One of a series of beautiful, h&-drawn plans, offering bird`s-eye views of popular cities. Every building is drawn to scale with full architectural details, from street arcades to rooftops & inner courtyards. The plans were drawn in 1950s to 1970s & offer a unique opportunity to see these cities as they were before many of the often controversial redevelopments. ...

Map No. 1150, Lucerne, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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The Luchon region of the French Pyrenees, around St. Gaudens, the Louron Valley & Bagnères-de-Luchon, on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Rando Editions with topographic base provided by the IGN, highlighting local & long-distance hiking trails, cycle & mountain bike routes, etc. Topography is vividly presented by contours at 20m intervals enhanced by shading & graphic relief, plus colouring for woodlands & brushwood. An overprint highlights waymarked local & long-distance trails, including the course of the GR10, as well as other hiking paths, indicating difficult sections & traverses across ice. The map also highlights recommended mountain biking routes. A wide range of symbols presents different accommodation options (campsites, mountain refuges or lodges, gîtes d’etape), locations for various recreational pursuits (mountain biking, climbing, hand gliding, canoeing & rafting, etc), historical & cultural sites, tourist information offices, etc. On the Spanish side of the border, main hiking trails are highlighted but other recreational & tourist information is limited. The map has a 2km UTM grid & its map legend

Includes:: English. Current 5th edition of this title was published in 2008. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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She`s back! When arch-snob Emmeline Lucas (known universally as Lucia) makes some money on the stockmarket, the wheels are set in motion for a new adventure
- & this time, her ambitions are larger than ever. But eternal rival Elizabeth Mapp-Flint is determined to outshine Lucia & she`s got royalty on her side. The much-loved Mapp & Lucia series takes a new turn as the two legendary protagonists travel to the continent to lock horns in an idyllic Italian setting. Can Mapp upstage Lucia on foreign soil so far from Tilling? What is Georgie`s new valet up to? & will Lucia`s financial speculation lead to rags or more riches? ` Lucia On Holiday` is a new addition to the Mapp & Lucia canon, based on the immortal characters first created by E.F. Benson. Perfect reading for followers of Benson`s original novels & sure to be equally loved by new fans, this is a pitch-perfect & deliciously enjoyable social satire of an England long gone but not forgotten.
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In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo chief later known as the ` Butcher of Lyon`. When Raymond was arrested again that June, Lucie mounted a second astonishing rescue, ambushing the prison van that was transporting him. Spirited out of France with her husband by the RAF, she arrived in London a heroine. However, in 1983 Klaus Barbie made the bombshell claim that the Aubracs had become informers in 1943, betraying their comrades. The French press & the couple themselves furiously denounced this `slander`, but as worrying inconsistencies were spotted in Lucie`s story, doubts emerged that have never quite gone away. Who was Lucie Aubrac? What did she really do in 1943? & was she truly the spirit of la vraie France, or a woman who could not resist casting herself as a heroine, whatever the cost to the truth? Sian Rees` penetrating account is the first full English-language biography of this extraordinary woman. ...

A magnificently funny first picture book by Danny Baker, the popular comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ & screenwriter. Illustrated by rising star Pippa Curnick. Lucie Goose lives all alone in a house at the edge of the woods. She has never met or spoken to another animal of any sort until...a wolf, bear & lion turn up on her doorstep & go Rraaaarrrrrr! She should start screaming. She should run away. But Lucie Goose isn`t very good at being scared. What will she do? Introducing a wonderfully charming & funny new picture book from two remarkable talents. ...

Things at the Grace residence are getting completely out of h&. As if being attacked by goblins & almost eaten by a bridge troll wasn`t enough, now the house boggart, Thimbletack, is out to get Jared. Simon has a very hungry griffon recuperating in the carriage house, & Mallory is convinced that the only way to stop the madness is to get rid of the Guide. But fortunately for Jared, it seems that is not an option. With all kinds of creatures after them, the Guide is the only protection the Grace kids have. If only they could work out why the faeries are stalking them? Could it be the Guide that they want? There`s only one person who might know the answer
- their crazy old Aunt Lucinda.
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Liguria is another country. They do things differently there, particularly when it comes to food. Lucio Galletto grew up in Liguria
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We`re having a surprise at dinner tonight...but what could it BE? A joyful slice of family life all about what it really means to be lucky. When Mum announces that we`re having a surprise at dinner tonight, my brother Leo & I can`t help but wonder... What could it BE? Mum says we`ll have to wait & see, but Leo & I have some ideas of our own... The award-winning creator of the Roald Dahl shortlisted Marchall Armstrong is New to Our School delivers a tasty & touching slice of family life, in a story all about the benefits of brothers, & what it really means to be lucky... ...

Solimar Castro-Valdez is 18 & drunk on optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/ Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin`s doorstep in Berkeley, California, dazed by first love, & pregnant. This was not the plan. But amid the uncertainty of new motherhood & her American identity, Soli learns that when you have just one precious possession, you guard it with your life. For Soli, motherhood becomes her dwelling & the boy at her breast becomes her hearth. Kavya Reddy has always followed her heart, much to her parents chagrin. A mostly contented chef at a UC Berkeley sorority house, the unexpected desire to have a child descends like a cyclone in Kavya`s mid-thirties. When she can`t get pregnant, this desire will test her marriage & her sanity. More than that, it will set Kavya & her husband on a collision course with Soli when she is detained & her infant son comes under Kavya`s care. As Kavya learns to be a mother
- the singing, story-telling, inventor-of-the-universe kind of mother she always fantasized about being
- she builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else`s child.LUCKY BOY is an emotional journey that will leave you certain of the redemptive beauty of this world. There are no bad guys in this story, no single obvious hero. Sekaran has taken real life & applied it to fiction; the results are moving & revelatory.

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