Written by locals, Fodor`s travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes & budgets for over 80 years. With history around every corner, Washington, D.C. is a city that seamlessly blends yesterday & today, & it`s a perennial favorite for families. This updated guide--a strong domestic bestseller--lets travelers discover the myriad charms of the nation`s capital, from its stately monuments to the trendiest restaurants. ...

With history around every corner, Washington, D.C. is a city that seamlessly blends yesterday & today, & it`s a perennial favorite for families. This guide lets travelers discover the myriad charms of the nation`s capital, from its stately monuments to the trendiest restaurants. ...

In the early eighteenth century, a woman finds herself set adrift from a mutinous ship & cast ashore on a remote desert isl&. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso & his tongueless slave Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso`s companion &, eventually, his lover. At last, they are rescued by a passing ship, but only she & Friday survive the journey back to London. Determined to have her story told, she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will truthfully relate her memories to the world. But with Cruso dead, Friday incapable of speech & Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative, Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past, only to fall victim to the seduction & tyranny of storytelling itself. Treacherous, elegant & unexpectedly moving, Foe remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author`s works. ...

Nobel Laureate & two-time Booker prize-winning author of Disgrace & The Life & Times of Michael K, J M Coetzee reimagines Daniel De Foe`s classic novel Robinson Crusoe in Foe. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. In an act of breathtaking imagination, J M Coetzee radically reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe. In the early eighteenth century, Susan Barton finds herself adrift from a mutinous ship & cast ashore on a remote desert isl&. There she finds shelter with its only other inhabitants: a man named Cruso & his tongueless slave, Friday. In time, she builds a life for herself as Cruso`s companion &, eventually, his lover. At last they are rescued by a passing ship, but only she & Friday survive the journey back to London. Determined to have her story told, she pursues the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe in the hope that he will relate truthfully her memories to the world. But with Cruso dead, Friday incapable of speech & Foe himself intent on reshaping her narrative, Barton struggles to maintain her grip on the past, only to fall victim to the seduction of storytelling itself. Treacherous, elegant & unexpectedly moving, Foe remains one of the most exquisitely composed of this pre-eminent author`s works. ”A small miracle of a book...of marvellous intricacy & overwhelming power.” (Washington Post). ”A superb novel.” (The New York Times). ...

Foggia Province at 1:150, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is published with the traditional style LAC cartography.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Foil Art is a fun & totally mess-free way to create out of this world space pictures! Colour in the rockets, aliens, planets & astronauts then take your space pictures to the next level by adding foil to add super-shine metallic finishes to your pictures. Add shiny foil to the moon landers, space rockets, aliens & astronauts by choosing a foil sticker & positioning on the page wherever you wish. There are 300 stickers for you to use & decorate your pictures. Perfect for creative kids who like to craft, are great at colouring & love using their imagination! ...

A lined journal, in an ingeniously printed faux leather cover which captures the flavour of finely wrought Renaissance-style leather bindings. It is intricately embellished with one of three designs to reproduce the delicate gold tooling which was brought to Europe via the flourishing trade routes with the east. Closes with a fold-over cover flap. Smythe sewn with 144 pages, plus memento pouch & ribbon page marker. 18x 23cm ...

This journal features striking gold embellishment combined with the look of an old leather journal that has been lovingly used for at least a century. It is made from paper & thick cardboard & the back cover comes up to wrap itself on the front cover with the help of an invisible magnet, thus protecting the pages inside. It has 144 blank pages, a memento pouch, & a grey ribbon marker. 13x 18cm. ...

This journal features striking gold embellishment combined with the look of an old leather journal that has been lovingly used for at least a century. It is made from paper & thick cardboard & the back cover comes up to wrap itself on the front cover with the help of an invisible magnet, thus protecting the pages inside. It has 144 ruled pages, a memento pouch, & a grey ribbon marker. 13x 18cm. ...

A slim format lined journal, with one of three printed cover designs, inspired by the beauty & feel of 15th century Italian-bound books which were often made from goatskin leather, embellished with gold foil. These books have a subtly weighted magnetic strap for secure closing, ribbon page markers & a memento pouch. Smythe sewn with 176 pages, 9x 18cm ...