Mont Thabor area at 1:50, 000 on a contoured & GPS compatible map from Editions Didier Richard in their series of walking maps of French Alps & other popular hiking regions of south-eastern France. Coverage extends from Modane in the north to Briançon in the south-east, & west to Valloire. The base map with cartography from the IGN has contours at 50m intervals enhanced by shading, graphic relief & colouring for woodlands. An overprint prominently highlights the main route of the Tour du Mont Thabor, plus several variants for shorter or longer circuits, including sections of the GR5. Symbols indicate mountain refuges & other accommodation options, religious & military buildings, tourist offices, locations with access by train, etc. The map has a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided are photos & details of 12 mountain refuges & other useful addresses. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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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 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. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Ali Smith`s novel is a meditation on a world growing ever more bordered & exclusive, on what richness & worth are, on what harvest means. This first in a seasonal quartet casts an eye over our own time. Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearian jeu d`esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s Pop art: the centuries cast their eyes over our own history-making. Here`s where we`re living. Here`s time at its most contemporaneous & its most cyclic. From the imagination of the peerless Ali Smith comes a shape-shifting series, wide-ranging in timescale & light-footed through histories, & a story about ageing & time & love & stories themselves. ...

I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap & the sink, the garden chair close to the wall beneath the kitchen window, the sun, the water, the trees. You will come to see it in your own way, you will experience things for yourself & live a life of your own, so of course it is primarily for my own sake that I am doing this: showing you the world, little one, makes my life worth living. Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece per day, describing the material & natural world with the precision & mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark. This tender & deeply personal book is beautifully illustrated by Vanessa Baird, & is the first of four volumes marvelling at the vast, unknowable universe around us. ...

Why are the autumn colours of Kyoto described as the most beautiful in Japan? The delicate, almost translucent autumn hues, which derive from the city`s unique plant life & climate, are undoubtedly lovely to behold, but clearly that is not the only reason. The secret of Kyoto`s autumn beauty lies in a perfect harmony of the natural & the man-made, the culmination of centuries of history. This book introduces 49 magnificent Kyoto locations
- predominantly temples & shrines
- ideal for viewing the season`s fiery displays. The scenes are elegantly captured by three photographers who have devoted their lives to conveying the beauty of this remarkable city through the camera lens. In these pages, readers will soon note that far from being consigned to history, Kyoto`s ancient places of worship are assiduously maintained as centres for present-day religious devotions. The ideal, seamless coexistence of these quintessential Kyoto landmarks & their surroundings is another secret of Kyoto`s seasonal beauty, & the key to the city`s position as Japan`s cultural capital for over 1, 200 years. A bilingual map section provides address information & contact details for each location. This is a stunning photo-guide to autumnal Kyoto, Japan`s ancient capital, copiously illustrated with images of the red leaves considered the most beautiful autumn colours in Japan. Area-by-area chapters feature 49 noted locations including well-known spots in Kyoto like Kiyomizudera-temple, Nanzenji-temple, Ryoanji-temple, Tofukuji-temple, Shimogamo shrine, Kyoto Imperial Palace etc. This book also explains the history & culture of each place. It provides 6 maps in total
- one for the whole Kyoto area & 5 others for Central, East, West, South & North Kyoto. Map pages also have access information, with addresses & telephone numbers of the places listed (temples, shrines etc), all written in both Japanese & English. It is perfect as a gift or a handy travel guide to Kyoto.


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Piemonte
- literally ”foot of the mountain”
- is in the far north-west of Italy & boasts some of the most productive agricultural

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Stephen R. Platt`s Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic & disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in history. ” In the early 1850s, during the twilight of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of the this movement
- who called themselves the Taiping
- was Hong Xiuquan, a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God & the brother of Jesus Christ. As the revolt grew & battles raged across the empire, all signs pointed to a Taiping victory & to the inauguration of a modern, industrialized & pro-Western China. Soon, however, Britain & the United States threw their support behind the Qing, rapidly quashing the Taiping & rendering futile years of bloodshed. In Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, Stephen Platt recounts the events of the rebellion & its brutal suppression in spellbinding detail. It is an essential & enthralling history of the rise & fall of a movement that, a century & a half ago, might have launched China into the modern world.

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The remarkable story of Hemingway`s love affair with both the city of Venice & the muse he found there
- a young Italian girl who
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