About the series: Maps designed specifically for the trekker, presenting the topography by line drawings of mountain ridges, with main peaks & passes shown with their height above sea level. The maps also show rivers & settlements & clearly indicate trekking routes. On the reverse are descriptions of suggested routes & other information about the area. ...

Ed Viesturs, one of the world’s premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of K2 & of those who attempted to conquer it. Focusing on seven of the mountain’s most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent when he & Scott Fischer climbed it in 1992 & got caught in an avalanche that sent them sliding to almost certain death to the 2008 tragedy when 11 mountaineers from an international expedition died on the mountain, Viesturs crafts an edge-of-your-seat narrative that both climbers & armchair travellers alike will find compelling. The book is illustrated with photos from historical sources & from Viesturs’s own collection. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Focusing mainly on the small islands of the Netherlands, these two-sided GPS compatible walking maps at 1:25, 000 form a series of long-distance & local walking route maps. Printed on environmentally friendly paper, these maps are waterproof & tear-resistant. Varied colouring show different types of landscape. Symbols indicate various facilities. These maps have the lines of the Dutch National Grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device. In Dutch but legend contains English translation. ...

Simple but very informative sketch map of the city, produced with the help of Kabul University students. Details include street & district names, notable & public buildings (eg. administrative buldings, embassies, etc.), accommodation, markets, shops & restaurants, various religious buildings, landmarks & monuments. There is no map legend but the symbols are self-explanatory. The map was published in 2005. ...

Map No. 763, Kachemak Bay State Park, AK, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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” No!” is the first word of Imre Kertesz`s haunting novel, Kaddish for an Unborn Child. It is how the novel`s narrator, a middle-aged Hungarian-Jewish writer, answers an acquaintance who asks him if he has a child, & it is how he answered his wife years earlier when she told him that she wanted one. The loss, longing & regret that haunt the years between these two ” No!”s give rise to one of the most eloquent meditations ever written on the Holocaust. As Kertesz`s narrator addresses the child he couldn`t bear to bring into the world, he takes readers on a mesmerising, lyrical journey through his life, from his childhood to Auschwitz to his failed marriage. ...

Kadiköy district of the greater Istanbul conurbation in a street atlas at 1:7, 500 from Mepmedya, presented in a slim, 27-page paperback street atlas with colourful cartography & English language map legend. The maps clearly show the areas main traffic arteries & prominently highlight various official buildings, cultural & educational institutions, historic buildings & monuments, various facilities & services including petrol stations, Turkish bath, transport terminals, etc. Map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided are lists of useful telephone numbers of various institutions plus numerous adverts for local businesses. All the text here is in Turkish only.

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Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father`s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turned upside down. Their parallel odysseys are enriched throughout by vivid accomplices & mesmerising dramas. Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky; a ghostlike pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night; a forest harbours soldiers apparently un-aged since WWII. There is a savage killing, but the identity of both victim & killer is a riddle. Murakami`s novel is at once a classic quest, but it is also a bold exploration of mythic & contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is a bewitching & wildly inventive novel from a master stylist. ...

A comprehensive illustrated biography of Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist, poet & author of the best-selling inspirational fiction The Prophet. Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-born artist, poet, writer & polymath who emigrated to America as a young man in the 1890s, where he became a successful artist & prose poet. His book The Prophet (1923), a series of twenty-six philosophical essays written in poetic English prose became a world-wide bestseller after a sluggish start, selling 40 millions copies, & becoming a particular favourite of the 1960s counterculture. As a writer, Gibran encouraged a renaissance in Arab literature; as an artist he painted hundreds of canvases including portraits of artistic celebrities. Raised a Maronite Catholic, his spirituality thought embraces elements of other traditions including Sufi mysticism & the Baha`i faith. ...