This book explores monsters through the ages & throughout the world. With a brilliant set of bizarre & fantastical illustrations, Monsters provides a dark yet engrossing visual history of fearsome beasts from every age & culture. Christopher Dell investigates what the existence of monsters even if only in our heads says about humankind, & explores such questions as how monsters have survived the millennia; why they are universal; &, why we find the same one-eyed giants in Japan & in ancient Greece, or the same dragons in Europe & China. ...

The margins of medieval manuscripts teem with sirens, satyrs, griffins, unicorns, dragons & other bizarre creatures. Commonplace animals are twisted together in impossible combinations, & human bodies are merged with animal forms in ways that are often both comic & ghastly. Images of these monstrosities pervade art & culture in the Middle Ages, & for medieval pages they must have been a tantalizing suggestion of unknown worlds & unthinkable dangers. But what were they doing there? Were they meaningless distractions, or did these strange beasts have other symbolic meanings? Alixe Bovey's readable text explains the meaning of these monsters & their place in medieval art. ...

There are prowly monsters howling loudly & drooling monsters from the steamy swamp. There are wild, woolly mountain monsters & spiky, spooky monsters from outer space. & they all have one thing in common
- they LOVE underpants! This new title from the bestselling Claire Freedman & Ben Cort is full of pantastic fun!
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A special anniversary edition, with a striking new cover design, to celebrate 10 years of the Chaos Walking trilogy. Three armies march on New Prentisstown. The New World is at war. Todd & Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. How can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they`re so hopelessly outnumbered? & if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? This new edition marks the 10th anniversary of the award-winning modern classic, soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Holland & Daisy Ridley. ...

The glow in the dark version of this range comes to life at night creating a spooky yet fun experience. Available rolled in an eye-catching tube, perfect for gifting. Perfect for a child`s bedroom, the Glow in the Dark Monster Map allows the child to admire the spooky monster outlines at night! With the glow in the dark Mythical Monster Map children can learn about legendary monsters from around the world in the day & admire their spooky outlines at night! Your Glow in the Dark Mythical Monster Map will charge by absorbing the light that filters into the room. ...

Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times: even cave art

Includes:: animal-human monsters.

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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. ...

Map No. 85, Mont Blanc, from Kompass printed on sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper in a series of walking maps of selected areas of Italy at 1:50, 000, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Kompass are Europe ...

With its nearly 5, 000 m of altitude, its glaciers, its walls of red granite, Mont Blanc is one of the most spectacular natural monuments of the Old Continent. Begun during the Age of Enlightenment with the first attempts to climb the 4, 810 m peak, the climbing history of this mountain continued throughout the centuries. Today, the grand exploits of champions such as Christophe Profit, Michel Piola & Patrick Gabarrou are seen beside the lesser-known adventures of thousands of climbers coming from every corner of the earth. The story & pictures of the ascents of the greatest mountaineers of all times are an exciting encounter for the shrewdest reader-mountaineer, as well as for those approaching the magic of high altitudes for the first time. A description of the seven valleys crowning the giant & an illustrated chronology of over two centuries of undertakings on Mont Blanc complete the book. ...

Ski map of the Mont Blanc area at 1;50, 000 from the Swisstopo, the country national survey organization, with an overprint highlighting ski & snowboarding routes & additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. The main map extends from Chamonix & the Mont Blanc massif east wards to Etroubles in Italy, & north/south from Mont Dolent to La Thuile. On the reverse a panel extends coverage westwards within France to include St-Gervais-les-Bains, Les Houches & La Contamines-Montjoie (with routes but without the additional colouring). Ski maps in this series from Swisstopo show routes for skiing and/or snowboarding, access by public transport, recommended itineraries, lists of mountain huts, etc. The series uses the cartography of Switzerland’s topographic survey, with additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. An overprint highlights ski routes, indicating suggested direction, difficult passages & sections which must be covered on foot. Also marked are areas where it is forbidden to leave the routes shown on the map. The maps also highlight roads with bus routes, indicating individual bus stops, show ski lifts & funiculars, plus mark locations of refuges or other mountain accommodation. Each title has the Swiss national grid at intervals of 1km, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’. Some titles cover a larger area, with a part of an adjoining sheet printed on the reverse of the main map as indicated on our series grid. Where appropriate, ski information extends across the border to France & Italy. On the reverse are itineraries of routes recommended by the Swiss Alpine Club, indicating the degree of difficulty, plus lists of alpine huts with contact details. Map legend for the overprint

Includes:: English. The text about the routes & accommodation is in the main language of the area covered by the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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