Lions aren`t allowed at school, but Iris`s lion doesn`t want to be left behind. He even stows away on the school trip to the museum, causing much madness & mayhem as he hides among the exhibits. The third warm & funny adventure in the bestselling HOW TO HIDE A LION series is guaranteed to delight children everywhere. ...

Nordic countries are consistently rated as the best places to live for quality of life, happiness & education, literacy & gender equality. But what`s their secret? In How To Hygge, renowned Scandinavian cook & writer Signe Johansen explores the culture of hygge, shares the secrets of Nordic living & shows you how to adopt these elements into your everyday life, wherever you are in the world. Hygge is central to the Nordic sense of well-being. Roughly translated as `cosiness`, it implies warmth, conviviality & community. With fifty recipes & glorious imagery, Johansen explains how to enjoy the outdoors the Nordic way, the joy of fika (coming together over cake & coffee), how to collaborate to achieve a sense of community & why alcohol is integral to the healthy hedonism of hygge. For those who have long admired the region`s stylish design heritage, she reveals how to achieve Scandi-Cool in your own home, without breaking the bank. Explore the culture of hygge, & learn how to live your life to the fullest, Nordic-style. ...

This book covers all the factors relevant to choosing & installing a new diesel engine, whether the work will be done by the owner or entrusted to a boatyard or engineer. It covers selecting the right size & type of engine, deciding on transmission & stern gear, designing new engine bearers, fitting fuel tanks, filters & exhaust systems, installing electrics, instruments & engine controls, evaluating marine batteries & charge control systems, choosing the right propeller & fitting sacrificial anodes. With the new engine installed & sea trials complete, Peter Cumberlidge looks at how auxiliary equipment can be fitted to take full advantage of the available power: adding a new hot water system, ducted cabin heating, an engine-driven fridge & a hydraulic anchor winch. ` Practical & pragmatic` The Lifeboat ` Highly recommended` Motor Boat & Yachting ...

Today, the ships navigator is the final, & possibly, the weakest link in the chain of the production of the chart. The care & attention which is lavished on each chart continues until it leaves the Admiralty chart agent, after which all depends upon the competence of the end-user. Properly used & understood, How to Keep Your Admiralty Charts Up-to-Date should ensure that each expensive chart on board is as good as those ashore ready to purchase. ...

Hello! Welcome! Wow, you look surprisingly relaxed. That`s great to see. Have a seat on the left side of the cockpit
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On US Survey mapping Area 51 does not exist, only desert & a few cactii. On Russian Survey mapping of the same place are marked runways, buildings, hangers, in fact the whole airbase! Along these lines, this book aims to promote a healthy skepticism about maps as easy-to-manipulate models of reality. As the author shows, maps not only point the way & provide information, maps lie. In order to show how maps distort reality, the author introduces the basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, & covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of colour.

Includes:: black & white & colour maps. Also by the same author: Cartographies of Danger

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This essential handbook is for anyone wishing to enter the UK to work, study, settle, join their family, or visit
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*WINNER 2007 IVCA CLARION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION BOOK* Few books do exactly what they say on the cover, but this is superb ...

How to Live in Space is the ultimate guide to your future life in space. Physicist & astronomer Colin Stuart takes you through the training process, examines the practicalities of everyday life & looks ahead to space tourism, moon bases & interstellar travel. Presented with infographics & photographs, How to Live in Space is a scientific yet entertaining guide to living in orbit, the viability of terraforming & the long-term effects of space on the human body. ...

Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person
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