Thirty-year-old Piotr Alekseevich Marakulin lives a contented, if humdrum life as a financial clerk in a Petersburg trading company. He is jolted out of his daily routine when, quite unexpectedly, he is accused of embezzlement & loses his job. This change of status brings him into contact with a number of women-the titular ”sisters of the cross”-whose sufferings will lead him to question the ultimate meaning of the universe. The first English translation of this remarkable 1910 novel by Alexei Remizov, one of the most influential members of the Russian Symbolist movement, Sisters of the Cross is a masterpiece of early modernist fiction. In the tradition of Gogol`s Petersburg Tales & Dostoyevsky`s Crime & Punishment, it deploys densely packed psychological prose & fluctuating narrative perspective to tell the story of a ”poor clerk” who rebels against the suffering & humiliation afflicting both his own life & the lives of the remarkable women whom he encounters in the tenement building where he lives in Petersburg. The novel reaches its haunting climax at the beginning of the Whitsuntide festival, when Marakulin thinks he glimpses the coming of salvation both for himself & for the ”fallen” actress Verochka, the unacknowledged love of his life, in one of the most powerfully drawn scenes in Symbolist literature. Remizov is best known as a writer of short stories & fairy tales, but this early novel, masterfully translated by Roger Keys & Brian Murphy, is perhaps his most significant work of sustained artistic prose. ...

Discover the Finnish quality of sisu & how cultivating it can help you lead a life of greater purpose & happiness. This ancient Finnish word describes an attitude of courage, resilience, grit, tenacity & perseverance. This key psychological competence enables extraordinary action in times of adversity. To have sisu confers a further dimension of doing so with honesty, integrity & humility. By cultivating sisu you can: Face life`s challenges with courage & determination Enhance your wellbeing & find your focus Communicate confidently & resolve conflicts effectively Cultivate endurance & achieve your fitness goals Raise kind & resilient children Act with integrity & fight for what you believe in Sisu is a universal trait. It may have been bottled & labelled by the Finns, but it is within reach of everyone. It lies within you, & you are very likely to have used it already. ...

This is a complete beginner`s guide to the sit-on-top kayak. Sit-on-top kayaking is the fastest growing water-based activity. It`s fun & easy to learn. Paddlers, newcomers & those curious about the sport will find all the answers to their questions in this book. Using colour photos & clear descriptions, this book is the perfect introduction to sit-on-top kayaking. Choosing the right kayak, how to store & transport it, how to get the most fun out of your boat & how to stay safe whilst doing so are explored in detail. Snorkelling, fishing & scuba diving are some of the other activities that benefit from using sit-on-tops & these are also covered. ...

Lord Hastings`s journal of his travels from Calcutta to the Punjab in 1814-1815 records the events & views of this journey accompanied by 200 large watercolour illustrations by Sita Ram. This book

Includes:: an edited version of the journal charting his passage through the India of the early nineteenth century. Though Sita Ram`s picturesque paintings were a sharp departure from the accurate ` Company` views of Indian monuments, they nonetheless revealed his eye for architectural detail. Taking the readers along as part of Lord Hastings`s party, J. P. Losty brings alive the seventeen
- month long expedition in a flotilla of 220 boats from Barrackpore past Patna, Benares, Allahabad & Cawnpore, & then overland to Lucknow, Delhi & the Punjab, through Sita Ram`s never-before-published paintings of Colonial India.


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Map No. BD7, Sitasjaure
- Ritsem, in a series of detailed topographic survey maps for mountain areas of central & northern Sweden.
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Jay Winter's powerful 1998 study of the 'collective remembrance' of the Great War offers a major reassessment of one of the critical episodes in the cultural history of the twentieth century. Dr Winter looks anew at the culture of commemoration & the ways in which communities endeavoured to find collective solace after 1918. Taking issue with the prevailing 'modernist' interpretation of the European reaction to the appalling events of 1914-18, Dr Winter instead argues that what characterised that reaction was, rather, the attempt to interpret the Great War within traditional frames of reference. Tensions arose inevitably. Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning is a profound & moving book of seminal importance for the attempt to understand the course of European history during the first half of the twentieth century. ...

Kadaster, Holland`s national survey organization, produces one of the most attractive topographic surveys in Europe. The maps are very colourful, with their characteristic patchwork of polders & an unusually large amount of land use information: meadows, arable l&, different types of forest, marshes, sand dunes, etc. Contours are shown at 5-metre intervals with numerous spot heights &, with such a large part of the country below the sea level, ”spot depths”. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 20 km / 15 x 12 miles, with some sheets slightly larger. The maps have a 1-km Dutch national grid, plus latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend

Includes:: English.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: both the west (W) & the east (O) sheet of each number has the same name, although the town after which the two maps are named appears only on one of the sheets. For example: maps 41W & 41O are both called Arnhem, although the city of Arnhem appears only on sheet 40W, etc. To see the list of titles available in this series please click on the series link.


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Kadaster, Holland`s national survey organization, produces one of the most attractive topographic surveys in Europe. The maps are very colourful, with their characteristic patchwork of polders & an unusually large amount of land use information: meadows, arable l&, different types of forest, marshes, sand dunes, etc. Contours are shown at 5-metre intervals with numerous spot heights &, with such a large part of the country below the sea level, ”spot depths”. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 20 km / 15 x 12 miles, with some sheets slightly larger. The maps have a 1-km Dutch national grid, plus latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend

Includes:: English.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: both the west (W) & the east (O) sheet of each number has the same name, although the town after which the two maps are named appears only on one of the sheets. For example: maps 41W & 41O are both called Arnhem, although the city of Arnhem appears only on sheet 40W, etc. To see the list of titles available in this series please click on the series link.


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These beautiful Glitter Christmas Greetings Cards feature the Sitting Father Christmas vintage image & A Merry Christmas print, from the Cavallini & Co. archive. Packed in a stylish festive red box, the 10 folded cards & envelops are blank inside & measure 9.5x 13.5cm. Add magic sparkles to your Christmas greetings. ...

A detailed topographic map of Sittingbourne & Faversham from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series covering the Isle of Sheppey (showing part of the North Downs Way). Edition B2; Publication date March 2007 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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