With an introduction by Martin Scorsese ` One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere.. . Flawless`
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“ Silence of the Grave” sees Arnaldur Indridasun continue his compelling murder mystery series, as downtrodden detective Erlendur & his team must once again investigate Reykjavík`s hidden past to unravel a case of human nastiness. Alive with tension & atmosphere & disturbingly real, this is an outstanding continuation of the Reykjavík Murder Mysteries Building work in an expanding Reykjavík uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, & Erlendur & his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story to tell: tales of failed relationships & heartbreak; of anger, domestic violence & fear; of family loyalty & family shame. Few people are still alive who can tell the story, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever. ...

From the Norwegian explorer, a stunning meditation on the power of silence & how to shut out the world Behind a cacophony ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Silent Cities of Flanders Fields: WWI Cemeteries of Ypres Salient & West Flanders from the Belgian publishers Lannoo is a set of two books: a Visitor’s Guide which also

Includes:: accommodation recommendations, plus a hardback providing more historical background. Both books cover the same 230 cemeteries
- the vast majority of them, of course, of the British & Commonwealth forces, but also Belgian, French, American & German – & are extensively illustrated with present-day colour photos. The 256-page paperback Visitor’s Guide presents each Commonwealth cemetery with detailed instructions on how to reach it, & gives the number of graves from various nationalities including Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, & Indians. Most entries are accompanied by a layout plan & a list of interesting graves. The guide also

Includes:: recommendations of hotels & other tourist accommodation affiliated to the Silent Cities program, all with contact details & photos. The 288-page, larger size commemorative book presents each cemetery with more background information, including notes & photos of selected individual soldiers. Many entries are also accompanied by special longer features, e.g. ” George Llewelyn Davies: the proud soldier who as a boy inspired Sir James Barrie’s Peter Pan”. Beautifully produced set, highly recommended for all who are interested in the WWI Commonwealth graves in Belgium.




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In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow Fatma awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husb&, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her faithful servant Recep, a dwarf & the doctor`s illegitimate son. They share memories, & grievances, of the early years, before Cennethisar became a high-class resort. Her visiting grandchildren are Faruk, a dissipated failed historian; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun; & Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life of the nouveaux riches, who dreams of going to America. But it is Recep`s nephew Hassan, a high-school dropout, lately fallen in with right-wing nationalists, who will draw the visiting family into the growing political cataclysm issuing from Turkey`s tumultuous century-long struggle for modernity. ...

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, & this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime & detection have a similar appeal. When television becomes tiresome, & party games pall, the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is enticing
- & much better for the digestion than yet another helping of plum pudding. Crime writers are just as susceptible as readers to the countless attractions of Christmas. Over the years, many distinguished practitioners of the genre have given one or more of their stories a Yuletide setting. The most memorable Christmas mysteries blend a lively storyline with an atmospheric evocation of the season. Getting the mixture right is much harder than it looks. This book introduces readers to some of the finest Christmas detective stories of the past. Martin Edwards` selection blends festive pieces from much-loved authors with one or two stories which are likely to be unfamiliar even to diehard mystery fans. The result is a collection of crime fiction to savour, whatever the season.
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The way we are governed is changing; so is our economy. Government has less & less power to influence how we live our lives, while the private sector has more power than ever to control what we do & what we think. Yet the business pages of the newspapers still come as a supplement, while the activities of governments dominate the front pages & the headlines. To understand the new world in which we are living, we need to learn to challenge long-held assumptions about the nature of power in society; The Silent Takeover is an essential guide to that new understanding as we progress through the 21st century: a time in which we can no longer rely on politicians
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- to meet our needs; a time in which business, rather than political parties, offers the way forward; a time in which we can make more of an impact through our pockets than we have ever done through the ballot box. In the wake of an economic recession, Hertz`s eye-opening book reveals much about early 21st century politics & its effects on society.

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In 1940 the Chinese writer Chiang Yee arrived in Oxford as a refugee from the London Blitz, his lodgings having been bombed. He came to Oxford, he writes, ”in rather a turmoil”. What was meant to be a brief escape turned into a five-year stay, an affectionate relationship with the city, & the fifth in the hugely successful ” Silent Traveller” series. Looking at the city & its historic university with the curiosity & openness of a complete stranger, Chiang Yee paints a revealing picture of Oxford`s particular atmosphere, its rituals & traditions. He mixes with undergraduates & dons, visits pubs & restaurants, witnesses Union debates & punting on the river, all with a gentle astonishment & perceptive eye for detail. Chiang Yee explores the colleges & other student haunts, but also the city & its surrounds, from Port Meadow to Headington & Hinksey. First published in 1944, The Silent Traveller in Oxford evokes a wartime city of shortages & blackouts. It also captures an earlier age of university life, when students drank sherry & scaled college walls to escape prowling Bulldogs. Throughout Chiang Yee draws parallels between Oxford & his native China, comparing the seasons, architecture, & the nature of learning itself. Illustrated with the author`s own sketches, this book is both an atmospheric account of 1940s Oxford & a charming ” Oriental” view of one of Britain`s best loved cities. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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