Tag: Christmas Gifts

Maritime Gifts

Did you know we have a whole maritime department here at Stanfords? We have navigational charts, nautical books, cruising guides and lots of gifts for boating enthusiasts. Here are some recommendations of gifts, books, guides and charts from our Maritime Department:

Gifts

Nautical Port & Starboard Socks

£8.99

For the directionally challenged! Black Colour coded socks to identify Port (red) and Starboard (green). 80% Cotton.

Chart Symbols and Abbreviations – Cockpit Cards

£11.95

 4 double sided A5 cards of crisp and clear images, printed using light-fast ink and encapsulated with a heavy duty plastic for cockpit use and abuse. Grouped together in one corner so that any sheet may be removed for individual use if required.

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Our Favourite Games and Puzzles

Do you clear the table after Christmas dinner and lay out a board game? Do you spend a large chunk of Boxing Day doing a puzzle? Perhaps you just want to update your board game and puzzle collection. Either way, games and puzzles aren’t just for festive times, we’ve chosen some games and puzzles for children and adults that you might like to give as a gift or keep for yourself for fun all year round. Also, because it’s us, there is a strong geographical theme running throughout most of our selection:

Who Knows Where? – Board Game

£33.99

A global location guessing game in which opponents race to be the first player to travel around the world by locating famous places on the double sided world map board.

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Out of this World Gifts

The Illuminates Series

The Illuminates cover everything in the cosmos, from stars and planets to the exploration of space. Written by astronomers and scientists who work at the iconic Royal Observatory Greenwich – big concepts are explained in bite-sized formats, so they’re a perfect gift for armchair astronomers.

Titles in this series are The Sun, Planets, Black Holes, Stars and Space Exploration. All are available for £9.99.

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Where is Moldova? The family board game demo day

If you are looking for your post-Christmas lunch or Boxing Day board game, come and meet Peter the inventor of ‘Where is Moldova?’ who is hosting a live demonstration day in our London store on Tuesday 19th December. Learn how to play this fabulous family board game and ask Peter why he named his game after a land-locked country in south east Europe. Continue reading Where is Moldova? The family board game demo day

Astronomically Good Gift Ideas

When you have visited everywhere that this magnificent planet has to offer, these books and gifts will help you make the right choices for some interstellar travel gift ideas.

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