“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
- GIFT OF THE YEAR 2008* The “ Really Tiny Book Light” requires 3 AG3 batteries (included).
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“ The Really Tiny Book Light” red clips discreetly onto the pages of your book so you can indulge your late-night reading habits without disturbing others or straining your eyes. This LED book light even sports a handy neck hinge that means that you can rotate the arm of your reading light a full 90 degrees, allowing you to direct the light beam towards the edge of the page & comfortably read text left in shadow by many other inferior reading lights. *WINNER
- GIFT OF THE YEAR 2008* The “ Really Tiny Book Light” requires 3 AG3 batteries (included).
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Indexed street map of Bloemfontein & suburbs, with an inset enlargement of the town centre & a road map of the Free State on the reverse. The city coverage extends from Bainsvlai in the north-west to Grasland in the east & JB Mafora district in the south. Detail

Includes:: one-way streets, traffic lights, service stations, railways & car parks. District names are indicated & colour coding distinguishes land use e.g. industrial, built-up, retail district, parks. A further range of symbols depict places of interest, landmarks, museums, tourist information offices, shopping centres, various community services, churches, hospitals, sports facilities etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1’ intervals. An inset at 1:15, 000 shows the central area with greater clarity. The map is indexed for streets. On the reverse is a road map of Free State at 1:800, 000. Road detail

Includes:: secondary roads & toll routes, distinguishes untarred roads & shows intermediate distances on many routes. Other detail

Includes:: provincial boundaries, airports, historic sites, battlefields, reserves & other places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. Indexed for place names.





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Map No. 2926, Bloemfontein, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Bloemfontein Pocket Tourist Map is an indexed street plan at a scale of 1:15, 000, suitable for use with GPS systems. Road detail

Includes:: freeways, through routes & minor roads, as well as indicating one way streets, parking facilities & petrol stations. Railways lines & stations are marked & the bus/taxi terminus is located. Colour coding distinguishes land use e.g. retail areas, industrial areas & park/sports recreation areas. A range of symbols indicate sites of municipal & visitor interest such as vantage points, places of cultural significance, tourist information centres, theatres & cinemas, shopping centres, police stations & hospitals. Hotels & guest houses are shown throughout the city. For GPS users, lines of latitude & longitude are displayed at intervals of 0.5’.

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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. ...

By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty & creativity of Italy is matched only by its brutality & corruption. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy, he is defined not just by his wealth, charisma & power, but by his blood: a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If he is to succeed, he must use his Machiavellian son & innocent daughter. Stripping away the myths around the Borgias, Blood & Beauty breathes life into the astonishing family of Alexander VI & celebrates the raw power of history itself: compelling, complex, & relentless. ...

With The Warrior's Honor & Virtual War, Blood & Belonging forms part of the acclaimed trilogy by Michael Ignatieff on the face of modern conflict. In 1993 Michael Ignatieff set out on a journey to the former Yugoslavia, the Ukraine, Germany, Quebec, Kurdistan & Northern Ireland in order to explore the many faces of modern nationalism at its worst. Modern nationalism is a language of blood: a call to arms that can end in the horror of ethnic cleansing. But it is also a language of belonging: a call to come home. In Blood & Belonging Michael Ignatieff explores both sides of nationalism in a personal odyssey that begins in the nightmare of the former Yugoslavia & ends with his return to his adopted homel&, Great Britain's disunited kingdom. ...

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali. Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah. Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law & tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned. Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. & something in her defiance draws Ali to her. Which path will he choose? ...

`A history of resilience.. .sweeping, comprehensive.. .it`s a story that has been waiting to be told` Guardian ` An account sorely needed.. .a kaleidoscopic view of Native American history, refreshing & rollicking, & not unlike its fractured reality` Standpoint Blood & Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history & achievements of Native North Americans, & why they matter today. It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States & Canada: Native Americans, First Nations & Arctic peoples. This highly personal book, based on years of travel & first-hand research in North America, introduces a deeply complex story, of myriad identities & determined ethnicities
- from the desert Southwest to the high Arctic, from first contact between Europeans & Native Americans to the challenges of Native leadership today. Instead of writing a chronological history, King confronts the reader with the paradoxes, diversity & successes of Native North Americans. Their astonishing ingenuity & supple intelligence enabled, after centuries of suffering both violence & dispossession, a striking level of recovery, optimism & autonomy in the twenty-first century. Beautifully illustrated & filled with arresting & surprising stories, Blood & Land looks well beyond the `feathers-&-failure` narratives beloved by historians to show us Native North America as it was & is.
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