Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe`s capitals, part swan...or all fake? Courted by the Prince of Wales & painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire & star of Colonel Kearney`s circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, & desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg & Siberia. ...

The European city was transformed when public lighting was introduced in the last century & night life was made possible for the first time. This is an investigation of the various aspects of Paris, Berlin, London & their inhabitants at night between 1840 & 1930. It deals with topical issues such as crime in the city, urban improvement & the predicament of women. By day the author sifted through countless police & church archives, city records & first-hand accounts; by night he explored the highways & byways of the three great cities. ...

Chris Yates, one of Britain`s most insightful & lyrical writers, raises his gaze from his beloved rivers & ponds & takes us on a mesmerizing tour of the British countryside. ” Last November, the sudden appearance of a hundred wintering ravens in a wood in Cranborne Chase, where I have lived for twenty-five years without seeing more than a few solitary specimens, reminded me that there is always something ready to flame up again in the landscape, just when it seemed the fire had gone out.” In Nightwalk we accompany Chris Yates on the most magical of journeys into the very heart of the British countryside. His acute observation of the natural world & ability to transcend it exquisitely sets Chris apart from his contemporaries. Time slows down for a deeper intimacy with nature, & through Chris`s writing we hear every rustle of a leaf, every call of a bird. He widens the power of our imagination, heightening our senses & revealing beauty in the smallest details. ...

In Nightwalking Matthew Beaumont recounts an alternative history of London-populated by the poor, the mad, the lost, the vagrant & the noctambulant. He shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists & thinkers: Chaucer & Shakespeare; William Blake & his ecstatic peregrinations & the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; &, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some & served as a balm or narcotic to others. ...

This is the fifth edition of this established introduction to astronomy, but the first edition with UK specific content. With more than 275, 000 copies in print since its initial publication, Nightwatch has become the standard reference guide to stargazers around the world. Terence Dickinson covers all the problems beginners face, starting with the fact that the night sky does not look the way a modern-city dweller expects. He discusses light pollution, how to choose binoculars & telescopes, how to pronouce the names of stars & constellations, telescope mounts, averted vision & why the Harvest Moon looks especially bright. Most of the photographs are taken by amatuers, which gives the section on astrophotography a particularly inspirational gleam. The deep-sky star charts are incredibly comprehensive & all the tables of dates & times of future solar & lunar eclipses, planetary conjunctions & planet locations have been updated through to the year 2018. ` One of the best handbooks for the wannabe astronomer`. Dr. Tim O` Brien, senior lecturer in astrophysics at Jodrell Bank Observatory. ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

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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Nijmegen in a series of handy size, detailed & indexed city centre street plans of main towns in the Netherlands & Flanders including Brussels from Falk, highlighting recommended walks & places of interest, with six best sights prominently marked & cross-referenced to brief descriptions. The plans also indicate publishers’ recommendations for shopping and/or bars & restaurants. The network of streets & small connecting passages is very clearly presented. Metro stations are marked & tram routes are shown with line numbers & stops. The plans show cycle paths & for drivers indicate main traffic arteries & car parks. Symbols show various facilities such as tourist information centres, markets, canal cruise offices, etc. On the reverse, the street index is accompanied by a calendar of main events, a list of museums, plus contact details for publishers’ recommendations. Map legend & all the text about recommended sights, etc, include English. To see the list of other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

This map of Nikkaluokta Sarek Saltoluokta in 1:75, 000 is part of a series of topographic maps from Norstedts Kartforlaget which

Includes:: 28 outdoor maps covering the mountain areas & popular recreation areas in southern Sweden. The maps in this series have a new look & are printed on a durable & water resistant paper. Cartography, material & printing quality provides clear & easy to read maps ideal for hiking, canoeing & mountain tours. Each map presents an accurate topography which describes local footpaths, cycle or ski routes, sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, places to stay & eat, viewpoints. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. The mountain region is covered– from Riksgränsen in the north to Sälen in the south – in the unique scale of 1:75 000 & adapted to hiking trails. The Kungsleden trail is specially marked with information about distance & approximate hiking time for different stages. The maps for southern Sweden cover popular recreation areas on the east- & west coast in the scale – 1:50 000. To see the list of the other titles in this series, please click on the series link.



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Born Nikolai Pewsner into a Russian-Jewish family in Leipzig in 1902, Nikolaus Pevsner was a dedicated scholar who pursued a promising career as an academic in Dresden & Gottingen. When, in 1933 Jews were no longer permitted to teach in German universities, he lost his job & looked for employment in Engl&. Here, over a long & amazingly industrious career, he made himself an authority on the exploration & enjoyment of English art & architecture, so much so that his magisterial county-by-county series of 46 books on The Buildings of England is usually referred to simply as ' Pevsner'. As a critic, academic & champion of Modernism, Pevsner became a central figure in the architectural consensus that accompanied post-war reconstruction; as a 'general practitioner' of architectural history, he covered an astonishing range, from Gothic cathedrals & Georgian coffee houses to the Festival of Britain & Brutalist tower blocks. Susie Harries explores the truth about Nikolaus Pevsner's reported sympathies with elements of Nazi ideology, his internment in England as an enemy alien & his assimilation into his country of exile. His Heftchen
- secret diaries he kept from the age of fourteen for another sixty years
- reveal hidden aspirations & anxieties, as do his numerous letters (he wrote to his wife, Lola, every day that they were apart). Harries is the first biographer to have read Pevsner's private papers &, through them, to have seen into the workings of his mind. Her definitive biography is not only rich in context & far-ranging, but is also brought to life by"ations from Pevsner himself. His life
- as an outsider yet an insider at the heart of English art history
- illuminates both the predicament & the prowess of the continental emigres who did so much to shape British culture after 1945.



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