Every life is both ordinary & extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart`s
- lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century
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Every life is both ordinary & extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart`s
- lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century
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Anykšciai Regional Park at 1:100, 000 in a series GPS compatible regional maps of Lithuania from Alma Littera prominently highlighting each area’s best sights & showing a wide range of other places of interest including campsites. Main roads are graded according to the speed limit; regional & local roads indicate asphalted or gravel routes. Driving distances are marked on main & selected regional routes, & locations of petrol stations & border crossings are marked. Railway lines are shown with stations. Important sights are prominently highlighted & a very wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest, including campsites, historical & industrial heritage, archaeological & natural sites, etc. The maps also indicate hiking, cycling & kayaking routes. Topography is shown by contours & spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of the terrain & vegetation, e.g. swamps, peat bog, orchards, forests, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 5’ & 10’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title comes with a booklet attached to the map cover providing descriptions of places of interest, but the text here is in Lithuanian only.

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Ivy Pocket is a twelve-year-old maid with the natural instincts of a wartime Prime Minister. Or at the very least, a lighthouse keeper. For the princely sum of GBP500, Ivy has agreed to courier the Duchess of Trinity`s most precious possession
- the Clock Diamond
- from Paris to Engl&, & to put it around the neck of the revolting Matilda Butterfield on her twelfth birthday. Acquiring bosom friends & instant enemies as she goes, it`s not long before Ivy finds herself at the heart of a conspiracy involving mischief, mayhem & murder. Illustrated in humorous gothic detail by John Kelly, Anyone But Ivy Pocket is just the beginning of one girl`s deadly comic journey to discover who she really is.. .

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Do you love wine but not know much about it? Do wine lists (and wine snobs) make you nervous? Is your default order at a bar or restaurant, Gee, I guess I'll have a glass of Chardonnay? Well then, it's time you learn your ABC--Anything but Chardonnay!--and join the other budding oenophiles who are discovering that there's a whole wide wonderful world of wine beyond that mundane old standby.
Wine & food journalist Laura Holmes Haddad guides your exploration of scores of other well-known & not-so-well-known varieties of wine grapes: albarino & falanghina, riesling & tempranillo, carbernet franc & malbec (and many, many more). Haddad recognizes that gaining knowledge about wine can be an intimidating prospect, & so she's written her timely new guide in a style that's smart, lively, & very accessible to the non-expert reader.
Anything But Chardonnay is organized by the basic types of wine: red, white, bubbly, & dessert. In addition to her clear descriptions of each grape & the typical characteristics of the wines made from it, Haddad provides valuable information on wine regions, producers, prices, & pairing wines with food--all enlivened with splashes of fascinating wine trivia & lovely illustrations.

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An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love & loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling & Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, & complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves & others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, & the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout`s place as one of America`s most respected & cherished authors. ...

An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love & loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling & Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, & complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves & others. Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, & the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout`s place as one of America`s most respected & cherished authors. ...

In more than twenty years, Jon Frost has worked with the mad, the bad, the brave, the stupid, the spectacular & the heroic. In Jon`s time as a uniformed officer he seized presidential aircraft, a working tank, cars, lorries, boats & coffins; & uncovered wild animals, killer snakes, bush meat, animal porn, poisonous vodka, dodgy medicine, bootleg prescriptions, pirated pills, toxic alcohol, firearms, side-arms, swords, explosives, stolen gold, dirty money, blood diamonds, child pornography & every drug known to man & a few as yet unknown ones. & the dead? He searched them too. When you`ve confiscated everything from a suitcase full human hair to a live monkey hidden in the lining of someone`s overcoat, you know you can never return to a normal line of work. But then Jon went into plain clothes & undercover customs work & things became really interesting... ...

The Ottoman Empire, 1915 On the Black Sea coast, Anyush Charcoudian dances at her friend`s wedding, dreaming of a life beyond her small Armenian village. Defying tradition, she embarks on a secret & dangerous affair with a Turkish officer, Captain Jahan Orfalea. As the First World War rages, the Armenian people are branded enemies of the state, & atrocities grow day by day. Torn apart & catapulted into a struggle to survive in the face of persecution & hatred, the lovers strive desperately to be reunited. ...

A travel guide for anywhere near or far, this handy deck of cards

Includes:: 75 unique prompts to inspire

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