When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin`s henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky discovered his library & an old magic lantern. Molotov
- ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations & the Great Purge
- was also an ardent bibliophile. Molotov`s library & his magic lantern became the prisms through which Rachel Polonsky renewed her vision of Russia. She visited cities & landscapes associated with the books in the library
- Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova & many less well-known figures. Some were sent to the Gulag by the man who collected their books.


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The funniest book about travel you will ever read: a travel guide to the fictional European republic ` Molvania`, birthplace of the polka & whooping cough. The text & design draw on the standard travel guide format & include: background information on the destination, including cultural details, useful phrases, holidays, & calendar of events; accommodation & restaurant listings; activities & excursions; as well as text break-outs, colour photos & maps throughout. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Inspired by classic wooden stringing beads, these stringing books do more than allow children to develop manipulative skills
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Each book in the ` Moments of Mindfulness` series pairs the wise words of a great writer, master, philosopher or poet with Olivier Follmi`s beautiful & moving photographs. Follmi travelled far & wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals & traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand & capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. The effect is transcendental & transformative, awakening our senses & preparing our souls to receive these simple yet profound teachings. ...

Each book in the ` Moments of Mindfulness` series pairs the wise words of a great writer, master, philosopher or poet with Olivier Follmi`s beautiful & moving photographs. Follmi travelled far & wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals & traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand & capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. The effect is transcendental & transformative, awakening our senses & preparing our souls to receive these simple yet profound teachings. ...

Each book in the ` Moments of Mindfulness` series pairs the wise words of a great writer, master, philosopher or poet with Olivier Follmi`s beautiful & moving photographs. Follmi travelled far & wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals & traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand & capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. The effect is transcendental & transformative, awakening our senses & preparing our souls to receive these simple yet profound teachings. ...

Each book in the ` Moments of Mindfulness` series pairs the wise words of a great writer, master, philosopher or poet with Olivier Follmi`s beautiful & moving photographs. Follmi travelled far & wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals & traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand & capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. The effect is transcendental & transformative, awakening our senses & preparing our souls to receive these simple yet profound teachings. ...

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. ...