All day long the baker`s cat toils in the bakery & all night he is expected to catch the mice that run riot in the storeroom. If he doesn`t catch any mice, the beastly baker tells him, he won`t get any food. Too exhausted to chase after the cheeky rodents, the baker`s cat becomes thin & sad & weepy, until the mice take pity on him & together they concoct a clever plan...” Posy Simmonds delights as ever with a subversive story rich in humour & glorious in its bakery details.” Guardian ” Anything by Posy Simmonds is a must for parents as well as children.” (Evening Standard). ...

Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

John Watson has barely settled into his new school, Baker Street Academy, when his teacher Ms De Rossi announces a trip to one of London`s top museums, home to the Alpine Star, the world`s most famous jewel. But the gem has been stolen
- from right under their noses! The police are soon on the trail & the whole of the country is talking about the crime. When police catch the thief along with the stolen gem, it seems the case is closed. But Sherlock Holmes has other ideas. With John & Martha at his side, can he uncover the mystery behind this extraordinary gem? Told through Watson`s blog, detective notes, school assignments, media reports, & energetic comic-strip illustrations, this introduction to Arthur Conan Doyle`s classic characters will have every young super-sleuth hooked!
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Paul Morley, author, journalist & cultural commentator, tells the story in Earthbound of post-punk, music & changing times
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Bakersfield, Kern County, CA in a series of indexed street plans of US cities from G.M. Johnson & Associates with surrounding insets showing street plans of Shafter, Maricopa, Taft, Mc Farl&, Arvin & Lake Isabella. Other communities covered by this map include Delano & Wasco. On the reverse is a road map of Ken County indicating which areas are shown on street plans. Street plans from G.M. Johnson & Associates are indexed & show longer streets annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. Administrative boundaries are marked but not zip code areas. Colours indicate shopping centres, university areas, parks & adjoining protected areas such as national or state forest, etc. ...

This attractive planner will soon become an invaluable help in the kitchen. Every keen cook likes to have somewhere to record favourite baking recipes
- from weekend cakes & sweet pies, to celebration cakes & cookies for the kids. With plenty of lined pages to write down or stick in your most treasured recipes, you`ll never again have to search through kitchen drawers for photocopied recipes or scribbled notes.
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Bakony & Somló Mountains Atlas from the Budapest-based Cartographia with detailed, contoured & GPS compatible mapping at 1:25, 000, plus an extensive, Hungarian language guide section providing descriptions of numerous places of interest. The guide has detailed topographic maps at 1:40, 000 with contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring & graphics for different types of vegetation & land use, e.g. vineyards, orchards, meadows, woodlands, etc. An overprint highlights local and/or long-distance hiking trails, indicating their waymarking signage. Also marked are recommended cycling routes. Local roads indicate bus routes & stops, & railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols mark various facilities & places of interests including campsites, hostels & other tourist accommodation, restaurants & cafes, etc. The maps have margin ticks with latitude & longitude at 1’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. Extensive text, illustrated with colour photos, is in Hungarian only – a challenge indeed! – but a lot of useful information, including telephone numbers for tourist offices, can be deciphered with help from a pocket dictionary. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Kati Hirschel, in her thirties, is the proud owner of Istanbul`s only crime bookshop. She has learned the corrupt ways of her adored city & soon takes possession of an apartment obtained with the help of a generous bribe to a government official. All is well until a man is found murdered in her dream apartment & Kati becomes the police`s primary suspect. In her second novel Esmahan Aykol takes us to the alleys & boulevards of cosmopolitan Istanbul, to posh villas & seedy basement flats, to the property agents & lawyers, to Islamist leaders & city officials
- in fact everywhere that baksheesh helps move things along.
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Baku on a double-sided map with an indexed street plan of its central districts (Yasamal, Nasimi, Narimanov, Khatai & Sabayil), plus the centre including the Old Town in greater detail highlighting 57 places of interest. The main plan is at 1;8, 000 & shows one way streets, locations of petrol station, as well various public buildings & facilities, etc. On most streets selected street numbers are provided for easy location of addresses. On the reverse a city centre, the Old Town & surrounding area, is shown in greater detail at 1:4, 000, annotated with 57 various places of interest, cross-referenced to a panel with brief descriptions. All place names are in the Latin alphabet & all the text is in English. ...

Baku & The Best of Azerbaijan in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...