From the award-winning author of STAY: THE LAST DOG IN ANTARCTICA comes a moving tale inspired by the true story of the Kimberley brumbies & their journey to Dubai. From deep in the Kimberley Desert comes a legend of wild brumbies with Arabian bloodlines, who can run like the wind. Paruku, the young bay stallion, flees from humans who invade his desert sanctuary, but is haunted by an ancient memory of being ridden. Thirteen-year-old Rachel is fast outgrowing her first pony. When her father, an equine vet, is offered the job of capturing wild brumbies for the endurance stables of Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, Rachel travels with him into the remote desert landscape of the Kimberley. Captivated by the wild power & majesty of Paruku & his kin, she is torn by the prospect of taking away their freedom. But is there a chance she could keep Paruku for herself? From the award-winning author of STAY: THE LAST DOG IN ANTARCTICA comes a moving tale inspired by the true story of the Kimberley brumbies & their journey to Dubai. ...

Pas-de-Calais & Somme départments at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Arras & Amiens. Coverage extends along the coast from Oostende to Le Trépot & inland east to Lille, Cambrai & St-Quentin, &

Includes:: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Le Touquet, Abbeville, St-Omer, etc. The map covers WWI battlefields near Albert & Bapaume, indicating locations of numerous cemeteries, & extends north to include Ypres. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.





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One of the titles in a series of maps of the administrative departments of Peru, with topography shown by altitude colouring & spot heights. Most maps also indicate cultivated areas. Scales vary considerably, given different sizes of the departments. Railways & four different types of roads & dirt tracks are shown, as well as local airports & aerodromes. The maps also show the subdivisions of the departments into provinces & districts, indicating administrative capital of each unit. Most sheets also include a panel with general information about the state (e.g. population distribution, climate, etc.). Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at 1º intervals, making this series very useful for identifying the locations of small places on the 1:100, 000 topographic survey of the country. Map legend is in Spanish only. Publication dates vary from mid-1980s to mid-1990s, with a handful of titles revised later. Each map shows one department only & no detail of any kind is given for the adjacent departments, beyond their names. ...

Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade & the enlightened tolerance of its people. The Pashas, merchants & travellers from Europe, discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic, & diverse. Ranging across two & a half centuries & through the great cities of Istanbul, Aleppo, & Alexandria, James Mather tells the forgotten story of the men of the Levant Company who sought their fortunes in the Ottoman Empire. Their trade brought to the region not only merchants but also ambassadors & envoys, pilgrims & chaplains, families & servants, aristocratic tourists & roving antiquarians. Unlike the nabobs who gathered their fortunes in Bengal, they both respected & learned from the culture they encountered, & their lives provide a fascinating insight into the meeting of East & West before the age of European imperialism. Intriguing, intimate, & original, ” Pashas” brings to life an extraordinary tale of faraway visitors beguiled by a mysterious world of Islam. ...

These oral tales were collected in the tribal areas on the Pakistan-Afghan frontier, a region described as the last free place on earth. It was here that the caravan routes from Persia, India & China once converged. With their blend of wit, fantasy, comedy & romance, they reflect the Pashtun code of honour & way of life that are now seriously threatened by social changes & recent political events. Most of them, such as the epic tale of Hazrat Ali, have never been recorded before, & might otherwise have been lost forever. Some are recognisable as universal types, such as a version of ” Androcles & the Lion” & of the tale that provided Shakespeare with the plot of ” King Lear”. ...

In Pass The Butterworms Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan & masters the ” Mongolian death trot”; to the North Pole, where he goes for a pleasure dip in 36-degree water; to Irian Jaya New Guinea, where he spends a companionable evening with members of one of the last head-hunting tribes. Whether observing family values among the Stone Age Dani people, or sampling delicacies like sauteed sago beetle & premasticated manioc beer, Cahill is a fount of arcane information & a master of self-deprecating humour. ...

This classic pocket game challenges players to accumulate points by throwing pairs of plastic pigs & racking up scores based on the positions they land in. The less likely the position, the higher the score. The wrong position can even cut down or wipe out your score. This pocket-sized travel case contains a rulebook, 2 plastic pigs, 2 pencils, & scorecards. Suitable for 2 to 4 players. ...

Both concise & comprehensive, this out-&-out 'crammer' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged & highlighted to make revising easier & now updated & expanded for the fourth edition. New material

Includes:: passage planning, safety, anchoring, GPS plotting for fast craft & ropework. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shorebased Day Skipper course. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, & helpful tips on exam tactics are also provided. & to relieve the tension of all that swotting, each section is enlivened with some of Mike Peyton's best loved cartoons. ' Well worth investing in to help you pass your Day Skipper with flying colours!' Boat Mart ' All the essentials are covered with lucidity...after you pass, you won't throw it away' Cowes Yachting

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Both concise & comprehensive, this out-&-out `crammer` covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged by topic & highlighted to make revising easier & now updated & expanded for the sixth edition. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shorebased Day Skipper course. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, & helpful tips on exam tactics are also provided. & to relieve the tension of all that swotting, each section is enlivened with some of Mike Peyton`s best loved cartoons. ` Well worth investing in to help you pass your Day Skipper with flying colours!` Boat Mart ` All the essentials are covered with lucidity...after you pass, you won`t throw it away` Cowes Yachting ...

Learner drivers need training in how to spot hazards because they are often so busy thinking about the car`s controls that they forget to watch the road & traffic around them
- losing concentration for even a second could prove fatal. Proper training can help road users to recognise more of the hazards they may meet & crucially how to spot them earlier. With this in mind, the ”AA`s Pass Your Hazard Perception CD-ROM” contains all the information a learner driver needs to know in order to pass the Hazard Perception driving test. Using this CD-ROM, a user can practise using the official test clips supplied by the Driving Standards Agency, sit unlimited mock tests using the AA Driving School approved practise video clips, watch an expert commentary drive video from an advanced Driving Instructor to learn more about how to spot potential hazards & develop your skills. This CD-ROM is MAC & PC compatible.
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