In early 2006, Chuck Ramkissoon is found dead at the bottom of a New York canal. In London, a Dutch banker named Hans van den Broek hears the news, & remembers his unlikely friendship with Chuck & the off-kilter New York in which it flourished: the New York of 9/11, the powercut & the Iraq war. Those years were difficult for Hans
- his English wife Rachel left with their son after the attack, as if that event revealed the cracks & silences in their marriage, & he spent two strange years in New York`s Chelsea Hotel, passing stranger evenings with the eccentric residents. Lost in a country he`d regarded as his new home, Hans sought comfort in a most alien place
- the thriving but almost invisible world of New York cricket, in which immigrants from Asia & the West Indies play a beautiful, mystifying game on the city`s most marginal parks. It was during these games that Hans befriends Chuck Ramkissoon, who dreamed of establishing the city`s first proper cricket field. Over the course of a summer, Hans grew to share Chuck`s dream & Chuck`s sense of American possibility
- until he began to glimpse the darker meaning of his new friend`s activities & ambitions.` Netherland` is a novel of belonging & not belonging, & the uneasy state in between. It is a novel of a marriage foundering & recuperating, & of the shallows & depths of male friendship. With it, Joseph O` Neill has taken the anxieties & uncertainties of our new century & fashioned a work of extraordinary beauty & brilliance.


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The network of signposted cycling routes in Netherlands & Flanders on large, double-sided indexed maps at 1:50, 000 from Falk, with prominent highlighting of the long-distance LF routes, symbols indicating accommodation & other tourist services, plus in each title two or more panels with recommended local circuits & additional tourist information. The series

Includes:: some adjoining areas in Lower Saxony, & has now been extended to cover Flanders. The extensive network of sign-posted cycling routes, including the LF long-distance cycle paths, consists of numbered junctions joined by sign-posted connecting routes in either direction. At each junction there is an information panel showing an overview map of the whole network with the junction numbers. A second panel shows all the intersections directly connected to that junction. The system enables cyclists to plan their own routes by preparing a list of junction numbers through which they want to travel. Falk maps give cycling distances between the junctions & indicate which roads, both within the numbered network & outside it, have separate cycling paths. Routes which are part of the LF network of long-distance cycle routes are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols shows various accommodation options, bars & restaurants, & various places of interest. Landscape information is provided by colouring for woodlands, dunes, etc. The maps are indexed & show in the margins latitude & longitude at 1`52” intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. The maps also include recommendations of best tourist attractions from the VVV
- Dutch Tourist Board, & addresses of their local offices.COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FALK & THE ANWB 50K CYCLING MAPS OF THE NETHERLANDS:- Similar area per map, but Falk has larger sheets because of the additional panels with recommended local tours & other tourist information; ANWB maps are smaller & easier to handle.- Falk maps are indexed & have English legend, ANWB’s are not & the legend is in Dutch only.- Falk maps have clearer highlighting of the LF long-distance routes.- GPS: Falk maps give latitude & longitude, ANWB’s have coordinates of the Dutch National Grid.- Falk maps have more symbols indicating various types of accommodation & places of interest.




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Netherlands at 1:400, 000 from Michelin, with information on driving regulations, a distance & journey time table, plus enlargements showing in greater detail road access to Amsterdam, The Hague & Rotterdam with the Europoort & Hoek Van Holl&. Roads network

Includes:: local roads & is graded according to the number of lanes. Junctions show full or partial interchanges. Steep gradients (!), level crossings & restricted entry sections are marked; scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. Relief shading is used to indicate the topography, with colouring for forested areas. National parks are also marked. Small symbols indicate various landmarks or places of interest including campsites & youth hostels, but the map is not primarily designed to highlight tourist sights. The map also indicates locations with street plans in Michelin

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Netherlands at 1:300, 000 from Geo Center with cartography from Mair Dumont. Coverage extends to Brussels & Cologne. Street plans are provided for central Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Brussels & Antwerp. Coverage extends south to beyond Brussels to include Antwerp, Bruges & Ghent, plus east to Cologne & the Ruhr. The map shows the country ...

Netherlands at 1:300, 000 from Insight Guides, with street plans of central Amsterdam, Rotterdam & The Hague, plus enlargements showing access to these cities & Utrecht, all presented on one side of a very large sheet. The road map presents very clearly the country ...

The Netherlands in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

The Netherlands in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

Netherlands at 1:300, 000 from Insight Guides, with street plans of central Amsterdam, Rotterdam & The Hague, plus enlargements showing access to these cities & Utrecht, all presented on one side of a very large sheet. The road map presents very clearly the country ...

Netherlands on a large, indexed road map at 1:250, 000 from Falk BV, with five city centre street plans, a route planning map, plus a distance table. Road network clearly shows motorway junction numbers & names. Driving distances are marked on main & selected local routes. Railway lines are shown with main stations & ferry connections, both internal across rivers/canals & to the North Sea islands, indicate maximum weight per vehicle. A range of symbols show various facilities & places of interest. The map has no geographical coordinates. The index is on the reverse. Map legend

Includes:: English. The reverse side also provides city centre street plans of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht & Maastricht. The plans show one way or restricted entry streets, pedestrian zones, car parks & police stations, but do not indicate any places of interest or other important buildings. Also provides is a motorway map for route planning & a distance table PLEASE NOTE: the same map is also available is the publisher’s special folded format with more additional features.

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Netherlands with Belgium & Luxembourg at 1:350, 000 on an indexed, double- sided map from ITMB. Belgium & Luxembourg are on one side; Netherlands is divided along the Vlissigen (Flushing) / Eindhoven line with a small overlap between the sides. The map shows the three countries’ road & rail networks, with driving distances marked on main & on selected connecting roads. Symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including selected campsites & other tourist accommodation. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 20’. Each side has a separate index. ...