There are many ways to die in the Sierra Madre, a notorious nine-hundred-mile mountain range in northern Mexico where AK-47s are fetish objects, the law is almost non-existent & power lies in the hands of brutal drug mafias. Thousands of tons of opium & marijuana are produced there every year. Richard Grant thought it would be a good idea to travel the length of the Sierra Madre & write a book about it. He was warned before he left that he would be killed. But driven by what he calls `an unfortunate fascination` for this mysterious region, Grant sets off anyway. In a remarkable piece of investigative writing, he evokes a sinister, surreal landscape of lonely mesas, canyons sometimes deeper than the Grand Canyon, hostile villages & an outlaw culture where homicide is the most common cause of death & grandmothers sell cocaine. Finally his luck runs out & he finds himself fleeing for his life, pursued by men who would murder a stranger in their territory `to please the trigger finger`. ...

Bands on the Road presents over 100 drawings, sketches & stories created by some of the world's top indie stars while on tour. The people behind this collection, teacher Silke Leicher & music journalist Manuel Schreiner, asked various famous musicians to name their favorite situation & location. The first part of the book shows the detailed, colorful or dark little works of art that each artist made in response to that question. The second half of the book contains stories from the likes of John Duffy of The Coral, who remembers trips to the zoo with his dad, or Coldplays Guy Berryman reminiscing about getting lost in the Pompidou Centre. This idiosyncratic collection shows a totally different side to some of the music scenes biggest heroes, & will be seized on by music aficionados as well as graphic designers, artists & comic book fans. ...

Bandstands are a distinctive feature of the public parks & boardwalks all over Britain. But what do we actually know about them? Why did they appear in Britain`s earliest parks? When were they erected, & who made them?
This book explores & provides answers to these questions, showing how they evolved from the buildings of the early Victorian Pleasure Gardens, how they appeared in nearly every public park of the time, were influenced by the great landscape designers, & how a very small number of Scottish foundries cornered the market across the world, from Bradford to Brazil. From parks, seaside resorts & civic spaces, bandstands have appeared & disappeared but are once again re-appearing, being restored & are now enjoying a new lease of life.
No other book has been written on this subject & the timing could not be better with over 80 bandstands having been restored in the last 5 years as a result of the incredible re-investment in our public parks. The love affair is back on!

...

Bandstands of Britain is a historical celebration of one of the best-loved features still found in many of our Victorian parks, open spaces, squares & seaside towns. They are a reminder of a forgotten age of outdoor music & theatre. They act as a lingering memory of the class & sophistication that prevailed in the Victorian age. This book celebrates the bandstand in Britain
- showcasing the elaborate & iconic pieces of Victorian architecture for what they are. Beautiful full-colour images are accompanied by a potted history of the evolution & devolution of the British bandst&.
...

The town of Bandung on Java on a double-sided map from the Singapore based Periplus, combining a street plan of the city at 1:20, 000 with on the reverse a map of its environs 1:60, 000. Both highlight various places of interest, including tourist accommodation. The street plan clearly indicates main traffic arteries & highlights facilities such as banks, restaurants, shopping centres, markets, etc. Street index also lists neighbourhoods & important buildings including hotels. On the reverse is a road map of Bandung’s environs. Topography is very effectively shown by altitude colouring & relied shading. The map is not indexed. ...

Banff
- Mount Assiniboine area at 1:100, 000 on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Gem Trek Publishing in their series
...

Banff & the Canadian Rockies in the Frommer's Day By Day series is a pocket-sized guide ideal for short trips, covering a variety of budgets. The best sights of each destination are listed in convenient full-day tours for one, two or three days such as: thematic tours for interests including art, architecture & history are described, allowing you to get the most out of your time; walking tours take you around each destination ...

Banff & the Canadian Rockies in the Frommer's Day By Day series is a pocket-sized guide ideal for short trips, covering a variety of budgets. The best sights of each destination are listed in convenient full-day tours for one, two or three days such as: thematic tours for interests including art, architecture & history are described, allowing you to get the most out of your time; walking tours take you around each destination ...

Banff
- Egypt Lake, a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Gem Trek of the main hiking area in the Banff National
...

Banff
- Mount Assiniboine in a series of detailed hiking maps of the Canadian Rockies, covering the most popular areas of the
...