Arusha National Park & Mt Meru in an excellent series of detailed maps from Harms Verlag, a German publisher specializing in coverage of the country. All titles are contoured, indicate various types of terrain and/or vegetation, & carry plenty of tourist information. The maps provide a good supplement for their very attractive map of the whole of Tanzania.* In this title:* a contoured map of the Arusha National Park, plus a street plan of Arusha itself at 1:20, 000. On the main map, contours at 50m intervals, hill-shading & altitude tinting vividly portray the relief. Steep slopes of crater rims are marked & swamp & forested areas are distinguished. Road detail

Includes:: tracks & the hiking trail to the Meru peak. The park boundary is clearly marked & symbols show various

Features: entry gates, park HQ, rangers’ posts, huts & lodges, campsites, picnic sites, viewpoints & sites of particular interest. A UTM grid is drawn over the map, & latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5’ intervals. The street plan of Arusha shows petrol stations, banks, hotels, bus terminals, the post office, information centres, churches, etc. The map legend is in English, German, French & Swahili.



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Arusha Town & Surrounding Area on a h&-drawn style map from Maco Editions, combining a street plan of the town with a map of the road linking Arusha with Moshi & the Marangu gate of the Kilimanjaro National Park. On the reverse there are addresses of various facilities: hotels, restaurants, snack bars, cafes, clubs, shops, hospitals & clinics, tour operators, airlines, etc., all cross-referenced to the plan or to the map of the road connecting the town to the Kilimanjaro National Park. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:100, 000, the Vägkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 79 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:100, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 75 x 80km. The maps have contours at 10 metre intervals, plus relief shading & colouring for different types of landscape: open l&, forests, alvar, marshes, etc. Boundaries of national parks & nature reserves, areas prohibited to cross-country vehicles, & restricted entry military zones are marked. The maps indicate privately maintained local roads, cycle paths with wind shelters, footpaths, etc, & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:100, 000, the Vägkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 79 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:100, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 75 x 80km. The maps have contours at 10 metre intervals, plus relief shading & colouring for different types of landscape: open l&, forests, alvar, marshes, etc. Boundaries of national parks & nature reserves, areas prohibited to cross-country vehicles, & restricted entry military zones are marked. The maps indicate privately maintained local roads, cycle paths with wind shelters, footpaths, etc, & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

Originally published in 1955, this must be one of the most dramatic adventures of our time. Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after the Second World War. Rebelling against the brutality of the camp, Forell staged a daring escape, enduring an 8000-mile journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia, in some of the most treacherous & inhospitable conditions on earth. Bauer`s writing brilliantly evokes Forell`s desperation in the prison camp, & his struggle for survival & terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier & freedom. ...

A warm, funny read for fans of Outnumbered & the novels of Fern Britton, Fiona writes about life as it really is. ” Midlife crisis? WHAT midlife crisis?!” Charlotte Bristow is worried about her husband Will. With her 16-year-old daughter Rosie newly signed to a top modelling agency, & Will recently out of a job, things are changing in their household. As Will dusts down his old leather trousers & starts partying with their new, fun neighbours, Charlotte begins to wonder what on earth is going on. So when Fraser, Charlotte`s ex
- & father of Rosie
- suddenly arrives back on the scene, she starts to imagine what might have been...

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Uprooted from her beloved Great Western Beach, Emma Smith moves with her family from Newquay to the Devonshire village of Crapstone. But the dust has hardly settled when tragedy strikes, & Emma`s father, a DSO-decorated hero of the Great War, is so frustrated by the hardship of life as a lowly bank clerk & by his thwarted artistic ambitions that he suffers a catastrophic breakdown
- from which disaster Emma`s resourceful mother rallies courageously. Then, in 1939, the war again becomes a reality. Emma`s sister Pam at once enlists with the WAAF & Jim, her politically minded brother, after initially declaring himself a pacifist, joins the RAF. But what should Emma, aged only sixteen, do? Secretarial collage equips her for a job with MI5 but it`s dull work & Emma yearns for fresh air. She is rescued by a scheme taking on girls as crew for canal boats. Freedom! The war over, Emma travels to India with a documentary film company, lives in Chelsea, falls in love in France & spends time in Paris where she sets about mending a broken heart by writing her first novel. Sitting beside the Seine during a heatwave with her typewriter on her knees, she is unwittingly snapped by legendary photographer Robert Doisneau. The zest, thirst for life & buoyant spirits of Emma, as she recalls in evocative detail the quality of England in the thirties & forties give As Green as Grass the feel of a ready-made classic.
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The death & burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. & as the intense desires, fears & rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South, Faulkner presents a portrait of extraordinary power
- as epic as the Old Testament, as American as Huckleberry Finn.
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