From leading breakfast radio star Christian O` Connell comes a brilliant & laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show. (Broadcast from his shed.) Meet Spike, aka Radio Boy: a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the internet generation. Spike`s your average awkward 11 year old, funny & cheeky & with a mum to reckon with. When he becomes the first presenter ever to be sacked from hospital radio, he decides to carry on from a makeshift studio in the garden shed, with the help of his best friends Artie & Holly, disguising his voice & going by the moniker Radio Boy. Week by week, word gets around & soon Spike is a star... if only people knew it was actually him. When Spike begins to believe his own hype, & goes too far with his mocking of the school headmaster, a hunt is launched for the mysterious Radio Boy. Can Spike remain anonymous? Will he get to marry the girl of his dreams, Katherine Hamilton? Will he become famous & popular? The answer to most of these questions is no... ...

Debut sensation Christian O` Connell is back with more hilarious adventures of Spike, super-star radio DJ... & trouble-prone ordinary kid. The World`s youngest DJ is still the talk of the town. A town that`s about to turn against him. Radio Boy & his team, Artie & Holly, are back & continue to broadcast live to the world from Spike`s garden shed. Then, following a shock split from Nan, Grandad Ray comes to stay. Spike decides to cheer him up by inviting him onto the show. He becomes an instant hit with the listeners & Spike keeps him on as a new team member. But things get really awkward when Spike realises Grandad Ray only has three stories & keeps telling them over & over again. Spike is forced to sack his own Grandad, who swears vengeance on his own grandson. Grandad Ray is the world`s most competitive man & he always plays to win
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In this compelling, critically acclaimed debut, Ben Rawlence sets out to share the news from the uneasy peace being made in Congo`s ”silent quarter”. Travelling by foot, bike, & boat, he meets the people who are rebuilding life in one of the world`s most dangerous places. He introduces us to Colonel Ibrahim, a guerrilla turned army officer; Benjamin, the kindly father of the most terrifying Mai Mai warlord; the cousins Mohammed & Mohammed, young tin traders making their fortune; & talk show host Mama Christine, who dispenses counsel & courage to the women of her village. Along the way, Rawlence exposes the real story of Congo, during & after the war. ...

` Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope, ` Boniface had said. ` It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country.` Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, aspires to always do the right thing but the odds seem to be stacked against him. The government cuts the funding to his weekly radio drama, he stumbles into an affair with a beautiful young intern causing his long-term love to leave him, & kidnappings & militancy are on the rise in the country. When Ifiok travels to his hometown to make a documentary about a band of ex-militants he is forced to confront the ugly truth about the future of his beloved country & his existence within it. Radio Sunrise is a hilarious yet sobering satirical portrait of Nigeria that fully deserves a place amongst the great works of `post-post-colonial` African literature. ...

Radjebalges area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational Turkart maps at 1:100, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:100, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 50K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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The Radnor Ring Cycle Route at 1:100, 000 approx. in a series of cycling maps from Sustrans, the charity behind developing UK’s National Cycle Network. The map is printed on light waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper & presents a circular route No. 825 linking Builth Wells, Rhayader, Knighton & Kington. The accompanying text on the reverse of the map is in English & Welsh. Each title in the Sustrans series of cycling maps covers either a single route, presented in sections on separate strip maps, or a wider area with the main cycling route (s) prominently highlighted but other recommendations for cyclists also marked. The area covered each map is shown on our website on its individual “coverage” image. The route has markers indicating steep gradients, controlled access, distances & possible danger points. Route profiles indicate riding surface & the density of traffic (main road, minor road & traffic-free) &, where appropriate, street plans show the course of the route across towns & cities. On maps covering a wider area around the main National Cycle Route suggestions of possible day ride excursions are also marked. A range of symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including tourist information centres, youth hostels, cafes & pubs, grocery shops, cycle shops & hire, historical & natural sites, etc. For access by rail, the rail network is shown with stations &, where appropriate, metro stations are also marked. Topography is shows by altitude colouring. Unless specifically indicated in the individual description, the maps do not show British National Grid lines for GPS. Each title also contains contact addresses for various useful organizations, etc. Many titles are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. ...

Radnorshire, an original antique map by G. Cole / J. Roper, published in London, c. 1804 -1810. A copperplate engraving, original colour. Map size 23 x 17.5 cm with a mount size of 37.5 x 33 cm.A detailed nineteenth-century map of Radnorshire that was published in the atlas, The British Atlas; Comprising A Complete Set Of County Maps, Of England & Wales; & Plans Of Cities & Principal Towns in 1810. The map was drawn by G. Cole & engraved by John Roper for publication in The Beauties Of England & Wales, that was published in parts, from c.1804. Such was the success of the publication that the maps were re-used in other publications, as here. The maps show accurate geographical detail, including the turnpike, mail coach & principal roads, sites of Roman & other historical remains, as well as the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps also show the division of the counties into hundreds or wapontakes. They are representative of the functional nineteenth-century approach to cartography, yet are not unattractive. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

Map No. 31, Radstadt
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- Flachau, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria

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Radstadt
- Schladming
- Flachau area of the Austrian Alps on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with

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Radstädter Tauern
- Katschberg
- Lungau area of the Austrian Alps presented at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible

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