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Christmas is on the way: 4 gift ideas from Stanford’s bookshop.
Shipping Areas Tea Towel, £9.99 (enjoying a 10% discount)
We are a nation of sailors who rely on weather forecasts to keep safe. This book will help you
understand the shipping forecast, with the 30 shipping areas mentioned in the National Weather Service. So, the next time you turn on the radio and hear about high winds in Cromarty, Forth and Tyne, you’ll know that they mean strong winds in these areas. You’ll be wiser to make some preparations.
The Writer’s Map, £30 (enjoying a 5% discount)
The Writer’s Map combines maps and literature. Many writers use maps to plan out their stories.
This book collects maps that appear in fiction and non-fiction. JRR Tolkien, a fantasy novel writer, said, “The fact that many books choose to contain one map is evidence to the importance of maps. I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit.”
Brutalist London Map, £8 (enjoying a 5% discount)
You either love it or you hate it. Said to have been coined (创造) in the late 1950s from the French raw concrete, brutalism (野兽派艺术) was a big influence on the 1960s London’s finest examples of brutalism. Brutalism maps of other cities, including Paris, Washington and Sydney, are also available.
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, £14.99 (enjoying a 10% discount)
The national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, has been mapping the Great Britain for many years. The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book includes word puzzles and various mathematical challenges. It includes maps containing rare geographical characteristics or places of special cultural interest. It will make you look more closely at every map and test your map-reading knowledge.
1. Shipping Areas Tea Towel can help sailors ___________.
A. know world-famous shipping areas
B. prepare for bad weather in advance
C. have the ability to predict weather
D. judge the quality of various ships
2. What do Brutalist London Map and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book have in common?
A. They are both brought out by the same publisher.
B. They both aim to test readers’ map-reading skill.
C. They can both reflect the history of Britain.
D. They both include challenging puzzles.
3. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the text?
A. To advertise four books.
B. To compare four books.
C. To appeal to people to read.
D. To show different maps.
