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 ...

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
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- 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. ...

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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This is the first book in the thrilling, chilling new series from no. 1 bestselling author of Gone, Michael Grant. I remembered my name
- Mara. But, standing in that ghostly place, faced with the solemn young man in the black coat with silver skulls for buttons, I could recall nothing else about myself. & then the games began. Think you know the meaning of suspense? Think again... The Messenger sees the darkness in young hearts, & the damage it inflicts upon the world. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, & they can go free. Lose, & they will live out their greatest fear. But what does any of this have to do with Mara? She is about to find out...
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The first book in the thrilling, chilling new series from no. 1 bestselling author of Gone, Michael Grant. I remembered my name
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Messengers sees Julian Sayarer return to work as a London bicycle courier, after six months cycling around the world. From saddle & kerbside, his stories of delivering flowers to politicians, & administration notices to banks toppled by the financial crisis, make for a social history of a less seen city, written from the perspective of someone stuck in one of London`s most insecure & poorly paid jobs. Underneath the deliveries, we meet London`s bicycle messengers, a family drawn from jaded graduates, jailbirds & recovering drug addicts. The riders all share their brushes with the law, struggles on the breadline & compete together in alleycat races, forming an unlikely but tender community upon the streets. With a bicycle the one constant that seems to make sense of everything else, Messengers is a two-wheeled portrait of everyday life in a modern city at the start of the twenty-first century. ...

Fresh from a world of deserts, oceans & human kindness Julian Sayarer goes about adjusting back to the hard indifference of a city amongst ever-rising skyscrapers & the turning waters of the Thames. From a bicycle view of the streets, Messengers watches a merry-go-round of media sensation, consumerism & crony politics. Against this background Julian returns to the courier community, so telling the stories of both the jailbirds, drug addicts & alcoholics who can`t hold down any other job, & the fashionable graduates living the bohemian dream in a world of courier races & squat parties. From the saddle & ever-turning pedals, Messengers shows a hidden version of London`s underbelly & those living in the margins of the metropolis. ...