Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn`t want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn`t want to think about his failed relationship with ”the one” or his potential for ruining a new relationship with ”the next one.” & he almost certainly didn`t want to think about turning forty. & so instead he went birding. Birding was a lifelong passion. It was only among the birds that Neil found a calm that had eluded him in the confusing world of humans. But this time he also found competition. His growing list of species reluctantly catapulted him into a Big Year--a race to find the most birds in one year. His peregrinations across twenty-eight states & six provinces in search of exotic species took him to a hoarfrost-covered forest in Massachusetts to find a Fieldfare; to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to see a rare Nutting`s Flycatcher; & to Vancouver for the Red-flanked Bluetail. Neil`s Big Year was as unplanned as it was accidental: It was the perfect distraction to life. Neil shocked the birding world by finding 749 species of bird & breaking the long-standing Big Year record. He also surprised himself: During his time among the hummingbirds, tanagers, & boobies, he found a renewed sense of confidence & hope about the world & his place in it. ...

From the rising star of children`s picture books comes the magical tale of friendship & loneliness, a boy & a penguin. There once was a boy...and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost & tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, & they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn`t what the penguin was looking for after all... ...

See the boy & the penguin dramatically spring to life in this fantastic pop-up edition of the award-winning, best-selling picture book Lost & Found, by the internationally renowned author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy...and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost & tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, & they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all... ...

This is the international number 1 bestseller. It is the heart-warming, moving & joyful story of three lost people needing to be found. Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day, Millie`s mum leaves her alone beneath the Ginormous Women`s underwear rack in a department store, & doesn`t come back. Agatha Pantha is an eighty-two-year-old woman who hasn`t left her home since her husband died. Instead, she fills the silence by yelling at passers-by, watching loud static on TV, & maintaining a strict daily schedule. Until the day Agatha spies a little girl across the street. Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven years old & once typed love letters with his fingers on to his wife`s skin. He sits in a nursing home, knowing that somehow he must find a way for life to begin again. In a moment of clarity & joy, he escapes. Together, Millie, Agatha & Karl set out to find Millie`s mum. Along the way, they will discover that the young can be wise, that old age is not the same as death, & that breaking the rules once in a while might just be the key to a happy life. Lost & Found will be adored by fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry; The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window & Disappeared; & The Rosie Project. ...

As a boy growing up in 1970s Johannesburg Mark Gevisser would play ` Dispatcher`, a game that involved sitting in his father`s parked car (or in the study) & sending imaginary couriers on routes across the city, mapped out from Holmden`s Register of Johannesburg. As the imaginary fleet made its way across the troubled city & its tightly bound geographies, so too did the young dispatcher begin to figure out his own place in the world. At the centre of Lost & Found in Johannesburg is the account of a young boy who is obsessed with maps & books, & other boys. Mark Gevisser`s account of growing up as the gay son of Jewish immigrants, in a society deeply affected
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- by apartheid & its legacy, provides a uniquely layered understanding of place & history. It explores a young man`s maturation into a fully engaged & self-aware citizen, first of his city, then of his country & the world beyond. This is a story of memory, identity & an intensely personal relationship with the City of Gold. It is also the story of a violent home invasion & its aftermath, & of a man`s determination to reclaim his home town.

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Far from Moscow & St Petersburg, there lies another Russia. Overlooked by the new urban elites & almost unknown to the West, in the great provincial hinterlands of the Volga River & Siberia, Russians struggle to reconcile their old traditions with the new ways of living. Returning again & again to the deep heartland of this rapidly evolving country from 1992 to the present, Susan Richards struck up some extraordinary friendships. With Anna, a questing journalist struggling to express her passionate spirituality within the rules of the new society. & Natasha, a restless spirit, transplanted from Siberia in a bid to escape the demands of her upper class family & her own demons. & Tatiana & Misha, whose business empire has blossomed from the ashes of the Soviet Union but who, despite all their luxury, seem uneasy in this new world. Through their stories & her own experiences Susan Richards demonstrates how in Russia the past & the present cannot be separated. Lost & Found in Russia is a magical & unforgettable portrait of a society in transition. ...

Far from Moscow & St Petersburg, there lies another Russia. Overlooked by the new urban elites & almost unknown to the West, in the great provincial hinterlands of the Volga River & Siberia, Russians struggle to reconcile their old traditions with a new & unfamiliar world. Returning again & again, for over a decade, to the deep heartland of this rapidly-evolving country, Susan Richards has encountered extraordinary people & forged lasting friendships. Through their unforgettable stories & her own experiences she reveals how in Russia the past & the present cannot be separated. Illuminating a forgotten people & sweeping away traditional assumptions, ” Lost & Found in Russia” is a compelling & essential portrait
- poignant, yet full of hope for a new future.
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A man wakes in a cell. He doesn`t know who he is or how long he has been here. He doesn`t even know his name. All he knows is that someone has left the cell door open.. . Nevil Hammersmith is a former a Metropolitan Police sergeant. He became a private detective when his colleague Walter Day went missing investigating the Ripper case. He`s been looking for Day for an entire year, but it is as if his friend has completely vanished from the streets of London.. . No one has heard from the Ripper in a long time. No one knows when he will strike again. That`s just how he wants it. For the Ripper has plans for the city & the man in the cell
- the man he believes is just like himself.. . Praise for Alex Grecian`s Scotland Yard Murder Squad Series: ` Will keep you riveted from page one` Jeffery Deaver `CSI: Victorian London` Daily Express ` Throw in deranged prostitutes, poisonings & throat slittings galore, amidst lashings of London fog. Gory, lurid & tons of guilty fun` Guardian ` Shiver-inducingly creepy. A racy read` Daily Express
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