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... ...

Set sail on a wonderful adventure in this toddler-friendly board book from award-winning, bestselling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers! There once was a boy & one day he found a penguin at his door... 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... ...

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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Walking was once the only way to get around but now we just walk to the bus stop, station or car. Or we walk as a lifestyle choice
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