Providence 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’s editorial style is strongly American in focus, often offering insights & observations with an American audience in mind. However, each Moon Spotlight guide is comprehensive in the information it provides & gives visitors the flexibility to opt for a more compact guide if they know in advance where they will be staying or travelling. ...

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. ...

The twelfth book in the Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre & Charles Cumming. Lee Child calls Bernie Gunther `one of the greatest anti-heroes ever written`. France, 1956. Bernie Gunther is on the run. If there`s one thing he`s learned, it`s never to refuse a job from a high-ranking secret policeman. But this is exactly what he`s just done. Now he`s a marked man, with the East German Stasi on his tail. Fleeing across Europe, he remembers the last time he worked with his pursuer: in 1939, to solve a murder at the Berghof, Hitler`s summer hideaway in the Bavarian Alps. Hitler is long dead, the Berghof now a ruined shell, & the bizarre time Bernie spent there should be no more than a distant memory. But as he pushes on to Berlin & safety, Bernie will find that no matter how far he thinks he has put Nazi Germany behind him, for him it will always be unfinished business. The Berghof is not done with Bernie yet. ...

Psara at 1:15, 000 on a contoured, GPS compatible hiking map published by Terrain Cartography group & printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant Polyart plastic paper, with extensive tourist information. Topography is very well presented by contours, enhanced by spot heights, subtle relief shading & additional altitude colouring. Contour interval, unless indicated below to the contrary, is 20m. National parks & other protected areas are marked. All place names are shown in both Greek & Latin alphabet. The maps have a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks. Hiking trails are graded between main routes & narrow trails. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest & recreational facilities, with main sights clearly highlighted. Most titles distinguish between sandy & pebble beaches; some also indicate beaches with natural shade and/or the type of sea bed. Road network is very clearly graded according to width & the type of surface, distinguishing between good & rough dirt roads. Distances are marked on most small local roads, as well as locations of petrol stations and/or tyre repair workshops. Scenic routes are highlighted. Each map also shows which ports are served by ferry services. Many titles include a street plan of the island’s main town, with colouring clearly showing various tourist facilities. The reverse side of each title is covered by general information about the isl&, illustrated with colour photos. Many titles also include brief descriptions of recommended hiking trails.* Map legend & all the text include English.** In this title:* coverage

Includes:: the nearby island of Antipsara. On the reverse is general information about the isl&, plus descriptions of three hiking trails.

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Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down & waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. His account of his experience, & his vision for all that psychedelics could offer to mankind, has influenced writers, artists & thinkers around the world. The unabridged text of The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Drinking by John Cheever Swimming by Roger Deakin Eating by Nigella Lawson Desire by Haruki Murakami. ...

Psycho Vertical is Andy Kirkpatrick’s award-winning biography that won him the * Boardman Tasker Prize* of 2008. Having already earned a reputation as an accomplished mountaineer & big-wall climber, he took on a thirteen-day ascent of Reticent Wall on California’s El Capitan (the hardest big-wall climb ever soloed by a Briton), a climb around which he has decided to frame this, his autobiography. From childhood on a grim inner-city housing estate in Hull, the story moves through horrific encounters & unique athletic achievements at the extremes of the earth to the man Kirkpatrick is today in his thirties with young children, & the world quite literally at his feet. This book
- by turns gut-wrenching, entertaining & challenging
- appeals to the adventurer in all of us.

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Provocateurs Will Self & Ralph Steadman join forces in this post millennial meditation on the vexed relationship between psyche & place in a globalised world, bringing together for the first time the very best of their Psychogeography columns for the Independent. The introduction, ' Walking to New York', is both a prelude to the verbal & visual essays that make up this extraordinary collaboration, & a revealing exploration of the split in Self's Jewish American British psyche & its relationship to the political geography of the post 9/11 world. Ranging from the Scottish Highlands to Istanbul & from Morocco to Ohio, Will Self's engaging & disturbing vision is perfectly counter pointed by Ralph Steadman's edgy & beautiful artwork. ...

This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background & its political application in the work of Guy Debord & the Situationists. Psychogeography continues to find retrospective validation in much earlier traditions, from the visionary writing of William Blake & Thomas De Quincey to the rise of the flaneur & the avant-garde experimentation of the Surrealists. ...

Provocateurs Will Self & Ralph Steadman join forces in this post-millennial meditation on the vexed relationship between psyche & place in a globalised world, bringing together for the first time the very best of their ` Psychogeography` columns for the Independent. The introduction, ` Walking to New York`, is both a prelude to the verbal & visual essays that make up this extraordinary collaboration, & a revealing exploration of the split in Self`s Jewish-American-British psyche & its relationship to the political geography of the post-9/11 world. Ranging from the Scottish Highlands to Istanbul & from Morocco to Ohio, Will Self`s engaging & disturbing vision is perfectly counter-pointed by Ralph Steadman`s edgy & beautiful artwork. ...

The term ”psychogeography” is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas, from ley lines & the occult to urban walking & political radicalism--where does it come from & what exactly does it mean? Psychogeography is the point where psychology & geography meet in assessing the emotional & behavioral impact of urban space. The relationship between a city & its inhabitants is measured firstly through an imaginative & literary response, secondly on foot through walking the city. This creates a tradition of the writer as walker & has both a literary & a political component. This guide examines the origins of psychogeography in the Situationist Movement of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background & its political applications as well as the work of early practitioners. It offers both an explanation & definition of the terms involved, an analysis of the key figures & their work, & practical information on psychogeographical groups & organizations. ...