Ardèche
- Drôme Guide Vert *FRENCH Edition* in Michelin’s Green Guide series covering France, with all the regions available either
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The départments of Ardèche & Haute-Loire at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of Le Puy-en-Velay & Privas. The map extends from St-Etienne southwards to Alès, & west- east from St-Fleur to just beyond the Rhône. Coverage

Includes:: Valence, Montélimar, the Gorges of the Ardèche, Aubenas, much of the Cévennes National Park, etc. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features – the south-western & south-eastern corners are not included. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.





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The department of Ardèche (07) in a series of departmental road maps at 1:150, 000 from the IGN with the clearest presentation of the road network among the publishers’ extensive range of titles, but with less topographic & no tourist information offered by IGN’s bestselling TOP100 series. The index lists communes with their population figures. Greater clarity in the presentation of the road network on the departmental maps has been achieved by considerably reducing the number of place names shown on them: fewer small villages or isolated farms/buildings are marked & the maps do not indicate any features usually included at this scale such as churches, castles, etc. By comparison with the TOP100 series, the departmental maps present the terrain with no contours but with only faint relief shading & colouring for woodlands, plus with noticeably fewer names of topographic features (mountain ranges, etc). Road network indicates motorway junction numbers, services & rest areas, but is annotated with fewer driving distances on local roads. The maps do not include any tourist information such as interesting sights or GR routes, & no geographical coordinates are provided for GPS navigation. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports/airfields are marked. The maps indicate boundaries of all the administrative units & each title has an index of communes (placed next to the map) which also gives population figures. Map legend

Includes:: English. USEFUL TIP: map number reflects the department’s official number & corresponds to the first two digits of the postcode used in all the addresses within that department. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Ardèche, Drome Guide Vert *FRENCH Edition* in Michelin’s Green Guide series covering France, with all the regions available either in English editions or in French versions. Drawing on Michelin’s long experience, the guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’ of sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organized alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly. Towns are given overall star rating, with their sights & attractions also rated individually. Where appropriate, a street plan of the town centre is provided, indicating car parks & accompanied by an index of main streets & a list of sights highlighted on it. For many towns a recommended sightseeing tour is also marked on the plan. Entries for important churches are accompanied by detailed plans. Recommended car tours have overview maps showing road numbers & locations of the sights. Where necessary, the guides give opening hours & contact details. Many entries have an “ Address Book” section with Michelin’s recommendations for where to stay & where to eat. Each guide has a very extensive introductory section with practical information & pre-trip tips, chapters on history, art & culture (particularly strong on architectural styles, explained by excellent drawings), fauna & flora, etc. Fold-out flaps in the book covers provide an overview of the recommended sights and/or car tours.* * French language guides* have a larger number of individual entries than included in the corresponding English titles, as well as more exhaustive descriptions, with wider coverage of local history and/or famous people connected with a given location.* * English language guides* have more recommendations for car tours. The “ Address Book” sections often include shopping suggestions. ...

The Ardennes in Belgium on a detailed, indexed road map at 1:150, 000 from De Rouck Geocart, with a 168-page booklet full of additional tourist information, including lists of campsites, notes on places of interest, street plans, etc. Detailed presentation of the region ...

On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his `last gamble` in the snow-covered forests & gorges of the Ardennes on the Belgian/ German border. Although Hitler`s generals were doubtful of success, younger officers & NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes & families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe. In January 1945, when the Red Army launched its onslaught towards Berlin, the once-feared German war machine was revealed to be broken beyond repair. The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the Wehrmacht. ...

This is from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin & D-Day, Antony Beevor`s Ardennes 1944: Hitler`s Last Gamble tells the story of the German`s ill-fated final st&. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his `last gamble` in the snow-covered forests & gorges of the Ardennes. He believed he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp, then force the Canadians & the British out of the war. Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger officers & NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes & families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the prospect of striking back. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe. American troops, taken by surprise, found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian civilians fled, justifiably afraid of German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris. While many American soldiers fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh winter conditions & the savagery of the battle became comparable to the eastern front. And after massacres by the Waffen-SS, even American generals approved when their men shot down surrendering Germans. The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht. ” Revealing, profound & thoroughly unputdownable, Stalingrad is an extraordinary achievement which transcends its genre.” (Vitali Vitaliev, Daily Telegraph (on Stalingrad)). ” This brilliant storyteller...makes us feel the chaos & the fear as if every drop of blood was our own: that is his gift. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched & beautifully written.” (Simon Sebag Montefiore, Spectator (on Berlin)). ” This is a terrific, inspiring, heart-breaking book. It makes the argument all over again that the world would be an infinitely better place if it didn`t keep producing subject matter for military historians: but as long as it does, we can rejoice that at the top of that profession is Antony Beevor.” (Sam Leith, Daily Mail (on D-Day)). ” His book is the definitive history. This is World War II as Tolstoy would have described it
- the great & the small.” (Gerard De Groot, Washington Post (on The Second World War)). Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History & the Hawthornden Prize for Literature, & Berlin, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees` Award. His books have appeared in thirty foreign editions & sold over six million copies.
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Brussels region & the eastern part of the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium at 1:50, 000 in a series from Falk B.V. showing the network of signposted cycling routes on large, double-sided indexed maps with prominent highlighting of long-distance LF routes, symbols indicating accommodation & other tourist services, plus in each title two or more panels with recommended local circuits & additional tourist information. The Falk 50K cycling series, which

Includes:: some adjoining areas in Lower Saxony & has now been extended to cover Flanders, shows the extensive network of sign-posted cycling routes. The network consists of numbered junctions joined by sign-posted connecting routes in either direction. At each junction there is an information panel showing an overview map of the whole network with the junction numbers. A second panel shows all the intersections directly connected to that junction. The system enables cyclists to plan their own routes by preparing a list of junction numbers through which they want to travel. Falk maps give cycling distances between the junctions & indicate which roads, both within the numbered network & outside it, have separate cycling paths. Routes which are part of the LF network of long-distance cycle routes are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols shows various accommodation options, bars & restaurants, & various places of interest. Landscape information is provided by colouring for woodlands, dunes, etc. The maps are indexed & show in the margins latitude & longitude at 1`52” intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English.PLEASE NOTE: to see other titles in the Falk series please click on the series link, where the series description

Includes:: a comparison between the Falk maps & the ANWB cycling series also covering the Netherlands at 1:50, 000.





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The Ardennes in Belgium on a detailed, indexed, double-sided road map at 1:150, 000 from De Rouck Geocart, plus a 136-page booklet with extensive additional tourist information, including street plans, notes on places of interest, lists of water & winter sport facilities, etc. The double-sided road map extends from Li ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...