The Flight Socks by Lifesystems provide graduated compression that improves circulation, relieving discomfort & helping to prevent circulatory problems such as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Your ankle has little muscle in it & requires more stimulus than your calf to speed up circulation. These knee length socks provide graduated compression to stimulate blood flow. Compression level 14-17 mm Hg (18.7-22.7h Pa). This is size small which is the equivalent of UK shoe size 3-6. Please note that it is important that you purchase the correct size. Made of 85% Polyamide Tactel Nylon & 15% Lycra Elastane. ...

The French Writer & aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL & NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance & discipline of flying. Later works, including WIND, SAND & STARS & FLIGHT TO ARRAS, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupery`s popular children`s book THE LITTLE PRINCE is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. Saint-Exupery`s plane disappeared during a mission in World War II. ...

` Reinvents the particulars of slavery in America with a comic rage.. . The book explodes. Reed`s special grace is anger.. . a muscular, luminous prose` The New York Times` It always was, & will always be the most fearlessly original, most viciously political, most rambunctiously funny epic of slavery ever written. America almost doesn`t deserve it`
- Marlon James (2015 Man Booker Prize Winner)`I loves it here.. . We gets whipped with a velvet whip, & there`s free dentalcare` Three slaves are on the run in the deep South, with their former master hot on their heels & the Civil War raging. One of them arms himself for a final showdown; one sells his body for pornographic movies; while the last, Raven Quickskill
- hero, poet, heartbreaker
- swigs champagne on a non-stop jumbo jet to Canada. Taking us on a wild ride through a nineteenth century littered with limousines, waterbeds & colour TVs, Flight to Canada is a surreal, madly funny satire on race in America.`A satirical ”neo-slave narrative”, the novel wittily conjoins the past of slavery to the present of America`s bicentennial` New York Review of Books


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From the Wright brothers` first powered flight, to Concorde`s final voyage & the tragic crash of the Columbia, Flight takes you on a sky-high journey through the history of aviation. Charting the trailblazers, jet test pilots & constant progress at the cutting-edge of technology, every aspect of flight is explored in this stunning book. Recalling memorable events
- record-breaking flights, aerial warfare & hijackings
- Flight is the story of how man`s dream to fly became a reality. This new compact edition features incredible photography & breathtaking stats; the perfect bookshelf addition for everyone interested in how we took to the skies.

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Is getting there really half the fun? The 26 real-life stories in Flightless explore the complexities, delights & insights of surface travel; from walking to pedal-boating, from camels to cargo ships & anything with two to four wheels
- or no wheels at all. Ever wondered how far a tuk-tuk can take you? Who do you call when the ice cracks as you
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WINNER MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018 Flights, a novel about travel in the twenty-first century & human anatomy, is Olga Tokarczuk`s most ambitious to date. It interweaves travel narratives & reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, & migration. From the seventeenth century, we have the story of the Dutch anatomist Philip Verheyen, who dissected & drew pictures of his own amputated leg. From the eighteenth century, we have the story of a North African-born slave turned Austrian courtier stuffed & put on display after his death. In the nineteenth century, we follow Chopin`s heart as it makes the covert journey from Paris to Warsaw. In the present we have the trials of a wife accompanying her much older husband as he teaches a course on a cruise ship in the Greek islands, & the harrowing story of a young husband whose wife & child mysteriously vanish on a holiday on a Croatian isl&. With her signature grace & insight, Olga Tokarczuk guides the reader beyond the surface layer of modernity & towards the core of the very nature of humankind. ...

Did you know that Barnacle geese were once classified as fish? That both the Cherokees & the ancient Greeks were convinced that cranes regularly fought battles with pygmies? That the Swiss believed that any cuckoo that managed to survive for a year would turn into an eagle? Throughout history, birds have fascinated & intrigued mankind, so it is hardly surprising that an astonishingly rich body of myth, legend & superstition has grown up around them. ” Flights of Fancy” explores the stories told about 30 of the world`s best-known species, from the blackbird to the wryneck, drawing on traditions from every quarter of the globe. Some of the stories included clearly arose as a result of faulty observation, such as the widely held belief that nightjars sucked milk from cows. Others stemmed from attempts to explain unusual aspects of appearance or behaviour. But the vast majority seem to have their origins in people`s delight in inventing stories
- whether the legend that the blackbird was originally white, or the suggestion that witches kept owls as their familiars.&, as Peter Tate points out, what is so extraordinary is that the same story often crops up in many different parts of the world: the belief that eagles & snakes are sworn enemies can be found as far apart as Iraq & Mexico; the view that the raven is the harbinger of bad luck can be found throughout Europe from Denmark to Spain. A fascinating & wonderfully entertaining read, this is the ideal book for anyone interested in birds or myths
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Flims
- Laax – Falera area including Kärpf, Elm, Felsberg, Thusis & Breil/ Brigels at 1:50, 000 in a series from Hallwag covering
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Map No. 1194, Flims, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...