After the international success of Abrams' The Sea & The Sea: Day by Day, Philip Plisson presents his best photographs in Sailors' Wisdom: Day by Day.A master of marine photography & an Official Painter of the French navy, Plisson presents the sea in all of its diverse moods, states & colours. Raging & lawless or subsiding complacently, the sea continuously fascinates & bewitches in its many roles, creating & destroying, providing & consuming, charming & provoking. Throughout the year, waves, swells, lighthouses, sails & boats in oceanic lights will fill the days with dream & escape. With its smaller format & a bounty of extraordinary photographs accompanied by sailors' proverbs, this book is a perfect gift for all seafarers & lovers of the sea. ...

A reproduction of the original desk bell of the Sailor’s Inn. Manufactured of classic brass with a wood h&-turned base. Call the desk agent, request First Class service only. A bell with history. 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 ...

A reproduction of the original desk bell of the Sailor’s Inn. made from duotone bronze with a wood h&-turned base. Call the desk agent, request First Class service only. A bell with history. 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 ...

This book is a fun compendium of sea-wisdom, sayings of the sea & anecdotes. The adages are humorous & many have a sting in the tail. A fun compendium of sailing anecdotes.* Sea wisdom & wit for present day sailors* A perfect present for those with an interest in the sea* Serious & humorous"ations* Good bunkside (or bedside) reading* This second edition contains approx. 20 new material & is in colour ...

This attractive, handy pocket book is perfect for both landlubbers & salty sea dogs. This is for everyone who knows their starboard from their stinkpot, & their Raggie from their stern
- or who wants to find out. Anyone who has ever set foot in a sailing vessel & come back for more will enjoy this humorous & original book. From the serious (how waggling wings can save lives) to the informative (how to pee at sea) to the indispensable (how to make the perfect Sea Breeze) to the enlightening (the truth about Captain Pugwash), ` The Sailing Pocket Companion` takes the reader through a mass of notes, "es, facts & stats. But this book doesn`t just contain fascinating snippets of information, it also offers extracts from the finest writing about sailing over the centuries. Jonah in the Bible snuggles up to Darwin, whilst Hemingway shares space with Dickens.
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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. ...

Saint Brieuc
- Saint Lô Michelin Centenary Map-Pack, a set of two maps showing the area at 1:200, 000: a current road map from
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A potent, powerful & timely thriller about migrants, drug lords & gang warfare set on the US/ Mexican border by PRINTZ MEDAL winning & CARNEGIE MEDAL, COSTA BOOK AWARD & GUARDIAN CHILDREN`S FICTION PRIZE shortlisted novelist, Marcus Sedgwick. Anapra is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Juarez
- twenty metres outside town lies a fence, & beyond it, America
- the dangerous goal of many a migrant. Faustino is one such trying to escape from the gang he`s been working for. He`s dipped into a pile of dollars he was supposed to be hiding & now he`s on the run. He & his friend, Arturo, have only 36 hours to replace the missing money, or they`re as good as dead. Watching over them is Saint Death. Saint Death (or Santissima Muerte)
- she of pure bone & charcoal-black eye, she of absolute loyalty & neutral morality, holy patron to rich & poor, to prostitute & narco-lord, criminal & police-chief. A folk saint, a rebel angel, a sinister guardian.


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Double-sided map with indexed street plans of Saint John & Fredericton, including Edmundston, Oromocto & Woodstock. An enlargement presents downtown Saint John in greater detail. Street plans from the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group are usually produced at scales around 1:25, 000 to 1:35, 000 with smaller towns often shown at more detailed scales. All plans have street indexes. Plans of larges cities usually include an enlargement for the downtown area. Plans grouping together several smaller towns often have an overview map showing the whole of the relevant region. The plans have colouring to indicate commercial, institutional or industrial use, etc. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & one way streets are marked. A range of symbols shows, as appropriate, parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Map legends for cities & towns in the French speaking part of the country are sometimes in French only. To see the list of currently available Canadian street plans & pocket atlases form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link. ...

Saint Lucia at 1:45, 000 on an indexed map from the Caribbean-based cartographer Michal Kasprowski listing 33 diving sites, plus street plans of Castries, Soufrière, Gros Islet & Vieux Fort. Topography is shown by altitude colouring & contours at 50m intervals. Along the coast coral reefs are marked & diving sites are highlighted. Road network

Includes:: cart tracks; no driving distances are marked. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1’ intervals. The index is next to the map. The map

Includes:: street plans of Castries, Soufrière, Gros Islet & Vieux Fort, an administrative map of the isl&, plus a small map of the Caribbean showing the location of St. Lucia.



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