The Heart of the Matter - Map and Travel Bookshop

Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

The Heart of the Matter

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD. Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.

Categories
Categories

Best Sellers
- The Grand Tour – Europe Red Maps Set: London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam, Vienna
  
  Set of 7 City Guides to Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome & Vienna.Discover the capitals and treasures of Europe`s great empires with this incredible seven Read More »
- First Phrases – French
  
  Get talking with this fun and accessible guide to French, perfect for any young learner. Topics include greetings, describing your family, discussing school, hobbies, pets, favourite Read More »
- St Albans South-West 1897
  
  St Albans South-West in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in Read More »
- Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
  
  In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best Read More »
- Tales from Nowhere
  
  Lonely Planet: The world`s leading travel guide publisher*Unexpected stories from unexpected places.Many places can feel like nowhere: a desert, an isolated village, even the middle of Read More »
- Star Struck!
  
  A fantastically funny series from Alan MacDonald and David Roberts, creator of Dirty Bertie. Angela Nicely is already well known to fans of Dirty Bertie after Read More »
- Behind the Lines
  
  `I never saw the man again, alive or dead. One will say that I saw him only for a moment, that it was misty at the Read More »
- Reeds Vol 1: Mathematics for Marine Engineers
  
  This exciting new edition covers the core subject areas of arithmetic, algebra, mensuration in 2D and 3D, trigonometry and geometry, graphs, calculus and statistics and probability Read More »
- 50 Water Adventures to Do Before You Die: The World`s Ultimate Experiences in, on and Under Water
  
  From paddle-boarding the Mississippi to big game fishing off Mexico, from floating in the Dead Sea to swimming with jellyfish in Palau, from iceboating in Russia Read More »
- Gallipoli
  
  This is a gripping, revisionist account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. `The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared Read More »

Most Popular
- The Obelisk Globe
  
  THIS ITEM IS ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE – WE DO NOT KEEP STOCK IN OUR STORESThe Obelisk designer globe is an adaptation of a Frank Lloyd Wright Read More »
- Germany NGS Executive Wall Map PAPER
  
  Germany at 1:1,375,000 on a wall map, size: 61 x 77cm (24″ x 30″ approx) ‘“ paper version, from the National Geographic Society in highly successful Read More »
- The Crayons` Christmas
  
  A brand-new Crayons book from the #1 New York Times best-selling duo Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. This hilarious interactive book has letters, games, ornaments, a Read More »
- Dyserth and Meliden 1910
  
  Dyserth and Meliden in 1910 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in Read More »
- My Face for the World to See
  
  A brilliant, bruising depiction of the dark side of 1950s Hollywood, from the author of In Love.At a Hollywood party, a screenwriter rescues an aspiring actress Read More »

Our Picks
- The Country of Football: Politics, Popular Culture and the Beautiful Game in Brazil
  
  Brazil has done much to shape football, but how has football shaped Brazil? Despite the political and social importance of the beautiful game to the country, Read More »
- Sailpower – The Science of Speed
  
  Boatspeed really does make you a tactical genius. Lawrie Smith and Andrew Preece are two of the fastest sailors in the business, what makes them so Read More »
- Akimbo
  
  Read More »
- Haunted London Underground
  
  London`s Underground is associated with a multitude of ghostly stories and sightings, particularly on stations and abandoned lines, many of which are in close proximity to Read More »
- Admiralty Chart SC5621_11 – Carnsore Point to Cahore Point
  
  NEWAdmiralty Small Craft nautical charts comply with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations and are ideal for professional, commercial and recreational use. Charts within the Read More »

Monthly Choice
- Reader, I Married Him
  
  A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Read More »
- War and Peace and Sonya
  
  In 1862 Sonya Tolstoy married the greatest author the world has ever known. For forty-eight years they shared their lives in an enmeshed union that was Read More »
- Exit West: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017
  
  Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize”Mixing the real and the surreal, using old fairy-tale magic… Compelling, crystalline, unnervingly dystopian” Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAn Read More »
- Poitiers – Coulombiers IGN 1727SB
  
  Topographic survey of France at 1:25,000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Sรฉrie Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus Read More »
- New York Street Food
  
  New York has a history of immigration that results in one of the most dynamic street food scenes in the world. Those who believe food in Read More »