WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2016 Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental & physical study, a passionate way of life. William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California & Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa, Peru & beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; & recalling his own apprenticeship to the world`s most famous & challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board & water. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man`s gradual mastering of an exacting & little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession & enchantment. ...

It`s 1977. Youth unemployment is at an all-time high & the pound is at an all-time low. Paul, Jan & Louis are bored, broke & demoralized by the hand that they`ve been dealt. How will these young lads fair with the odds stacked against them? How will they cope? Cut off from society with no-where to turn, the play resonates with a modern audience who will no doubt recognize the disaffected youth of 1970s Britain. Barrie Keeffe`s tragically dark play crackles with tension throughout, building to a twisted & dramatic end. This programme text edition was published to coincide with the revival of the play by Tooting Arts Club on 3rd October 2015, staged at the former Central St Martins School of Art on the Charing Cross Road, London. ...

The latest from venerable storyteller & brilliant artist Laurent de Brunhoff has Babar`s family on a world tour! They visit a number of countries around the globe. First stop is Italy where they learn to say ” Buon giorno! Hello!” After that, it`s off to Germany, Spain, Russia, India, Japan, & Thail&. Then Mexico, the Southwest United States, Egypt, Antarctica, &, of course, France. In each place the children learn to say ”hello” & discover a bit about the local culture. BABAR`S WORLD TOUR is a wonderful way to introduce children to an international array of cities & customs & will be fun for globe trotters & armchair travelers of all ages! ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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From the best-selling French author of ” Ripailles”, ” Rotis” & ”365 Good Reasons to Sit Down to Eat” comes this celebration of all things grilled, seared & baked
- Barbecue. With over 140 irresistible recipes including tender cutlets, succulent roasts & ribs, as well as a selection of accompaniments, from minted grilled vegetables to a decadent baked camembert, there`s a recipe for every barbecue get-together. Written in his well-known eccentric style, Stephane never fails to entertain, & his passion for barbecuing is highly contagious. Key points: this book features more than just traditional barbecue recipes; the recipes range from seafood, meat & poultry to side dishes, baked cheeses & even fruit; Reynaud also provides a chapter of sauces & marinades to dress up any barbecue dish & boost flavour; &, this book is entertaining with Reynaud`s trademark wit, quirky illustrations & striking photography by Marie-Pierre Morel.
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Redesigned inside & out for its 10th anniversary, ” The Barbecue! Bible” now

Includes:: full-colour photographs

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An account of the first source-to-sea descent of Siberia's 4, 400km Amur River, known in China as the Black Dragon. After wading upstream for five days, the two adventurers began their epic four-month journey, knowing virtually nothing about the region they were travelling through. Although facing the possibility of guns, gunboats & arrest at every turn, the pair find a generous, warm-hearted people with a wicked sense of humour & an unhealthy predilection for poetry, pigfat & homemade vodka. ...

Map No. 1324, Barberine, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Map No. 2530, Barberton, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...