With amazing culture beaches activities & weather not to mention the rum the Caribbean is a joyous riot of islands offering the ultimate escape. Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 65 islands covered 13 expert authors 500 days (and nights) of research 874 gorgeous beaches Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Cruising feature In-depth background Comprehensive planning tools Easy-to-read layout ...

Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning.

Includes:: a fold-out overview map & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers which can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. The map scale is 1: 2 500 000.


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An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed! As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True the warmth eased her rheumatism but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually her interest was aroused by an old soldiers yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph the Majors attention wandered. He never did finished the story! ...

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True the warmth eased her rheumatism but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually her interest was aroused by an old soldiers yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph the Majors attention wandered. He never did finish the story... June Whitfield stars as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Throws off false clues & misleading events as only a master of the art can do. (New York Times) ...

A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance & to celebrate her new-found success on television. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930 little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie already famous for her early Poirot titles was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years with Miss Marples Final Cases published in 1979 three years after Agathas death. To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marples first appearance & to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form
- 12 novels & two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting & formats from the first editions from the Christie familys own archive copies these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.
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Carl Andre (born 1935) the American minimalist artist is perhaps best known for his grid-based floor sculptures but also for large outdoor public artworks & small sculptures poetry & installations. Alistair Rider here shows that it is the materials that he uses to make his works that inspire him
- from his controversial bricks to all sorts of metals found wood even hay bales Andre is fascinated by what materials make up the world & presents them for contemplation. Andre's early wood sculptures show the influence of Brancusi who he had met through their mutual friend Hollis Frampton when a student in the early 1950s. Then towards the end of that decade he shared a studio with Frank Stella & their conversations led to rapid development in his work when he began using a radial saw to shape his sculptures. Between 1960-4 Andre worked as freight brakeman & conductor in New Jersey for the Pennsylvania Railroad & focused mainly on writing including his poems in the tradition of Concrete Poetry that makes visual use of the words on the page. His experiences working on the freight trains would have a later influence on Andre's sculpture in ordered organization & his artistic personality
- it was not uncommon for Andre to dress in overalls & a blue work shirt even to attend formal occasions. His most well known writings were published in 1980 in a book called 12 Dialogues in which Andre & Frampton took turns responding to one another at a typewriter using mainly poetry & free-form essay-like texts. Andre's Concrete Poetry has exhibited in the USA & Europe a comprehensive collection of which is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. His first public exhibition of work was in 1965 in the ' Shape & Structure' show curated by Henry Geldzahler at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery & in 1966 his controversial Lever was included in the important exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York Primary Structures. In 1970 he had a solo exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & has had one man exhibitions & participated in group shows in major museums & galleries throughout the USA & Europe. His work features in many important collections including the UK's Tate which bought Equivalent VIII in 1972 & a few years later was the inspiration for much public controversy over the nature of contemporary art. He is now represented by the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York by Sadie Coles HQ in London & Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris & lives & works in New York. Alistair Rider here divides Andre's works into the major themes & series that have shaped his career's development exploring how each has grown from Andre's philosophies & artistic growth. For the first time Andre's poetry is given due place in his oeuvre making this a uniquely comprehensive understanding of the artist & his art.

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Includes: bonus postcards! Its not just eye candy
- its a full meal! Welcome to visionary photographer Carl Warners

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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