A special edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan`s 70th anniversary. It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble
- a warning of what was to come
- took the form of a young woman`s body, or what was left of it, washed up on the long, white stretch of beach... A summer of terror had begun. Peter Benchley`s Jaws first appeared in 1974. It has sold over twenty million copies around the world, creating a legend that refuses to die
- it`s never safe to go back in the water...


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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Jazz Playground is a collection of international jazz songs for children from Putumayo World Music. From bebop & swing to Latin & African jazz, this multicultural CD celebrates the vibrant diversity & global influence of jazz & will get the whole family grooving! Over the last century, jazz has traveled around the world & influenced musicians in even the most remote corners of the earth. Jazz Playground demonstrates how artists in North & South America, Europe, Asia, Africa & Oceania have adopted jazz & made it their own. CD Track listing:1 Lewis Franco & The Missing Cats, ' Stomp, Stomp' (USA) 2 Chris Mc Khool, ' Spider-man' (Canada) 3 Jose Conde, ' Cumbamba' (USA/ Cuba) 4 Trioc ...

Karttakeskus’ Water touring maps are a completely new type of map series. The pre-folded maps made from waterproof & rip-proof material can fit into a small space on the boat, but when opened, they cover a wide area. In this way, the water touring map is e.g. an excellent planning tool alongside electronic navigation solutions, offering a wide overview for e.g. route planning. On the other h&, the waterproof material makes the map easy to handle in e.g. an open boat or sailing boat. Water touring maps: In land areas, the maps have been supplemented with the National Land Survey of Finland’s Topographic Database material. New map sheet division. Size 70 × 100 cm, folded 23.3 × 11.3 cm. Additional themes incl. slipways & camp fire sites & landfalls. Scale in maritime areas 1:60 000, inland waterways 1:50 000 Base map source: Finnish Transport Agency. Not for navigation use. Does not meet the requirements of an official nautical chart. ...

Jökulfirðir, map no. 7, in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000 published by Mál og menning, with excellent, vivid presentation of the terrain, footpaths & bridleways, campsites, etc. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to show glaciers, lava fields, sands & mudflats, as well as to distinguish land with vegetation cover from the more sparsely covered terrain. The series provides a splendid presentation of the country’s topography, with large amount of detail & over 43, 000 place names. Road network indicates gravel roads &

Includes:: country tracks. Also marked are local footpaths, clear to see with their distinctive colouring, & bridleways. Symbols shows campsites, tourist huts or shelters, emergency shelters, summer houses, river fords, golf courses & swimming pools, hydro-electric or thermal power stations, local airports, etc, & detail such as individual farms, abandoned farms or ruins, sheepfolds, etc. Each map covers an area of 84 x 67km (53 x 42 miles approx.) & has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 2’ & 5’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English, German & French. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Jølster area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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How do you find the woman of your dreams when you`re nearly forty, living in the middle of nowhere & spectacularly ungifted in the art of seduction? Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano & a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him: to grow a perfect potato, to fly a Spitfire &, most of all, to meet his soulmate. Written with honesty, self-deprecating wit & life-affirming passion, Michael Wright`s new memoir reveals how, while his livestock seem bent on reproduction, a solitary man can learn to accept being single.. . Or so he thinks until a bumptious American Labrador & a perilous landing in a light aircraft conspire to offer a glimpse of romance that could turn his whole world upside down. ...

Can we truly know the one we love? In this painfully candid book Marcel Proust looks straight into the green eye of every lover`s jealous struggle. He broods on why we are driven to try possess one another, how jealousy can outlive death, & whether we can ever reclaim those careless days of first love. There is no greater chronicler of jealousy`s darkest fears & destructive suspicions than Proust. Selected from the book In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Desire by Haruki Murakami; Eating by Nigella Lawson; Home by Salman Rushdie; &, Babies by Anne Enright. ...

In a rural French village an old man & his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water to grow their own flowers & crops, so are dismayed to hear that a new owner is moving in. They block up the spring & watch as their new neighbour, Jean, tries to keep his crops watered from wells far afield throughout the hot summer. Though they see his desperate efforts are breaking his health & his wife & daughter`s hearts, they turn a blind eye as events reach a tragic conclusion. Manon des Sources picks up the thread ten years on as Jean`s daughter, Manon, now a beautiful woman, discovers her neighbours` heartless actions & seeks to avenge her father`s death. Originally published as a two-part novel in 1962, entitled L` Eau des Collines (Water of the Hills), it was later adapted into award-winning films by Claude Berri in 1987. Jean de Florette & its sequel Manon des Sources were both set against the sun-splashed landscapes of Provence & starred Yves Mont&, Daniel Auteil, Gerard Depardieu & Emmanuelle Beart. ...