A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia`s most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders & dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving in Jerusalem with his wife & eight-year-old son, to the fall of dictators & his gripping account of what it feels like to be taken by Egyptian soldiers, blindfolded & interrogated, this is a memoir of the Middle East like no other. Drawing on a 20-year interest in the Middle East, Lyons has had extraordinary access
- he`s interviewed everyone from Israel`s former Prime Ministers Shimon Peres & Ehud Olmert to key figures from Hezbollah & Hamas. He`s witnessed the brutal Iranian Revolutionary Guard up close & was one of the last foreign journalists in Iran during the violent crackdown against the ` Green Revolution`. He`s confronted Hamas officials about why they fire rockets into Israel & Israeli soldiers about why they fire tear gas at Palestinian school children. By telling the story of his family travelling through the region, this book is extremely readable & entertaining, full of humour, colour. It is sometimes dazzling in its detail, sometimes tragic. Lyons says he has written it in a way that readers can feel they are there with him
- so they can smell the wonderful markets of the Middle East & feel the fear of what it is like to be blindfolded & have your hands bound with electrical cord. Lyons also looks at 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- the mechanics of how this works & the effect it now has on both Israelis & Palestinians. Lyons explains the Middle East through every day life & experiences
- his son`s school, his wife`s friends & his own dealings with a range of people over six years. If you only read one book on the Middle East, this is it.



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Bald Coot & Screaming Loon contains over 1000 entries of remarkable information about birds, birdlife & birdwatching. Chapters include: The Last of the Dinosaurs: How birds evolved & adapted; The Cloaca Monologues: Courtship & Breeding; A Cracking Start: Raising a family; Sing A Song of Sixpence: Why birds sing & call; Why don't birds wee? Birds & their bodies; A Complex Relationship: Birds & man; The Majesty of Flight: How & why birds fly; Pole to pole without a map: The mystery of migration; Bird Brain: Instinct or intelligence?; Weird Birds & Strange Behaviour: A curate's egg of a chapter; & The Battle for Survival: How birds are faring in a damaged world. Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous"ations, anecdotes, traditional sayings, lines of verse, practical advice for attracting & spotting birds, & words of rural wisdom. The spirit & focus of the Almanac is British but the book also travels as far & distant as the world's birds themselves. It is truly an essential handbook for every bird lover. ...

Map No. 493, Baldeneysee
- Elfringerhauser Schweiz, printed on sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper in a series
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Baldeneysee
- Elfringerhauser Schweiz (No. 493), a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:25, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance
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Baldock in 1921 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Features include St Mary`s church, High Street, White Horse Street, Church Street, Norton Street, Clothall End, Pembroke End, station, malthouses, etc. Coverage extends north to Blackhorse Farm. On the reverse is an inch to the mile Sheet 221 from 1888, covering an area from Hitchin, Stevenage & Baldock eastward to Buntingford. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Balearic Islands at 1:500, 000 in a series of regional road map of Spain from the country’s civilian survey organization IGN-CNIG (Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica), vividly presenting the topography by altitude colouring, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. Given the scale of 1:500, 000, this title can give only an overview of the Balearic Islands rather than provide detailed information for driving or island hopping; fewer locations & smaller country roads are marked than on maps of the individual islands, road numbers are shown only for MA1, MA13, MA15 & MA19 on Majorca, etc. Ferry links are not marked. Icons prominently indicate UNESCO World Heritage sites & state-run parador accommodations but no other places of interest are marked. The maps also show administrative boundaries & all place names & other information (roads, topographic features) are presented classified according to its official status. Topography is indicated by satellite imagery enhanced by altitude colouring, with spot heights, names of mountain ranges, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 30’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. The series was first published in 2014. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Balearic Islands at 1:140, 000 in a series of indexed touring maps of Spain from Michelin. The map provides a good presentation of the landscape, highlighting scenic routes & national/regional parks, &

Includes:: street plans of Palma de Mallorca & Eivissa/ Ibiza showing principal sights & facilities, main traffic routes, one way street & pedestrianized areas; each plan has a short index listing main streets. The map also indicates locations with a street plan in the Michelin`s Red Guide to hotels & restaurants in Spain & Portugal &

Includes:: a distance/driving times table for Mallorca. Maps in the Michelin’s regional series of Spain have topography indicated by bold relief shading with spot heights & colouring for forested areas. Detailed road information, characteristic of Michelin’s maps,

Includes:: toll & free sections of motorways, road widths, difficult or dangerous roads, restrictions & seasonal closures, steep gradients, level crossings & fords, etc. Railway lines are shown with stations & car ferry routes indicate maximum tonnage. Tourist information

Includes:: paradors & selected campsites, places of interest, scenic routes & viewpoints, sport & leisure facilities, etc. The maps also indicate locations with a street plan in the Michelin`s Red Guide to hotels & restaurants in Spain & Portugal. The maps have a grid showing latitude & longitude at intervals of 20’. The index of place name is next to the map. Each title also has street plans of main towns, as indicated in the individual descriptions, & a distance/driving time table. Map legend

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Contoured, GPS-compatible, indexed road map at 1:200, 000 from CNIG
- Spain’s civilian survey organization, with exceptionally
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Voss area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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Balfron & Killearn in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map is double-sided. The main map covers most of the village of Balfron with the area to the north to Cairnhall. Features include The Clachan, churches, etc. On the reverse is a small portion of the adjacent sheet 21.01 covering the southern part of the village, including Mains of Branshogle, Ballindalloch Mill, Endrick Bridge, Ballindalloch, plus a map of the village of Killearn, showing Blacklands, Kirkhouse, Spittal, & village centre. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...