Gold Rush Geology by Thames & Kosmos introduces children to Earth Science. Pan for fake gold from inside a block of plaster “dirt”. Learn the techniques of panning for gold & about the precious element itself. An eight page manual with one experiment. Age 7 years+. ...

For much of the twentieth century travel by air was a luxury available only to the wealthy, & accordingly the airlines
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Golden Bay, the north-western end of New Zealand’s South Island at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities including campsites. The map shows a selections of local hiking & tramping tracks, indicating those suitable for mountain biking. Contour interval is 20m. In addition to the NZ national grid the map has lines for latitude & longitude at intervals of 10’. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Despite communist incursions & tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even the rats, where the Director of Prisons"es Chaucer & where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking orders. Hitching lifts with the army & with travelling merchants, Lewis is treated to hospitality wherever he stops in this war-torn l&, & reveals a country where `the condition of the soul replaces that of the stock markets as a topic for polite conversation`. ...

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area on both sides of the famous bridge on a waterproof & tear-resistant hiking & biking map for anyone who wants to get the best from the area’s picturesque terrain. Coverage in San Francisco starts just south of the Geary Boulevard & the Union Square, so

Includes:: Russian Hill & Fisherman’s Wharf, & continues across the Golden Gate Bridge beyond Sausalito & Marin City to include the Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Tiburon Peninsula & Angel Isl&. In the southern part of the Golden Gate NRA & north of the bridge topography is shown by contours at 50m intervals. Colouring indicates parks & conservation areas. Roads & trails are divided into hiking or minor hiking trails with no access for bikes, hike-&-bike trails, paved roads with bicycle & pedestrian paths, plus fire roads with access for bikes. Symbols indicate information points, campgrounds, picnic areas, bus stops, car parks, etc. Also highlighted are 21 locations which have notes about them provided on the reverse. No geographical coordinates are markedm on the map. Within the city only main streets are named, & the map shows metro stations, main bus & cable car routes, ferry terminals & routes, etc. The areas around the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge & of the Sausalito Steps are also shown in more detail on enlargements. The map has an index of points of interest, visitors centres, bicycle & outdoor shops, campsites & beaches, etc, plus advice on local public transport. Coverage further north continues on the publishers’ Mt. Tam map.

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Street atlas of the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario, with over 300 pages pf plans for Agincourt, Ajax, Aldershot, Ancaster, Aurora, Amaranth, Ancaster, Ashgrove & many more local towns. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities & towns from the country ...

The fascinating autobiography from Asia`s first ever dinghy sailing gold medallist. Learning to sail & becoming a full-time athlete at just 10 years old, Lijia Xu was taken away from her parents & enrolled on the gruelling Chinese training regime, a programme meticulously prescribed across all sporting disciplines to catapult the nation`s talented youngsters to international champions. A rare insight into a shocking world of relentless physical training & unquestioning mental compliance, Lijia`s honest & heart-felt account takes you on her journey from physical disabilities & debilitating injuries to learning to think for herself, eventually going on to achieve her dream of becoming an Olympic gold medallist. This is an inspirational story of a young woman`s will to succeed despite all that her background threw at her. ...

Worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith will take you on an incredible journey on the thrashing seas off the coast of Africa in this glorious return to the series that made him who he is: The Courtney series. East African Coast, 1670. In a time of brave & brutal adventure, one man will journey across land & sea to pursue his greatest enemy.. . The Golden Bough, captained by Henry ` Hal` Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew & his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English & Dutch, Hal scents danger. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must go hand to hand to defend their ship & their lives. But soon Hal will face even graver danger, as he discovers his mortal enemy still lives & is hell-bent on revenge. he must pursue his nemesis across desert savannah, through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibar`s slave markets & shark-infested waters, imperilling his own life at every turn. But it will take more than a slave`s shackles to hold Hal Courtney...A thrilling blend of extraordinary drama & epic storytelling, Golden Lion sees Wilbur Smith return in triumphant form to the adventures of his beloved & bestselling Courtney family. ...

Worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith will take you on an incredible journey on the thrashing seas off the coast of Africa in this glorious return to the series that made him who he is: The Courtney series. East African Coast, 1670. In a time of brave & brutal adventure, one man will journey across land & sea to pursue his greatest enemy.. . The Golden Bough, captained by Henry ` Hal` Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew & his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English & Dutch, Hal scents danger. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must go hand to hand to defend their ship & their lives. But soon Hal will face even graver danger, as he discovers his mortal enemy still lives & is hell-bent on revenge. he must pursue his nemesis across desert savannah, through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibar`s slave markets & shark-infested waters, imperilling his own life at every turn. But it will take more than a slave`s shackles to hold Hal Courtney...A thrilling blend of extraordinary drama & epic storytelling, Golden Lion sees Wilbur Smith return in triumphant form to the adventures of his beloved & bestselling Courtney family. ...

At the time of Burma`s military coup in 1962, Wendy Law-Yone was fifteen. A year later, her father Ed Law-Yone, daredevil proprietor of The Nation newspaper, was arrested & his newspaper shut down. Eventually, Wendy was herself briefly imprisoned before managing to escape the country. Ed would spend five years as a political prisoner. But from the moment he was freed he set about forming a government-in-exile in neighbouring Thail&. There he tried, unsuccessfully, to stage a revolution. Yet even after emigrating to America, he never gave up hope for the restoration of democracy in Burma. He died disappointed
- but not before placing in his daughter`s hands an extraordinary bequest. Ed had asked Wendy for help in editing his papers, but year after year she avoided the daunting task. When at last she found the confidence to take up the neglected manuscript, she discovered a captivating saga. Here was the forceful testimony of an ambitious, audacious, idiosyncratic & above all determined patriot whose career had spanned Burma under colonial rule, under Japanese occupation, through the turbulence of the post-war years, & into the catastrophe of a military dictatorship. The result of this discovery is Golden Parasol: a unique portrait of Burma, a nation whose vicissitudes continue to intrigue the world. It is also a powerfully evocative family memoir: a daughter`s journey of reconciliation that illuminates the twin histories of country & kin.
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