Solid wood base with nickel plated brass metal parts for Eye of Time. Clock sold separately. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

`I have rarely seen modern marriage reproduced so faithfully in print. It`s about love once the early romance has subsided. Hilarious` Jojo Moyes, Woman & Home ` Standard Deviation is a marvel` Kate Atkinson ` Addictive reading` Mail on Sunday `A comic masterpiece` Observer A divinely funny novel about the challenges of a good marriage, the delight & heartache of raising children, & the irresistible temptation to wonder about the path not taken. Graham Cavanaugh`s second wife, Audra, is everything his first wife was not. She considers herself privileged to live in the age of the hair towel, talks non-stop through her epidural, labour & delivery, invites the doorman to move in & the eccentric members of their son`s Origami Club to Thanksgiving. She is charming & spontaneous & fun but life with her can be exhausting. In the midst of the day-to-day difficulties & delights of marriage & raising a child with Asperger`s, his first wife, Elspeth, reenters Graham`s life. Former spouses are hard to categorize
- are they friends, enemies, old flames, or just people who know you really, really well? Graham starts to wonder: How can anyone love two such different women? Did he make the right choice? Is there a right choice?
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A colour-coded standard time zones map illustrating time zones in use around the world, including the recent amendments to Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, North Korea, Russian Federation & Sri Lanka. An inset map indicates those time zone areas that apply, or have previously applied, daylight saving time, & those time zone areas that have never done so. Full colour laminated map in size A3. ...

It's twenty-five years since John Rebus appeared on the scene, & five years since he retired. But 2012 sees his return in STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE. Not only is Rebus as stubborn & anarchic as ever, but he finds himself in trouble with Rankin's latest creation, Malcolm Fox of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Added to which, Rebus may be about to derail the career of his ex-colleague Siobhan Clarke, while himself being permanently derailed by mob boss & old adversary Big Ger Cafferty. But all Rebus wants to do is discover the truth about a series of seemingly unconnected disappearances stretching back to the millennium. The problem being, no one else wants to go there
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Includes:: Rebus's fellow officers. Not that any of that is going to stop Rebus. Not even when his own life & the careers of those around him are on the line.


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Penguin chicks hatch from the egg already covered in a fine coat of down but with their eyelids sealed together. They chip through the thick shell with the help of an egg tooth, a short, sharp spike on the end of beak. The egg tooth drops off soon after hatching. Learn more about penguins with Living Nature brand! Every plush toy comes with a hang tag filled with animal facts! ...

Across the length & breadth of Britain & Ireland lies an unsurpassed richness of prehistoric heritage. ” Standing with Stones” is a personal voyage of discovery, taking the reader to over a hundred megalithic sites in a photographic journey through the British Isles. The book is divided into regions, & each site featured is given its Ordnance Survey grid reference. Some, like Stonehenge & Newgrange, are well known & often visited, but many, such as Fernworthy & Bleasdale, are remote & barely known. Rupert Soskins stunning & original photographs act as windows into the past, which, together with his engaging & accessible text, encourage the reader to think afresh about the meaning & purpose of these monuments & at the same time open the eyes of travellers & enthusiasts to the great wealth & variety of henges, circles, dolmens, barrows & standing stones across the British Isles. ...

Standish 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. 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. In this title: the map covers the northern part of Standish. Features include village centre, St Wilfrid's church, Standish Brewery, St Marie's RC church, The Grove, Rectory, Langtree Grange, LNWR railway with Standish station, Bradley Mills, Bradley Hall, Broomfield Pit, Langtree Pit No.12, Mineral Railways, Langtree Hall, Standish Bleach Works, railway junctions, etc. A 1918 directory of Standish is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Standish 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 northern part of Standish. Features include village centre, St Wilfrid`s church, Standish Brewery, St Marie`s RC church, The Grove, Rectory, Langtree Grange, LNWR railway with Standish station, Bradley Mills, Bradley Hall, Broomfield Pit, Langtree Pit No.12, Mineral Railways, Langtree Hall, Standish Bleach Works, railway junctions, etc. A 1918 directory of Standish is on the reverse. 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. ...

Standish Boar's Head in 1907 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. 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. In this title: the map covers the south part of Standish, with coverage stretching southward to Elmfield Road. Features include Standish Hall, Standish Park, Strickland House, Prospect House, Ashfield House, Limes Farm, tramway, Prospect Pits with mineral railway, Swire Pits (disused), LNWR railway, Victoria Colliery, Thorn Hill, Boar's Head inn, Boar's Head station & junction, etc. On the reverse is an 1897 timetable for the Wigan-Blackburn line. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Standish Boar`s Head in 1907 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 south part of Standish, stretching southward to Elmfield Road. Features include Standish Hall, Standish Park, Strickland House, Prospect House, Ashfield House, Limes Farm, tramway, Prospect Pits with mineral railway, Swire Pits (disused), LNWR railway, Victoria Colliery, Thorn Hill, Boar`s Head inn, Boar`s Head station & junction, etc. On the reverse is an 1897 timetable for the Wigan-Blackburn line. 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. ...