In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend & neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, & when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help. For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it's just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are & even less desire to take on yet more responsibilities & risk. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja's world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together & unexpectedly decides their fate. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is simply spectacular. (Ann Patchett). ...

A Continent Revealed presents the findings of the European Geotraverse (EGT),
- a unique study of the tectonic evolution of the
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In an old farmhouse on the slopes of a mountain lying between Tregaron & Aberystwyth, Elisabeth Luard brings the produce of the land into her kitchen & turns it into delicious food. This book is her response to the changes she sees in her garden & the surrounding countryside throughout the seasons, with distinctive recipes at the end of each month's chapter. It is the story of a year spent planting & picking in the garden, roaming the countryside with her grandchildren & introducing them to the pleasures of rural living. Elisabeth's cooking is rooted in the culture of the Mediterranean where she once lived, as well as being inspired by traditional Welsh recipes & by her own garden. In winter she stirs up warming dishes like Spanish biscocho or Welsh winter cawl; in the spring she waits until the first mayflower comes to bloom before planting lettuces, mangetouts & broad beans in her garden. She relies on locally sourced meat for dishes like Partridges with baby onions & cinnamon in red wine, Rabbit with tagliatelle, cream & mustard or Ceps with potatoes & bacon, & rakes the countryside for ingredients like fruit for Hedgerow jelly, nettles for soup, elderflowers for cordial, cake or even fritters. With full colour photography by Clare Richardson that perfectly captures the sense of life in the Welsh countryside, this is a unique & beautiful book. ...

Every year in spring, Gabriel Gate spends two months travelling in his beloved native l&, where he began as a chef more than 40 years ago. During these visits Gabriel delights in the top gourmet specialities of France`s renowned cities & regions including Nice, Marseille, Provence, the Loire Valley & Paris. On his travels, Gabriel discovers the outstanding fish & seafood, excellent wines & liqueurs, extraordinary cheeses, unique range of charcuteries, delicious bread, cakes & patisseries which are a constant delight for the French people. In A Cook`s Tour of France, he shares recipes for dishes from all the main regions of France, such as the popular Auge Valley chicken casserole from Normandy, the colourful ratatouille from Nice with lemon chantilly &, of course, stunning desserts as only the French can do, like the luscious strawberry tart from the Loire Valley. This beautifully illustrated book gathers the best classic recipes from the many regions of France, one of the world`s best destinations for food lovers ...

Every year in spring, Gabriel Gate spends two months travelling in his beloved native l&, where he trained as a chef more than 40 years ago. During these visits Gabriel delights in the top gourmet specialities of France`s renowned cities & regions including Nice, Marseille, Provence, the Loire Valley & Paris. On his travels, Gabriel discovers the outstanding fish & seafood, excellent wines & liqueurs, extraordinary cheeses, unique range of charcuteries, delicious bread, cakes & patisseries which are a constant delight for the French people. In A Cook`s Tour of France, he shares recipes for dishes from all the main regions of France, such as the popular Auge Valley chicken casserole from Normandy, the colourful ratatouille from Nice with lemon chantilly &, of course, stunning desserts as only the French can do, like the luscious strawberry tart from the Loire Valley. ...

The coast of Galicia between the towns of A Coruña & Ferrol on a detailed, GPS compatible topographic map at 1:50, 000 from the country’s civilian survey organization, with additional nautical information in the bays of Ferrol, Ares, Betanzos & Coruña. The map has the cartography of Spain’s civilian topographic survey at 1:50, 000 with contours at 20m intervals enhanced by relief shading, plus coloring & graphics to provide an excellent presentation of the terrain & land use. Road & rail information & other detail expected of topographic mapping at this scale are marked. The map also shows nautical information such as sea depth, navigational channels, lighthouses & buoys, etc, but PLEASE NOTE: this title is sold by Stanfords as a topographic map & not as a navigational chart of the area. The map has a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Contoured, GPS-compatible, indexed road map at 1:200, 000 from CNIG
- Spain’s civilian survey organization, with exceptionally
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A collection of the most fascinating & picturesque cottages from the National Trust. We all dream of escaping to a hideaway in the country
- a green & pleasant idyll of country lanes with hawthorn hedges, a garden filled with hollyhocks & rosebushes, a cosy, flagstoned interior with a fire burning in the hearth... A Cottage in the Country presents a glorious collection of the most fascinating & picturesque small dwellings from the National Trust. From rustic workers` cottages to the inspirational homes of Thomas Hardy & Virginia Woolf, from the prettiest thatches to solid stone follies, this inspiring book celebrates the very best of cottage life. Unlock your escapist fantasies with A Cottage in the Country, a visual delight showcasing 38 gorgeous cottages inside & out, along with the fascinating stories of their history & the lives of the people who have called them home.
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In A Country in the Moon, Michael Moran gives an insider`s view of Poland
- what was once the largest country in Europe; one that
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