BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, New York Times... ` Capacious, surprising, generous... A book with Christmas at its heart` Guardian ` Dazzling. Grief & pain are transfigured by luminous moments of humour, insight & connection... Even in the bleak midwinter, Smith is evergreen` Daily Telegraph` Graceful, mischievous, joyful... Infused with some much-needed humour, happiness & hope` Independent`A novel of great ferocity, tenderness & generosity of spirit... Luminously beautiful` Observer From the Baileys Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn & How to be both... The unmissable second novel in Ali Smith`s acclaimed ` Seasonal` quartet -- a Christmas story like no other Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare & shivering. The summer`s leaves? Dead litter. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. & if there`s ice, there`ll be fire. In Ali Smith`s Winter, lifeforce matches up to the toughest of the seasons. In this second novel in her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, the follow-up to her sensational Autumn, Smith`s shape-shifting quartet of novels casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory & warmth, its taproot deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter. It`s the season that teaches us survival. Here comes Winter. ...

When the temperature cools down & the nights become longer, we tend to crave our favourite comfort foods
- slow-cooked meats,
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This is a compelling, sad & beautiful road story. Luc Delahaye, photographer & melancholy storyteller, travels in winter through the dark north of Russia, where he looks into the private face of Russia`s moral & social crisis. This collection bridges the divide between art & journalism. The photographs are poetic
- simultaneously terrifying, exciting, intimate, moving & very revealing. They offer many pleasures despite the depressing subject matter.
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As ethnic tensions escalate into war, Marija returns in confusion to her native Croatia
- call it a mid-life crisis. She soon
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Witches are odd. That much is clear to Tiffany. But she likes them. In an odd sort of way. Just as she likes Rol&. In a friend sort of way (which most certainly isn`t odd). But Tiffany hasn`t really got time to think about Rol&, because she has accidentally danced with Winter himself
- the Wintersmith. & now the Wintersmith has a bit of a crush on Tiffany. According to her friend Daft Wullie, if Tiffany kisses the Wintersmith (an awful thought), her nose turns blue & fall off. According to the witches, if she doesn`t shake off her admirer, there will never be another springtime...
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Winterthur – Tösstal area at 1:50, 000 in a series from Hallwag covering Switzerland’s popular hiking regions on light, waterproof & tear-resistant maps highlighting long-distance paths: the nine national routes plus special regional routes, as well as other local hiking trails. Cartography is similar to that used both in Hallwag’s hiking atlases & in the walking series from Kümmerly + Frey at 1:60, 000 covering the whole country. The maps have contours at 50m or 25m intervals according to the terrain, enhanced by graphic relief & shading. A special feature of this series is an overprint indicating the nine national long-distance routes, plus regional long-distance trails. The overprint also shows other local paths, distinguishing between sign-posted hiking paths, mountain paths where proper walking shoes are necessary, & alpine paths requiring special equipment for glacier traverses & light climbing. Mountain huts are marked, plus various types of accommodation: campsites, youth hostels, “ Friends of Nature” houses, & secluded hotels & restaurants. Road network indicates local bus routes with stops. Railways, narrow gauge mountain railways, cable car lines, & chair lifts are shown, with various symbols highlighting places of interest, viewpoints, picnic sites, swimming pools, etc. The maps have a 1km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH1903 Bessel), with latitude & longitude shown as margin ticks at 5’. * Map legend

Includes:: English.* On the reverse, an index of towns & villages

Includes:: names of geographical features such as mountains, alpine passes, glaciers, lakes, rivers, as well as places of interest. Also provided is a small road map at 1:301, 000 of a wider region around the area covered by each title.



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Map No. 1072, Winterthur, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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When Tom wishes winter would never end, he meets another boy who shares his love of snow & ice. Playing together every day, Tom hardly notices that spring doesn`t come
- until he realises the terrible effect of unending winter is having on the countryside & his sick grandma. His friend is Winter`s child, & for the seasons to go on the friends must say goodbye until next year.
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If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya & during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes & locales from Isak Dinesen`s childhood in Denmark. Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art at Copenhagen, Paris & Rome, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce in 1921, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark in 1931. ...

Spot the differences between space suits, find shooting stars, join the dots on a space station & much more in this out-of-this-world activity book. The activities are designed to help young children develop their counting, observation & pen control skills, & the durable wipe-clean pages mean the book can be enjoyed again & again. ...