Fifty stories of adventure & exploration over more than two hundred years of human history. The Great Horizon features those who set out to conquer new territories & claim world records alongside those who contributed to our understanding of the world all but accidentally. Published in association with the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, & with full access to their extensive records, the book

Includes:: unique images & insights from the RSGS archives, along with never-before seen material.

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The Great Railway Atlas of India, now in its third edition published in 2015, presenting the country’s railway network on maps at approx. 1:1, 000, 000 with numerous more detailed maps of main railway locations, including diagrams of metro networks. Designed & drawn by Samit Roychoudhury, the atlas provides a very detailed classification of the network according to the gauge & the number of lines, electrification (including in progress & planned), closed lines with stations & sidings, etc. Icons mark locations of different types of sheds, workshops, yards, etc. The index lists 12, 000 stations & other railway locations, indicating by colouring closed stations or sidings, etc. Inset maps provide more detailed coverage of 23 important areas, & metro maps are included for Delhi, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow & Mumbai. The atlas also

Includes:: an at-a-glance map of the whole country, a map indicating locations of museums, plus a glossary of changes in names of towns & railway stations.

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It`s time to depart! Every year, birds from all around the world leave their homes & gather together in the jungle. This is the first time Red Beak has joined the birds` great journey, & he has a long way to travel. Follow Red Beak as he flies to the other side of the world & use the magic view-finder inside the book to discover what`s really going on behind the scenes. Over forests & farmlands, cities & seascapes you`ll see some amazing sights: acrobatic ants, a cruise-ship crocodile, factories in the clouds
- even a monkey play the cello! Like Red Beak, you`ll be bursting to tell everyone what you`ve see on your great journey.
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A non-fiction thriller by international bestselling author Blaine Harden (Escape from Camp 14) that explores the world`s most repressive state through the intertwined lives of two North Koreans, one infamous, one obscure: Kim Il Sung, the former North Korean leader & No Kum Sok, once the state`s youngest jet fighter pilot. Shortly before the Korean War ended, No Kum Sok met Kim Il Sung, who congratulated him for his flying skill & his courage. A few months later, No Kum Sok stole a Soviet-made Mi G-15 & flew it to a US airfield in South Korea. Beginning with the arbitrary division of Korea in 1945 & ending two months after the shaky armistice that halted combat in the Korean War, The Great Leader & the Fighter Pilot is an ambitious & gripping book which digs deeply into the character of the Kim family dictatorship. At once an irresistible adventure story & an authoritative guide to the notorious state, it explains why North Korea remains so isolated, why it created & maintains a vast gulag of concentration camps, & why it is still so angry at the western world. ...

An ambitious & gripping exploration of the world`s most secretive state through the intertwined lives of two North Koreans, one infamous, one obscure: Kim Il Sung, the former North Korean leader & No Kum Sok, once the state`s youngest jet fighter pilot. Shortly before the Korean War ended, their paths crossed. Kim Il Sung congratulated No Kum Sok on his flying skill & courage, but just a few months later, No Kum Sok stole a Soviet-made Mi G-15 & escaped to a US airfield in South Korea. This non-fiction thriller digs deeply into the character of the Kim family dictatorship. Both an irresistible adventure story & an authoritative guide to the notorious state, The Great Leader & the Fighter Pilot explains why North Korea remains so isolated, why it created & maintains its concentration camps, & why it is still so angry at the western world. ` Harden`s book, besides being a gripping story, unsparingly told, carries a freight of intelligence about this black hole of a country` New York Times on Escape from Camp 14 ...

The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery
- the fourth Charlie Mortdecai novel, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp. ” Deliciously
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The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a celebration of climbing in Scotland`s wild places, compiled by Guy Robertson & Adrian Crofton. Featuring contributions from many of Scottish mountaineering`s great writers & climbers, & beautifully illustrated with breathtaking photography, it delves deep into the heart of some of the oldest mountains on Earth. This is a book for anyone with an interest in Scotland`s wild places, where the mountains & cliffs, rather than the climbs, take centre stage, transporting the reader far from towns & cities, & deep into the wilderness. The crags are the tallest, steepest & most majestic anywhere in the British Isles. They are all situated in a high mountain environment, & always a good hike from the nearest road. A visit to any of these great crags is therefore a worthy end in itself. For those wishing to venture onto the crags, all the climbs described are highly adventurous, relying solely upon leader-placed protection. Many of the crags & climbs are described & illustrated here in detail for the very first time. Among these pages are accounts of some of Scottish mountaineering`s greatest triumphs, but also accounts of necessary failures
- chasing elusive conditions, knowing when to go down, when to return. The authors relate their personal experiences of these cliffs & the climbing, & contained here are real treasures: schoolboy Dave Mac Leod soloing on The Cobbler in winter after catching the train from Dumbarton, Mark Mc Gowan`s gripping first-hand account of soloing Shibboleth on Slime Wall of Buachaille Etive Mor, Grant Farquhar`s recollections of a cherished first ascent on the Great Prow of Skye`s Bla Bheinn, Es Tresidder falling under the spell of Creag Meagaidh`s Pinnacle Face, & Brian Davison`s 15-year waiting game for the first winter ascent of Mort on the Tough-Brown Face of Lochnagar. Split into four sections
- The South West Highlands, The North West Highlands, The Islands & The Cairngorms & Central Highlands
- this book features unique contributions from, amongst others, Nick Bullock, Rick Campbell, Jason Currie, Brian Davison, Kevin Howett, Julian Lines, Martin Moran, Andy Nisbet, Simon Richardson & Tony Stone. Each section is accompanied by an original poem by Stuart Campbell, & renowned author & mountaineer Andy Cave has contributed the foreword.


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The world's national parks represent one of the planet's greatest reources of natural beauty & biological significance. From the first park ever to be instigated
- Yellowstone in the USA
- through the great reserves of Africa, passing by the way of the parks of Europe, Asia & Australia, this volume means that you can travel through them all & witness their glories.

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From Aristotle to Darwin, this enchanting book reveals how the science of natural history emerged, as seen through the lives, discoveries & glorious illustrations of the world’s greatest naturalists. Today we owe a debt of gratitude to the great naturalists who described, experimented & collected, who gave us the means to order & understand the natural world & the potential not only to exploit it, but also to conserve it & ensure its future survival. This book tells the story of nearly 40 of these great pioneers, from all over Europe & America, from classical times to the end of the 19th century, when natural history changed from a broad-based & mainly amateur pursuit to the highly specialised scientific profession that we know today. ...

Both a love letter to New York City & an introduction to graphic design, this is the story of how the designer Massimo Vignelli tackled the problem of creating a subway map that could be understood by all New Yorkers as well as out-of-towners. Filled with depictions of trains, subway stations, & the New York City skyline, the book follows Vignelli around the city as he tries to understand the system in order to translate it into a map. The book is produced in collaboration with the New York Transit Museum & features a section of historical & archival images & photographs.A groundbreaking work of information design, the subway map designed by Vignelli is an iconic work used by over a billion people every year. The Museum of Modern Art acquired the original 1972 diagram in 2004. ...