Anterselva/ Antholz
- Valle di Casies/ Gsies area at 1:25, 000 on a durable, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Kompass in
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Map No. 057, Anterselva/ Antholz
- Valle di Casies/ Gsies, including a panorama map on the reverse, from Kompass in a series
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Chris, Ikem & Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of oppression & intimidation they are simply trying to live & love
- & remain friends. But in a world where each day brings a new betrayal, hope is hard to cling on to. Anthills of the Savannah (1987), Achebe`s candid vision of contemporary African politics, is a powerful fusion of angry voices. It continues the journey that Achebe began with his earlier novels, tracing the history of modern Africa through colonialism & beyond, & is a work ultimately filled with hope.
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Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

This beautifully illustrated collection tells the awe-inspiring stories of 50 women who have pushed the boundaries of human excellence & endeavour. Standing out for their achievements in sport, science, the arts, politics, & history, these women have made huge contributions to today`s society. Featuring incredible women from the past & present such as Beyonce, Sheryl Sandberg, Mary Anning, Emmeline Pankhurst & Malala. The Anthology of Amazing Women is a wonderful read for anyone wanting to read up on the incredible women who have lived & changed our lives. ...

Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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The harmful effects of anti-fouling systems were considered by the International Maritime Organization`s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for the first time in 1988, when the Paris Commission requested the MEPC to consider the need for measures to restrict the use of tributyltin (TBT) compounds on seagoing vessels. As a first step, the Committee at its thirtieth session in 1990 adopted resolution MEPC.46 (30) on ” Measures to control potential adverse impacts associated with the use of tributyltin compounds in anti-fouling paints”, which recommends that IMO Member Governments adopt measures to eliminate the use of anti-fouling paint containing TBT on non-aluminium-hulled vessels of less than 25m in length & eliminate the use of TBT-based anti-fouling paints with an average leaching rate of more than four micrograms of organotin per square centimetre per day. These recommendations were intended to be interim measures until IMO could consider a possible total prohibition of TBT compounds in anti-fouling systems. From 1990 onwards, MEPC was presented with TBT monitoring results which reconfirmed the toxicity of TBT compounds, as well as with information on existing alternatives, including their effectiveness & the risk posed to the marine environment by these systems. The twenty-first session of the IMO Assembly in 1999 adopted resolution A.895 (21) urging MEPC to work towards the expeditious development of a global legally binding instrument to address the harmful effects of anti-fouling systems used on ships. The resolution states that the global instrument, to be developed by MEPC, should ensure a global prohibition of the application of organotin compounds which act as biocides in anti-fouling systems on ships by 1 January 2003 & a complete prohibition on the presence of organotin compounds which act as biocides in anti-fouling systems on ships by 1 January 2008. A working group was established at MEPC, which took on the task of developing such a draft instrument. In accordance with Article 2 (b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, the MEPC at its forty-third session recommended, & the twentieth extraordinary session of the Council decided, to convene a diplomatic conference to consider the adoption of a legal instrument on the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships. In accordance with the decision of the Council, the International Conference on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems for Ships, 2001, was convened by IMO & held in London at its Headquarters from 1 to 5 October 2001. The Conference adopted the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (the AFS Convention), together with four Conference resolutions, relating to the early & effective application of the AFS Convention, future work by the Organization pertaining to the AFS Convention, approval & test methodologies for anti-fouling systems on ships & the promotion of technical co-operation. Article 11 (1) (b) & (2) & regulation 1 (4) (a) of annex 4 of the AFS Convention refer to the following guidelines to be developed by the Organization:- Guidelines for survey & certification of anti-fouling systems on ships;- Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems on ships; &- Guidelines for inspection of ships anti-fouling systems on ships. Conference resolution 2 urges the Organization to develop the above-mentioned guidelines as a matter of urgency for them to be adopted before the entry into force of the AFS Convention, with a view to facilitating global & uniform implementation of the AFS Convention. This 2005 edition, reproduces the texts of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001, the four Conference resolutions, & the Guidelines developed & adopted by the Organization. ...

Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

` Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle`
- Times Literary Supplement ` He always manages
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” The hottest thinker in the world”. (Bryan Appleyard, ” Sunday Times”). In ” The Black Swan”, Taleb showed us that highly improbable & unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks & stays the same; the antifragile gets better & better. Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress & tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, & turmoil. What Taleb has identified & calls antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive & flourish. What`s more, the antifragile is immune to prediction errors & protected from adverse events. Why is the city-state better than the nation-state, why is debt bad for you, & why is what we call ”efficient” is not efficient at all? Why should you write your resignation letter before starting on the job? How did the sinking of the Titanic save lives? ” Antifragile” is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. Erudite, witty, & iconoclastic, Taleb`s message is revolutionary: the antifragile, & only the antifragile, will make it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, & knowledge & has led three careers around this focus, as a businessman-trader, a philosophical essayist, & an academic researcher. Although he now spends most of his time working in intense seclusion in his study, in the manner of independent scholars, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University`s Polytechnic Institute. His main subject matter is ”decision making under opacity, ” that is, a map & a protocol on how we should live in a world we don`t underst&. His books ” Fooled by Randomness” & ” The Black Swan” have been published in thirty-three languages. Taleb believes that prizes, honorary degrees, awards, & ceremonialism debase knowledge by turning it into a spectator sport. ...