A modernist novel of supreme stylistic innovation, James Joyce`s ” Ulysses” is the towering achievement of twentieth century literature. This ” Penguin Modern Classics” edition

Includes:: an introduction by Declan Kiberd. For Joyce, literature `is the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man`. Written between 1914 & 1921, ” Ulysses” has survived bowdlerization, legal action & bitter controversy. Capturing a single day in the life of Dubliner Leopold Bloom, his friends Buck Mulligan & Stephen Dedalus, his wife Molly, & a scintillating cast of supporting characters, Joyce pushes Celtic lyricism & vulgarity to splendid extremes. An undisputed modernist classic, its ceaseless verbal inventiveness & astonishingly wide-ranging allusions confirm its standing as an imperishable monument to the human condition. Declan Kilberd says in his introduction that ” Ulysses” is `an endlessly open book of utopian epiphanies. It holds a mirror up to the colonial capital that was Dublin on 16 June 1904, but it also offers redemptive glimpses of a future world which might be made over in terms of those utopian moments.` This edition is the standard Random House/ Bodley Head text that first appeared in 1960. James Joyce (1882-1941), the eldest of ten children, was born in Dublin, but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing. He only returned to Ireland briefly from the continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works, ” Ulysses” & ” Finnegans Wake”. He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life & was plagued by near blindness & the grief of his daughter`s mental illness. If you enjoyed ” Ulysses”, you might enjoy Virginia Woolf`s ” Mrs Dalloway”, also available in Penguin Classics. ” Everybody knows now that ” Ulysses” is the greatest novel of the twentieth century”. (Anthony Burgess, ” Observer”).

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It started with a drowning. Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old still coming to terms with the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier. Over the rainy, smoggy summer she decides to plant a vegetable garden in the courtyard, & as she digs the ground & plants her seeds, her neighbours in turn delve into their past. As the ripple effects of grief, childlessness, illness & displacement saturate their stories, secrets seep out & questions emerge
- Who was my wife? Why did my mom leave? Can I turn back the clock? & how could a girl who knew how to swim drown? Using five voices to tell the singular story of life in an inner city mews, Umami is a quietly devastating novel of missed encounters, missed opportunities, missed people, & those who are left behind. Compassionate, surprising, funny & inventive, it deftly unpicks their stories to offer a darkly comic portrait of contemporary Mexico, as whimsical as it is heart-wrenching.
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Will Self's Man Booker-shortlisted Umbrella tells the story of maverick psychiatrist Zack Busner, who arrives at a north London mental hospital following his attempt to run a therapeutic community. Despite attempting to be as uncontroversial as possible, he soon encounters Audrey Dearth. Born in 1890, she has been interred in the hospital for decades after succumbing to encephalitis lethargica & falling into a coma at the end of the Great War. After realising that Audrey is just one of a number of post-encephalitics at the hospital, Busner begins an attempt to bring her & her fellow patients back to life
- with circumstances that are as yet unseen. With its radical, extravagant prose, Umbrella is arguably Will Self's most ambitious & imaginative work of fiction so far. Buy your copy today!
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012 For half a century Audrey Death has been in a state of semi-consciousness. Severed from the world of the living after falling victim to Encephalitis lethargica, she has languished in Friern Barnet Mental Hospital. Then, in 1971, maverick psychiatrist Dr Zack Busner arrives. Audrey`s experiences of a bygone Edwardian London: her socialist lover, her involvement with the Suffragists, & her work in a munitions factory during the First World War, alternate with Dr Busner`s attempts to bring her back to life with a new & powerful drug. His investigations lead to revelations that are both shocking & tragic, & which will return to haunt him decades later. ...

Umbria, by Patricia Clough, is an enchanting portrait & guide to one of Italy`s most beautiful regions. When Patricia Clough bought a house in Umbria she knew that buying her dream home did not mean that one`s life will become a dream. By the end of this book, in which she describes the journey of making Umbria her home, she is sure that if one has basic requirements for being happy, then Umbria provides some of the best surroundings for happiness. Clough pores over Umbria`s enchanting countryside, its tumultuous history, its ancient culture & sumptuous food, & laments that for too long Umbria has been mistaken for its more fashionable neighbour, Tuscany. This is not a guide to buying a home in Italy, nor a guidebook for your holiday
- though it would be useful as both of these things
- but a story in which a women discovers & marvels at the place she begins to call home.

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Umbria & the Marches at 1:200, 000 from Marco Polo Travel Publishing with special features to aid navigation & route planning. The index booklet

Includes:: street plans of central Ancona, Perugia & Pescara.A fold-out extension of the map cover gives at-a-glance overview of the whole area covered by the map & the adjoining regions, making it much easier to find various places on the main map and/or plan a route. A set of seven peel-on/peel-off stickers, removable without damaging the map, is provided to make routes or locations more prominent when navigating. The map boldly stresses main roads & motorways in strong colours & selected towns in large letters, but also shows minor roads & villages in considerable detail. Road information

Includes:: toll roads, traffic restrictions & seasonal closures, gradient marking for steep roads, scenic routes, etc. Motorway services clearly indicate types of facilities available there. Railway lines are shown with stations. Cartography from the renowned German publishers Mair Dumont is particularly good for identifying geographical

Features: mountain & hill chains, valleys, national parks, etc. Picturesque towns & places of interest are given star rating, & other tourist information

Includes:: campsites & youth hostels, landmarks, recreational facilities etc. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at intervals of 10`. Multilingual map legend & all information include English.A booklet attached to the map cover contains street plans of central Ancona, Perugia & Pescara, plus an extensive index of place names including geographical features such as rivers, lakes, mountains, etc, as well as places of interest. Also provided is a table with distances/traveling times, plus main traffic & speed regulations.







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Umbria & the Marches is the Sunflower Landscapes guide to exploring the best walking & touring possibilities in north-eastern Italy. The guide covers a range of routes including walks around Lake Trasimeno, Monteluco, the Valnerina, the Apennines & the Gola di Salinello. A double-sided, fold-out touring map at the back of the book gives an overview of Tuscany & the location of each walk. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot, is provided, helping walkers to navigate & plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for each main route for those seeking more leisurely days out. The guide is structured in two main parts ...

Umbria at a detailed scale of 1:150, 000 in Freytag & Berndt’s very popular “ Top 10 Tips” series. A booklet attached to the map cover provides descriptions of the region’s 10 best sights, a street plan of Perugia, plus the map index. Many place names are in large print to make navigating easier. Coverage extends north beyond Urbino, west to include Arezzo & Lago di Bolsena, & south beyond Viterbo & Rieti. Maps in this series have topography well presented by subtle hill-shading with spot heights, plus colouring for woodlands; national & regional parks are highlighted. Road network emphasizes motorways & regional roads, but also

Includes:: small local roads & selected country tracks, most annotated with driving distances. Scenic routes are highlighted & the maps show roads closed to motor vehicles and/or not recommended for caravans, winter closures, toll routes, etc. Names of larger local towns are in bold print, making navigating in unfamiliar terrain much easier. Railway lines & ferry routes are included & local airports are marked. Picturesque locations are highlighted & in each title 10 best places of interest are prominently marked & briefly described in a booklet attached to the map cover. Symbols indicate various landmarks & facilities, e.g. archaeological sites, churches & castles, campsites, hostels, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals. The index, listing all the localities with their postcodes, is in the booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also provides street plan (s) of the region’s main town (s). Map legend & the descriptions include English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Includes: enlargements of Ancona, San Marino, Pesaro, Terni, Assisi, Spoleto, Perugia- all separately indexed. About
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Umbria & the Marches in Touring Club Italiano’s series of regional road maps of Italy at 1:200, 000, used by millions of locals & tourists alike & always among Stanford’s perennial best-sellers. Coverage extends from Florence in the north-west & San Marino southwards to Viterbo, Rieti, L’ Aquila & Pescara, &

Includes:: Arezzo, Perugia, Urbino, Assisi, Spoleto, Ancona, Monti Sibillini National Park, Monti della Laga NP & the northern part of the Gran Sasso NP, etc.TCI maps have subtle but very effective relief shading plus spot heights to present the topography. Names of mountain ranges, valleys, peaks, etc. are shown & national parks & other protected areas are prominently highlighted. Road network is presented in great detail, from motorways to dirt tracks navigable only with difficulty. Minor roads are very clear & easy to read &, where necessary, are drawn without generalizing their course, showing the twists & turns across the mountainous terrain. Steep roads are annotated with three levels of gradient markings. Scenic routes are highlighted. Motorways have the usual features such as toll barriers, services, etc. Railway network shows stations & level crossings &, where appropriate, ferry routes are marked. In mountainous areas refuges, cable car lines, chair lifts, etc. are marked. Towns & villages of particular interest are highlighted in three grades, with symbols indicating various monuments, castes, churches, etc. The maps have no geographical co-ordinates. On the reverse each title has an index plus a national distance table. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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