So shattering were the after-effects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that it was ”nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself”. In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed & 600 raped or wounded, whilst more than 1, 000 Jewish-owned houses & stores were ransacked & destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by newspapers throughout the Western world, the pre-Easter attacks seized the imagination of an international public, quickly becoming the prototype for what would become known as a ”pogrom” & providing the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion & the NAACP. With new evidence from Russia, Israel & Europe, Steven J. Zipperstein brings historical insight & clarity to a much-misunderstood event. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Pohorje in a series of double-sided maps at 1:40, 000 from Kartografija in Ljubljana, accompanied by an 87-page bilingual Slovenian/ English colour booklet with 60 pages of descriptions of the region’s numerous places of interest, plus brief descriptions of 29 recommended hiking trails & of 12 cycling routes, from 30km to 45km long & accompanied by route profiles. The maps in this series have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & graphics to provide a very effective picture of the topography. Waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes are prominently highlighted & cross-referenced to their descriptions in the accompanying guides. A wide range of symbols provide information on various types of accommodation (rural hotels, motels, farms, mountain huts, campsites), recreational facilities, picturesque locations, etc. For drivers, locations of petrol stations are marked. Each map is double-sided, with a good overlap between the sides, & has latitude & longitude lines at 2’ intervals. The accompanying pocket guides are bilingual, Slovenian/ English, with around 60 to 80 pages. Approx. half are descriptions of places of interest, illustrated by colour photos. Descriptions of hiking routes give timings & the degree of difficulty, as do notes for cycling routes which are also accompanied by route profiles. Also provided is a list of mountain huts. Map legends & all the text include English. ...

Pohorje area at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured, GPS compatible recreational maps from Planinska zveza Slovenie
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Along with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I. Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat, wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles: Artois, Flanders, Champagne, Verdun, the Somme, the Argonne. Barthas` riveting wartime narrative, first published in France in 1978, presents the vivid, immediate experiences of a frontline soldier. This excellent new translation brings Barthas` wartime writings to English-language readers for the first time. His notebooks & letters represent the quintessential memoir of a ”poilu”, or ”hairy one”, as the untidy, unshaven French infantryman of the fighting trenches was familiarly known. Upon Barthas` return home in 1919, he painstakingly transcribed his day-to-day writings into nineteen notebooks, preserving not only his own story but also the larger story of the unnumbered soldiers who never returned. Recounting bloody battles & endless exhaustion, the deaths of comrades, the infuriating incompetence & tyranny of his own officers, Barthas also describes spontaneous acts of camaraderie between French poilus & their German foes in trenches just a few paces apart. An eloquent witness & keen observer, Barthas takes his readers directly into the heart of the Great War. ...

Going to the Oktoberfest? With this little book you can be understood without having to speak any German, simply by pointing at the image that represents what you need. Taking on the famous best selling picture dictionary ‘ Point It
- Traveller`s Language Kit’, the ‘ Point It – Oktoberfest – Language Kit’ is themed around the beer festival that attracts millions of people every year. This little 72 pages booklet contains over 1, 300 pictures of anything you will ever need to ask at the Oktoberfest & around Munich. Find the picture for what you want to say, from drink, food & transport to shopping & leisure. This compact booklet also features the S- & U-Bahn transport diagram. So if you are going to the Oktoberfest, don’t forget to pack this picture dictionary! If you can’t say it, point it!
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Point It is an extremely useful visual dictionary displaying 1200 items through colour pictures & highlighted phrases. Crammed with photographs of everything you might ever wish to point at in an effort to make yourself understood in a foreign country, it is also very small & light, ideal for that already overweight rucksack you are taking on your travels. Simple, self explanatory & clear, it is essential for first time tourists or experienced travellers alike. The book itself is very light (the size of a passport) & fits easily in your pocket. Pictures in the book cover most scenarios & would be most useful in countries where reading out from a phrase book isn't practical. A highly recommended companion for any trip abroad. ...

Be understood anywhere with this practical pocket size traveller’s language kit. Point It is a little 72 pages booklet containing over 1, 300 pictures of anything you will ever need to ask. Find the picture for what you want to say, from food & transport to shopping & leisure. This compact booklet also features a small reference world map & a small printed ruler. Whether you are heading around the world or to a remote destination, don’t forget this lifesaver. If you can’t say it, point it! ...

Reportage resists easy definition & comes in many forms
- travel essay, narrative history, autobiography
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Point Reyes cape, a popular recreational area of the Marin County approx. 30 miles north-west of San Francisco on a waterproof & tear-resistant hiking & biking map from Map Adventures. Similar in style to the publishers’ maps of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area & Mt. Tam, the map is contoured & provides detailed classification of hiking & biking trails plus other useful information for visitors. ...