Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Sharon Salloum, co-owner & chef of Almond Bar restaurant in Sydney, was brought up in a traditional Syrian household, where a steady stream of friends & family were welcomed with generous offerings of food & drink. Helping in the kitchen, Sharon learnt to cook from an early age, & developed a strong sense of pride in her Syrian heritage. In this stunning collection, Sharon shares over 100 classic & contemporary recipes, including black hummus, pumpkin kibbeh, almond-crusted scallops, sour cherry kebab balls, fig sorbet & semolina fudge. Let Sharon`s natural warmth entice you to gather your favourite people around you & enjoy a taste of Syria. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Home is a foreign country: they do things differently there.. . In a tiny flat in West London, sixteen-year-old Marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother, Laura, & three ancient Hungarian relatives. Imprisoned by her family`s crushing expectations & their fierce un English pride, by their strange traditions & stranger foods, she knows she must escape. But the place she runs to makes her feel even more of an outsider. At Combe Abbey, a traditional English public school for which her family have sacrificed everything, she realises she has made a terrible mistake. She is the awkward half-foreign girl who doesn`t know how to fit in, flirt or even be. & as a semi-Hungarian Londoner, who is she? In the meantime, her mother Laura, an alien in this strange universe, has her own painful secrets to deal with, especially the return of the last man she`d expect back in her life. She isn`t noticing that, at Combe Abbey, things are starting to go terribly wrong. ...

A delightful twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes readers on a tour fraught with culture clashes but rife with insight & deadpan humour
- a charming true story of what happens when Sarah meets a very French Frenchman. Backpacking around Europe, twenty-something Sarah Turnbull meets Frederic & impulsively accepts his invitation to visit him for a week in Paris. Eight years later, she is still there
- & married to him. The feisty Sydney journalist swaps vegemite for vichyssoise & all things French, but commits the fatal errors of bowling up to strangers at classy receptions, helping herself to champagne, laughing too loudly & (quelle horreur!) rushing out for a baguette in her `pantalons de jogging`. But Paris` maddening, mysterious charm proves irresistible & Sarah makes spectacular progress. She finds work as a freelance journalist, learns to survive Parisian dinner parties & how to deal with grim-faced officialdom. As she navigates the highs & lows of Parisian life, covering the haute couture fashions shows & discovering the hard way the paradoxes of France today, Sarah succeeds in becoming `almost French`.

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In his new book Almost like a Whale, Steve Jones takes on the challenge of going back to the book of the millennium, Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species. Before The Origin, biology was a set of unconnected facts. Darwin made it into a science, linked by the theory of evolution, the grammar of the living world. It reveals ties between cancer & the genetics of fish, between brewing & inherited disease, between the sex lives of crocodiles & the politics of Brazil. Darwin used the biology of the nineteenth century to prove his case. Now, that science has been revolutionized & his case can be reargued using the twentieth century’s astonishing advances. From AIDS to dinosaurs, from conservation to cloned sheep, bursting with anecdotes, jokes & irresistible facts, Almost Like a Whale is a popular account of the science that makes biology make sense. It will catch the millennial mood & tell all those for whom Darwin is merely a familiar name what he really meant. It exposes the Darwinian delusions which try (and fail) to explain human behaviour in evolutionary terms, &, while giving an up-to-date account of our own past, shows how humans are the first species to step beyond the constraints of biology. ...

Day One, & already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished college, & when her friend suggested they hike California`s John Muir Trail, the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life & thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir, part nature writing, part travelogue, Almost Somewhere is Roberts`s account of that hike. John Muir had written of the Sierra Nevada as a ”vast range of light, ” & this was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But travelling with two girlfriends, one experienced & unflappable & the other inexperienced & bulimic, she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountry
- confronting bears, snowy passes, broken equipment, injuries, & strange men
- is as much about finding a woman`s way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world she so eloquently describes. Candid & funny &, finally, wise, Almost Somewhere is not just the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also the reflection of a distinctly feminine view of nature.

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Ruthless killers are hunting Ty so the police move him & his mum to a quiet seaside town. But a horrific attack & a bullet meant for Ty prove that he`s not safe. On the road again, Ty`s in hiding with complete strangers.. .who seem to know a lot about him. Meanwhile he`s desperate to see his girlfriend Claire, & terrified that she may betray him. Ty can`t trust his own judgement & he`s making dangerous decisions that could deliver him straight to the gangsters. A thrilling sequel to When I Was Joe, shot through with drama & suspense. ...