” Sick Heart River” is John Buchan`s most powerful novel & his last, completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan`s rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937. At that time, Buchan was Governor-General of Canada. The main character, the lawyer & politician Sir Edward Leithen
- perhaps the most autobiographical of Buchan`s characters
- has been diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis & has been given a year to live. A former colleague, American John S. Blenkiron, requests help to find his niece`s husb&, who appears to have flown from his very successful financial career to the Canadian north. Leithen agrees to help.

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This title presents the great & glorious events in Bristle's past, fully illustrated with line drawings & historical photographs. It is described by Derek as a slapstick dash through 600 years of local excitements. The cartoons are by Vic & Derek has provided the text. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Peru from the country’s national survey organization, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Contours are at 25m intervals & colouring/symbols indicate different types of terrain & vegetation. Some of the maps may contain small blank spaces representing as yet unmapped areas. Each sheet covers 30’ latitude by 30’ longitude. The maps have a 1km UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’. Publication dates vary; most maps were published in 1960s to 1990s, with some sheets revised more recently. Map legend is in Spanish only, except in the more recent editions which also include English. ...

Sidcup in 1908 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. The map covers the area from Stafford Road eastward to Foots Cray Place, & from Manor Road southward to Frognal Corner. St John`s church, Place Green & the Manor House are in the centre of the map, with Sidcup itself to the north-west, & part of Foots Cray to the south-east. Features include Sidcup High Street, part of Foots Cray High Street, All Saints church, Longlands Nursery, Sidcup Place, Hatherley Road, Christ Church & Christ Church Road, Main Road, The Drive, Ursula Lodges. Also extensive grounds around Foots Cray Place, an elegant house built in the style of the Palladian Villa Rotunda at Vicenza in 1754 for a London pewterer Bourchier Cleeve, but demolished after a fire in 1949; the grounds include The Canal. A mill at Foots Cray dated from 1767 & is shown here in use as a Photographic Film Manufactory. The map is interesting for showing the still growing suburb of Sidcup but also much of the old village of Foots Cray. On the reverse are directories for Clarence Crescent, Clarence Road, Granville Road, Hadlow Road, Hatherley Road, High Street, Sidcup Hill, Sidcup Green. 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. ...

Hermann Hesse`s moving & inspirational chronicle of spiritual evolution, ” Siddhartha”,

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This charmingly illustrated journal encourages users to discover the hidden & extraordinary details of one`s own city. Filled with quirky prompts & unique explorations, it`s the perfect place to keep track of local favourites, as well as a starting point to experience one`s own neighbourhood in a whole new way. ...

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. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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In Sidetracked by Henning Mankell inspector Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life, hopeful that his wayward daughter & his ageing father will cope without him. But his summer is ruined when a girl commits suicide before his eyes, & a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders. Wallander ...

In Sidewalking, David L Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea & environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban space, a history of the city`s built environment, a meditation on the author`s relationship to the city, & a rumination on the art of urban walking. Exploring Los Angeles through the soles of his feet, Ulin gets at the experience of its street life, drawing from urban theory, pop culture, & literature. For readers interested in the culture of Los Angeles, this book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, & engage with, the city on its own terms. ...