extent of sexual violence & abuse of Jewish women by the Germans, their collaborators &, shockingly, by Jews themselves. But Cesarani also reveals the courage & ingenuity of those who struggled to evade capture & fought back wherever they could. & unlike previous histories, he follows the Jews` journey to the ` Displaced Persons` camps; camps which have so often been merely a footnote in the story but where Jews languished behind barbed wire for years after `liberation`. This moving & dramatic account captures the fate of the Jews, the horror & the heroism, in their own words. Resting on decades of scholarship it is compelling, authoritative, & profoundly disturbing. ...

David Cesarani`s Final Solution is an intelligent & thought-provoking short history of the Holocaust. Not only does David Cesarani draw together & engage with the latest scholarly research, making extensive use of previously untapped resources such as diaries & letters from within the ghettos & camps (many of them in Polish or Yiddish & therefore previously largely inaccessible to Anglo-American scholars) but by adopting a rigorously Judeocentric approach the whole narrative of the march to genocide & its aftermath the book presents a subtly different timeline which casts afresh the horror of the period & engenders a significant re-evaluation of the how & why. Eschewing some of the more fevered theses about the guilt of the perpetrators (and indeed recasting how wide that net should be spread), David Cesarani`s measured & skilful negotiation of a crowded field is, as a result, all the more devastating. ...

When a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv violently disrupts his life, Mickey Simhoni abandons his plans to become an artist & instead allows himself to be recruited into the Mossad. Slowly, he learns the art of spycraft the & painstaking process of building a cover, becoming someone else whom he resembles, who is presumed dead. His cover story takes him to Toronto where he meets & earlier flame -- Niki, a girl he had hooked up with in Tokyo a decade earlier. Mickey is torn between loyalty to the Mossad & his intense feelings for Niki -- which the ever-resourceful Niki partially resolves with an unusual decision. But still Mickey`s dilemma persists, as he oscillates between duty & love, his complex operations in the Mossad threatening to kill their love. When his final operation in Algiers goes badly wrong, the rage & hatred engendered, & the utter humiliation visited on then, leads to a traumatic conclusion. ...

Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn`t even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years. The twentieth century was the age of the great ocean vessels, capable of carrying thousands of passengers, but it also became the age of unprecedented losses at sea. The causes of disaster are legion: besides icebergs & enemy torpedoes, ships have been sunk by fire, explosions, flooding, capsizing, storms, collisions & human error. Many of these disasters have been almost forgotten, such as the loss of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the deadliest maritime disaster in history. 10, 000 people died when the ship sank in the freezing Baltic, many of them trapped below decks in total darkness. Had they not been German civilians, & had the ship not sunk in January 1945, maybe history would not have largely overlooked the catastrophe. This book tells the stories of the worst maritime disasters in history, not simply in terms of lives lost, but in how far reaching the effects of the disasters were. With disasters from all over the world, these are stories of the people (whether they lived or died) as well as the ships. They are stories of tragedy, war, heroism & cowardice, greed & sacrifice. Only for the lucky few were they also stories of rescue & survival. ...

Sport & war was inextricably intertwined in the years leading up to the First World War, as training for play was seen as `training for war`. Many members of the Rugby Union formed the officer class of the Great War, their training, dedication & team spirit helping them lead men into battle. The Final Whistle plays tribute to the role rugby played during the First World War by following the poignant stories of fifteen men who played for Rosslyn Park, based just outside of Richmond Park, London. These men came from diverse backgrounds, with players from Australia, Ceylon, Columbia, Ireland & South Africa, but they were joined together in their love of the game & in the courage in the face of war. Their stories take us from London to the Western Front, Mesopotamia, Turkey, Italy & Dublin. They took part in some of the most famous engagements of the war & many were honoured for their bravery on the battlefield. This is the first time their story has been told in full through personal diaries, letters & previously unpublished photographs. It is a must-read for any rugby enthusiast or First World War historian. ...

The coast of the Italian Riviera around Albenga, Alassio & Savona in a series contoured hiking maps at 1:50, 000 with local trails, long-distance footpaths, mountain accommodation, etc. from the Turin based Istituto Geografico Centrale. Maps in this series have contours at 50m intervals, enhanced by shading & graphic relief. An overprint highlights local footpaths & long-distance routes, including the GTA (Grande Traversata delle Alpi), Via Alpina, Tour Monte Rosa, & Alta Via del Monti Liguri
- the high level route along the Ligurian Alps. Difficult sections of the routes & the Via Ferrata passages are indicated. New editions now also include an overprint highlighting cycling routes, where indicated in the map’s individual description. The maps also show various types of alpine accommodation: refuges, shelters, hostels, campsites, etc. Cable car lines, chair lifts, & mountain railways are marked, as well as, for road users, entry restrictions on local tracks. Each map covers Approx. 50 x 40 km / 30 x 25 miles. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend

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Map No. 642, Finale Ligure
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- Savona, from Kompass in a series of walking maps of selected areas of Italy at 1:50,

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The new Supertrail Maps show the best singletrails in Europe’s hottest mountain bike spots. These unique topographic maps make the knowledge of locals available to other mountain bikers. Consistent difficulty rating & useful additional information prevent the user from critical situations on the trails. The best singletrails in the best mountain bike spots throughout Europe
- this is the convincing formula of the brand new Supertrail Maps. For the first time ever, these unique topographic maps make the knowledge of locals available to others. All the trails on a map have been biked & rated in five difficulty levels for up- & downhill separately by specially trained authors. This consistent rating facilitates tour planning & spares a user from getting into sketchy situations on the trails. In addition to the difficulty rating, extraordinary nice trails are marked with a «highlight»-pictogram. The maps in a scale of 1:50 000 show all information required for tour planning & orienting oneself on the trails, such as: difficulty, highlight-trails, mountain railways with mountain bike transport, mountain bike shuttles, dangerous falls, restaurants, bike shops, emergency numbers & touristic infopoints. Thanks to the especially chosen map section, one map covers the whole area. The Supertrail Maps are printed on tear- & waterproof foil which makes them very sturdy. On the back of any map, additional information about the area & the use of a Supertrail Map are presented in two languages. Folded

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Finalese area of the Italian Alps presented at 1:25, 000 in a series of large, contoured & GPS compatible walking maps from Fraternali Editore, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Maps in this series have topography shown by contour lines at 5m intervals with relief shading, spot heights, & colouring and/or graphics for woodlands, glaciers, marshl&, etc. On waymarked footpaths the maps show official route numbers or initials of long-distance trails such as the GTA (Grande Travesata delle Alpi). Other local paths are also marked & the overprint shows Via Ferrata climbing sections, climbing sites, & selected ski touring routes. Road network is finely graded to indicate both unsurfaced roads & country tracks. Railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols show locations of shelters, refuges & campsites, tourist information offices, historical sites, etc. The maps have a 1km UTM grid. Map legend

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