A Turn in the South is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South. Naipaul writes of his encounters with politicians, rednecks, farmers, writers & ordinary men & women, both black & white, with the insight & originality we expect from one of our best travel writers. Fascinating & poetic, this is a remarkable book on race, culture & country. ...

A guidebook for beginning amateur astronomers, Turn Left at Orion provides all the information you need to observe the Moon, the planets & a whole host of celestial objects. Large format diagrams show these objects exactly as they appear in a small telescope & for each object there is information on the current state of our astronomical knowledge. Revised & updated, this new edition contains a chapter describing spectacular deep sky objects visible from the southern hemisphere, & tips on observing the upcoming transits of Venus. It also

Includes:: a discussion of Dobsonian telescopes, with hints on using personal computers & the internet as aids for planning an observing session. Unlike many guides to the night sky, this book is specifically written for observers using small telescopes. Clear & easy-to-use, this fascinating book will appeal to skywatchers of all ages & backgrounds. No previous knowledge of astronomy is needed.

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With over 100, 000 copies sold since first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. It is a unique guidebook to the night sky, providing all the information you need to observe a whole host of celestial objects. With a new spiral binding, this edition is even easier to use outdoors at the telescope & is the ideal beginner`s book. Keeping its distinct one-object-per-spread format, this edition is also designed for Dobsonian telescopes, as well as for smaller reflectors & refractors, & covers Southern hemisphere objects in more detail. Large-format eyepiece views, positioned side-by-side, show objects exactly as they are seen through a telescope, & with enhanced directions, updated tables of astronomical information & an expanded night-by-night Moon section, it has never been easier to explore the night sky on your own. Many additional resources are available on the accompanying website, www.cambridge.org/turnleft. ...

The Turn of the Screw is the classic ghost story for which Henry James is best remembered. Set in an English country house, it is a chilling tale of the supernatural told by a master of the genre. The Aspern Papers is a tale of Americans in Europe, a theme in which Henry James is at his most assured & accomplished. The author cleverly evokes the drama of the comedie humaine against the majestic setting of a Venetian palace. ...

” David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation.. .his ideas & lessons are invaluable”. (Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why). Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their job well. But the ship was dogged by poor morale, poor performance & the worst retention in the fleet. One day, Marquet unknowingly gave an impossible order, & his crew tried to follow it anyway. He realized he was leading in a culture of followers, & they were all in danger unless they fundamentally changed the way they did things. Marquet took matters into his own hands & pushed for leadership at every level. Before long, his crew became fully engaged & the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet. No matter your business or position, you can apply Marquet`s approach to create a workplace where everyone takes responsibility for their actions, people are healthier & happier
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This book is a precise & fiercely honest projection of what we know about climate change into the future of one small corner of the planet: the islands of Britain & Irel&. Kohn looks closely at six landscapes & one city to show how our world will have altered over the course of the century. These islands will, compared with the parched Mediterranean lands, let alone a devastated Africa, be fairly benign places to live. But we will have paid a terrible price for our relative good fortune. Our parks will be arid brown fields; private automobile use unheard of; water will be severely rationed; significant stretches of our beloved coastline will have been sacrificed to the sea. Some of our flora & fauna will have vanished; &, exotic animals & pests will flourish. Vast numbers of marginalised human migrants will be here. Surveillance & restriction of our movements will be taken for granted. Walking in what is left of `nature` will be nearly impossible. Terrible summer fires in our upland areas will be commonplace. This is a report from the near future that we cannot afford to ignore. ...

This is an exploration of our preoccupation with the weather, as heard on BBC Radi 3: Changing Climates. In his trademark style, Richard Mabey weaves together science, art & memoirs (including his own) to show the weather`s impact on our culture & national psyche. He rambles through the myths of Golden Summers & our persistent state of denial about the winter; the Impressionists` love affair with London smog, seasonal affective disorder (SAD
- do we all get it?) & the mysteries of storm migraines; herrings falling like hail in Norfolk & Saharan dust reddening south-coast cars; moonbows, dog-suns, fog-mirages & Constable`s clouds; the fact that English has more words for rain than Inuit has for snow; the curious eccentricity of country clothing & the mathematical behaviour of umbrella sales. We should never apologise for our obsession with the weather. It is one of the most profound influences on the way we live, & something we all experience in common. No wonder it`s the natural subject for a greeting between total strangers: ` Turned out nice again.`
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The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain`s most admired, misunderstood & celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain`s most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself & the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mother to a lunatic asylum, the personal sacrifices he made to effect his stratospheric rise, & the bizarre double life he chose to lead in the last years of his life. A near-mythical figure in his own lifetime, Franny Moyle tells the story of the man who was considered visionary at best & ludicrous at worst. A resolute adventurer, he found new ways of revealing Britain to the British, astounding his audience with his invention & intelligence. Set against the backdrop of the finest homes in Britain, the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution, this is an astonishing portrait of one of the most important figures in Western art & a vivid evocation of Britain & Europe in flux. Set against this spectacular & ultimately controversial career, Moyle also excavates the private Turner. Psychologically wounded as a child, by a family torn apart by death & mental illness, she suggests a man who could not embrace relationships fully until the very end of his life. Only then did he succumb to his love for the widowed Sophia Booth, concealing this all too human aspect of his life behind an assumed identity. She mines the poignancy of his final years, when, with his health ailing, Turner sought solace in a secret private life that had eluded him before & that he knew would scandalise the new generation of Victorians. ...

Turner`s sketchbooks provide us with a rare & unique opportunity to witness the building blocks, steps & missteps of an artist unparalleled in impact. They give us a privileged look over Turner`s shoulder, allowing us to witness the creation & development of ideas that can be traced through to his most famous paintings. In the absence of detailed written accounts of his extensive travels, the notebooks are also a record of his impressions of the many places he visited across Britain & Europe. This book is the first to survey the full range of Turner`s sketchbooks, beginning with his teenage explorations & culminating in the masterful colour studies of his later years. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:50, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National. Contour interval varies according to the terrain, from 2.5 metres in the coastal areas to 10 metres in the Ardennes. The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). Each standard sheet covers Approx. 32 x 20 km / 20 x 12 miles, with larger maps published for the border or coastal areas. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 is overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 topographic survey, showing the exact coverage of each sheet. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 50K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. Maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders – to see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...