Did you know that Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits? Or that the Mars Rover sang itself ” Happy Birthday”? How about the odd ingredient Civil War soldiers used to make coffee? From the illustrator behind The Kid`s Awesome Activity Calendar & Doodle Adventures comes a collection of obscure, fascinating facts, each captured in Lowery`s signature quirky style. With full-page illustrations as well as handwritten webs of interconnected facts, the book will be teeming with unusual & entertaining trivia. ...

Randonnées dans les vignes de l’ Ile de France from Rando Editions offers 30 walks in the region, with three routes in the capital itself: in Montmartre, Père-Lachaise
- Belleville area, & from Jardins des Plantes to Bercy. Most are in the outer suburbs, easily accessible by metro or RER. All the routes, between one & five hours long, start & end at or near a metro, RER or SNC station. The routes are designed to include not only small local vineyards but also various historical monuments, interesting streets, etc. * Route instructions are in easily accessible French*, & are cross-referenced to street plans or detailed maps overprinted with the route. Longer descriptions provide historical background for places of interest. Each route is annotated with information about metro/rail &, where appropriate, road access. Also included are recommendations for local bistrots à vin, opening hours of museums, etc.
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Randonnées en Franche-Comté de gare en gare, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. RE18, with 28 day walks of varying length & difficulty in the French Jura between Belfort & St-Claude. Each walk links two SNCF stations & is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000, with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in October 2011. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

A traditional base-plate compass, ideal for hiking, trekking & Duke of Edinburgh award expeditions. With a detachable safety-release lanyard & luminous markings for night navigation, the Silva Ranger compass is a convenient & handy piece for anyone relying an map navigation to get where they%27re going. The Silva Ranger features Dry Flex™ grip for easy handling & comes with a use-anywhere declination scale inside the capsule, a magnifying lens & base plate map (measuring in mm & scales of 1:50, 000 & 1:25, 000).- Dry Flex™ Rubber grip: Easy handling of the compass detachable safety-release lanyard- Declination scale inside the capsule: can be used anywhere- Map measuring scales (mm & inch): 1:50, 000 & 1:25, 000- Luminous marking enable night navigation- Weight: 33g ...

If you`re like most kids who love the outdoors, you want to do more than go on picnics or hike a nature trail. You don`t want to go home at the end of the day. You want to stay out in the woods, mountains, or desert. You want to camp. With Ranger Rick Kids` Guide to Camping, you`ll learn how to make roughing it easy. You`ll find great tips for choosing the best campsite & setting up your home away from home. You`ll even find recipes for great fireside dishes. Also included is a real working compass to help you navigate through the wilderness. It might take you a while to read this book, because it is filled with ideas for things to do. You might stop reading right in the middle of a page to go out & try a new camping skill. & that`s great, because the better you get at those skills, the more fun you`ll have on your camping adventure. ...

John Flanagan makes a spectacular return to the world of Ranger`s Apprentice
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Intricately crafted with timeless tradition, this carefully dyed sisal fiber & sweet grass vase makes a stunning statement ...

Every morning Ajji`s village is decorated with rangolis. Dots, lines, flower designs, on the ground on the wall, everywhere. Food for ants & fun for birds, dogs & children. This delightful book makes a wonderful introduction to the art of rangoli through the medium of a simple story that illustrates the appeal of this popular art form. ...

Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

This book provides a compendium of stimulating facts about the states, presented graphically, & covering a wide array of topics including demographic, economic, environmental, health, & crime variables. Hundreds of attributes are compared side-by-side, from life expectancy to murder rates; from fourth-grade math proficiency scores to the number of food stamp recipients, & from illicit drug use to the rate of firearm background checks per state. Through meticulous organization & use of graphic formats, retrieval of specific information the reader may seek has been greatly facilitated. In addition to the graphs comparing the fifty states for each individual metric, a summary table is provided at the beginning of each chapter along with highlights of pertinent data found in the chapter. While we are one, indivisible nation, at the same time Americans are as diverse from state-to-state as many nations are when compared with other nations. For example: in 2010, 95 percent of Vermont residents were white compared with only 24 percent of residents in Hawaii & 1-in-12 New York residents were Jewish compared with less than 1-in-1, 000 Arkansas residents. In Texas, 464 prisoners have been executed over the past 35 years while 16 states have not executed any. More interesting facts found in ranking America`s Fifty States include: * Alaska ranked highest or lowest in 31 metrics-more than any other state-followed by Mississippi at 25 & Texas at 20. * Alaska is the only state that does not have a state income tax or a state sales tax. It had the highest revenues per capita from taxes levied on businesses for the extraction of oil & gas & receives the highest federal aid per capita. Alaska had the lowest percent of households with annual income below $15, 000. * Over the past decade, over 100 million firearms background checks have been performed nationally, with the highest rate in Utah & the lowest rate in New Jersey * Mississippi had the lowest personal income per capita, median household income, gross domestic product per capita, & lowest male life expectancy rate. in addition, it had the highest food stamp recipient rate, rate of persons below the poverty level, & infant mortality rate. * Florida had the highest rate of identity theft victims in 2010 followed by Arizona, California, & Georgia.* Texas had the most extreme environmental metrics including the highest major disaster, storm, & wildfire emergency declarations. Texas also had the highest summer air temperature & carbon dioxide emissions level. In addition to extreme environmental metrics, Texas also had the highest property crime rate & high school dropout rate. ...