Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world`s largest body of water, &
- in matters economic, political & military
- the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis & Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny & the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook & his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson & Admiral Halsey. It is the place of Paul Gauguin & the explosion of the largest-ever American atomic bomb, on Bikini atoll, in 1951. It has an astonishing recent past, an uncertain present & a hugely important future. The ocean & its peoples are the new lifeblood, fizz & thrill of America
- which draws so many of its minds & so much of its manners from the sea
- while the inexorable rise of the ancient center of the world, China, is a fixating fascination. The presence of rogue states
- North Korea most notoriously today
- suggest that the focus of the responsible world is shifting away from the conventional post-war obsessions with Europe & the Middle East, & towards a new set of urgencies. Navigating the newly evolving patterns of commerce & trade, the world`s most violent weather & the fascinating histories, problems & potentials of the many Pacific states, Simon Winchester`s thrilling journey is a grand depiction of the future ocean.





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Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world`s largest body of water, &
- in matters economic, political & military
- the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis & Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny & the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook & his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson & Admiral Halsey. It is the place of Paul Gauguin & the explosion of the largest-ever American atomic bomb, on Bikini atoll, in 1951. It has an astonishing recent past, an uncertain present & a hugely important future. The ocean & its peoples are the new lifeblood, fizz & thrill of America
- which draws so many of its minds & so much of its manners from the sea
- while the inexorable rise of the ancient center of the world, China, is a fixating fascination. The presence of rogue states
- North Korea most notoriously today
- suggest that the focus of the responsible world is shifting away from the conventional post-war obsessions with Europe & the Middle East, & towards a new set of urgencies. Navigating the newly evolving patterns of commerce & trade, the world`s most violent weather & the fascinating histories, problems & potentials of the many Pacific states, Simon Winchester`s thrilling journey is a grand depiction of the future ocean.





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In PACK MY BAG, Henry Green chronicles his early life, providing a delightfully wayward & incisive portrait of English society & of the man himself. From reminiscences of a childhood spent among the gentry, to searing descriptions of Eton & Oxford, to reflections on the author`s first experiments with prose & with sex. ...

Pack TSA Combination Lock is a customs friendly padlock with a hardened ABS plastic body, 3 dial combination code adjustable to personalised specifications, & is designed to fit all Lifeventure zipped products. The lock allows the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to access baggage with their own secure key, when needed for safety checks, without breaking locks. ...

Pack TSA Combination Lock is a customs friendly padlock with a hardened ABS plastic body, 3 dial combination code adjustable to personalised specifications, & is designed to fit all Lifeventure zipped products. The lock allows the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to access baggage with their own secure key, when needed for safety checks, without breaking locks. ...

The Lifeventure packable duffle bag is the ideal travel companion when you might need some extra portability on your adventure. At first glance you wouldn`t think that this compact pocket expands into a 70 litre duffle with zipped side pocket, grab handles, & shoulder straps. When not in use, you can pack it down neatly into its own front pocket, which measures only 200 x 190 x 70mm & weighs 440g. Travel Tip: Take this bag on a trip if you’re expecting to bring lots of goodies home• Large main compartment• Zipped pocket on side• Lightweight ripstop fabrics with reinforced base• Packs down neatly into its own integral stuff sack• Grab handles & shoulder straps Weight: 440g Dimensions: (packed): 200 x 190 x 70mm
- (unpacked): 630 x 350 x 340mm Capacity: 70 Litres
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Space is devoid of the stuff humans need to live: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh veg, privacy, beer. How much can a person give up? What happens when you can't walk for a year? Is sex any fun in zero gravity? What's it like being cooped up in a metal box with a few people for months at a time? As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to explore space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a 17, 000 mile-per-hour crash test of NASA's space capsule (cadaver stepping in), she takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of living in space. ...

Camera? Check. Socks? Yup. Sunscreen? Sorted. From beach getaways & city breaks to adventure travel & winter sports, this handy checklist will ensure nothing ever gets left behind again. Say goodbye to mentally checking off your holiday essentials, hoping you remember your phone charger, playing cards & that little bottle of hand sanitiser. With Lonely Planet`s Packing List, everything you`ll ever need is right in front of you, waiting to be struck-through or ticked off. Packing List

Features:- City, beach, adventure, family & backpacking themes
- Essentials, electronics, clothes, hygiene & miscellaneous categories
- Colour-coded themes for easy access
- 80 tear-off double-sided sheets




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Brigid Keenan was a successful young London fashion journalist when she fell in love with a diplomat & left behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in Nepal. Her bestselling account of life as a `trailing spouse`, Diplomatic Baggage, won the hearts of thousands in countries all over the world. Now, in her further adventures, we find Brigid in Kazakhstan, where AW, her husb&, contracts Lyme disease from a tick, the local delicacy is horse meat sausage & Brigid`s visit to a market leads to a full-scale riot from which she requires a police escort. Then, as the prospect retirement looms, Brigid finds herself on the cusp of a whole new world: shuttling between London, Brussels & their last posting in Azerbaijan, navigating her daughters` weddings while coping with a cancer diagnosis, & getting a crash course in gr&-motherhood as she helps organise a literature festival in Palestine. Along the way, dauntless & wildly funny as ever, Brigid learns that packing up doesn`t mean packing in as she discovers that retiring & moving back home could just be her biggest challenge yet. ...

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. ...