` There is no looking glass here & I don`t know what I am like now... Now they have taken everything away. What am I doing in this place & who am I?` If Antoinette Cosway, a spirited Creole heiress, could have foreseen the terrible future that awaited her, she would not have married the young Englishman. Initially drawn to her beauty & sensuality, he becomes increasingly frustrated by his inability to reach into her soul. He forces Antoinette to conform to his rigid Victorian ideals, unaware that in taking away her identity he is destroying a part of himself as well as pushing her towards madness. Set against the lush backdrop of 1830s Jamaica, Jean Rhys`s powerful, haunting masterpiece was inspired by her fascination with the first Mrs Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontë`s Jane Eyre. ...

Her grand attempt to tell what she felt was the story of ” Jane Eyre`s” `madwoman in the attic`, Bertha Rochester, Jean Rhys` ” Wide Sargasso Sea” is edited with an introduction & notes by Angela Smith in ” Penguin Classics”. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty & sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Caught between his demands & her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is inexorably driven towards madness, & her husband into the arms of another novel`s heroine. This classic study of betrayal, a seminal work of postcolonial literature, is Jean Rhys` brief, beautiful masterpiece. Jean Rhys (1894-1979) was born in Dominica. Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into various jobs before moving to Paris, where she began writing & was `discovered` by Ford Madox Ford. Her novels, often portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities, were ahead of their time & only modestly successful. From 1939 (when ” Good Morning, Midnight” was written) onwards she lived reclusively, & was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with her account of Jane Eyre`s Bertha Rochester, ” Wide Sargasso Sea”, in 1966. If you enjoyed ” Wide Sargasso Sea”, you might like Charlotte Bronte`s ” Jane Eyre”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ” She took one of the works of genius of the nineteenth century & turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the twentieth century”. (Michele Roberts, ” The Times”). ...

In 1987, the Tour was won by Irishman Stephen Roche. It was the first time the champion had hailed from outside the Continent or the States & the first time in 20 years a British team
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- had competed in the world`s toughest & craziest race. Jeff Connor not only stayed with the British team but also found himself an unofficial team member. In this long-awaited new edition of ” Wide-Eyed & Legless”, now widely regarded as a classic, Connor describes what it takes to compete, survive & win during those 26 days of gruelling effort. Alongside the heroism & athleticism, he reveals the extraordinary amounts of chicanery, from pulling riders along to illicit drug use. Time has not dimmed the impact of this eye-opening & entertaining close-up look at the supreme endurance event, & ” Wide-Eyed & Legless” is destined to be acclaimed by a new generation of cycling enthusiasts.

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Widnes in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: coverage stretches from Gerrard Street southward to St Mary's church, West Bank. Features include Marsh Alkali Works, Phosphate Works, West Bank Chemical Works, Victoria Chemical Works, Viaduct Chemical Works, Atlas Chemical Works, Mersey Copper Works, Soap Works, St Mary's church, Globe Chemical Works, Woodend Chemical Works, Widnes Dock, Widnes station, Central station, engine shed, Newtown, Muspratt Works, Widnes Alkali Works, Woodend, Pilkington Chemical & Manure Works, Cornubia Works, St Helens Canal, Tanhouse Lane station, Moss Bank, Lancashire Metal Works, Widnes Foundry, Carterhouse Junction, Victoria Square, Town Hall, St Paul's church, Widnes Warth etc. The various works are linked by railways, with railway layout shown including signal boxes, sidings, turntables etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Widnes in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Coverage stretches from Gerrard Street southward to St Mary`s church, West Bank. Features include Marsh Alkali Works, Phosphate Works, West Bank Chemical Works, Victoria Chemical Works, Viaduct Chemical Works, Atlas Chemical Works, Mersey Copper Works, Soap Works, St Mary`s church, Globe Chemical Works, Woodend Chemical Works, Widnes Dock, Widnes station, Central station, engine shed, Newtown, Muspratt Works, Widnes Alkali Works, Woodend, Pilkington Chemical & Manure Works, Cornubia Works, St Helens Canal, Tanhouse Lane station, Moss Bank, Lancashire Metal Works, Widnes Foundry, Carterhouse Junction, Victoria Square, Town Hall, St Paul`s church, Widnes Warth, etc. The various works are linked by railways, with railway layout shown including signal boxes, sidings, turntables, etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Map No. 228, Wiener Hauberge
- Schneeberg
- Rax Alps (2-map set), including a nature guide to local wild flowers, in a series

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Map No. 210, Wiener Hausberge
- Schneeberg
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Map No. 210, Wiener Hausberge
- Schneeberg
- Rax
- Semmering, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive


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Wiener Hausberge region of Austria at 1:35, 000 on a GPS compatible, double-sided map from Kümmerly+ Frey printed on sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper; contoured, with hiking, cycling & ski routes, accommodation facilities, locations for other recreational activities, etc. Maps in the K+F recreational series covering the Austrian Alps are either at 1:50, 000 or 1:35, 000. Contour interval is 40m, enhanced by relief shading & finely drawn additional graphic relief to provide an excellent representation of the terrain. The maps have plenty of names of peaks, valleys, etc, plus colouring/graphics indicating different types of vegetation, & show boundaries of national parks or other protected areas. An overprint, graded according to the difficulty of the route, highlights local hiking trails & long-distance paths indicating, where appropriate, their numbers or names. Also marked are local & long-distance cycle routes, plus a selection of mountain-bike trails, cross-country & alpine ski routes & horse-riding paths. Symbols mark locations for other outdoor activities (climbing, paragliding), different types of accommodations including alpine huts, campsites & youth hostels, sites of botanical or cultural interest, etc. The maps have a 1- km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title also provides a small road map of the region around the area covered by it. To see the complete list of all the titles please click on the series link.

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The new Supertrail Maps show the best singletrails in Europe’s hottest mountain bike spots. These unique topographic maps make the knowledge of locals available to other mountain bikers. Consistent difficulty rating & useful additional information prevent the user from critical situations on the trails. The best singletrails in the best mountain bike spots throughout Europe
- this is the convincing formula of the brand new Supertrail Maps. For the first time ever, these unique topographic maps make the knowledge of locals available to others. All the trails on a map have been biked & rated in five difficulty levels for up- & downhill separately by specially trained authors. This consistent rating facilitates tour planning & spares a user from getting into sketchy situations on the trails. In addition to the difficulty rating, extraordinary nice trails are marked with a «highlight»-pictogram. The maps in a scale of 1:50 000 show all information required for tour planning & orienting oneself on the trails, such as: difficulty, highlight-trails, mountain railways with mountain bike transport, mountain bike shuttles, dangerous falls, restaurants, bike shops, emergency numbers & touristic infopoints. Thanks to the especially chosen map section, one map covers the whole area. The Supertrail Maps are printed on tear- & waterproof foil which makes them very sturdy. On the back of any map, additional information about the area & the use of a Supertrail Map are presented in two languages. Folded

Dimensions of 10x 15cm allow the map to fit into any pocket without squeezing.


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