Scuba diving is one of the world’s fastest growing sports &, as a result, there is an ever-increasing demand for authoritative, practical information about this challenging activity. The Scuba Diver’s Handbook meets this need & covers everything from what equipment to buy & which training courses to attend to basic health & safety measures. Specialty diving options such as underwater photography, wreck diving & ice diving are also covered. In addition, the marine environment is examined in detail in order to help divers gain a better understanding of the sea & the myriad of fascinating creatures which inhabit it. With comprehensive & up-to-date text by well-respected diving & conservation expert Alan Mountain & a practical, fact-filled format, The Diver’s Handbook is certain to become an invaluable addition to every diver’s bookshelf ...

Map No. 10144, Dividalen, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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DIVIDED CITY is a vivid memoir of an American boy growing up in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict, three major wars & three decades of political upheavals in the Middle East. Set in Jerusalem (1956-1958), Beirut (1970), Saudi Arabia (1962-1965), Amman & Cairo (1965-1967), Bird`s book explains through a blend of memoir & history why the Western experience in the Middle East has been so turbulent. Through Bird`s Zelig-like presence, the reader experiences the Suez War of 1956, the June 1967 War & the Black September hijackings of 1970 that led to the Jordanian Civil War. Bird`s memoir shows how all of these momentous events led to the rise & tragic downfall of a secular Arab nationalist ethos -- only to be replaced by the rise of a fundamentalist, politically reactionary Islamist movement. The narrative history tells the stories of such illuminating figures as life-long Jerusalem resident George Antonius, author of The Arab Awakening, & his charismatic wife; Jordan`s King Hussein & his CIA connections; the businessman Salem bin Laden, Osama`s older brother & a family friend; Saudi kings Faisal & Khalidl; President Nasser of Egypt; & Leila Khaled, the striking young Palestinian radical who hijacked one of the Black September planes. The son of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, Kai Bird spent his formative years with the Arabs, but he ended up marrying the only daughter of two Holocaust survivors. This Shoah survival story becomes a part of Bird`s own personal narrative, & provides him with a deeper understanding of the historical relationship between the destruction of European Jewry & the Arab-Israeli conflict. This extraordinary memoir by a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian sheds new light on all the wars of the Middle East fought in the name of identity. ...

It is winter, somewhere in the United Kingdom, & an eight-year-old boy is removed from his home & family in the middle of the night. He learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each representing a different personality type. The l&, too, has been divided into quarters. Borders have been established, reinforced by concrete walls, armed guards & rolls of razor wire. Plunged headlong into this brave new world, the boy tries to make the best of things, unaware that ahead of him lies a truly explosive moment, a revelation that will challenge everything he believes in & will, in the end, put his very life in jeopardy. ...

” Divided Soul” represents photojournalist David Alan Harvey`s 20-year journey through the Spanish & Portuguese diaspora. In this selection of over 100 colour photographs Harvey explores the exuberance & incongruities of Hispanic life & culture that hold for him an endless fascination. As a young photographer Harvey was sent by ” National Geographic” to Guatemala & Mexico to document a story on the Maya & the conquistadors, which ignited a personal passion & led him to pursue assignments around the Hispanic world. Supported over the years by ” Magnum” & by ” National Geographic”, Harvey has photographed in Spain, Portugal & throughout the New World, including Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil & Chile, amassing an extensive body of work that bears witness to his continued engagement with the impact of the forced blending of cultures. Harvey`s evocative photographs are presented within three thematic chapters
- ” Ritual”, ” Place” & ” Reverie”
- each of which is introduced with a personal text written by Harvey. The passionate & divided soul of the Spanish- & Portuguese-speaking world, where tradition & ritual are inherent to everyday life, is revealed in these photographs of pulsating carnivals in Trinidad, fervent religious ceremonies in Brazil, & intense Easter parades in Puerto Rico. Adopting an approach that combines intuition, patience & persistent curiosity
- together with a rejection of fancy equipment
- Harvey succeeds in minimizing the distance between himself & his subjects, producing images that capture the natural choreography of people within places & that resonate with magic.



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We feel more divided than ever. This riveting analysis tells you why. Walls are going up. Nationalism & identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences & barriers have been erected in the past ten years, & they are redefining our political landscape. There are many reasons why we erect walls, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the ruptures of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party’s need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation’s future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country in the course of this century. Understanding what has divided us, past & present, is essential to understanding much of what’s going on in the world today. Covering China; the USA; Israel & Palestine; the Middle East; the Indian Subcontinent; Africa; Europe & the UK, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents a gripping & unflinching analysis of the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come. We have a special signed & numbered run of 150 Edward Stanford Collector`s Edition copies exclusive to Stanfords. ...

In 1973, aged twenty-two, Timothy O` Grady left America. For the next thirty years he lived in & wrote about Europe. As he did, the American counter-culture crashed, Ronald Reagan came & went, wars were declared & the country was attacked by air. Much of the world began to look at America in a new way, wondering what had happened to it & where it was going. Among them was Timothy O` Grady, & he decided to go back & investigate. He went out onto the American road, travelling over fifteen thousand miles through thirty-five states. He met academics, the homeless, war veterans, political activists, New Orleans rappers, billionaires, novelists & a Ku Klux Klansman. In every bar he stopped in, it seemed, there was a story of American life to be heard. ...

This handy guide enables scuba divers & snorkellers to identify more than 270 of the most common species of marine life likely to be encountered in & around the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region, including fish, reptiles & amphibians, & invertebrates. Each species featured in illustrated with an outstanding color photograph, accompanied by a species description covering nomenclature, size, habits, & distribution. The Indo-Pacific region, encompassing the Indian & western Pacific Oceans,

Includes:: the major diving destinations of the Red Sea, the Maldives, Thail&, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Great Barrier Reef, Melanesia, Micronesia, & Polynesia, & accounts for 92% of the world`s coral reefs. This guidebook shows the species that divers & snorkellers are really likely to encounter
- the essential companion for every diving expedition.


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Along Cornwall's ancient coast, the flotsam & jetsam of the past becomes caught in the cross-currents of the present &, from time to time, a certain kind of magic can float to the surface... Straying husbands lured into the sea can be fetched back, for a fee. Magpies whisper to lonely drivers late at night. Trees can make wishes come true
- provided you know how to wish properly first. Houses creak, fill with water & keep a fretful watch on their inhabitants, straightening shower curtains & worrying about frayed carpets. A teenager's growing pains are sometimes even bigger than him. &, on a windy beach, a small boy & his grandmother keep despair at bay with an old white door. In these stories, Cornish folklore slips into everyday life. Hopes, regrets & memories are entangled with catfish, wrecker's lamps, standing stones & baying hounds, & relationships wax & wane in the glow of a moonlit sea. This luminous, startling & utterly spellbinding debut collection introduces in Lucy Wood a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction.
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This dive guide provides detailed information on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, both under & above the sea, with color photographs, maps & helpful illustrations. Over 70 dive sites are described, including information on site access, depth range & topography, diving conditions & descriptions of local marine life.

Includes:: a plastic submersible marine life ID card.

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