Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map of Arbroath, Montrose & Carnoustie from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Laurencekirk. Edition A1; Publication date May 2007 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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One of the most highly published & sought after British landscape photographers, Charlie Waite has been widely acknowledged for redefining the genre of landscape photography in the 1980's. Now, with his latest collection Waite is once again sharing his unique vision & artist's eye in ways that surprise, inspire & enthrall. Each of the 65 distinctive black & white & colour images made around the world including the British Isles, encourages us to look with fuller awareness at the world around us so that we too may recognise some of the extraordinary juxtapositions of form, light, contrast & composition that Waite's images are so full of. ...

The Gurkhas are an elite fighting force from Nepal who have served the British Crown since 1815. They occupy a unique place in the public`s imagination, & are renowned for their loyalty, professionalism & resolve. Through stunning photography, Arc of the Gurkha explores the span of the Gurkha career from recruitment through to training & deployment up to post-military employment & retirement. Alex Schlacher has accompanied the Gurkhas on operations in Afghanistan, on exercises in the Brunei jungle & Australia, & has visited all the units in the Brigade as well as retired & medically discharged Gurkhas. She has taken intimate portraits of hundreds of soldiers & heard their stories, many of which are recounted in this book. There have been other books on the Gurkhas, but none has portrayed the individual soldiers & focused about their backgrounds, lives & thoughts. This unique & insightful publication is the first to explore what it really means for a Gurkha to be a Gurkha. ...

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. ...

Street plan of the Arcachon
- La Teste-de-Buch area, part of an extensive series covering French cities & towns from Blay-Foldex,
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Folklore is a living cultural heritage. Folk beliefs, customs & expressions link the past to the present & help us understand our specific cultures, as well as a shared humanity. Founded on pagan Celtic, Germanic & early Christian roots, British folklore, far from being a quaint anachronism, remains vibrant & relevant by adapting to new circumstances, with the folk (people), & the lore (stories) continually informing & influencing each other. There are many recorded folk events, rites & customs practised in the UK each year, with some events drawing crowds of thousands. Most involve dance, theatre, music & a fair amount of good-natured revelry. Henry Bournes folklore portraits, shot in the wild at key events & festivals, take an affectionate look at the people from Morris dancers to practising witches & warlocks who shy away from a world increasingly disconnected from nature & those who actively celebrate a rich tradition that honours our connection with the seasons, the land & community. ...

The vibrant retelling of the central Greek myths by acclaimed novelist John Spurling, author of The Ten Thousand Things, winner of the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The classical Greek intellectual tradition pervades nearly every aspect of our modern Western civilization. Our logic & science, our philosophy, politics, literature, architecture, & art are all indebted to the ancient inhabitants of the small mountainous Mediterranean country. & the powerful myths of the Greeks, refined by Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, & the great Greek dramatists, still resonate at the core of our culture. Taking as his starting point many of the famous tourist sites in the Peloponnese, where the stories are set, John Spurling, winner of the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, freshly imagines key narratives from the Greek canon, including tales of the doomed house of Atreus (notably Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks at Troy, murdered by his wife in his palace bathroom); of the god Apollo; goddess Athene; Theseus, scourge of the Minotaur; the Twelve Labors of Heracles; & Perseus, rescuer of Andromeda. In this vibrant, gripping & often grisly retelling of the Greek myths, stories of murder, power, revenge, love, & traumatic family relationships are made new again for our time with wit & relish by a gifted author. Spurling has added scene, dialogue, & context, while always staying true to the spirit of the original myth. ...

Superhero characters such as Heracles & Perseus & legendary monsters like the Minotaur & Medusa underlie so much of modern storytelling in Western art, literature, drama & music. The classic Greek myths in which they appear, are violent stories of murder, power, revenge, love & traumatic family relationships. Ancient in origin they may be, but they are right up to date in terms of in their portrayal of human character, temperament & emotion. Taking as his starting point many of the famous tourist sites in the Peloponnese, where the stories took place, `master of historical fiction` (Kirkus) John Spurling, winner of the 2015 Walter Scott prize, freshly imagines key narratives from the Greek canon including tales of the doomed house of Atreus (notably Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks at Troy, murdered by his wife in his palace bathroom), of the god Apollo, Theseus scourge of the minotaur, the Twelve Labours of Heracles & Perseus rescuer of Andromeda. Inspired by the great poets & playwrights -from Homer to Euripides- this exemplary recounting for a new generation of readers young & olds tells us much about human archetypes & the Greek people at the heart of Europe`s economic crisis in a lively & contemporary style. ...

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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Archaeo-Volunteers: The World Guide to Archaeological & Heritage Volunteering is the ideal resource for those who want to experience the excitement of an archaeological excavation, listing sites of 200 projects in North & South America, Europe, the Middle East & Asia, where no previous experience is required. The guide provides an extensive list of workcamps & workcamp networks, with hundreds of opportunities to preserve cultural heritage worldwide. Excavations range from Palaeochristian churches in Jordan, to the sites of the first native Americans in Alaska, to defence walls on a Venetian island; projects cover rebuilding drystone walls in Italy & Greece, restoring castles in France, & preserving US historical sites in National Parks. A detailed annotated list of useful websites means that you can find even more opportunities in heritage restoration & preservation, volunteering in museums, & discovering other archaeological excavations. The introduction gives all the information on how to start & what to expect. ...