A series of maps, following the trail of the most beautiful cycling routes across Poland at 1:100, 000 scale, include:
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A series of maps, following the trail of the most beautiful cycling routes across Poland at 1:100, 000 scale, include:
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Warsaw Boy is the remarkable true story of a sixteen-year old boy soldier in war-torn Pol&. ” The best-ever account of what is was like to be young & fighting in the Warsaw Rising.” (Neal Ascherson, Sunday Herald, Books of the Year). Poland suffered terribly under the Nazis. By the end of the war six million had been killed: some were innocent civilians
- half of them were Jews
- but the rest died as a result of a ferocious guerrilla war the Poles had waged. On 1 August 1944 Andrew Borowiec, a fifteen-year-old volunteer in the Resistance, lobbed a grenade through the shattered window of a Warsaw apartment block onto some German soldiers running below. `I felt I had come of age. I was a soldier & I`d just tried to kill some of our enemies`. The Warsaw Uprising lasted for 63 days: Himmler described it as `the worst street fighting since Stalingrad`. Yet for the most part the insurgents were poorly equipped local men & teenagers
- some of them were even younger than Andrew. Over that summer Andrew faced danger at every moment, both above & below ground as the Poles took to the city`s sewers to creep beneath the German lines during lulls in the fierce counterattacks. Wounded in a fire fight the day after his sixteenth birthday & unable to face another visit to the sewers, he was captured as he lay in a makeshift cellar hospital wondering whether he was about to be shot or saved. Here he learned a lesson: there were decent Germans as well as bad. From one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, this is an extraordinary tale of survival & defiance recounted by one of the few remaining veterans of Poland`s bravest summer. Andrew Borowiec dedicates this book to all the Warsaw boys, `especially those who never grew up`. ”A subtle, well observered autobiography. Beautifully paced.” (The Times). ”A timely, angry, terribly moving & drily amusing account of an especially dark period in Poland`s often tragic history.” (Telegraph). ” Excellent, hugely engaging. For all the horrors that Borowiec describes, his is an affectionate, wryly amusing account puntuated by episodes of warmth & humanity.” (Financial Times). Andrew Borowiec was born at Lodz in Poland in 1928. At fifteen he joined the Home Army, the main Polish resistance during the Second World War, & fought in the ill-fated Warsaw Uprising. After the war he left Poland & attended Columbia University`s Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in Cyprus with his English wife Juliet.


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Warsaw at 1:15, 000 on a pocket-size street plan from Mair Dumont printed on durable, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper, with an enlargement presenting the city centre in greater detail, metro stations clearly marked & the whole network also presented on a separate diagram, tram & bus routes shown with stops & line numbers, lists of useful addresses, etc. Warsaw’s city centre is presented in greater detail on an enlargement at 1:10, 000. Tram & bus routes are shown with stops & line numbers, & metro stations are clearly marked. For drivers the plan indicates one way streets & pedestrianized areas. Important buildings & places of interest are highlighted & annotated with their Polish names. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. The index is on the reverse side &

Includes:: lists of useful contact details for tourist information offices, hotel reservation, car hire, places of entertainment, emergency services, etc. The map also

Includes:: a diagram of the city’s metro network & a small road map of its environs.





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This is the savvy city breakers' pocket guide to seeing & doing more in the Polish capital
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Warsaw in the Pocket Guide series from Insight provides detailed commentary on a collection of itinerary based trips in a handy pocket format. Each guide has an historical & cultural introduction, profiling the growth of the region or city. There is also a large selection of localised & pedestrian friendly tour itineraries designed to take in the major sites, as well as a chapter on excursions to other destinations within easy reach. Further sections detail leisure activities including shopping, eating out, nightlife, festivals & local events with accompanying addresses & contact details where relevant. There is also practical guidance on transport, local services, language & accommodation. Each guide also has a large selection of colour photographs & a pull-out pocket map giving an overview of the region. ...

Warsaw`s southern environs in a series of detailed maps of Poland’s most popular recreational areas, showing waymarked hiking & cycling routes & various types of overnight accommodation, including local hotels, youth hostels, shelters & mountain huts, campsites, camping on local farms, etc. The maps also show various sport & recreational facilities: swimming pools, equestrian & watersport centres, etc. A wide range of other symbols highlight places of interest, local restaurants & bars, fuels supplies & other facilities. The base map is contoured (interval 5m, 10m, or 20m depending on the terrain), with, where appropriate, relief shading & graphic relief to enhance the presentation of the terrain. The maps also indicate various types of vegetation or land use. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced country tracks & railway lines show local stations. The maps have 1km UTM grid. * Map legend

Includes:: English.** In this title:* popular recreational areas south of the capital, including the whole of the Chojnowski Regional Park.



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Warsaw on a large, indexed, double-sided street plan at 1:26, 000 from Express Map with an enlargement showing in greater detail the city centre including the Old Town. Coverage extends beyond the city’s administrative boundary to include the satellite suburbs of Lominaki & Zabki. In addition to bus & tram lines, metro stations are marked & the map also shows locations of cycle hire points. Express Map street plans provide coverage of cities within their administrative boundary, spread across the two sides of the map. Bus & tram routes are shown with stops & line numbers. For drivers, main traffic arteries are highlighted, one way streets are marked & the plans also show traffic lights, petrol stations, car parks & restricted entry streets or zones. Streets are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Names of suburbs & of larger housing estates are clearly marked. Symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including museums & other cultural institutions & historical sites, 24-hrs pharmacies, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Where more than one town is covered, each has a separate index. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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This series

Includes:: popular, compact guides for discovering the very best of country, regional & city

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Warsaw in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...