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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A collection of Craig Potton's finest landscape photographs, ranging from lush, intense forest interiors & sweeping seascapes, to his famous brooding & powerful images from Milford Sound. The images are accompanied by a series of short essays by Craig Potton, ...

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. ...

From David Chang, currently the hottest chef in the culinary world, comes this his first book, written with ” New York Times” food critic Peter Meehan, packed full of ingeniously creative recipes. Already a sensational world star, Chang produces a buzzing fusion of Korean/ Asian & Western cuisine, creating a style of food which defies easy categorisation. That it is fantastic, there is no doubt, & that it is eminently cookable, there is also no doubt! In the words of Chang himself, it is ` Bad pseudo-fusion cuisine`. The vibrant, urban feel of the book is teamed perfectly with clear & insightful writing that is both witty & accessible. Backed by undeniably informed technique & a clearly passionate advocation of cutting-edge fusion cooking, Chang`s ” Momofuku” is a stunning, no-holds barred, debut. The epitome of no-holds barred fusion food, beloved by most foodies on the planet, lauded by the likes of Anthony Bourdain & Martha Stewart...the inimitable David Chang will be over in the UK to promote the book on publication. ...

` Love does not need any comforting. It does not even need requiting. All it needs is itself.` Florence, 1502. Marshal Louis de La Tremouille`s small army has stopped off en route to Naples, to buy objects d`art for King Louis XII of France. Naturally, Leonardo da Vinci`s workshop is on the shopping list; & during their visit to his house, the young nobleman de Bougainville chances upon the not-quite-finished Mona Lisa. He promptly, utterly & hopelessly falls in love with the woman in the painting, & is determined to find her
- despite rumours that she has long ago died. A visit to an empty tomb, assault upon an Italian nobleman`s mansion, duel & execution later, the secret of la Gioconda`s smile is (possibly) revealed. An entertaining story, told with style
- about love, life, art, & the Quixotic things that a man will do to realise his dream.

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Mona Lisa's Pajamas gives readers a round-trip ticket for a journey around the world, carrying them to distant destinations most of us will never visit. Originally written for The Wall Street Journal & Bloomberg News, Copetas' delightfully surprising columns are now collected in book form for the first time. Covering exotic locales, improbable business ventures, artisan winemakers & memorably oddball characters, Copetas' vivid writing brings his subjects alive with richly-textured descriptions only a truly gifted observer can capture. From Sparta's souvenir sword-makers swamped with demand thanks to the hit movie 300, to a Russian golf pro whose favourite clubs were built from the scrapped metal of a Soviet nuclear missile, Copetas writes of unorthodox business pursuits & faraway locations with an infectious joie de vivre & an unerring eye for what makes enjoyable reading. ...