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. ...

Nauders, map No. 249bis, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. The map covers mainly the Austrian & the Italian side of the border. 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 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...

Containing 21 detachable postcards of miniature scenes in which naughty little people engage in surprising, funny, titillating or simply obscene behaviour, this book gives readers a humorous look beneath the veneer of polite society. Artists Vincent Bousserez, Jonah Samson, Lisa Swerling, Etienne Clement & the Rainbowmonkey make stunning use of miniature scenes to create startling situations & amusing, memorable images. The pictures play with the notions of surprise & hidden drama, inviting the viewer to take a peek into the darkly funny depths of human behaviour
- from the silly & the crude to the disturbing & the mysterious. Ideal for sharing with or sending to friends, this postcard book is an original, fun & amusing gift for grown ups.
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Here are the Mini Monster Mates, who live in the same monster-land as the award winning Boris, Sid, Wendy & friends. We have already met Ernie, who likes to spot colours; & norman, who cant resist sticking his nose in & counting all kinds of smelly things. Now we meet Naughty Nancy, who finds that friendship is about being nice. ...

Jean-Paul Sartre`s first published novel, ” Nausea” is both an extended essay on existentialist ideals, & a profound fictional exploration of a man struggling to restore a sense of meaning to his life. This ” Penguin Modern Classics” edition is translated from the French by Robert Baldick with an introduction by James Wood. ” Nausea” is both the story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, & an exposition of one of the most influential & significant philosophical attitudes of modern times
- existentialism. The book chronicles his struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning; a world in which he must find his own purpose & then take total responsibility for his choices. A seminal work of contemporary literary philosophy, ” Nausea” evokes & examines the dizzying angst that can come from simply trying to live. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was an iconoclastic French philosopher, novelist, playwright &, widely regarded as the central figure in post-war European culture & political thinking. Sartre famously refused the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964 on the grounds that `a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution`. His most well-known works, all of which are published by Penguin, include ” The Age of Reason”, ” Nausea” & ” Iron in the Soul”. If you enjoyed ” Nausea”, you might like Albert Camus` ” The Outsider”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” One of the very few successful members of the genre ” Philosophical Novel”...a young man`s tour de force”. (Iris Murdoch).
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Praise for the previous edition: ` The book`s clear, sequential photographs include all the basics, including bends, splices, & line-handling tips`
- ” Ocean Navigator”. ` Teaches the 20 most useful knots & splices with wonderful step-by-step photographs. Almost every knot is pictured on two facing pages, so the entire sequence is right before you`
- ” The Ensign”. ` More than knots, [this book] is about rope & its uses on boats`
- ” Dockside”. ` Its illustrations on how the knots are tied are among the best I have seen`
- ” Mariner`s Log”. A wet, pitching deck in a 20-knot `breeze` is not the place to realize you`ve forgotten exactly how to tie a reef knot. Whether you need to brush up on your ropework skills or you`re just learning to sail, ” Nautical Knots Illustrated” is your perfect companion. With clear, simple explanations & 295 step-by-step photographs, you`ll easily learn how to tie the 20 most useful knots & splices. The bowline, reef knot, sheet bend, & clove hitch are here, of course, but so are less common gems such as the carrick bend & stevedore knot. Longtime sailors Paul & Arthur Snyder also explain the essentials of smart line handling, including how to coil halyards & sheets, fix winch overrides, tow dinghies, & pick up a mooring, as well as the best ways to handle high-tech rope materials, such as Kevlar & Spectra, in addition to Dacron & nylon.



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For the directionally challenged! Black Colour coded socks to identify Port (red) & Starboard (green). At sea, an emergency can happen at any time, & it is vital that everything aboard can be clearly identified & described. Where `left` & `right` could lead to confusion, `port` & `starboard` are perfectly clear & unambiguous to a seafarer. 80% Cotton. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Navajo & Hopi Country in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...