Swift`s classic tale in a gorgeous clothbound edition. Shipwrecked & cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion & fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters
- with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms & brutish Yahoos
- give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift`s savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified & finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

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In the course of his famous travels, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war on each other because of religious disagreement over how to crack eggs, is sexually assaulted by giants, visits a floating isl&, & decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow man. Swift`s tough, filthy & incisive satire has much to say about the state of the world today & is presented here in its unexpurgated entirety. ...

At once satiric & magical, rich in philosophy & astonishing adventure, ” Gulliver`s Travels” transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship`s surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the high seas & continues as he encounters a race of miniature people known as Lilliputians; giant Brobdingnagians; the foolish Laputians; the very humanoid Yahoos; & finally, the gentle & wise horse-like Houhynhyms
- beings far superior to Man. Will Gulliver ever make it home again?
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In the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa & the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people & remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants & wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver`s fantastic adventures change his views on human behaviour forever. ...

Jonathan Swift`s masterpiece is the finest satire in the English language. Shipwrecked traveler Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed ashore in Lilliput, a kingdom populated by tiny people. Fascinated by their exotic visitor, the Lilliputians enlist Gulliver`s services in their bitter civil war. But Gulliver becomes the object of a court intrigue & has to make a hasty escape. On his next voyage, his ship is blown off course to Brobdingnag, whose giant inhabitants strike him as horrific & occasionally revolting. A third journey takes him to Laputa, a floating island occupied by pedantic scientists & philosophers. Finally, he encounters a society of rational horses, the Houyhnhnms, & witnesses the appalling behaviour of their servants the Yahoos, a group who are in many ways disturbingly similar to Man at his most bestial. Swift`s brilliantly original story is a timeless portrait of the human condition in all its misery & majesty. ...

` My mother called anyone or anything that seemed alone, or ended up in the wrong place, a stray. There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, & stray butterflies.` Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car & her mother Margot lives in the back. Together they survive on a diet of powdered milk & bug spray, love songs & stolen cigarettes. Life on the edge of a Florida trailer park is strange enough, but when Pastor Rex`s ` Guns for God` programme brings Eli Redmond to town Pearl`s world is upended. Eli pays regular visits to Margot in the back seat, forcing Pearl to find a world beyond the car. Margot is given a gift by Eli, a gun of her own, just like he`s given her flowers. It sits under the driver`s seat, a dark presence... Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community & violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed teenager, it exposes America`s love affair with firearms & its painful consequences. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Gunnislake North in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Gunnislake is covered by two maps. This title covers the northern part of the village, from St Anne`s church northward, including the adjacent hamlets of Middle Dimson, Lower Dimson & North Dimson. Coverage extends eastward to Hatchwood, Luscombedown Plantation & Gulworthy Farm (which is split by the extreme right margin). Northward are Hangingcliff Wood & part of Blanchdown Wood. Features include the disused Plymouth Works, disused South Bedford mine, Gunnislake Clitters Mine (at left margin), Bedford United Mine, Hawkmoor Mine, Watson`s Mine, Bedford United Mine, several old shafts, also the route of an already abandoned railway to Watson`s Mine & other workings. On the reverse is a 1910 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Gunnislake South & Albaston in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Gunnislake is covered by two maps. This title covers the southern part of the village, extending southward to Hatches Green & Wheal Arthur, & south-west to Drakewalls & Albaston. The East Cornwall Railway & River Tamar both run north-south through the map. Features include Pearson`s Quarry, Sandhill, Higher Dimson, Delaware, Sandhill Works, Heath Cottage, the disused Drakewalls Mine, brewery at Albaston, Whimple Farm, Russell United Mine, Bailswood Works. On the reverse is part of adjacent sheet 29.08 extending coverage west to include St Ann`s Chapel, where features include Kingston Down Consols Mine, Calstock Works & West Drakewalls Mine. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Map No. 132, Gunnison
- Pitkin, CO, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state
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