Mragowo Lake District (Pojezierze Mragowskie) at 1:50, 000 in a series of recreational maps from Poland’s Army Cartographic Service. The maps use as their base the military topographic survey, with contours at intervals varying from 5m to 20m according to the terrain & contoured depths shown on lakes. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking, cycling & canoeing routes. A wide range of symbols indicate various sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, special natural features, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude grid at 1’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse there are useful addresses & description, in Polish only.

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Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork & Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw`s invaluable guide to the destinations & diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or indeed armchair traveller, upon the Disc. From the twine walk of Great Slack to the souks of Zemphis: edifying sights along the route; Ticketing, nostrums & transporting your swamp dragon: essential hints on the practicalities of travel; Elegant resorts & quaint inns: respectable & sanitary lodgings for all species & heights; & From worm-herding to Fustic Cake: diverting trivia on the crafts, foods & brassica traditions of the many industrious people for whom the railway is now a vital link to the Century of the Anchovy. Fully illustrated & replete with useful titbits, Mrs Bradshaw`s Handbook offers a view of the Sto Plains like no other. ...

Stewed albatross, rat casserole, turtle soup, breadfruit & gruel: such was the fare of the 18th-century sailor as he braved the world's oceans. During her long life, Elizabeth Cook (1741-1835) had many opportunities to hear about the voyages undertaken by her famous husband Captain James Cook. She met sailors & explorers like Sir Joseph Banks & Captain Vancouver, & read about the exploits of many others. She discovered how they survived on long sea journeys & learned about the foods they consumed in distant lands. In Mrs Cook's Book of Recipes, John Dunmore imagines how the wife of Britain's greatest mariner might have presented her repertoire of 18th-century sailors' delights. Her collection of dishes

Includes:: such delicacies as roasted goat & stewed dog, as well as favourites to welcome the mariner home: oyster loaves, jugged pigeons, fried celery & Poor Knights Pudding. & between the recipes we get to know a remarkable woman, who not only outlived her husb&, but her six children too. Stewed Albatross
- Remove most carefully the feathers, & skin the bird. Leave the carcass over night to soak in salt water, till morn, then parboil it & throw away the water. Then cut up & stew well with a little water, & when sufficiently tender serve up with a savoury sauce. A prune sauce does well as an accompaniment, as is commonly served with land fowl, but other savoury sauces can be served, with ground ginger or other spices that may be at h&, & a little sugar. When bread, or the sailors' biscuit, is available, it forms a pleasant accompaniment to the meal.


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Bertha Ley comes of age, inherits her father`s money & promptly marries a handsome, calm & unimaginative man. Bertha is wildly in love with Edward & believes she can be happy playing the role of a dutiful wife in their country home. But, intelligent & sensual, she quickly becomes bored by her oppressively conventional life, & finds her love for her husband slipping away. Originally rejected by publishers, Mrs Craddock was first published only on condition that certain `shocking` passages were removed. It was thirty years before the full text could be published. ...

Elegantly interweaving her characters` complex inner lives in an unbroken stream of consciousness, Virginia Woolf`s ” Mrs Dalloway” continues to enthral readers with its exploration of the human experience; of time, space, madness & regret. This ” Penguin Classics” edition is edited by Stella Mc Nichol with an introduction & notes by Elaine Showalter. Past, present & future are brought together one momentous June day in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, elegant & vivacious, is preparing for a party while reminiscing about her childhood romance with Peter Walsh, & dwelling on her daughter Elizabeth`s rapidly-approaching adulthood. In another part of London, war veteran Septimus Smith is shell-shocked & on the brink of madness, slowly spiralling towards self-annihilation. Their experiences mingling, yet never quite meeting, Virginia Woolf masterfully portrays a serendipitous unity of inner lives, converging as the party reaches its glittering climax. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author & essayist, a key figure in literary history as a feminist & modernist, & the centre of ” The Bloomsbury Group”. This informal collective of artists & writers which included Lytton Strachey & Roger Fry, exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 & 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from ” Mrs Dalloway” (1925) to the poetic & highly experimental novel ” The Waves” (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism & biography, including the playfully subversive ” Orlando” (1928) & ”A Room of One`s Own” (1929) a passionate feminist essay. ...

Written in the same period as Mrs Dalloway these seven short stories show the author`s fascination with parties & with all the excitement, the fluctuations of mood & temper & the heightened emotions which surround these social occasions. ” Mrs Dalloway`s Party” is enchanting piece of work by one of our most acclaimed twentieth century writers. ...

The book is the story of an Anglo Indian community in 1960s Calcutta coming to terms with India taking its first few faltering steps towards democracy. Joan is a single parent whose son`s accidental discovery of the body of a young woman, gets her embroiled in the sinister activities of a maoist faction. The movement is bent on bringing a violent revolution to overturn the unfairness of caste, class, religion & privilege. The book evokes the rich multicultural but confused five hundred year heritage of the Anglo Indian community who feel abandoned by the British & unsure of their fellow Indians. You smell the sumptuous cuisine, feel the emergence of popular culture, recoil at the racism, despair at the bureaucracy & are aroused by the sexual tensions. Although the characters in the book are purely fictional, the background is based on real historical, national & world events of the day; the Naxalbari uprisings, President`s rule & the rise of democratic Marxism in India. The writing is in the genre of a popular political thriller. The author, an Anglo-Indian, is intimately familiar with the period & is keen to give this almost extinct, post-Raj community & authentic voice. The book will appeal to those interested in stories of South Asia, political events of the 1960s, the cross-over of English & Indian. It is the author`s intention to include a list of recipes & a glossary of the less familiar Anglo Indian words. ...

Root for Morris the spectacle-wearing mole to find his way home in this laugh-out-loud story from Jarvis, the creator of Alan`s Big, Scary Teeth.” The witty Jarvis makes all the right moves” New York Times From Jarvis, the creator of Alan`s Big, Scary Teeth, comes another truly unmissable, hilarious adventure about a daddy mole who has mislaid his spectacles. Morris can`t find them anywhere. So, he decides to go on without them, trusting his instincts to lead him the right way home to his waiting family & delicious dinner of worm noodles. ” Mrs Mole, I`m homeeee!” he sings.. . as he burrows right into some poor unsuspecting rabbit family`s hole. Oh dear. Without his spectacles, Morris really can`t see a single thing
- how will he ever get home? With perfect comic timing & a whole lot of heart, Jarvis will have all readers rooting for Morris to find his family, & rejoicing in the idea that
- glasses or no glasses
- you can always make your way back to home sweet home.


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Having fled Rome & a stultifying marriage, Isabel Osmond is in London, brooding on the recent disclosure of her husband`s shocking, years-long betrayal of her. What should she do now, & which way should she turn, in the emotional labyrinth where she has been trapped for so long? Reawakened by grief & the knowledge of having been grievously wronged, she determines to resume her youthful quest for freedom & independence. Soon Isabel must return to Italy & confront her husb&, & seek to break his powerful hold on her. But will she succeed in outwitting him, & securing her revenge? Mrs Osmond is a masterly novel of betrayal, corruption & moral ambiguity, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea. ...

Having fled Rome & a stultifying marriage, Isabel Osmond is in London, brooding on the recent disclosure of her husband`s shocking, years-long betrayal of her. What should she do now, & which way should she turn, in the emotional labyrinth where she has been trapped for so long? Reawakened by grief & the knowledge of having been grievously wronged, she determines to resume her youthful quest for freedom & independence. Soon Isabel must return to Italy & confront her husb&, & seek to break his powerful hold on her. But will she succeed in outwitting him, & securing her revenge? Mrs Osmond is a masterly novel of betrayal, corruption & moral ambiguity, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea. ...