Alberta & the Rockies in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights & attractions of a range of cities, regions & countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’, ranking restaurants, sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organised alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly as well as being designed for practical use on the road. With an emphasis on cultural activities & history, each sight is graded & has extensive background information. Practical visitor information is clearly highlighted with symbols. Predominantly recognised for their extensive coverage of French regions (shown on our website in a separate series), the Green Guides also cover international destinations. An extensive introductory section on planning your trip provides information on when & where to go, useful pre-trip information, getting there, where to stay & eat & what to do & see. There are also individual sections on Nature, History & Art ad Culture & a selection of driving tours of the area. Fold-out maps at the front & back of the book give an overview of the area covered by the guide. The structure of each guide varies depending on the type of destination. National & regional guides cover regions alphabetically, each with their own accommodation, sights & food & drink listings, while City guides cover sights alphabetically with one city-wide section for listings. Accommodation & food & drink listings are both concise & comprehensive, aiming to cater for all budgets & tastes. Both sights & listings often include information specific to travelling with kids. Each of the places covered in the guide is listed alphabetically & three Michelin star ratings
- highly recommended, recommended & interesting, which have been used for more than 100 years
- help readers identify places of interest, restaurants & notable local attractions. Individual listings include principal sights for each city or town, local walking & driving tours in addition to tips on local excursions. There is also an ‘address book’ information box in each section including recommendations for the best restaurants & accommodation in the area, as well as any relevant leisure activities. A series of overview regional & city plans also helps navigation & orientation for each region.

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Alberta Back Roads Atlas at 1:250, 000 in an A4 spiral-bound road atlas, with its extensive index also listing points of interest, plus a table of facilities in the national & provincial parks, town centre street plans of the province’s four main cities, airport access maps, etc. Mapping at 1:250, 000 covers the bulk of the province, including all the areas accessible by road. Road classification indicates unpaved or unimproved routes. Road & interchange numbers are clearly marked & local roads are shown with, as appropriate, their numbers or names. Railway lines are included. Symbols indicate various facilities & places of interest, including campgrounds, recreational areas, hot springs, tourist information centres, etc. Landscape is presented by relief shading, with graphics for wetlands, rapids, etc. National parks & other protected areas are highlighted. The maps have a 10km UTM grid. Extensive index lists communities, road names & points of interest. The whole province is also shown in a route planning section at 1:2, 000, 000, overprinted with page numbers for the 250K maps. Also provided are street plans of central Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge & Red Deer; access maps to the Calgary & Edmonton International Airports; a table of facilities in the provincial & national parks including Banff & Jasper NP; a month-by-month list of events & festivals; plus a comprehensive distance table. To see the list of the currently available provincial or regional road atlases from the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, please click on the series link. ...

Waterproof & tear-resistant, double-sided indexed road map of Alberta, with enlargements for Calgary & Edmonton. The map presents the province in two halves, with the southern part extending westwards inside British Columbia to Kelowna, to include the whole of the Banff & Jasper plus Yoho, Kootenay & Glacier National Parks. The map provides a clear picture of the road network, with detailed road grading, rest areas & service centres, intermediate driving distances, etc. Also shown are railway lines, time zone boundaries, & administrative divisions. Extensive overprint highlights numerous places of interest, including national/provincial parks & wildlife reserves, different types of campsites, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The map has latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1 ...

Waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track map presenting in a handy-size format a road map of Alberta, plus enlargement of the environs of Calgary & Edmonton, & street plans Banff, Jasper, Fort Mc Murray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat & Red Deer. The province is presented at 1:1, 500, 000 divided north/south with a small overlap between the sides. Its famous Banff & Jasper National Parks, as well as other protected areas are prominently highlighted, with topography shown by names of mountain ranges, peaks with their heights, & mountain passes. Road network indicates loose surface, unimproved or seasonal roads, with driving distances on main routes. Railway lines are not included but locations with scheduled air service are marked. Symbols indicate locations of campsites, tourist information offices, various places of interest, etc. The map shows no geographical coordinates & has an index of place names. Environs of Calgary & Edmonton are presented on an enlargement at 1:250, 000; the seven street plans are at scales between 50K & 110K. To see the list of currently available Canadian province & regional maps form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link. ...

Alberta at 1:1, 000, 000 on a double-sided, indexed map from the Vancouver-based ITMB, with topography presented by altitude colouring rather than by just relief shading, with street plan of central Edmonton & Calgary, plus of Banff & Jasper resorts. Coverage

Includes:: the whole of the Banff & the Jasper National Parks. Road & rail networks are presented on a clear base with altitude colouring, spot heights & names of mountain ranges. Numerous national or regional parks & nature reserves are marked. Symbols highlight various places of interest, sport & recreational facilities, native reserves, etc, including parks with camping facilities & campgrounds. The map has a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1º; each side has a separate index of localities. Street plans shows the main traffic routes in central Calgary & Edmonton, plus in the mountain resorts of Banff & Jasper, indicating locations of various hotels, selected restaurants, & other places of interest.

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Indexed road map of Southern Alberta, covering an area from the US border to the Saskatchewan River Crossing in the Banff National Park in the north-west & the border of the Special Area No.4 in the north-east. Coverage extends across the border with BC beyond Cranbrook & Invermere to include Yoho NP, Kootenay NP & the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park. Street plans at 1:25, 000 cover central Calgary, Drumheller, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, & Strathmore. Also included are enlargements of the environs of Calgary & Medicine Hat, an index for the main map, plus distance table. The map is one of the titles in a series of indexed road maps of the Canadian provinces & regions from the country ...

A little boy & his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man`s missing birthday in Diana Rosie`s debut novel, Alberto`s Lost Birthday. Alberto is an old man. But he doesn`t know how old
- he remembers nothing before his arrival at an orphanage during the Spanish civil war. He rarely thinks about his missing childhood, but when seven-year-old Tino discovers his grandfather has never had a birthday party, never blown out candles on a birthday cake, never received a single birthday present, he`s determined things should change. & so the two set out to find Alberto`s birthday. Their search for the old man`s memories takes them deep into the heart of Spain
- a country that has pledged to forget its painful past. As stories of courage, cruelty & love unfold, Alberto realises that he has lost more than a birthday. He has lost a part of himself. But with his grandson`s help, he might just find it again.

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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. ...

A picture book about making new friends from the award-winning Jenni Desmond. Waa! Waa! Waa! Albert`s favourite tree won`t stop crying. What can be the matter? How can the bear cheer up his old friend? A funny & charming picture book about making friends in the most unexpected places from the award-winning Jenni Desmond. ...

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. ...