According to a survey made a few years ago, the most common British dream is that of taking tea with the Queen. Now you can make your dreams reality during the Jubilee Celebrations with this fun pair of teabags adorned with images of the Monarch & her Consort! Filled with a classic tea blend with Assam, these novelty tea bags come with a greeting card & envelope & make a jolly Jubilee-themed gift. ...

”A 16th Century Mosque” tells the story of the commissioning & building of the Suleymaniye mosque in Constantinople (Istanbul), one of the masterpieces of Islamic architecture. It describes the religious, educational & charitable activities carried out in the mosque, & the role of the mosque in the life of the Muslim community. It outlines the early history of Islam, & the basic features of Muslim beliefs & traditions. superb cutaway illustrations & pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary & an index enhance the book`s educational value. ...

The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern & southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finl&, Sweden & Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland & the southern coast of Alaska, & slices the great expanses of Russia & Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetl&, where Malachy Tallack has spent most of his life. In Sixty Degrees North, Tallack travels westward, exploring the landscapes of the parallel & the ways that people have interacted with those landscapes, highlighting themes of wildness & community, isolation & engagement, exile & memory. Sixty Degrees North is an intimate book, one that begins with the author`s loss of his father & his own troubled relationship with Shetl&, & concludes with an acceptance of loss & an embrace
- ultimately a love
- of the place he calls home.

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Stanfords Adult Book of the Month June 2016` Sixty Degrees North is a story that we tell, both to ourselves & to others. It is a story about where
- & perhaps also who
- we are.` The sixtieth parallel marks a kind of borderl&. It wraps itself around the lower reaches of Finl&, Sweden & Norway; it crosses the tip of Greenland & of South-central Alaska; it cuts the great spaces of Russia & Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetl&, at the very top of the British Isles. In Sixty Degrees North, Malachy Tallack explores the places that share this latitude, beginning & ending in Shetl&, where he has spent most of his life. The book focuses on the landscapes & natural environments of the parallel, & the way that people have interacted with those landscapes. It explores themes of wildness & community, of isolation & engagement, of exile & memory. In addition, Sixty Degrees North is also a deeply personal book, which begins with the author`s loss of his father & his troubled relationship with Shetl&. Informed by the journeys described, it moves towards a kind of resolution: an acceptance of loss, & ultimately a love of the place Tallack calls `home`.

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The French drink, smoke & eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer & have fewer heart problems than the English & the Americans. They work 35-hour weeks & take seven weeks` paid holiday each year, yet they are the world`s fourth-biggest economic power. So how do they do it? From a distance modern France looks like a riddle. It is both rigidly authoritarian, yet incredibly inventive; traditional (even archaic) yet modern; lacking clout on the international stage yet still hugely influential. But with the observations, anecdotes & analysis of the authors, who spent nearly three years living in France, it begins to makes sense. ` Sixty Million Frenchmen Can`t Be Wrong` is a journey into the French heart, mind & soul. This book reveals French ideas about l&, food, privacy & language & weaves together the threads of French society, uncovering the essence of life in France & giving, for the first time, a complete picture of the French. ...

A 76-year-old man wakes up in a nursing home in upstate New York. This seemingly normal day brings with it an unnerving compulsion to flee his present situation & embark on a curious journey through the streets of New York City. Powerless to resist these strange new urges, Holden Caulfield, like a decrepit marionette, finds himself in the midst of bizarre & occasionally depraved escapades. Is senility finally closing in or is some higher power controlling the chaos? 60 years after his debut as the great American anti-hero, Holden Caulfield is yanked back onto the page without a goddamn clue why. ...

The almost unimaginably large size of many objects in the universe accounts in part for astronomy`s tremendous appeal. Yet the problem of depicting a vast range of scales is perhaps astronomy`s greatest challenge. ” Sizing Up the Universe” addresses, in highly readable & richly illustrated style, the intriguing concept of size in the universe. The authors
- both professors at Princeton University
- put forward clear, concise, & understandable answers to the hard-to-answer questions: How big is the sun? Our solar system? Our galaxy? The visible universe? What is the largest structure in the cosmos? & how do we know? With size comparisons as a unifying theme, this gorgeous book goes beyond the facts & figures to work as a superb visual guide to the heavens. It captures a fresh vision of the universe, chronicling a host of exciting recent discoveries: new Kuiper belt objects in the solar system, new planets orbiting nearby stars, great walls of galaxies, even the fingerprints of creation in the cosmic microwave background radiation. As a special bonus, ” Sizing Up the Universe”

Includes::, for the first time in an astronomy book (despite repeated requests to reproduce it in previous titles), a beautiful new full-color version of author Richard Gott`s incomparable ” Map of the Universe”. This stunning chart

Includes:: everything from Earth satellites to planets, stars, & distant galaxies. The map has been featured in ” New Scientist” & ” Planetarian Magazine” cover stories, as well as extensive articles in ” The New York Times” & other publications. It has been honoured by The Adler Planetarium through inclusion in a special exhibition & catalogue. In ” Sizing Up the Universe”, ” The Map of the Universe” is beautifully reproduced in full color on a large gatefold section to maximize impact & usefulness. With its original & beautiful way of comparing objects in the heavens...its coverage of remarkable recent discoveries...and its breathtaking gatefold map, ” Sizing Up the Universe” has very wide appeal. It`s a great choice for armchair astronomers, students of all ages, science-minded families, & even the most advanced amateur stargazers, who will find intriguing surprises here.





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The Decorative bicycles & rickshaw by SJS Furniture are elegant beaten iron style models, made from iron & tin, featuring detailed moving parts. They boast real drive chain, moving pedals, wheels & handlebar. The pedals, grips, & saddle are either covered or made from rubber. Lovely details include fixed tyre valves, threaded rubber tyres, saddle suspensions & fully functioning bike st&. Decorative tyre pump, headlight, dynamo & fenders complete the look of these rather elegant models. The Decorative bikes in this series make unique home ornaments & perfect conversation pieces. Please check individual entries for more information on a specific item. ...

One of the titles in the topographic survey of the Svalbard group still published only in a black & white version, without geographical names. These maps cover parts of the northern & north-eastern Spitzbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya & some of the small islands. The western coast, central & southern part of Spitzbergen, plus two small islands of Svenskøya & Kongsøyaare are now available in colour versions, with contours at 25-metre intervals, bold relief shading & spot heights. The maps settlements, roads & tracks, working & disused mines, airfields, lighthouses & radio beacons, etc. A grid gives UTM co-ordinates plus latitude in steps of 10` & longitude in 20’. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000. The series was last revised in the early eighties. Contour interval is 20 meters. In addition to the usual features shown on survey mapping, the maps also include a large amount of information indicating the type of the terrain & land use (block or smooth surfaced lava, clay, boulders, sand & dunes, cultivated area, meadows, pastures, bogs, wetlands, etc.) & details not often found on maps: physicians' residences, parsonages, etc. Each map covers an area of 44 x 40 km / 27 x 25 miles. Margin ticks give latitude & longitude in steps of 6'. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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