Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Mozart`s Vienna. A crucible for scientific experimentation & courtly intrigue, as Europe`s finest minds vie for imperial favour. In a chaotic private hospital that echoes with the shrieks of hysterical patients, Franz Anton Mesmer is developing a series of controversial cure-alls for body & mind. When asked to help restore the sight of a blind musical prodigy sponsored by the Empress herself, he senses that fame, even immortality, is within his grasp. But what if the girl`s blindness is the source of her fragile talent? Mesmer knows he cannot treat her without first gaining her trust: with his methods already the subject of salacious gossip, will their intimacy result in scandal? ...

Map No. 1274, Mesocco, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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In ” Mess: The Manual of Accidents & Mistakes”, Keri Smith, creator of ” Wreck This Journal”, asks readers to explore what it feels like to throw themselves off balance
- on purpose. Your whole life you`ve been taught to avoid making a mess: try to keep everything under control, colour inside the lines, make it perfect, & at all costs, avoid contact with things that stain. Keri Smith`s ” Mess” asks you to do the opposite of what you have been taught. Think of it as your own personal rumpus room. A place to lest loose, to trash, to spew, to do the things you are not allowed to do in the real world. Smith dares readers to drop some kind of coloured liquid (ink, tea, coffee) onto a page from a good height (at least five feet); draw in the dark (or with eyes closed); creatively misspell words; paint a picture in a water-based medium (pen, marker, watercolour, etc) & leave it out during a rain or snowstorm; & bury this book, then dig it up. Bestselling author Keri Smith is a freelance illustrator by trade, & has illustrated for the ” Washington Post”, ” The New York Times”, ” Ford Motor Company”, ” People”, ” The Body Shop” & ” Hallmark”. She is the author of ” Wreck This Journal”, ” How to be an Explorer of the World” & ” Mess: The Manual of Accidents & Mistakes”. She lives in Canada.
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Ten chapters, ten women & many stories of heartbreak, including her own: Xinran once again takes us right into the lives of Chinese women & their lost daughters. Whether as a consequence of the single-child policy, destructive age-old traditions or hideous economic necessity, these women had to give up their daughters for adoption, others were forced to abandon them
- on city streets, outside hospitals, orphanages or on station platforms
- & others even had to watch their baby daughters being taken away at birth, & drowned. Personal, immediate, full of sorrow but also full of hope, this books sends a heart-rending message to Chinese girls who have been adopted to show them how things really were for their mothers, & to tell them they were loved & will never be forgotten.

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Lion is fed up with the city & moves to a desert isl&, just him & his trusty guitar. But he soon starts feeling lonely & sends out a message in a bottle, looking for a friend
- one friend
- to strum guitar with. No one comes, so Lion sends out more & more bottles. Suddenly, animals of all shapes & sizes start arriving from around the world. There are lots of them...and none of them brings a guitar. Will Lion open his home & heart to the new arrivals? A stunning, topical picture book from an exciting new talent, Matt Hunt.

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` Darkness must fall before we are aware of the majesty of the stars above our heads. It was necessary for this dark hour to fall, perhaps the darkest in history, to make us realize that freedom is as vital to our soul as breathing to our body.` As Europe faced its darkest days, Stefan Zweig was a passionate voice for tolerance, peace & a world without borders. In these moving, ardent essays, speeches & articles, composed before & during the Second World War, one of the twentieth century`s greatest writers mounts a defence of European unity against terror & brutality. From the dreamlike ` The Sleepless World`, written in 1914, through the poignant ` The Vienna of Yesterday`, to the impassioned ` In This Dark Hour`, one of his final addresses, given in 1941, Zweig envisages a Europe free of nationalism & pledged to pluralism, culture & brotherhood. These haunting lost messages, all appearing in English for the first time & some newly discovered, distil Zweig`s courage, belief & richness of learning to give the essence of a writer; a spiritual will & testament to stand alongside his memoir, The World of Yesterday. Brief & yet intense, they are a tragic reminder of a world lost to the `bloody vortex of history`, but also a powerful statement of one man`s belief in the creative imagination & the potential of humanity, with a resounding relevance today. Translated by Will Stone, with an introduction by philosopher & historian of ideas John Gray. ...

As Europe faced its darkest days, Stefan Zweig was a passionate voice for tolerance, peace & a world without borders. In these moving, ardent essays, speeches & articles, composed before & during the Second World War, one of the twentieth century`s greatest writers mounts a defence of European unity against terror & brutality. These haunting lost messages, all appearing in English for the first time & some newly discovered, distil Zweig`s courage, belief & richness of learning to give the essence of a writer; a spiritual will & testament to stand alongside his memoir, The World of Yesterday. Brief & yet intense, they are a tragic reminder of a world lost to the `bloody vortex of history`, but also a powerful statement of one man`s belief in the creative imagination & the potential of humanity, with a resounding relevance today.” At a time of monetary crisis & political disorder, of mounting border controls & barbed-wire fences... Zweig`s celebration of the brotherhood of peoples reminds us that there is another way” The Nation ” One of liberalism`s greatest defenders” New Republic ” Zweig`s impassioned pursuit of personal freedom seems more relevant than ever” Newsweek ” These essays, few in number but rich in content, reveal the essence of Zweig`s thought... Messages from a Lost World is ably translated from German into English for an American readership by Will Stone, making it an extraordinary & highly recommended addition to community & academic library collections” Midwest Book Review ” In pieces from the 1920s & early 30s, Zweig takes it as a moral imperative to champion the cause of peace by reminding his readers & listeners that humanity could no longer afford the sort of belligerent nationalism that had led them into the Great War” Inside Higher Ed ” While it is disheartening to read these pieces today, knowing how Zweig`s life ended, it is inspiring to see that they have been published. However defeated Zweig might appear to contemporary readers, however aloof or naive, his idea of the European soul is still worth defending” Northwest Review of Books Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin & Vienna & was first known as a translator & later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, & enjoying literary fame. His stories & novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil. It was here that he completed his acclaimed memoir The World of Yesterday, a lament for the golden age of a Europe destroyed by two world wars. The articles & speeches in Messages from a Lost World were written as Zweig, a pacifist & internationalist, witnessed this destruction & warned of the threat to his beloved Europe. On 23 February 1942, Zweig & his second wife Lotte were found dead, following an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...