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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A message in a bottle can travel half the globe before washing up on some distant shore. Both young & old still keep watchful eyes on the beach in hopes of finding one. Now you can send out your own with this message in a bottle kit. The kit comes with a bottle, message, cork, & a map of the currents to see where you message may go. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

` 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. ...

Created for our mobile lifestyle, the Moleskine Messenger Bag is designed to be customized & organized with various add-ons. It can also hold the Moleskine Storage panel & Multipurpose cases. The modular double flap becomes a flexible space for carrying objects or closing the bag completely. in addition, the Messenger Bag fits any laptop with a screen size up to 15. External features include: water repellance, an elastic closure mechanism, a rigid base for standing the base vertically, an adjustable strap with a concealed sliding buckle, a modular double flap that forms an open pocket on 2 sides, snap fasteners to close the flap in 3 postions Internal feature include: an ivory velour lining, a lightly padded rear divider, the ability to fit any laptop with a screen up to 15, & a pocket with a zipper. It is also designed to hold the Moleskine Storage Panel & Multipurpose Cases
- please see individual products in the Moleskine ' Travelling' Collection for further details. The Messenger Bag is made from a matte black polyurethane on a woven support & also has a molded base made from soft-touch polyurethane.
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