This semi-autobiographical novel explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, & the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother & two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love & possessiveness. ...

This title comes with an introduction by Richard Eyre. Paul Morel is the focus of his disappointed & fiercely protective mother`s life. Their tender, devoted & intense bond comes under strain when Paul falls in love with Miriam Leivers, a local girl his mother disapproves of. The arrival of the provocatively modern Clara Dawes causes further tension & Paul is torn between his individual desires & family allegiances. Set in a Nottinghamshire mining town at the turn of the twentieth century, this is a powerful portrayal of family & love in all its forms. ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Sons & Lovers by D. H. Lawrence`” She was a brazen hussy.” She wasn`t.
- & she was pretty,
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In this unique personal Cairo diary kept during the October 1973 war with Israel Alan Mackie analyses Egypt`s present attitude to the West, the legacy left by the colonial era & the West`s unconditional support for Israel which still poisons relations with the Arab world. ...

Alan Villiers (1903-82), the Australian sailor & maritime historian, first made a name for himself as an adventurer in the 1920s & 1930s by combining his seafaring skills with his talent as a pioneering photojournalist. He visited Arabia in 1938 because he was certain that he was living through the last days of sail, & was determined to record as much of them as he was able. At Aden, Villiers found an Arab dhow master prepared to take on a lone Westerner as a crewman. Ali bin Nasr el-Nejdi & his Kuwaiti crew were making the age-old voyage from the Gulf to East Africa, coasting on the north-east monsoon winds, with a cargo of dates from Basra. The return voyage would be made in the early summer of 1939, on the first breezes of the south-west monsoon, from East Africa to Kuwait. From this voyage, Villiers fashioned Sons of Sindbad. First published in 1940, it is the sole work of Arabian travel to have at its centre the seafaring Arabs. In a real sense the Thesiger of the Arabian Sea, Villiers voyaged with his companions as an equal, while deferring to their toughness & fortitude, & to their superior knowledge of their trade. This great classic of Arabian travel & maritime adventure is reprinted for the first time since 1969, with a new introduction by William Facey, Yacoub Al-Hijji & Grace Pundyk. As in the original 1940 edition, 50 of Villiers' many photographs are published here
- images that complement the text with strikingly vivid depictions of the life & skills of the Arab dhow sailors, of the ports along the route, of Kuwait itself, & of the pearl divers of the Arabian Gulf.
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`A fool couldn`t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, & it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.`
- Hunter S. Thompson Sons of Thunder, Neil Bradford`s exhilaratingly high-octane collection of motorcycle writing, makes a persuasive case for the unique excitement & emotional experience offered by one of mankind`s greatest inventions. Featuring full-throttle tales by T.E. Lawrence, Roald Dahl, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Robert Hughes & many others, & ranging from Hunter S. Thompson`s rip-roaring prose to lyrical contributions from Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn & Robert Pirsig, the groundbreaking Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author, Sons of Thunder is a thrilling tribute to the pleasures & perils of riding this awesome machine.
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Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. ...

Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The Second World War has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground
- for food, for shelter, for protection...
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From a top scientist & the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, an illustrated investigation into future technologies What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? & why don`t we have a lunar colony yet? In this witty & entertaining book, Zach & Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming next
- from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters
- & explain how they will change our world in astonishing ways. By weaving together their own research, interviews with pioneering scientists & Zach`s trademark comics, the Weinersmiths investigate why these innovations are needed, how they would work, & what is standing in their way.

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