This book provides an introduction to those sites that are convenient to Jerusalem as a travel base. Hours & fees are given from the cable car up to Massada to a goat farm in Itamar, from an art museum in Maaleh Adumim to the remnants of ancient Beit Shemsh. The book describes several industrial factories that are not open to the public. These are included to give the reader a better appreciation of life in the area & an understanding of the history of many products seen on supermarket shelves. Since ancient times, Israel has been famous for its wine, & today there are more than two hundred wineries in the country. This volume contains the Kosher Wine Guide, providing fascinating details about many of the wineries near Jerusalem, how they started, & what kinds of wine they produce (visits often with tasting). If you enjoyed Jewish Journeys in Jerusalem, you should certainly like this sequel. ...

Jewish London is the only travel guidebook available that focuses on the sights, heritage & culture of London's historic & present Jewish community. Packed with fascinating & practical information, Jewish London features everything for the visitor to London, from walking tours of historic areas such as the old Jewish East End to listings of kosher restaurants & shops, & information on important Jewish Londoners & where they lived, complete with plenty of specially commissioned maps. It is also an extremely useful compendium of information for the Jewish resident in London, listing Jewish cultural & heritage organisations, synagogues, ritual baths & other important Jewish centres, & a calendar of Jewish festivals & events in London. The extremely knowledgeable authors are Jewish historians & tour guides, & their lively, interesting text is illustrated with br&-new full-colour photography of the most important Jewish sights. ...

Jewish London is the only travel guidebook that focuses on the sights, heritage & culture of London`s historic & present Jewish community. Packed with fascinating & practical information, it features everything for the visitor to London, from walking tours of historic areas such as the old Jewish East End to listings of kosher restaurants & shops, & information on important Jewish Londoners & where they lived, complete with plenty of specially commissioned maps. It is also an extremely useful compendium of information for the Jewish resident in London, listing Jewish cultural & heritage organisations, synagogues, ritual baths & other important Jewish centres, & a calendar of Jewish festivals & events in London. The extremely knowledgeable authors are Jewish historians & tour guides, & their lively, interesting text is illustrated with br&-new full-colour photography of the most important Jewish sights. ...

In a French courtroom, the trial of a woman is taking place. Gladys Eysenach is no longer young, but she is still beautiful, elegant, cold. She is accused of shooting dead her much-younger lover. As the witnesses take the stand & the case unfolds, Gladys relives fragments of her past: her childhood, her absent father, her marriage, her turbulent relationship with her daughter, her decline, & then the final irrevocable act. With the depth of insight & pitiless compassion we have come to expect from the author of Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky shows us the soul of a desperate woman obsessed with her lost youth. ...

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the ancient Holy L&, Jezebel is a tale of love, loss & deceit
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Jharkhand in a series of state maps of India from Eicher Goodearth reflecting a change in locally produced maps to a more modern style of cartography. Each map is double-sided &

Includes:: an index of localities, street plans of main cities, a distance table & a route planner map of the whole of India. Each title comes with a small booklet with brief descriptions of main places of interest & colour photos. The maps show road & rail networks, indicating intermediate distances on many local roads. Towns & villages of particular tourist interest are highlighted & symbols mark national parks & wildlife sanctuaries, temples, etc. The base map shows rivers, lakes & local waterways system & has spot heights for peaks, but the range of elevation colouring is too finely graded to provide any useful information. No geographical coordinates are marked. The maps show the names & boundaries of local districts, indicating state capitals & district or tehsil administrative headquarters. Outside the state boundaries the colour range of the print is reduced, so only main roads are clearly visible. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detailed picture of each state. In this title: there are no street plans.

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Jharkhand in a series of locally produced administrative maps of Indian states, each with a booklet providing a guide to the area. The maps show the division of each state into districts & have more small towns & villages than on more general maps of India available from other publishers. Presentation is now considerably enhanced with the districts shown in different colours. The maps indicate each district ...

Road atlas of the state with basic maps arranged by administrative districts. Road information gives distances but does not indicate the type of road surface. The maps show railway lines, district borders, towns. Map section is preceeeded by 10 pages of information about the state: ststistics, geographical & historical notes, tourist attractions. Indexed. ...

A new, updated edition in full colour. Everything you need to know about trimming the foresail. This book demystifies the black art of jib trimming & focuses purely on this role. Concepts covered range from lift, drag & sail shape to wind changes & sea state, with lots more in between. The guide is full of annotated photographs & diagrams to show you exactly what you are trying to achieve & the use of sailing terminology has been reined in. Once this guide is in your head, you will be trimming like a pro. Stand out from the crowd & become a valued crew member by uncovering the secrets of sailing fast whilst remaining in control. ...

How to trim the foresail
- jib or genoa
- on a yacht or dinghy. Jib trim is critical to a boat's speed. This book de-mystifies

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