This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as ” Suzanne”, ” Sisters of Mercy”, ” Bird on the Wire”, ” Famous Blue Raincoat” & ”I`m Your Man” & searingly memorable poems from many collections including ” Flowers for Hitler”, ” Beautiful Losers” & ” Death of a Lady`s Man”. Encompassing the erotic & the melancholy, the mystical & the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence & live-wire emotional immediacy. ...

` To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life & works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed, & insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar & a spellbinding writer. & what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages.` David Mc Cullough Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo`s astonishing notebooks & new discoveries about his life & work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo`s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, & an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper & the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science & technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, & weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities & the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history`s most creative genius. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, & then painted history`s most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, & produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo`s lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings & inventions. Leonardo`s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a mis
Fit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, & at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves & our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it-to be imaginative &, like talented misfits & rebels in any era, to think different.
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The 1 New York Times Bestseller ` Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he`s simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man` Books of the Year
- The Times ` Walter Isaacson keeps the mortal man to the fore. For all his supernatural gifts as an artist & natural scientist. Leonardo was resolutely human (illegitimate, vegan, in need of patrons) rather than the near deity of legend. Isaacson is an assured guide to Leonardo`s fallibility
- so many projects started, so few completed
- as well as his extraordinary curiosity & his even more remarkable painterly skills that were sharpened by intense observation.` Michael Prodger, Books of the Year
- The Sunday Times` Infinitely curious, easily distracted, vain & vegetarian, Leonardo is brought to vivid life in this accomplished biography.`
- The Sunday Times. `an illuminating guide to the output of one of the last millennium`s greatest minds.`
- The Observer ` Isaacson doesn`t claim to make any fresh discoveries, but his book is intelligently organised, simply written & beautifully illustrated.` Book of the Day, The Guardian. ` Isaacson`s scholarship is impressive-he cites not only primary sources but secondary materials by art critics, essayists, & da Vinci`s other biographers. This is a monumental tribute to a titanic figure.`
- Publisher`s Weekly”A powerful story of an exhilarating mind & life...a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it.”-The New Yorker” Vigorous, insightful.”-The Washington Post”A masterpiece.”-San Francisco Chronicle” Luminous.”-The Daily Beast ` To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life & works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed, & insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar & a spellbinding writer. & what a wealth of lessons there are to be learned in these pages.` David Mc Cullough The creator of Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) officially sold at auction in New York in November 2017 for the record-breaking sum of GBP341 million. He was history`s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo`s astonishing notebooks & new discoveries about his life & work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo`s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, & an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper & the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science & technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, & weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities & the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history`s most creative genius. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from having wide-ranging passions. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, & then painted history`s most memorable smile. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, & produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo`s lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings & inventions. Leonardo`s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a mis
Fit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, & at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves & our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to qu







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Da Vinci was a man ahead of his time. Delve into the mind of this great man in Leonardo da Vinci`s Inventive Puzzles
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Khalid spends his days looking after his uncle's goats. One day he follows the goats higher up the mountain than he has ever been before, only to discover that one of the kids is missing. But he does stumble upon the home of an old man who tells him about the danger faced by the last of the leopards. When Khalid gets home, his uncle angrily sets a trap for the creature he is sure has killed the lost goat. In the following days, Khalid & the old man discover signs of a leopard & determine to save it from Khalid's uncle. Then Khalid learns that his uncle plans to allow a mining company to destroy the mountain & the last thing he needs is to be foiled by the presence of an endangered & protected animal. This beautiful, timeless & inspiring story set in the Arabian peninsula highlights the dilemmas facing traditional peoples in seeking to improve their lives, & will captivate animal lovers concerned about plight of the Arabian leopard. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Leros at 1:25, 000 on a contoured, GPS compatible hiking map published by Terrain Cartography group together with Skai Maps, & printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant Polyart plastic paper, with extensive tourist information. Topography is very well presented by contours, enhanced by spot heights, subtle relief shading & additional altitude colouring. Contour interval, unless indicated below to the contrary, is 20m. National parks & other protected areas are marked. All place names are shown in both Greek & Latin alphabet. The maps have a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks. Hiking trails are graded between main routes & narrow trails. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest & recreational facilities, with main sights clearly highlighted. Most titles distinguish between sandy & pebble beaches; some also indicate beaches with natural shade and/or the type of sea bed. Road network is very clearly graded according to width & the type of surface, distinguishing between good & rough dirt roads. Distances are marked on most small local roads, as well as locations of petrol stations and/or tyre repair workshops. Scenic routes are highlighted. Each map also shows which ports are served by ferry services. Many titles include a street plan of the island’s main town, with colouring clearly showing various tourist facilities. The reverse side of each title is covered by general information about the isl&, illustrated with colour photos. Many titles also include brief descriptions of recommended hiking trails.* Map legend & all the text include English.* ...

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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Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

Lerwick in 1900 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. The map of Lerwick is double-sided to give maximum coverage. The main map covers most of the town, stretching from the Victoria Pier & South Esplande westward to the Loch of Clickhimin & South Stany Hill, & from Garthspool southward to Brei Wick. Features include town centre, County Buildings, Grand Hotel, Market Stance, Clickhimin, Gilbertson Park, Freefield, Clairmont Place, Town Hall, churches, etc. On the reverse is part of adjacent sheet 53.14 extending coverage eastward to include South Ness, New Cemetery, Twageos, & across Bressay Sound to the Bressay shore with Gunhall, Holm of Mel & Whalpa Taing. 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. ...