'I am a wanderer: one with a hoarder's love of houses & things...I am tracing here a memory map of all the places that have stayed with me &, since this is also a map of all the voyages of discovery, this is also the story of the getting to those places.' In Memory Map, probably her most personal book, Lisa charts a life spent in all corners of the world, from Wimbledon to the Venezuelan Andes, from the Caribbean to Ghana, & confesses to wanderlust & fate as being her chief guides. An itinerant lifestyle creates an unpredictable personal life though & Lisa writes movingly about being the support for three children by three different husbands & also, of the pain of failing to be strong. ...

The Tsar had long dreamt of taking Paris in revenge for Moscow
- A” March 1814. With the allied armies of Russia, Austria & Prussia
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A pack of wipe-clean cards bursting with puzzles & games to put the whole family`s memory skills to the test. Testing both visual & written recall, children can play these on their own, or challenge a friend or adult!

Includes:: a special pen to write on the cards. WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking Hazard. Ink from pen may not be
Washable.




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Memphis Map for Elvis Fans printed on waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper & annotated with 137 locations, either connected with the singer’s life or of other significant interest in the city. On one side is a map of greater Memphis with many of the city’s landmarks illustrated by small drawings. In the margins, further drawings show 20 buildings which no longer exits. On the reverse is a more detailed street plan of the downtown area, plus a panel showing Gracel&. 137 locations, colour-coded into four categories (original buildings with same use, original buildings with different use, new buildings/empty lot, & Memphis attractions) are highlighted both on the main map and/or on the downtown enlargement. Ideal present for any Elvis fan, whether they prefer his wonderful pre-army hits or the post-army crooning! ...

Memphis in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...

Memphis in Tennessee on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. Communities covered by this map include Bartlett, Bush Grove, Sunset, Germantown & Lakel&. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. ...

It has been said that a shed is to a man what a handbag is to a woman
- both contain all the essentials for surviving in the modern
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Adrian Bell`s travels through East Anglia & lowland Britain capture the character of the countryside before modern agriculture altered the landscape & changed forever the way we eat & live. This new edition restores the original color lithographs & black & white line drawings by John Nash that appeared in the first edition. First published in 1939 by B.T. Batsford. ...

Rebecca Solnit`s essay ` Men Explain Things to Me` has become a touchstone of the feminist movement, inspired the term `mansplaining`, & established Solnit as one of the leading feminist thinkers of our time
- one who has inspired everyone from radical activists to Beyonce Knowles. Collected here in print for the first time is the essay itself, along with the best of Solnit`s feminist writings. From rape culture to mansplaining, from French sex scandals to marriage & the nuclear family, from Virginia Woolf to colonialism, these essays are a fierce & incisive exploration of the issues that a patriarchal culture will not necessarily acknowledge as `issues` at all. With grace & energy, & in the most exquisite & inviting of prose, Rebecca Solnit proves herself a vital leading figure of the feminist movement & a radical, humane thinker.
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Between 1900 & 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments & historic sites & opened them to the public. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. Of course, collections of paintings, sculptures, & books had been made by governments, but the British created an outdoor museum of national history. This book explains why the extraordinary collecting frenzy took place. It locates it in the fragile & nostalgic atmosphere of the interwar years, dominated by neo-romanticism & cultural protectionism. It dissects a government programme that established a modern state on deep historical & rural roots; in the words of the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, heritage was the rock out of which the nation`s children would be hewn. The government`s activities were mirrored by the establishment of dozens of voluntary bodies, including the Council for the Protection of Rural Engl&, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, & the National Trust. It was during the Second World War when the government realized that its collecting activities could not be sustained but that the National Trust could provide a vehicle for the continued collection of the nation`s heritage. It was the war too that extended for the first time protection to buildings that were occupied & not just ruins. The book sets all this activity, for the first time, in its political, economic & cultural contexts, painting a picture of a country traumatized by war, fearful of losing what was left of its history, & a government that actively set out to protect them. In the last chapter it brings the story up to date. ...