” It`s just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought, how is it that we don`t know about this-how is it that I am the only person I know who`s read this book?” Wes Anderson, on Stefan Zweig`s Beware of Pity Contents: A Conversation with Wes Anderson-Wes Anderson discusses Zweig`s life & work with Zweig biographer George Prochnik. The World of Yesterday-Selected extracts from Zweig`s memoir, an unrivalled evocation of bygone Europe. Beware of Pity-An extract from Zweig`s only novel, a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour & love. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman-One of Stefan Zweig`s best-loved stories in full-a passionate tale of gambling, love & death. ...

All the big ideas, simply explained
- an innovative & accessible guide to sociology. Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The
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The Solar System on a large folded poster from Hallwag showing the orbits of the planets & major comets, with the whole of the reverse side presenting notes, diagrams, tables, photos, etc, on various aspects of the solar system, space explorations, etc. On one side is a poster of the solar system, including the poor now-downgraded Pluto, showing the situation as on was in early 1970s. Colours indicate orbits of planets & comets, & each planet is shown with the orbits of its moons. A drawing shows the sizes of the planets relative to the size of the sun. The legend & a scale line in the margin provide more relevant information. The whole of the reverse side is covered by various diagrams, tables & photos: the history of our understanding of the solar system, facts & figures on each planet, the comets, space exploration with a table of main probes until 1978, etc. ...

The Solar System, Our Sun`s Family – encapsulated version, by National Geographic is a stunning double sided poster. On one ...

The Solar System, Our Sun`s Family – paper version, by National Geographic is a stunning double sided poster. On one side ...

The Solar System, Our Sun's Family by National Geographic is a two sided poster map of the solar system. Side one



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A fast-paced, witty & gripping historical crime opener to The Monsarrat Series from Tom Keneally & his eldest daughter Meg In an Australian penal colony at the edge of the known world, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat has risen from convicted forger to trusted clerk of the settlement`s commandant. Not long after the commandant heads off in search of a rumoured river, his beautiful wife Honora falls ill with a sickness the doctor is unable to identify. & when Honora dies, it becomes clear she has been slowly poisoned. Monsarrat & perceptive housekeeper Mrs Mulrooney feel suspicious as regards the motives of Captain Diamond, the commandant`s second-in-comm&. In a trice Diamond has Mrs Mulrooney arrested for murder. To save his new friend from the hangman`s noose, Monsarrat must go all out to unmask the real killer. ...

The Solent is a unique stretch of English coastline. Bordered to the north by the Southern English mainland & to the south by the diamond-shaped Isle of Wight, its character is widely varied both from East to West & from North to South. Dotted with historic Napoleonic forts & treacherous shingle spits, it rims the picturesque New Forest, Naval Portsmouth, the busy city of Southampton, it is home to bustling coastal villages like Beaulieu & Lymington, & on its southern shores are the intriguingly named Isle of Wight towns
- Ryde, beloved of summer holidaymakers; Cowes, the home of yachting; & the starkly impressive white rock of the Needles
- a landmark recognised the world over. This book is a photographic celebration of the Solent in all its glory & variety, offering a unique & highly enjoyable insight into the Solent's changing landscapes.

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The Solent in 1888 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. Coverage stretches from Milton eastwards to Fawley on the Hampshire side, & from The Needles eastwards to Newport & southwards to Gatcombe on the Isle of Wight. Other locations include: in HAMPSHIRE Beaulieu, Boldre, Brockenhurst, Exbury, Hordle, Lymington & Milton; plus on the ISLE OF WIGHT Calbourne, Carisbrook, East Cowes, Freshwater, Northwood, Shalfleet, Thorley, West Cowes, Whippingham & Yarmouth. On the reverse is an extract from Hampshire Sheet 81.01, covering Beaulieu in detail, together with a directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Map No. 196, The Solent & Isle of Wight, in the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Southhampton, Portsmouth, Totton, Lymington, Fareham, Gosport, Cadnam, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Hythe, Beaulieu, Calshot, East, Boldre, Netley, Warsash, Botley, Wickham, Hambledon, Southwick, Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Godshill, Blackgang, Brighstone, Shalfleet, Yarmouth & the Needles. Edition D3; Copyright date 2011 This title is also available on our website in a waterproof & tear-resistant version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...