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. ...

City boy Deon Maas flees the suburbs in search of adventure & Africa is where he reckons he will find it. Over a period of 15 years he embarks on several journeys, once with his whole family in tow, to discover what it means to be African. He ends up ducking pirates in Madagascar, spending a night with oil thieves in Nigeria & narrowly escaping death at a roadblock in the Congo. Interwoven with his travel stories is his search for local music & the musical legends of the countries he visits. His stories are spiced with fascinating characters, strange sightings &...his cocky attitude! Anything but the typical tourist, Deon sets out to meet the locals & experience the underbelly of every new city. This means that he often ventures to places where he isn't meant to be & he ends up in a tight spot more than once. ...

When Elsie Pickles offers to house-sit the mysterious home of local witch Magenta Sharp, she has no idea what she`s getting herself into. Left with a talking raven & a scruffy dog for company, a magical tower that has a mind of its own & a book of instruction called Everything You Need to Know, what could possibly go wrong? With an assortment of weird & wonderful neighbours banging at the door & a box of volatile magical ingredients that must be used immediately, Elsie finds out that looking after Magenta`s home might not be as easy as she first thought.. . does she have what it takes to be a witch for a week or will it all end in a magical disaster? A new magical adventure from Kaye Umansky, the bestselling author of the spellbinding children`s classic Pongwiffy, brought to life with charming illustrations from rising star Ashley King! ...

Goth Girl meets Ghostbusters in this read-in-one-sitting mystery adventure with the perfect spine-tingling balance of fun & scares! Evangeline Clement spends her days learning the ways of magic from her witch grandmother. When they are called to a creepy old mansion to solve an unusual case, Evangeline encounters an enemy unlike any of the terrifying monsters she has faced before. & a secret about her own family that will shake her to the tips of her silver-toed boots. Beware! This is a story to read with the lights on. ...

A chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16th century Essex witch trials. Sadie Asquith has been fascinated by the dark past of Essex`s witch hunts for as long as she can remember. & for good reason: between 1560 & 1680, over 500 women were tried for witchcraft in the county of Essex. But as she researches a book on the subject, Sadie experiences strange, ghostly visions. She hears noises at night, a sobbing sound that follows her, & black moths appear from nowhere. It`s as if, by digging up the truth about the witch hunts, she has opened an unearthly connection to the women treated so cruelly & killed centuries before. & something else in the modern world is after her too: Sadie is sure she`s being followed, her flat is burgled & she finds clues that reveal her own past isn`t all that she believed. Can she find peace for the witches of Essex`s history & can she find a safe path for herself? For fans of Christopher Ransom & Susan Hill. So scary you`ll sleep with the lights on... ...

` Things have to come to an end, see. That`s how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn`t treat people like they was characters, like they was things. But if you do, then you`ve got to know where the story ends.` It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn`t marry a prince? Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg & Magrat Garlick. That`s the problem with real life
- it tends to get in the way of a good story, & a good story is hard to resist. Servant girls have to marry the prince. That`s what life is all about. You can`t fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers & a Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can`t refuse. At least
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September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England`s great noble families falls suddenly & dangerously ill. His body is `tormented` with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. & so the Earl of Rutland`s sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of England`s oldest & most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thous&. Like those other cases, it is a tale of superstition, the darkest limits of the human imagination &, ultimately, injustice
- a reminder of how paranoia & hysteria can create an environment in which nonconformism spells death. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful & Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir. He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
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Few writers have had as many distinct lives as Bruce Chatwin & few have been as compelling in person as in print. Chatwin was a traveller, an aesthete & an anthropologist. In his twenties he was a star at Sotheby`s; in his thirties he was a star at The Sunday Times. A solitary man & a socialite; he was always exotic. He became famous as the person who reinvented travel-writing & when he died in 1989, aged 48, he had published six strikingly varied books. Susannah Clapp`s book is not a biography, but collects her own memories of Chatwin & those of his friends, acquaintances & colleagues, with the aim of producing a chronology of the author`s life &, more important, of illuminating particular fields of interest. This is not merely a celebratory volume, but a investigatory one, illustrated with photographs of & by Bruce Chatwin. ...

The joys, the risks & the motivations of mountain climbing are at the heart of Malcolm Slesser's remarkable book. This autobiographical account spans 64 years of mountain exploration in every continent, during which both attituded & technology have undergone vast changes. It is a story of the joy of discovery shared with friends in high places. Mountain climbing, like life itself, is not without risk. Unlike most sports, climbing is the solution to a very personal equation. The decision to go on or return lies with the climber & is influenced by his or her awareness of the risk. In that awareness lies safety & the ability to navigate the cliffs above & the chasms at your feet. Good judgement comes from experience. & experience comes from poor judgement. Most survive to a reasonable age; some brilliant climbers like Herman Buhl & Dougal Haston have perished through a momentary lapse of judgement. Too many die young, failing to apprecfiate that safety lies in the awareness of danger. The motivation for mountain climbing is not risk. It is the joy of exploration of the vertical, whether it be a virgin summit, lonely precipice or simply a new line or familiar rock face. ...

???????????! OR, WELCOME TO WORKING IN JAPAN! Why, in Japan, can`t you blow your nose in public? Why can`t you drink from a bottle of water? Why, when referring to yourself in conversation, should you point to your nose, not your heart? The second edition of With Respect to the Japanese answers all these questions & many more. Cutting to the heart of the cultural difference in decision-making, rhetoric, management styles & behaviour in the workplace, it examines the critical elements of Japanese-Western communication & offers constructive guidelines for establishing effective relationships both in & out of the office. ...