Abruzzo, Lazio & Molise National Park on a contoured, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 published by Selca in cooperation with the park authorities, highlighting waymarked hiking trails, accommodation & other places of interest. The map has contours at 50m intervals, enhanced by shading & graphic relief. The overprint highlights hiking routes, indicating their waymarking numbers. Symbols show locations of hotels, campsites, mountain refuges, shelters & sheep sheds, archaeological sites, locations with bus service, etc. Picturesque towns & villages are highlighted. The map has a 2-km UTM grid. Also provided is a list of recommended hiking itineraries with distances & timings, extensive notes about the area illustrated by numerous colour photos, plus a map of the park at 1:100, 000 showing different protection zones. Map legend & all the text are in Italian only. ...

Quentin Compson & Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise & fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner`s mansion by a negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. His relentless will ensures his ambitions are soon realised; l&, marriage, children. But in after the chaos of Civil War, secrets from his own past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. ...

Outdoor recreation map, topographic shaded relief printed on waterproof plastic paper. Covers entire Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Livingston, Red Lodge, Cooke City, Gardiner, Mammoth Hot Springs, northern section of Yellowstone National Park, Beartooth Highway, & Paradise Valley.

Includes:: park regulations & climate chart.

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In this exciting & unusual travel book, Martin Buckley journeys through many places, from Benbecula to Rarotonga, from Sudan to New Zeal&, from Corsica to Tucson, Arizona
- but the country he explores is a romantic & dangerous place that seduces all who travel there
- the sky. Three years ago, Martin Buckley gained a pilot`s licence, & set off to `hitch-hike` by plane around the world. His encounters with a range of sometimes eccentric & always obsessive pilots led to aid flights through war zones in a UN Cessna, aerobatics in a jet fighter, chasing goats across snowy mountains by helicopter & touching the edge of the stratosphere in a Learjet. The result is a wholly original travel book, free-spirited & often very funny, weaving a bird`s-eye view of aviation`s peculiar history into the narrative & offering intimate insights into the passion & perils of the pilot`s seat.

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`I swore by Elvis & all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks & fantasy` London, 1958. A new phenomenon is causing a stir: the teenager. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho & the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young & the restless
- the absolute beginners
- are revolutionising youth culture & forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs & rock`n`roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods & rockers, Teddy gangs & trads., & snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is Mac Innes` young photographer, whose unique wit & honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s & what it means to be a teenager. In this twentieth century cult classic, Mac Innes captures the spirit of a generation & creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, & the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots & the lead up to the swinging Sixties...

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There is no one quite like Brian Blessed. He`s an actor, film star, trained undertaker, unlikely diplomat, secret romantic, martial artist & mountaineer. He`s also a brilliant storyteller who will
- & you must brace yourself
- simply leap out of the pages at you. Ready? Absolute Pandemonium takes you on a riotous journey from his childhood, growing up the son of a miner in Goldthorpe, to finding fame in Z-Cars. You`ll see Brian falling for Katharine Hepburn on the set of The Trojan Women, suffering wires strapped round his wotsits as he was hoisted into the heavens on Flash Gordon, almost causing an international incident when meeting the Emperor & Empress of Japan, & winning round George Lucas to get the role of Boss Nass on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Along the way he takes secret revenge on headmistress Mrs Jarman & her very big bottom, punches Harold Pinter, loves & hates Peter O` Toole, woos his beautiful wife Hildegard Neil & braves the shocking death toll on cosy TV drama My Family & Other Animals. Crammed with anecdotes from his illustrious career, this is a funny, warm-hearted, life-affirming, LOUD & unique memoir from a much-loved figure.

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Embark on an entertaining journey across millennia & continents, & learn about absolutely everything including the creation of planet Earth, the age of dinosaurs, the rise of humans, the miserable medieval times, globalisation, wars, revolutions, technology
- & much more. Find out the answers to many big questions about our planet, animals & the people inhabiting Earth. Engaging design, illustrations & photographs throughout bring to life the most remarkable true stories of all time.
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An unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros. Haruki Murakami`s passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, & the aesthetic & emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal dream, sitting down with his friend, acclaimed conductor Seiji Ozawa, to talk about their shared interest. They discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from record collecting to pop-up orchestras, & much more. ...

In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother, critic, takes up her pen & confronts her life. Sam Leroux has returned to South Africa to embark upon a project that will establish his reputation
- he is to write Clare`s biography. But how honest is she prepared to be? Was she complicit in crimes lurking in South Africa`s past; is she an accomplice or a victim? Are her crimes against her family real or imagined? In the stories she weaves & the truth just below the surface of her shimmering prose, lie Sam`s own ghosts.
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It is 1997, eight months since vigilante justice-seeker Claymore Straker fled South Africa after his explosive testimony to Desmond Tutu`s Truth & Reconciliation Commission. In Paris, Rania La Tour, journalist, comes home to find that her son & her husb&, a celebrated human rights lawyer, have disappeared. On an isolated island off the coast of East Africa, the family that Clay has befriended is murdered as he watches. So begins the fourth instalment in the Claymore Straker series, a breakneck journey through the darkest reaches of the human soul, as Clay & Rania fight to uncover the mystery behind the disappearances & murders, & find those responsible. Events lead them both inexorably to Egypt, where an act of the most shocking terrorist brutality will reveal not only why those they loved were sacrificed, but how they were both, indirectly, responsible. Relentlessly pursued by those who want them dead, they must work together to uncover the truth, & to find a way to survive in a world gone crazy. At times brutal, often lyrical, but always gripping, Absolution is a thriller that will leave you breathless & questioning the very basis of how we live & why we love. ...