This is not just another atlas! From the biggest movie producers around the world to the most attended festivals; from astounding architecture
- ancient & new
- to global sporting achievements, Art, Culture & Sport takes a unique look at our globe. Using innovatively designed maps alongside infographics, graphs & icons, this book explores the bigger picture of topics such as cultures around the globe, scientific achievements, amazing sporting feats & the arts. Explore in-depth what the relationship is between fashion producers & consumers, who the most-read authors are around the world, how a country`s education rates compare to their amount of Nobel Prize laureates & which foods & drink are most popular in different cultures. The maps not only give an overview of location, but also provide a wealth of fascinating information that is beautifully designed. Written & illustrated by the award-winning Jon Richards & Ed Simkins, this book is another perfect example of how innovative design can deliver facts & figures in an absorbing & immediate way.

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The Art/ Shop/ Eat guides, from the makers of the popular Blue Guides, are compact city guides with a focus on museums, art galleries & cultural activities, as well as food, drink & entertainment. Each guide is divided into several district sections, & three city-wide sections covering entertainment, trip-planning & an art glossary. District sections each begin with high-scale street maps of the district. Museum & Gallery descriptions form the bulk of each district section, with very detailed entries for the area’s major museums, galleries, churches & historical sites. Entries include practical visitor information, notable holdings, tips for getting the most out of each venue, & background information on both the holdings & the venue itself. Many major entries include floor plans & photographs. The sections are completed with listings of other smaller museums, galleries & sights in the area, commercial galleries & auction houses, selected restaurants & cafés to suit most budgets. Shopping listings cover selected shops for clothes, antiques, books, food & wine, music, art, craftwork & jewellery. The Entertainment listings cover venues for classical music, opera, dance & theatre, as well as music venues, nightclubs & bars & pubs. The trip-planning section

Includes:: general travel information such as flights, transport, formalities & practicalities, & contains selected accommodation listings for most budgets, divided by district. The art glossary lists major artists, sculptors & artistic movements associated with the city, cross-referenced to the museum & gallery listings.

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Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, 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 mapping 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, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – 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). The MTN50 series was begun in late 1990s. Each map covers 28.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the 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. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Ever had a bad day? Try having one on the moon...` Fascinating` Tim Peake, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ask an Astronaut------------------------------------------WELCOME TO ARTEMIS. The first city on the moon. Population 2, 000. Mostly tourists. Some criminals. Jazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis & subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it`s not enough. So when she`s offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in 1/6th gravity may be more fun, it`s a lot more dangerous...------------------------------------------What everyone`s saying about this smart, high concept thriller: `A smart, fun, fast-paced adventure that you won`t be able to put down` Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One` What a page turner!` Milda on Goodreads, 5 stars` Fast paced, high octane & highly entertaining` Chrys on Netgalley, 5 stars` Artemis does for the moon what The Martian did for Mars` Guardian`A first rate thriller, this had me hooked from beginning to end` Robert on Netgalley, 5 stars` An absolute must read` Lauren on Goodreads, 5 stars`A clever & action-fuelled story` Culturefly` For those who loved The Martian, you won`t be disappointed` Liz on Netgalley, 5 stars ...

” Artemis Fowl & the Atlantis Complex” is the seventh awesome book in the bestselling ” Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer. Will the real Artemis Fowl please stand up? Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of high-tech fairies to Icel&. He wants to present his invention to save the world from global warming. But something terrible has happened to him. Artemis Fowl has become nice. The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder)
- dabbling in magic has damaged Artemis` mind. & now the subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots & nice Artemis is no use to anyone. Can fairy ally Captain Holly Short get devious Artemis back before they strike? ” Hugely satisfying
- not to be missed”. (” Irish Independent”). ” Engagingly vivid, exciting & witty”. (” The Telegraph”). ” Fast, funny & very exciting”. (” Daily Mail”). ” Artemis Fowl” was winner of the WHSmith Children`s Book of the Year Award & Children`s Book of the Year at the Children`s Book Awards. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children`s Book of the Year Award. Eoin Colfer was born & raised in Wexford in the south-east of Irel&. He began writing plays at an early age &, as an adult, continued to write. ” Artemis Fowl”, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller & won several prestigious awards.

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Is this Armageddon for Artemis fowl? Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind & become fairy queen. If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors will rise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies & wreak mass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies include crows, or deer, or badgers
- or two curious little boys by the names of Myles & Beckett Fowl? Yes, it`s true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl`s four-year-old brothers could be involved in destroying the human race. Can Artemis & Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stop Opal & prevent the end of the world?
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This is the final thrilling Artemis Fowl adventure in Eoin Colfer's globally bestselling series. Let the misadventure begin
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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. ...

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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