` Navigation with sextant & almanac is as user-friendly as a cornered rat.` Barefoot Navigator introducesus to a unique take on navigation
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1748, Seville: Caridad, a recently freed Cuban slave, wanders the streets of the city. Her master is dead & she has nowhere to go. When she meets Milagro Carmona
- a young, rebellious gypsy
- the two women are instantly inseparable. Milagros introduces Caridad to the gypsy community, an exotic fringe society that will soon bring them love & change their life forever. From the tumultuous bustle of 18th-century Seville to the theatres of Madrid, The Barefoot Queen takes us into the murky world of tobacco smuggling & ther persecution of the gypsies. Showing us the birth of Flamenco, it is a historical fresco filled with characters that live, love, fight & suffer for what they believe.

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This is the first novel by John Mc Gahern, originally published in 1963. Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom
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This globe stand is an adaptation of one of the most universally recognised furniture designs found in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. It is a modified version of the famous ` Barrel Chair` origianlly designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903 & modified for his own personal use. The globe is cradled in a beautifully constructed wooden stand which is open at the front to give full access to the 16” bronze globe ball. This is an outstanding & unique piece of furniture that would grace any home or office. ...

This volume brings together under one cover Roddy Doyle's three acclaimed novels about the Rabbite family from Dublin. The Commitments traces the rapid rise & even more rapid fall of Jimmy Rabbite Jr's unusual soul b&. In The Snapper, Sharon Rabbite's pregnancy sparks off intense speculation among her friends & family, but she is determined to reveal the identity of the father in her own time. The Van, set during Ireland's 1990 World Cup attempt, follows the fortunes of Jimmy Sr & his friend Bimbo as they launch their travelling fish'n'chip shop on an unsuspecting Barrytown, learning much about themselves in the process. ...

A quarter of a million U.S. troops are massed in over seven hundred major official overseas airbases around the world. In the past decade, the Pentagon has formulated & enacted a plan to realign, or reconfigure, its bases in keeping with new doctrines of pre-emption & intensified concern with strategic resource control, all with seemingly little concern for the surrounding geography & its inhabitants. The contributors in The Bases of Empire trace the political, environmental, & economic impact of these bases on their surrounding communities across the globe, including Latin America, Europe, & Asia, where opposition to the United States` presence has been longstanding & widespread, & is growing rapidly. Through sharp analysis & critique, The Bases of Empire illuminates the vigorous campaigns to hold the United States accountable for the damage its bases cause in allied countries as well as in war zones, & offers ways to reorient security policies in other, more humane, & truly secure directions. Contributors: Julian Aguon, Kozue Akibayashi, Ayse Gul Altinay, Tom Engelhardt, Cynthia Enloe, Joseph Gerson, David Heller, Amy Holmes, Laura Jeffery, Kyle Kajihiro, Hans Lammerant, John Lindsay-Pol&, Catherine Lutz, Katherine Mc Caffrey, Roland G. Simbulan, Suzuyo Takazato, & David Vine. ...

Ice climbing is an essential part of mountaineering. This books aims to teach the reader to understand ice conditions & the correct use of ice climbing tools such as crampons, ice axes & pitons. Also

Includes:: information on using snow, ice & rocks as anchors while climbing & belaying.

Includes:: many clear & easy-to-understand diagrams.



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A detailed overview of hypothermia. This guide teaches you to distinguish between acute & chronic hypothermia. How to prevent it by understanding its physiological effects & by adapting to conditions. Assess, re-warm & treat a hypothermic victim in the field. Understand nutritional requirements, heat loss, the shivering response & insulation factors & more. ...

The Basque Country in the Landscapes of the Imagination guide series; providing an in-depth cultural & account of some of the world’s most memorable & evocative landscapes. Presented as a cultural & literary guide, each title in the series explores the cultural history of a landscape, providing an overview of the area’s development from its earliest roots to the modern day. Particular emphasis is placed on the literary, poetic, architectural, cultural & historical elements that make up the landscape & each title is written & researched by an academic expert. An Epilogue offers suggestion for further reading & indices of literary, artistic & historical names & places & landmarks. ...

In this guidebook to the Spanish & French Basque Country & Navarre, Murray Stewart covers the principal cities
- rejuvenated Bilbao,
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