Blue hull
- Colorful & hand carved from a solid block of wood with real cloth sails. Slightly antiqued, perfect for home décor.
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Red hull
- Colorful & hand carved from a solid block of wood with real cloth sails. Slightly antiqued, perfect for home décor.
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HE walkers’ guide to Madeira for more than 30 years & a winner of the Thomas Cook Best Travel Guide Award, this book has been thoroughly revised for the current 13th edition to take into account the fires of August 2016 (with a couple of replacement walks). The maps have also been enhanced with waypoints, & there are free downloadable GPS tracks for all the walks. The book guides the visitor across the island by car & on foot. But it is primarily known as a walking guide. The Sunday Times said, `A remarkable paperback which may have done more than any other to change the way its readers spend their holidays: this book single-handedly turned levada-walking into something approaching a craze.` ...

Madeira in the Sunflower Landscapes guide series; exploring the best walking & touring possibilities in the region or area. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot, is provided, helping walkers to navigate & plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for each main route for those seeking more leisurely days out. The guide is structured in two main parts – Touring & Walking – that explore each route with detailed references to public transport & car directions to make each walk more accessible. Suggested car-touring routes of the area are also included. Each describes a route by car with suggestions for stop-off places & things to see on the way, including any picnicking sites. Forty-two suggestions for the best picnic stops are included at the start of the book & these are cross-referenced with the fold-out map & walk descriptions. Over 100 long & short walks are described in this Eleventh edition, many of which are linear because they follow old trails & levadas. A detailed introduction provides information on waymarking & maps, what to take, weather & where to stay. Each walk begins with information about distance, difficulty grading, waymarking, how to get there, suggested clothing & equipment, language hints & shorter & alternative routes to the main walk. An appendice provides useful guidance on local transport. Colour photographs & Ordnance Survey extracts accompany each route. ...

Madeley Court in 1901 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers Aqueduct, Halesfield Colliery, Cuckoo Oak & Tweedale. Features include Madeley Court Iron Works & Colliery, Madeley Salop Station & GWR Railway Line, Halesfield Colliery, St Mary`s RC Chapel, Fox Buildings & Windmill Farm. On the reverse are a railway timetable for Wellington, Much Wenlock & Craven Arms line & an extract of a directory for private residents. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

For readers of The Paris Wife & Z comes this vivid novel full of drama, passion, tragedy, & beauty that stunningly imagines the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel-the ambitious, gifted laundrywoman`s daughter who revolutionized fashion, built an international empire, & become one of the most influential & controversial figures of the twentieth century. Born into rural poverty, Gabrielle Chanel & her siblings are sent to orphanage after their mother`s death. The sisters nurture Gabrielle`s exceptional sewing skills, a talent that will propel the willful young woman into a life far removed from the drudgery of her childhood. Transforming herself into Coco-a seamstress & sometime torch singer-the petite brunette burns with ambition, an incandescence that draws a wealthy gentleman who will become the love of her life. She immerses herself in his world of money & luxury, discovering a freedom that sparks her creativity. But it is only when her lover takes her to Paris that Coco discovers her destiny. Rejecting the frilly, corseted silhouette of the past, her sleek, minimalist styles reflect the youthful ease & confidence of the 1920s modern woman. As Coco`s reputation spreads, her couturier business explodes, taking her into rarefied society circles & bohemian salons. But her fame & fortune cannot save her from heartbreak as the years pass. & when Paris falls to the Nazis, Coco is forced to make choices that will haunt her. An enthralling novel of an extraordinary woman who created the life she desired, Mademoiselle Chanel explores the inner world of a woman of staggering ambition whose strength, passion & artistic vision would become her trademark. ...

Topographic mapping from Mexico’s national survey agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. The maps have contours at 20m intervals with relief shading & indicate various types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. dense vegetation, cultivated areas, swamps, sand dunes, salt pans, etc. UTM grid is at 10km intervals, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks at intervals of 5`. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Madhur Jaffrey, television`s most-loved Indian cook, returned to our screens for a major new series for the Good Food Channel in October 2012. Travelling across Britain, visiting local Indian & South Asian communities, Madhur revealed how it`s possible to sample virtually the whole of Indian cuisine without ever leaving the British Isles. In the official tie-in book to the series, Madhur Jaffrey showcases her favourite curry recipes with influences from all over the subcontinent: Punjabi, Goan, Parsi & Bengali amongst others. Carefully selected & adapted by Madhur, the recipes conjure up the colour & vitality of this vibrant culture, but keep to her mantra that Indian food doesn`t need to be complicated. Always innovative & contemporary, Madhur will even give some of these traditional Indian recipes a twist
- pairing Aloo Gobi with a very British roast lamb, for example. Whether it`s the spicy, lentil-based specialities of Rajesthan, kebabs & kormas from Delhi, or coconut-infused curries from Kerala, we accompany Madhur Jaffrey on her very personal tour of our modern-day Curry Nation.
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Madhya Pradesh 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 ...

Madhya Pradesh in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant maps from Bharat Graphics, showing local districts in different colours & indicating both administrative headquarters of each district & of its subdivisions, the tehsils (or tahsils, tahasils, talukas, taluks, taluqs). Roads are classified as national or state highways & other roads, some with driving distances. Railway lines are also marked & some titles have symbols indicating places of interest or rest houses. Maps of states in mountainous areas show names of main valleys, on other titles there is no topographic information. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Some titles include insets with enlargements of popular areas or street plans, & distance tables. All the maps are indexed & have a small booklet providing a basic guide to the state district by district. The maps are printed on a waterproof & tear-resistant paper. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detail picture of each state. ...