These stylish new soft rubber-clad, 70° super wide angle 2”/50.8mm eyepieces are each constructed from 8 lens elements & are fully multi-coated throughout. Eye relief is a generous 20.6mm. They feature oversized eye lens elements & soft twist-up rubber eyecups for comfortable viewing. Available in 22mm & 32mm focal lengths. Threaded for 2” filters. ...

Sky is devastated when she finds that her husband is in love with someone else, even more that it is her oldest friend Nick. She has lost the two most important men in her life & can`t ever trust either of them again. To escape, she goes alone on a dream trip to Marrakesh & meets Gail, on a mission to meet the father of her child, a man she loved but thought did not want her. In Marrakesh, Sky & Gail both find unexpected joys
- & surprises. For Sky these lead to France, to a beautiful chateau & a family whose relationships seem as complicated as her own.
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Slack packing is backpacking without the schlep, allowing hikers to travel light while someone else takes care of their overnight bags. This handy little guide, which tells you all you need to know about some of South Africa's top slackpacking trails, is for everyone, from hardcore mountain lovers, twitchers & botanists to family groups & modern-day strandlopers. The book covers a wide variety of trails, including luxury, guided & catered trails, community-run guided trails & unguided, self-catered trails. Each day of each trail is described in detail, including such useful snippets of information as: distance covered & the average walking time; group size; degree of difficulty; level of accommodation; terrain; when best to walk; what to bring; &, who to contact to make all the arrangements. ...

Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 & inhabiting the same universe as his latest bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark & stormy night. Turn down Slade Alley
- narrow, dank & easy to miss, even when you`re looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn`t quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies. A stranger greets you by name & invites you inside. At first, you won`t want to leave. Later, you`ll find that you can`t. This unnerving, taut & intricately woven tale by one of our most original & bewitching writers begins in 1979 & reaches its turbulent conclusion around Hallowe`en, 2015. Because every nine years, on the last Saturday of October, a `guest` is summoned to Slade House. But why has that person been chosen, by whom & for what purpose? The answers lie waiting in the long attic, at the top of the stairs...
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Turn down Slade Alley
- narrow, dank & easy to miss, even when you`re looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into
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Dr Siri`s bagged himself a holiday: an all-expenses-paid trip to the northern mountains of Laos. What`s more, through a bit of skilful bartering (well, blackmail) he has wangled it so that his nearest & dearest may accompany him. They are to assist a US-funded search for a lost CIA pilot
- Boyd Bowry
- missing since his aircraft was downed in 1968. But Siri`s not taking the search too seriously, as he strongly suspects that when the helicopter exploded, the pilot followed suit. However, just hours into the trip, it becomes apparent that ulterior motives are at work within the group. & Siri`s suspicions are confirmed when those associated with the airman start dropping like the insects that frequent his country. Siri & co are caught up in something big: something that goes way back, & way over their heads. &, if this wasn`t bad enough, a psychic of unquestionable repute then informs Siri that he will shortly die: in `a day or two`, to be precise.

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Slateford area of Edinburgh in 1893 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 village of Slateford just west of Edinburgh. Features include Caledonian Railway with Slateford & Kingsknowe stations, section of Balerno Branch, Redhall Quarry (disused), Longstone, Angle Park, Inglisgreen Bleachfield, Union Canal, Aqueduct, Water of Leith, Craiglockhart House, Edinburgh Hydropathic, Craiglockhart Castle ruins, Wester & Easter Craiglockhart Hills, fever hospital, western part of New Craig House mental hospital, etc. 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. ...

Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller
- these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving,
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Slavutych, a Ukrainian provincial city north of Kyiv, seems in many respects to belong to a different era. Built after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 to replace the contaminated dwellings of workers from the power plant, Slavutych is the last ”ideal” planned city of the Soviet Union. However, the city is also highly topical
- particularly in times of political crisis in Eastern Europe. Slavutych is an architectural manifestation of the Soviet people`s friendship, with architects throughout the Soviet Union involved in its planning & construction. As a result, Slavutych`s postmodernist architecture is both characterised by socialist, Soviet paradigms & regional influences from the Caucasus region, Baltic States & Russia. Furthermore, the search of the last Soviet generation of architects for an environmentally sustainable, habitable architecture is of course still relevant today. The Architectural Guide Slavutych documents numerous buildings & all city districts, providing a critical analysis of unique late Soviet architecture & urban planning in the context of Perestroika.
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FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER`S 18 FOR 2018 The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, & find success in every area of their lives. Observer`s 18 for 2018: the talent & trends tipped for the top Elle`s 12 addictive books you have to read to get through in 2018 Metro`s best new books you have to get through in 2018 BBC`s hotly anticipated debut authors for 2018 Black women today are well past making waves
- we`re currently creating something of a tsunami. Women who look like us, grew up in similar places to us, talk like us, are shaping almost every sector of society. From education to work to dating, this inspirational, honest & provocative book recognises & celebrates the strides black women have already made, while providing practical advice for those who want to do the same & forge a better, visible future. Illustrated with stories from best friends Elizabeth Uviebinene & Yomi Adegoke`s own lives, & using interviews with dozens of the most successful black women in Britain
- including BAFTA Award-winning director Amma Asante, British Vogue publisher Vanessa Kingori & Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis
- Slay In Your Lane is essential reading for a generation of black women inspired to find success in every area of their lives.


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