The Vintage World Map Tea Towel, depicting an up-to-date colourful political map of the world. Each country is shown in vivid colours, meridians are shown at 40 degrees intervals, the Tropics & Equator are highlighted, & time zone & other geographical data are shown. This is a 100% cotton towel, 30° washable, screen printed & with a handy hanging loop. This bright tea towel comes in a tidy presentation box making an ideal gift item. ...

The phenomenal ” Sunday Times” bestseller ” Periodic Tales” by Hugh Andersey-Williams, packed with fascinating stories & unexpected information about the building blocks of our universe. Everything in the universe is made from them, including you. Like you, the elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stories rich with meaning. Here you`ll meet iron that rains from the heavens & noble gases that light the way to vice. You`ll learn how lead can tell your future while zinc may one day line your coffin. You`ll discover what connects the bones in your body with the Whitehouse in Washington, the glow of a streetlamp with the salt on your dinner table. Unlocking their astonishing secrets & colourful pasts, ” Periodic Tales” is a voyage of wonder & discovery, showing that their stories are our stories, & their lives are inextricable from our own. ” Science writing at its best. A fascinating & beautiful literary anthology, bringing them to life as personalities. If only chemistry had been like this at school. A rich compilation of delicious tales”. (Matt Ridley, ” Prospect”). ”A love letter to the chemical elements. Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories & he knows how to tell them well”. (” Sunday Telegraph”). ” Great fun to read & an endless fund of unlikely & improbable anecdotes”. (” Financial Times”). ” The history, science, art, literature & everyday applications of all the elements from aluminium to zinc”. (” The Times”). Hugh Aldersey-Williams studied natural sciences at Cambridge. He is the author of several books exploring science, design & architecture & has curated exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum & the Wellcome Collection. He lives in Norfolk with his wife & son. ...

Perishing Poles takes the young reader on a perilous voyage to the polar regions. Along the way they will encounter savage snowstorms, enormous icebergs, & hungry polar bears. With a br&-new cover design, text updates & an added extra-horrible index, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in. ...

Perivale in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions of this map have been published; the map covers the northern area of Ealing around Perivale & Pitshanger Lane, stretching from Thames Avenue & Castlebar Park Halt eastward to Mulgrave Road, & from Wadsworth Road southward to Bruton Way. Features then include Pitshanger Park, a short stretch of GWR West Ealing Loop with Castlebar Park Halt, Princess Helena College, University College Hall, St Barnabas church, Perivale church, Hoover factory, Western Avenue, Brentside Farm, athletic grounds, sewage works, Kent Hotel, golf courses, etc. The 1894 version has on the reverse a part of a six inch to the mile map covering a wider area, including Perivale, Greenford Green, Horsendon Hill & a stretch of the Grand Junction Canal. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Perivale & Pitshanger in 1935 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions of this map have been published; the map covers the northern area of Ealing around Perivale & Pitshanger Lane, stretching from Thames Avenue & Castlebar Park Halt eastward to Mulgrave Road, & from Wadsworth Road southward to Bruton Way. Features then include Pitshanger Park, a short stretch of GWR West Ealing Loop with Castlebar Park Halt, Princess Helena College, University College Hall, St Barnabas church, Perivale church, Hoover factory, Western Avenue, Brentside Farm, athletic grounds, sewage works, Kent Hotel, golf courses, etc. The 1894 version has on the reverse a part of a six inch to the mile map covering a wider area, including Perivale, Greenford Green, Horsendon Hill & a stretch of the Grand Junction Canal. On the reverse of the 1935 version is a directory of Perivale. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Charlie is a freshman. & while he`s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life & trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates & mixed tapes, family dramas & new friends; the world of sex, drugs, & The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can`t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild & poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. ...

In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann, recently widowed &, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov, a Russian colleague who cannot attend, & pass it off as his own. But when word reaches Perlmann that Leskov has arrived unexpectedly in Genoa, Perlmann must protect himself from exposure by constructing a maelstrom of lies & deceit, which will lead him to the brink of murder. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

` Best. Diary. Ever` Metro ` Cheeringly depressing` Guardian` Abandon all hope, ye who buy it` New York Times Perpetual Disappointments Diary is a downbeat journal for pessimists, cynics & losers everywhere. You`ll love it. Ground yourself with a weekly demotivational proverb (` If ignorance is bliss, why are you so sad?`, ` Crappe diem`) & reminders of Notable Deaths. Travel the world with Useful Phrases translated into four languages (`A table for one, please`, `I have destroyed my hire car`). & save time with templates for Apology & Passive-Aggressive Notes. This may not be your year. But this is definitely your diary. Now with Added Disappointment: ( ...

MORE DISAPPOINTING THAN EVER` Best. Diary. Ever` Metro ` Cheeringly depressing` Guardian` Abandon all hope, ye who buy it` New York Times Perpetual Disappointments Diary is a downbeat journal for pessimists, cynics & losers everywhere. You`ll love it. Ground yourself with a weekly demotivational proverb (` If ignorance is bliss, why are you so sad?`, ` Crappe diem`) & reminders of Notable Deaths. Travel the world with Useful Phrases translated into four languages (`A table for one, please`, `I have destroyed my hire car`). & save time with templates for Apology & Passive-Aggressive Notes. This may not be your year. But this is definitely your diary. This diary is not specific to one year – they are all basically the same.* 2018 Edition
Includes:: Brand New Demotivational Proverbs, The Quantified Loser, More Notable Deaths, On This Day, Bank Insecurity Questions, Gaping Void Ahead, People Who Never Call, Notes Towards A Dull Novel, Pointless Doodles
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