Ancona Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is still produced in the traditional cartographic style. ...

Now revised, updated, & with new recipes, & a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquors From the grog sailors drank on the high seas in the 1700s to the mojitos of Havana bar hoppers, spirits & cocktail columnist Wayne Curtis offers a history of rum & the Americas alike, revealing that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of the booming sugar trade has managed to infiltrate every stratum of New World society. Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, where rum delivered both a cheap wallop & cash for the Revolution; to the plundering pirate ships off the coast of Central America; to the watering holes of pre-Castro Cuba; & to the kitsch-laden tiki bars of 1950s America. Here are sugar barons & their armies conquering the Caribbean, Paul Revere stopping for a nip during his famous ride, Prohibitionists marching against ”demon rum, ” Hemingway fattening his liver with Havana daiquiris, & today`s bartenders reviving old favorites like Planter`s Punch. In an age of microbrewed beer & single-malt whiskeys, rum--once the swill of the common man--has found its way into the tasting rooms of the most discriminating drinkers. Complete with cocktail recipes for would-be epicurean time-travelers, this is history at its most intoxicating. ...

The landscape of the British Isles is filled with history, much of which we miss as it flashes past the car window. Do we even realise that we`re following the same path as the Tolpuddle Martyrs, or that we`re driving past the exact spot where King Harold was killed, shot through the eye with an arrow? As a lover of both history & the British countryside, Charlie Connelly decided to rectify this, & set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells the story of the original trip while discovering who & what now inhabit these iconic routes. Walking in Engl&, Scotl&, Ireland & Wales, Charlie journeys alongside Boudicca`s ghost in Norfolk, relives Bonnie Prince Charlie`s flight to Skye disguised as Flora Mac Donald`s maid & takes the same 32-mile round trip as the starving Louisburgh famine walkers. He suffers broken toes, becomes trapped in the Scottish Parliament & encounters dead poets & a surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats. Told with Charlie`s customary charm & wit, & Did Those Feet will reveal the historical secrets hidden in the much-loved coastal, country & urban landscapes of Britain. ...

Aimée Crocker was an heiress to gold & railroad fortunes & a daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875), legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, Justice of the California Supreme Court in 1865 & founder of the Crocker Art Museum. Her father was a brother of Charles Crocker, one of the `big four` California railroad barons. Aimée had a tale or two to tell. Aside from lavish parties, husbands & lovers, she travelled widely in the Far East. She tells of escaping headhunters in Borneo, poisoning in Hong Kong, & avoided murder by servants in Shanghai. While away, she was christened Princess Palaikalani Bliss of Heaven by King David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii, & then Princess Galitzine when she wed her fifth & final husb&, Prince Mstislav Galitzine. And I`d Do It Again is her autobiography. ...

With the world at her feet & Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimee had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong & outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice, Aimee celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior & King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimee was a woman of means, not always a lady & never what you might call `proper`. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility & unapologetic gusto. ...

Peter Jefferson presented the Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, & his familiar voice continues to be heard reading"ations on Radio 4`s ”"e/ Unquote”. This book is both an affectionate memoir & an account of the science behind the forecast: Peter explains how it came about, who collects all the information & what it`s like to read this bulletin. Even though the information in the forecast is now readily available in many formats, the Shipping Forecast is something of a must listen for fans gathered over the decades. For reasons not quite understood, it has become a much-loved part of the British cultural landscape with an avid following of listeners who find its poetry is the perfect cure for insomnia. ...

Along with the fine art of queuing & proper tea, talking about the weather is the essence of Britishness. We`re all a little bit obsessed by it. Will it snow this Christmas? Was this year really the warmest on record? & where on earth did `raining cats & dogs` come from? According to recent research, 94 per cent of British people admit to having discussed the weather in the past six hours, while 38 per cent say they have in the past 60 minutes. Since Records Began is an almanac, a miscellany, & a celebration of our most famous obsession. Including beautiful illustrations, maps & line drawings, Since Records Began is a perfect gift for 2017. Features include: The Lore of Weather
- myths, legends & old wives tales about the weather; Lost in Translation
- Colloquial names for weather around the country, from Custard Winds to Mizzle; Extreme Weather
- Bizarre events in the history of British Weather including red rain & a downpour of frogs & fish; plus tables showing record breaking sunshine, wind speed, rainfall, heat etc.


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The epic novel of love, war & revolution from Mikhail Sholokhov, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature An extraordinary Russian masterpiece, & Quiet Flows the Don follows the turbulent fortunes of the Cossack people through peace, war & revolution
- among them the proud & rebellious Gregor Melekhov, who struggles to be with the woman he loves as his country is torn apart. Borne of Mikhail Sholokhov`s own early life in the lands of the Cossacks by the river Don, it is a searing portrait of a nation swept up in conflict, with all the tragic choices it brings.
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And the Ass Saw the Angel
- Nick Cave`s classic Gothic novel, in its full & original form. Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from
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” And the Land Lay Still” is the sweeping Scottish epic by James Robertson. ” And the Land Lay Still” is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson`s breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives & immigrants, journalists & politicians, drop-outs & spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great & rapid change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle & hope
- epic in every sense. The winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010, ” And the Land Lay Still” is a masterful insight into Scotland`s history in the twentieth century & a moving, beautifully written novel of intertwined stories. ” Toweringly ambitious, virtually flawlessly realized, a masterpiece &, without a doubt, my book of the year”. (” Daily Mail”). ”A jam-packed, dizzying piece of fiction”. (” Scotland on Sunday”). ” Gripping, vivid, beautifully realized”. (” The Times”). ” Engrossing”. (” Daily Telegraph”). ” Powerful & moving. A brilliant & multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the twentieth century”. (” Sunday Times”). ” Brilliant & thoughtful. Eminently readable, subtle & profound”. (” Independent on Sunday”). ” Bold, discursive & deep, Robertson`s sweeping history of life & politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored”. (Ian Rankin, ” Observer Books of the Year”). James Robertson is the author of three previous novels: ” The Fanatic”, ” Joseph Knight” & ” The Testament of Gideon Mack”, which is available in Penguin. Joseph Knight was awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 2003/4
- the Saltire Book of the Year & the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year
- & The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard & Judy`s Book Club, & shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award.


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