The Mensa brand is synonymous with high IQ, intelligence & fascinating puzzles. Carlton Books presents the first of two titles that bring the challenge of Mensa puzzles to you every day. ” Mensa Travel Puzzles 1” is a book of puzzles especially designed for you to take with you on holiday & to solve on the beach, by the pool or apres-ski. There are all sorts of challenges & even special quizzes for all the family while they are stuck in the car, queue at the airport or ferry! ...

Mensa: Challenging Travel Puzzles brings the challenge of Mensa to you every day for your journey or vacation. This is a book of difficult puzzles specially designed to keep your mind occupied on any trip. There are all sorts of challenges & special quizzes
- from visual & spatial teasers to crafty conundrums
- with the emphasis in this book being on tough puzzles!

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Mensa: Quick Travel Puzzles brings the challenge of Mensa to you every day for your journey or vacation with a book of puzzles specially designed for you to take on any trip. These 150 quick puzzles can be solved wherever you may find yourself with a few minutes to spare. There are all sorts of challenges & special quizzes, & the emphasis in this book is on puzzles that you can solve quickly! ...

Each year, thousands of competitors pit themselves against the elements, extremes of geography & their own psyches to take part in the world`s hardest physical challenges. From the cold of the highest peaks to the unforgiving heat of the desert, by sea, bike or foot seemingly ordinary people are undertaking extraordinary feats. Whether seeking to prove themselves as athletes, or attempting to escape the humdrum, one thing they all have in common is an unbreakable drive to test the very limits of their endurance. Mental! looks at over 60 of the most extreme marathons, triathlons, bike rides & other iconic endurance events from around the globe, taking in the hottest, coldest, highest, & most remote locations in the world. With a detailed description of each event, featuring personal stories from the competitors, this book offers massive highs & excruciating lows, & shows just what we can achieve in pushing the boundaries o human endeavour. ...

Lees draws on Burroughs` search for an addiction cure to discover a ground-breaking treatment for shaking palsy, & learns how to use the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes to diagnose patients. Lees follows Burroughs into the rainforest & under the influence of yage (ayahuasca) gains insights that encourage him to pursue new lines of pharmacological research & explore new forms of science. ...

In the complicated modern world, not every man is born with those necessary things he should know or have. Let the minds behind the successful Men`s Society brand instruct you in everything about being a man that they forgot to teach you in school. With the Men`s Society, you`ll learn the skills that every man needs to impress those around him & stand out from a crowd. Whether you want to mix a martini, build a campfire, or pack the perfect outfit for a weekend getaway, this collection of must-know skills will make you the impressive specimen that everyone wants to be around. Other skills taught in this book include: Basic knowledge of wine, beer, & liquor How to get what you want from a barber, & fix your hair & beard if you don`t How to avoid, withst&, & cure a hangover How to deescalate a fight before it starts Important books, films, & musicians to know in order to impress a date Six things every man should do with his hands, including cook an omelet, build a fire, & more. ...

Meole Brace in 1900 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. 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. In this title: the map is double-sided. The main map shows all of the village &

Includes:: the Cemetery, Meole Brace Hall, The Vicarage, Corn Mill, The Red Lion Inn, Nobold, Meole Grange & Knolls Farm. The railway line is also a prominent feature, cutting diagonally through the map. On the reverse is a section of the map to the east of Meole Brace, which shows Sutton &

Includes:: Sutton Farm, Mill, Sewage Works & St John's Church (disused). Also included is a list of private residents for Meole Brace. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham (showing part of the South Downs Way). Edition A2 with minor changes; Publication date January 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham (showing part of the South Downs Way). Edition A2 with minor changes; Publication date May 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Meon Valley, Portsmouth, Gosport & Fareham area of south Hampshire on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map OL3, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. Coverage extends from the coast to Owslebury & East Meon, &

Includes:: part of the South Downs National Park, a section of the South Downs Way National Trail, the Solent Way, Wayfarer’s Walk, etc.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.



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