Stanfords Adult Book of the Month April 2017 From cycling in Shetland to power cuts in Laos, Roam Alone is a celebration of inspiring writers who went it alone & lived to tell the tale. Featuring a foreword by TV presenter & newsreader Jan Leeming, Roam Alone: Inspiring Tales by Reluctant Solo Travellers is a unique title from Bradt, showcasing a brand new collection of remarkable travellers’ tales with a different slant, following on the heels of To Oldly Go!, one of the UK’s bestselling travel titles of 2015. Writers featured in Roam Alone include Phoebe Smith, Jennifer Barclay, Hilary Bradt, & 37 new travel writers chosen from a worldwide competition to find the best stories by reluctant solo travellers. ...

Street plan of Roanne, part of an extensive series covering French cities & towns from Blay-Foldex, the country’s largest, oldest & most experienced publisher of urban mapping. Blay plans include outer suburbs &, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration & provide brief descriptions of the town’s main sights, contact details for hotels & other places of interest, etc. The plans show one way streets, car parks & pedestrian zones. Important public buildings are clearly marked & identified. Blay street maps are usually double-sided & include an enlargement for the town centre & a street index with separate lists of “edifices publics”: main public buildings, places of worship, schools, sport facilities, stations, etc. Each of the outer suburbs or the adjoining localities, identified with its postcode, has a separate index. Many titles also provide a road map of the environs. All the text is in French only.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of Blay-Foldex street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between Blay & IGN street plans.

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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. ...

Meet a little boy whose toy animal friends come to life at bedtime in this riotous, shout out loud picture book by Joshua George. Children age 3 & up will laugh out loud when the animals make the wrong noises... & join in with the noisy fun when they finally get them right. ...

• Waterproof • Tear-Resistant • Fishing & River Map The Roaring Fork & Fryingpan Rivers Fishing & River Map Guide is designed to be the perfect companion to anyone recreating on either of these two iconic Colorado rives. The Roaring Fork begins at Independence Pass & passes through the towns of Aspen, Basalt, & Carbondale before finally joining the mighty Colorado at Glenwood Springs. Along the way, it covers 68 river miles & drops 6, 700 feet in elevation & morphs from a small mountain stream into a mighty & powerful waterway known as ” Thunder River” by the local Ute Indians struck by its imposing roar. Numerous recreational opportunities are available from fishing along the Rail-to-Trails converted Rio Grande Trail that follows the river for most of its length to running the class IV rapids just downstream from Aspen. The Fryingpan River is known primarily for its Gold Medal waters that start at Ruedi Reservoir Dam & continue all the way to the confluence of the Roaring Fork in the historic outdoor recreation town of Basalt. This guide covers the Gold Medal Waters of the Fryingpan for 14 miles & ends at Ruedi Reservoir. Each Fishing & River Map Guide

Includes:: detailed river maps at a scale of 1 inch = 1/2 mile. At this scale every turn in the river & rapid is clearly shown & labeled. Each page is centered on the river & overlaps with the adjacent pages so finding any location along the river is easy. The maps include rapids, river miles, access points, private & public lands, gaging stations, recreation sites, & more. Also included are stream flow charts, hatch charts, & a table of river access points. More convenient & easier to use than folded maps, but just as compact & lightweight, National Geographic`s Fishing & River Map Guide booklets are printed on ” Backcountry Tough” waterproof, tear-resistant paper with stainless steel staples. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation.

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A mix of modern & traditional Greek recipes, all inspired by the quaint & picturesque island of Paxos. This cookbook will appeal to fans of Mediterranean cuisine as well as those inspired by Greek island life. On the sleepy & beautiful Ionian island of Paxos, the local people still follow the old ways. They cook from ancient recipes: simple dishes, handed down the generations until they seem to have become part of the collective unconscious u in which good ingredients are allowed to speak for themselves. The food on this little island is special, because by happy accident of history & geography, Paxos is the place where Greek & Italian cuisines meet. Here, you have the simplicity & robust flavours of traditional Greek food, lifted with Italian style & panache. The result is the quintessence of Mediterranean cooking
- healthy, fresh ingredients used in delicious flavour combinations that are easy to prepare. Try your hand at real Tzatsiki & tasty Dolmades; learn a fuss-free way to prepare grilled meats & seafood; cook up one of Belinda`s warm pies on a cold winter night, & mix a glorious daquiri for a warm summer evening with friends. How many times have you fallen in love with something you have tasted on holiday, only to be disappointed when trying to recreate it at home? Roast Lamb in the Olive Groves not only brings a treasure-trove of tastes home safely, it shows how these dishes can be made dazzling & inspiring for modern cooks to serve at home. In sparkling, original recipes that are true to the spirit of Paxiot cooking, it shows how the ancient can be very modern indeed.
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For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends & historical anecdotes about Rob Roy Mac Gregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel`s hero, Frank Osbaldistone, on his journey through the wild northern territories of the new United Kingdom. Banished from his father`s house, falling hopelessly in love with the spirited Diana Vernon, Frank becomes involved in he conspiracy surrounding the disastrous Jacobite rising of 1715. His adventures take him to ` Mac Gregor`s country`, across the Highland Line, where he finds cruelty, heartbreak, & some unlikely friends. By turns thrilling & comic, Rob Roy contains Scott`s most sophisticated treatment of the Scottish Highlands as an imaginary space where the modern & the primitive come together. Newly edited from the ` Magnum Opus` text of 1830, this edition

Includes:: full explanatory notes & a critical introduction exploring the originality & complexity of Scott`s achievement.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World`s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford`s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, & much more.

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This walk, from Drymen to Pitlochry passes through many places strongly linked to Scotland's legendary popular hero, Rob Roy Mac Gregor. The route was developed by Rucksack Readers in association with walking enthusiasts. This is a notepad-format guide with an initial section on planning, preparation & equipment. There is also background information on local geography, history & wildlife. The walk is briefly described in seven sections, illustrated with colour photographs. The back cover unfolds to show a map (1:110, 000) depicting the route & environs, showing the general relief & significant features & facilities along the way, eg. campsites, hostels, sites of interest. Contact details for many further sources of information are provided. Printed on waterproof paper. ...

The Rob Roy Way, a 126 km/79 mile trail from Drymen near Loch Lomond to Pitlochry, at 1:40, 000 on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant map from Footprint Walks in their series covering long-distance hiking routes. The trail is presented on 11 overlapping panels, each designed to cover one daily stage, with mapping providing user-friendly yet comprehensive information about the challenges of the route, services along the way, places of interest, etc. The maps have contours are at 10 metres intervals with altitude colouring, plus additional colouring for woodlands. The route is clearly highlighted, indicating where it follows roads, tracks, cycle paths, footpaths or no visible paths, with mile markers &, where useful, possible danger signs. A range of symbols indicate various overnight accommodation options, cafes & pubs, grocery shops & ATMs, places of interest, etc. Each panel has British National Grid lines &

Includes:: route instructions plus a profile showing changes in altitude. The map also provides general information on local public transport, etc.

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The Rob Roy Way, a 124km/77 miles trail from Drymen near Glasgow to Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands, presented by Rucksack Readers in handy A5 size, spiral-bound, waterproof guide with mapping at 1:110, 000. The guide provides general advice on when to go, availability of accommodation, etc, &

Includes:: notes on the region’s history, railway heritage, habitats & wildlife, etc. Detailed route descriptions, arranged in daily stages, are preceded by a summary of each section of the route giving distance, terrain, grade, side trips, & availability of food & drink. The guide is illustrated with numerous colour photos. The guide shows the route highlighted on fold-out flap of the cover at 1:110, 000. The map has altitude colouring to show the topography & also indicates various facilities & places of interest. No geographical coordinates for GPS users are provided. The publishers recommend as more detailed & GPS compatible coverage maps of the route from Harvey Map Services or Footprint, or the Explorer Series from the Ordnance Survey (4 maps). To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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