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  Ref 324    Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia 1835 volume II                  - original edition not   a reprint performed by his majesty's ships Leven and Barracouta from 1821 to 1826 under the Command of Capt. Author – Capt. Thomas Boteler,RN Hard Cover                              R1500                                              Mkt Prc R14500 Condition -no fly leaf; Book Cover is fair: spine damaged refer picture;the back and front are mottled and somewhat worn refer picture; inside -1 st and last few pages have heavy foxing; 2nd page [title pg] has the word ''Forbes '' in ink in the top right cnr; sides are a bit worn 479 pages    this book has been repaired Size - 233mm x 160mm x 38mm thickness                                    weight 850 grams

Full title:  Narrative of a Voyage in the Indian Seas in the Nisus Frigate, to the Cape of Good Hope and Seychelles; to Madras; and the isles of Java, St. Paul, and Amsterdam during the years 1810 and 1811. By James Prior. Published in London, Printed for Richard Phillips by G. Sidney, n.d. (1820).  Very good with light wear on first leaf of the side edge and the original marbled softcover endpapers In state before binding.  Includes 3 plates, inciluding a view of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, Plan of Northwest Coast of the Isle of France, and Plan of the Landing of the British Army in Mapou Bay, Isle of France, but does not include the chart. Includes a detailed description of Mauritius at the time.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died and the lives of many others were changed forever. Steve Olson interweaves history, science and vivid personal stories to portray the disaster as a multi-faceted turning point. Powerful economic, political and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience and our perceptions of how to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet. Features Summary Survival narrative meets scientific, natural and social history in the riveting story of a volcanic disaster. Author Steve Olson Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc Release date 20160307 Pages 320 ISBN 0-393-24279-X ISBN 13 978-0-393-24279-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from Maisky's diary, never before published in English, grippingly documents Britain's drift to war during the 1930s, appeasement in the Munich era, negotiations leading to the signature of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, Churchill's rise to power, the German invasion of Russia, and the intense debate over the opening of the second front. Maisky was distinguished by his great sociability and access to the key players in British public life. Among his range of regular contacts were politicians (including Churchill, Chamberlain, Eden, and Halifax), press barons (Beaverbrook), ambassadors (Joseph Kennedy), intellectuals (Keynes, Sidney and Beatrice Webb), writers (George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells), and indeed royalty. His diary further reveals the role personal rivalries within the Kremlin played in the formulation of Soviet policy at the time. Scrupulously edited and checked against a vast range of Russian and Western archival evidence, this extraordinary narrative diary offers a fascinating revision of the events surrounding the Second World War. Features Summary Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London Author Ivan Maisky (Author), Gabriel Gorodetsky (Editor) Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20150902 Pages 589 ISBN 0-300-18067-5 ISBN 13 978-0-300-18067-1

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing.   Dispatched within 3 business days. Condition: Good. Black Swan, Paperback, 1995 -  Fiction - 284 pp. It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment. But the arrival of the Inquisition on the island creates a darker, more threatening force which will transform what has been a philosophical game of chess into a matter of life and death... Review: 'A compelling medieval fable, written from the heart and melded to a driving narrative which never once loses its tremendous pace' -- Guardian 'An irresistible blend of intellect and passion' -- Mail on Sunday 'This remarkable novel resembles an illuminated manuscript mapped with angels and mountains and signposts, an allegory for today and yesterday too. A beautiful, unsettling moral fiction about virtue and intolerance' -- Observer 'Remarkable...Utterly absorbing...richly detailed and finely imagined' -- Sunday Telegraph 'The lucidity of Jill Paton Walsh's style and the dexerity of the narrative are such that her book reads more like a good thriller than a weighty novel of ideas...An ingenious fable' -- The Times About the author  (1998) Jill Paton Walsh was educated at St Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is the author of several highly praised adult novels: Lapsing, A School For Lovers, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize, Goldengrove Unleaving, The Serpentine Cave and A Desert in Bohemia. She has also won many awards for her children's literature, including the Whitbread Prize, the Universe Prize and the Smarties Award. She has three children and lives in Cambridge. Bibliographic information:   Title Knowledge of Angels Author Jill Paton Walsh Edition Paperback Publisher Black Swan, 1995 ISBN 9780552996365 Length 284 pages Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling. Follow PTO Books on Facebook.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "Lindsay's delight in imaginary and unknown worlds, her compulsion to write exactly what she doesn't know, removes her poems completely from the tired confessional anecdotalism of so much narrative poetry."--"Poetry" "Sarah Lindsay's niche in contemporary poetry might be likened to that of Joseph Cornell's in modern art. Anything might turn up in a Cornell box: a stuffed bird, images snipped from old engravings, dice, corks, a broken watch--anything. Like Cornell, Lindsay also creates tiny, complete worlds that operate according to their own particular laws."--"Parnassus" In her fourth collection of poetry, National Book Award finalist and Lannan Fellowship winner Sarah Lindsay presents a lyric menagerie of bizarrely imagined personae and historic figures revealing their long-held secrets, alongside surprising scientific subjects and discoveries layered into quirky, dark-edged, sometimes macabre, always intimate and graceful poems. Imbued with a buoying sense of respect for the different, the unexpected, and the challenging, Lindsay's poems are alive with wonder. And when asked the obvious question about the title, you can say, "A 'bone-eating snotflower' is the inelegant slang for the worm-like creature, "Osedax mucofloris," that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea." From "Without Warning": "Elizabeth Bishop leaned on a table, it cracked, both fell to the floor. A gesturegone sadly awry. This was close to factand quickly became symbolic, bound to occurin Florida, where she was surroundedby rotting abundance and greedy insects. One moment a laughing smile, a graceful handalighting on solid furniture, a casual shift of weight, the next, undignified splayed legs. The shell of the tableproved to be stuffed with termite eggs... " Sarah Lindsay graduated from St. Olaf College and holds a MFA from UNC Greensboro. Her first book of poetry, "Primate Behavior," was a finalist for the National Book Award. She currently works as a copy editor for Pace Communications, and lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Features Summary "Lindsay's delight in imaginary and unknown worlds, her compulsion to write exactly what she doesn't know, removes her poems completely from the tired confessional anecdotalism of so much narrative poetry... Author Sarah Lindsay Publisher Copper Canyon Press Release date 20131121 Pages 133 ISBN 1-55659-446-1 ISBN 13 978-1-55659-446-5