Jason Bourne is on the run. His old friend, General Boris Karpov, is dead. But Karpov, once head of the feared FSB, lives on in the cyber weapon he devised before his death, capable of penetrating the heart of America`s final defense: nuclear launch codes. Both the NSA & Meme LLC, a black off-site cyber opertion, believe Bourne has taken over the enterprise, & a kill team is sent to terminate him for committing treason against the US. Flushed from cover, hunted by assassins, wounded & nearly killed, Bourne is forced to join forces with his bitterest enemy, a Somali magus named Keyre, whose terrorist organization Bourne once decimated. Now Keyre is more powerful than ever & he might help Bourne, but to what end? From the Greek island of Skyros to Somalia & the underbelly of Moscow, Bourne must unravel the mystery of Boris Karpov`s last legacy, a weaponized code that may very well bring about the unthinkable: a violent end to America. ...

Robert Polidori is known for his large format photographs of habitats & rooms saturated with the traces of human intervention. In EYE & I, he turns the lens around to reveal the portraits of people he has encountered in his work of over thirty years photographing around the world, particularly in the Middle East & India. These instantaneous portraits of mutual recognition reveal the photographed subject & the photographer intersecting with each other in a fleeting gaze of mutual regard. Robert Polidori was born in Montreal in 1951 & lives in New York City. His work has been the subject of exhibitions in New York, London, Brazil, Montreal, among other places. He received the World Press Photo Award in 1997, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography in 1999 & 2000, & Communication Arts awards in 2007 & 2008. In 2006, Polidoris series of photographs of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His bestselling books Havana (2003), Zones of Exclusion Pripyat & Chernobyl (2003), After the Flood (2006), Parcours Museologique Revisite (2009) & Some Points in Between... Up Till Now (2010) are published by Steidl. ...

This guide features dynamic new multi-coloured distribution maps & calendar bars showing full & peak breeding seasons for birds of the north-eastern regions of southern Africa. in addition this guide gives you information on bird food, behavior, breeding strategies &, in some cases, their estimated population status in the Park. It contains 91 annotated plates illustrated by 7 of southern Africa`s finest bird artist; colloquial names in 9 other languages; detailed etymology section. Whether expert or beginner in the field of birding, this invaluable guide is sure to maximize your experience in Kruger. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:100, 000, the Vägkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 79 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:100, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 75 x 80km. The maps have contours at 10 metre intervals, plus relief shading & colouring for different types of landscape: open l&, forests, alvar, marshes, etc. Boundaries of national parks & nature reserves, areas prohibited to cross-country vehicles, & restricted entry military zones are marked. The maps indicate privately maintained local roads, cycle paths with wind shelters, footpaths, etc, & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. 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). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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` Tell everyone in Nottingham that the Outlaws rule here in Sherwood, that we rule in the king`s name.. . I am Robin Hood.` After a fierce storm, a boy of today discovers an arrowhead & a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient oak tree. A skull with a legendary past: the heroic story of Robin Hood... Lost in a dark, strange forest, his father captured & his mother murdered, young Robin is rescued by a motley crew of misfits
- the Outcasts. Among them he finds Marion, his most constant friend & the love of his life. & as the courageous band of warriors grows ever stronger
- joined by the jovial Friar Tuck & the mighty Little John
- Robin seeks to unite them all in a common aim: to bring relief & justice to the poor & to punish the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. In this magical, spine-tingling account, the heroic tale of Robin Hood is retold as never before by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo. In collaboration with the celebrated illustrator Michael Foreman, whose art soars from the page, this retelling of the classic story combines contemporary relevance with dramatic excitement from beginning to end.


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Daniel Defoe's first novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, & its success was so enormous that by the end of the 19th century it had spawned more translations & versions than any other English book. Its central importance to the canon lies not just in being first, but in being one of the best, & in Crusoe, the author created an everyman character who has become part of our cultural heritage. Defoe's castaway
- shipwrecked, imperilled, & facing a host of elemental challenges
- lives an archetypal life of survival, adventure & personal development. On one level a simple adventure story, & on other levels an allegory, a quest novel & a spiritual autobiography, Robinson Crusoe has captured the imagination of readers for nearly three centuries.

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From its first publication in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation & variation, & been the subject of plays, opera, cartoons, & computer games. The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly `recorded` by Defoe. Praised by eminent figures such as Coleridge, Rousseau & Wordsworth, this perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory. However it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given Robinson Crusoe its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. ...

Daniel Defoe`s ” Robinson Crusoe”, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert isl&. This ” Penguin Classics” is edited with an introduction & notes by John Richetti. The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert isl&. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter & clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names ` Friday`, & fights off cannibals & mutineers. Written in an age of exploration & enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of `natural man`, or as a moral fable. But above all is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe`s transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an isl&. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe`s life & times, explanatory notes, glossary & a critical introduction discussing ” Robinson Crusoe” as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, & political pamphleteer. Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred & fifty books on economics, history, biography & crime, but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life, which

Includes:: ” Robinson Crusoe” (1719), ” Moll Flanders” (1722) & ” Roxana” (1724). Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel & many consider him to be the first true novelist. If you enjoyed ” Robinson Crusoe”, you may like Alexandre Dumas` ” The Count of Monte Cristo”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ” Robinson Crusoe” has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence”. (Simon Armitage).

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Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, & its success was so enormous that by the end of the nineteenth century it had spawned more translations & versions than any other previous English book. An everyman character who has become part of our cultural heritage, Defoe`s castaway
- shipwrecked, imperilled & facing a host of elemental challenges
- lives an archetypal life of survival, adventure & personal development. On one level a simple adventure story, while at the same time an allegory, a quest novel & a spiritual autobiography, Robinson Crusoe has captured the imagination of readers for nearly three centuries.

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