A legend in his own lifetime, the explorer & traveller Wilfred Thesiger journeyed for 60 years in some of the remotest most dangerous places on Earth. His books are widely acclaimed, yet his character & motivations have remained an enigma. Maitland was Thesiger`s close friend & literary executor, & this biography which had Thesiger`s support before he died in 2003, has been written with exclusive access to the rich Thesiger archive
- vivid, intimate family correspondence & his own letters, diaries & notebooks which are far more confiding than his scrupulously edited published accounts.
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Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship. She knows what she thinks & she acts according to her principles. Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on renowned artist Hugo Rask. The man himself sits in the audience, spellbound, & when the two meet afterwards, he has the same effect on her. From now on Ester`s existence is intrinsically linked to that day, & the chain of events that unravels will change her life forever. Bitingly funny & darkly fascinating Wilful Disregard is a story about total & desperate devotion & about how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love. ...

Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship. She knows what she thinks & she acts according to her principles. Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on renowned artist Hugo Rask. The man himself sits in the audience, spellbound, & when the two meet afterwards, he has the same effect on her. From now on Ester`s existence is intrinsically linked to that day, & the chain of events that unravels will change her life forever. Bitingly funny & darkly fascinating Wilful Disregard is a story about total & desperate devotion & about how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love. ...

Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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Will & Tom is a glimpse into the life of the infamous artist JMW Turner as a young man during a week spent at Harewood House fighting for a commission against his childhood friend & rival Tom Girtin. 1797, West Yorkshire. When rising artist Will Turner arrives at Harewood House in high summer, his intention is to sketch the house & grounds, receive his commission & return to London, where he has started attracting serious attention at the Royal Academy. But things at the grand house are not quite as he expects. The atmosphere is strange, both above & below stairs, & Will`s treatment by his hosts is surprisingly offh&. Most perplexing of all, however, is the appearance of another painter
- his childhood friend & now rival, Tom Girtin. While Tom is welcomed into the aristocratic circle, Will finds few allies. As it becomes harder to ignore the whispers of scandal, Will witnesses something that will threaten both his commission & his friendship. Alive with intrigue, artistic rivalry, Will & Tom offers a glimpse into the early life of Britain`s greatest painter, J M W Turner, through the story of a complicated, vibrant friendship, & how it is tested by the dark dynamic of art & power.
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One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, teenager Will Grayson crosses paths with...” Will Grayson”! Two teens with the same name who run in two very different circles suddenly find their lives going in new & unexpected directions. Culminating in epic turns-of-heart on both of their parts, they team up to produce the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high-school stage. Told in alternating voices from two award-winning, popular names in young-adult fiction
- John Green (author of ” The Fault in Our Stars”) & David Levithan (author of ” Boy Meets Boy”)
- this unique collaborative novel features a double helping of the heart & humour that has won both authors legions of fans. John Green has a huge online presence through his 1.1 million Twitter followers & You Tube channel Vlogbrothers, which has been viewed over 200 million times & has 660, 000 subscribers, making it one of the most successful online channels in history. This is a Penguin logo edition.

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Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976) was the first major-press short-story collection by American writer Raymond Carver. Described by contemporary critics as a foundational text of Minimalist fiction, its stories offered an incisive & influential telling of disenchantment in the mid-century American working class. ...

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour & tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, & won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems & essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life. ...

Reproduced from George Willdey's The British Isles, London, ca. 1715, this clear & detailed map reproduction (61x 83cm) is flanked by panels of ornate motifs. Coloured lines mark county boundaries & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1 degree intervals. Scotl&, Engl&, Wales & Ireland are included, & the entire work is embellished with strapwork cartouches. ...

Reproduced from George Willdey`s ” The British Isles”, London, circa 1715, this clear & detailed map reproduction is flanked by panels of ornate motifs. Coloured lines mark county boundaries & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1 degree intervals. Scotl&, Engl&, Wales & Ireland are included, & the entire work is embellished with strapwork cartouches. ...