Set in the idyllic landscape of rural Bohemia in the 1930s, this is the tragic love story of Jarmila, the village beauty, & a toy maker who falls under her siren spell. The wife of the far older local feather-merchant, Jarmila enjoys all the pleasures her husband`s wealth can buy, yet still longs for true love which she hopes to find in her affair with the penniless toy-maker. When she conceives a child by him, he urges her to leave her husband for a life of love & freedom in New York. Guilt-ridden & suddenly facing a destitute life in a strange country, Jarmila refuses lo leave. Her devastated lover asks for one more meeting & tragedy ensues. The typescript of this novella was discovered recently at Prague University. Stefan Zweig, a friend of Ernst Weiss, believed it to be Weiss` best work. ` Weiss...displays here much of [ Stefan Zweig`s] artful unity of purpose & economy of language.`-- Chris Power, The Times Ernst Weisswas born in Brunn (now Brno) in 1884 in Bohemia. He worked as a doctor & served in World War I. In 1938, he emigrated to France, & committed suicide in 1940, the day the German troops entered Paris. Weiss` novels show expressionistic & surrealist tendencies, often expressing violent perverted sexual impulses & marked by a deep pessimism, owing something to his friend Franz Kafka. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Jarrow in 1912 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Coverage starts at Randolph Street & Pearson Place & continues into Hebburn through to St Cuthbert`s Church. Features include Hebburn Colliery, Jarrow Park, NER Railway line & station, St Oswalds Church & Tyne Lead Works. Main streets include Western Road, Argyle Street, Albert Road, Victoria Road & Wagonway Road. On the reverse is an extract from a directory for the area. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Nicola Naylor had always been enthralled by India, but her travel fantasies dissolved when she lost her sight. Overcoming her own private fears & disregarding the warnings, Naylor set out to experience India alone. This is the inspiring account of her unique journey. Told with a vivid & evocative insight, Jasmine & Arnica is a story of a young woman`s determination, a celebration of the power of vision, beyond sight, to reveal what`s closest to the heart, & to uncover life`s most precious, unseen joys. ...

Now in a riveting new verse translation Jason & the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica), is the only surviving full account of Jason`s voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress princess Medea. Written in third century B.C., this epic story of one of the most beloved heroes of Greek mythology, with its combination of the fantastical & the real, its engagement with traditions of science, astronomy & medicine, winged heroes, & a magical vessel that speaks, is truly without exact parallel in classical or contemporary Greek literature & is now available in an accessible & engaging translation. Apollonius of Rhodes published his first version of the Argonautica sometime in the middle of the third century B.C. At the end of his life he was director of the famous Library of Alexandria, which was the principal storehouse of all literature & learning at the time. Aaron Poochigian, born in 1973, is a poet & an associated lecturer in Classics at The Ohio State University & has translated the Penguin Classics edition of Stung with Love: Poems & Fragments by Sappho, as well as works by Aeschylus & Aratus. He lives in New York City. Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Professor of Greek & Latin at The Ohio State University. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Arion`s Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry. ...

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- Maligne Lake area of the Jasper National Park at 1:100, 000 on a GPS compatible, waterproof & tear-resistant map from
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- Maligne Lake in a series of detailed hiking maps of the Canadian Rockies, covering the most popular areas of the Banff,
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Jasper
- Maligne Lake in a series of detailed hiking maps of the Canadian Rockies, covering the most popular areas of the Banff,
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Summer, 1965. Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window. His visitor is Jasper Jones. Rebellious, mixed-race & solitary, Jasper is intriguing. & he needs Charlie`s help. In the dead of night, the boys steal through town, & Charlie learns of Jasper`s horrible discovery. Burdened by a terrible secret & the weight of a town`s suspicion, Charlie feels his world closing in. After this summer nothing will ever be the same again. ...

Jasper National Park & Northern Alberta on a double-sided map from ITMB combining coverage of the park with mapping from the Canadian topographic survey at 1:250, 000 & a road map of northern part of Alberta province at 1:1, 000, 000 showing access to the park from Edmonton. On one side is coverage of the Jasper National Park & the adjoining Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia presented on mapping at 1:250, 000 from the Canadian topographic survey. Contour lines are at 200 feet intervals below 5000 feet & at 500 above that level. Additional overprint, mainly along the Icefield Parkway & the Yellowhead Highway, highlights campsites & other tourist accommodation. The map has a 10km UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 15’ intervals. An inset shows a street plan of Jasper indicating accommodation, restaurants & other places of interest. On the reverse is an indexed road map of northern Alberta showing access to the park from Edmonton. Altitude colouring shows the topography. Symbols highlight various places of interest including other protected areas, campsites, etc. Also provided is a street plan of central Edmonton. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...