Raasay, Rona & Scalpay area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 409, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. 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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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. ...

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 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. ...

One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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The first book in his award-winning ” Rabbit” series, John Updike`s ” Rabbit, Run” contains an afterword by the author in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. It`s 1959 & Harry ` Rabbit` Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence
- stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays & discarded glasses, a young son & a futile job. With no way to fix things, he resolves to flee from his family & his home in Pennsylvania, beginning a thous&-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because, as he knows only too well, `after you`ve been first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate`. John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, & spent a year at Oxford, Engl&, at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at ” The New Yorker”. Updike was the author of twenty-one novels as well as numerous collections of short stories, poems & criticism, & is one of only three authors to win more than one Pulitzer Prize. His most famous works are the Harry ` Rabbit` Angstrom series, all of which are published in ” Penguin Modern Classics”: ” Rabbit, Run” (1960), ” Rabbit Redux” (1971), ” Rabbit is Rich” (1981) & ” Rabbit at Rest” (1990). If you enjoyed ” Rabbit, Run”, you might like Don De Lillo`s ” Americana”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” It is sexy, in bad taste, violent & basically cynical. & good luck to it”. (Angus Wilson, ” Observer”). ” That special polish, that brilliance; Updike is among the best”. (Malcolm Bradbury). ” Brilliant & poignant... By his compassion, clarity of insight, & crystal-bright rose, [ Updike] makes Rabbit`s sorrow his & our own”. (” Washington Post”).
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` Rabbit`s Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children`s fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit & wolf & bear, of avalanches & snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.` Neil Gaiman From novelist & playwright Julian Gough, & the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes a laugh-out-loud funny story of a rabbit & bear who discover that things are always better when they`re shared with a friend.. . Bear wakes up early from hibernation. If she can`t sleep, then at least she can make a snowman. Rabbit has never made a snowman, but he definitely wants to make one that`s better than Bear`s. But with an avalanche & a hungry wolf heading his way, Rabbit soon realises that it might be nice to have a friend on your side. Especially when it comes to building snowmen.. .A tale of friendship, gravity, & just a little bit of poo. ...

Just after 10.00 on the night of February 7th 2004, Ellen Mac Arthur crossed an imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. Before that moment, the record was held by a Frenchman, Francis Joyon. He'd slashed over 20 days off the previous record & many thought his extraordinary new benchmark would stand for 10 years or more. Most experts thought that the record would be beyond Mac Arthur. But in a superhuman effort that forced her to dig deeper than ever before, she proved the doubters wrong. Her effort captured the world's imagination & the scenes that greeted her return to Falmouth were euphoric. She had become, some claimed, the finest sailor her country had every produced. Drawing on logs, emails, sound & video diaries, this beautifully designed, fully illustrated book captures the drama, excitement, danger, joy & tears of a truly extraordinary achievement
- in Ellen's own words. Ellen Macarthur was described in the Observer as 'the first true heroine of the 21st Century'. She's been named Sailor of the Year twice, crowned World Champion, named Sunday Times Person of the Year 2001 & was runner up in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Ellen is from Whatstandwell in Derbyshire & lives in Cowes.
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Race for the South Pole brings together, for the first time, the expedition diaries of Captain Robert Falcon Scott & Roald Amundsen – the two men who “raced” over the Antarctic wastes in 1910. Roland Huntford weaves the narrative of events together from the protagonists’ accounts of their fate as it unfolded before them. Also included in the book, which has been published to coincide with the centenary of the so-called race, are diary entries from one of Amundsen’s expedition colleagues, Olav Bjaal&, here translated into English for the first time. To a certain extent, what emerges is a deconstructed account of what happened out on the ice & within the men who did battle with it, eachother & themselves. ...

Race to Dakar sees Charley Boorman taking part in, what is possibly, the greatest biker’s challenge ever
- the Dakar Rally. Beginning
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