Jean-Paul Sartre's first published novel Nausea" is both an extended essay on existentialist ideals & a profound fictional exploration of a man struggling to restore a sense of meaning to his life. This " Penguin Modern Classics" edition is translated from the French by Robert Baldick with an introduction by James Wood. " Nausea" is both the story of the troubled life of an introspective historian Antoine Roquentin & an exposition of one of the most influential & significant philosophical attitudes of modern times
- existentialism. The book chronicles his struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning; a world in which he must find his own purpose & then take total responsibility for his choices. A seminal work of contemporary literary philosophy " Nausea" evokes & examines the dizzying angst that can come from simply trying to live. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was an iconoclastic French philosopher novelist playwright & widely regarded as the central figure in post-war European culture & political thinking. Sartre famously refused the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964 on the grounds that 'a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution'. His most well-known works all of which are published by Penguin include " The Age of Reason" " Nausea" & " Iron in the Soul". If you enjoyed " Nausea" you might like Albert Camus' " The Outsider" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " One of the very few successful members of the genre " Philosophical Novel"...a young man's tour de force". (Iris Murdoch)."
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Praise for the previous edition: ' The book's clear sequential photographs include all the basics including bends splices & line-handling tips'
- Ocean Navigator". ' Teaches the 20 most useful knots & splices with wonderful step-by-step photographs. Almost every knot is pictured on two facing pages so the entire sequence is right before you'
- " The Ensign". ' More than knots [this book] is about rope & its uses on boats'
- " Dockside". ' Its illustrations on how the knots are tied are among the best I have seen'
- " Mariner's Log". A wet pitching deck in a 20-knot 'breeze' is not the place to realize you've forgotten exactly how to tie a reef knot. Whether you need to brush up on your ropework skills or you're just learning to sail " Nautical Knots Illustrated" is your perfect companion. With clear simple explanations & 295 step-by-step photographs you'll easily learn how to tie the 20 most useful knots & splices. The bowline reef knot sheet bend & clove hitch are here of course but so are less common gems such as the carrick bend & stevedore knot. Longtime sailors Paul & Arthur Snyder also explain the essentials of smart line handling including how to coil halyards & sheets fix winch overrides tow dinghies & pick up a mooring as well as the best ways to handle high-tech rope materials such as Kevlar & Spectra in addition to Dacron & nylon."



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This second Naval Aces of World War 1" book looks at the many flying naval heroes who served alongside or against those of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). While the RNAS operated its own formidable arsenal of Nieuport & Sopwith scouts over the Flanders coast the German Navy countered with its own Land Feld Jagdstaffeln & Seefront Staffeln. Unique to World War 1 was the use of flying boats as fighters in combat which figured at least partially in the scores of Russian aces Aleksandr de Seversky & Mikhail Safanov. The best flying boat fighter however was Italys Macchi M 5 flown by three aces & also the mount of Charles H Hammann the first American to earn the Medal of Honor in aerial combat. Also unique were the sole US Navy ace David Ingalls who scored his six victories while attached to No 213 Sqn RAF & Greek ace Artitides Moraitinis credited with nine victories over Salonika & the Dardanelles." ...

The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counter offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942 saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat on the Allied force driving them away from Guadalcanal & leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First & Second battles of Guadalcanal fought on the nights of 13 & 15 November. One further major naval action followed the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942 when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943. This title will detail the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific. ...

Although the Great War might be regarded as the heyday of the big-gun at sea it also saw the maturing of underwater weapons
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This practical guidebook will help you get the most out of navigating with your map & give you the key skills to using your compass. Its then down to you. Practice will make perfect & with that will come the freedom & confidence to enjoy our hills & mountains. Pete Hawkins is a qualified mountain leader freelance journalist & the author of Map & Compass published by Cicerone. He writes the monthly navigation column for a leading leading walking magazine. This guide covers the following topics: why use a map & a compass; map essentials
- scale grids contours; map symbols & contours; walking with your map; choosing your compass; taking a bearing; taking bearings from ground; walking with your map & compass; route planning; what to do at night or in bad weather; new technology
- GPS & computer mapping.

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Clive Cussler continues his thrilling NUMA Files" with " The Navigator". Iraq 2003: in the post-war looting of the treasures from Baghdad's antiquities museum a legendary Phoenicean statue is stolen... Known as the Navigator the statue points back to the days of King Solomon & is the vital clue to a secret of unimaginable power. Lucky then that UN investigator Carina Mechadi recovers it quickly. But a daring raid by helicopter in Iceberg Alley off Newfoundland & the statue is gone again
- while Carina is only saved by the timely intervention of Kurt Austin of NUMA. Now Austin & Carina are scouring the globe. Firstly to track down the statue as it leaves a trail of murder & mayhem in its wake. & secondly to beat the thieves to the secret of the Navigator
- for if it falls into the wrong hands the world could be changed for ever. Clive Cussler author of the best-selling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Trojan Odyssey" & co-author Paul Kemprecos place their hero Kurt Austin in a globe-trotting race against time in " The Navigator" the seventh novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. " Lost City" & " Polar Shift" are the fifth & sixth. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA Files" series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " Medusa" " Devil's Gate" & " The Storm"."

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This map contains highly detailed coverage at 1.5 miles to 1 inch of the road network in West Sussex including minor country lanes & rural tracks
- & even major footpaths
- & every junction roundabout & slip road is shown in detail. There is much other detail including thousands of individually named farms houses & hamlets. Also shown are airports airfields stations ferries canals marinas & other places of interest. The map has a comprehensive index &

Includes:: indexed town plans of Chichester & Haywards Heath.



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Store your small possessions & important files in this navy coloured 3 drawer unit. Each drawer has a silver metal handle & name tag allowing you to clearly mark & access the contents easily. The drawers are tough & durable ideal for office & home use. ...

Jon Pertwee Leslie Phillips Stephen Murray & Ronnie Barker star in four hilarious radio episodes
- including the special Queens
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