Milford Track in the Fiordland National Park on a light, waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:38, 000 in a series from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The map highlights the course of the 53.5-km long Milford Track from Lake Te Anau to the Milford Sound, indicting walking & tramping sections. Contour interval is 20m. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Interstate Drive Times & Distances Map (IDT &D) of United States from the Kappa Map Group, showing the country’s interstate highways annotated with distances in miles & driving times. On the reverse is a table showing driving distances between main towns using the interstate routes. Also provided is a separate list of the interstate highways shown on the map & an explanation of their numbering system. The map itself is very simple, but the information on it would come very useful for anyone planning a longer trip across the States, if only to avoid a mistake like the one once made by the writer of this description who innocently planed a day drive equivalent of a London – Edinburgh – Dublin – London round trip! ...

1 New York Times bestseller Milk & Honey is a collection of poetry & prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, & femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, & each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk & Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life & finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look. ...

` Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting & dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults & foibles as humans
- our willingness to experiment; our ability to become addicts; our pursuit of money. This book tells us more than about opium; it tells us about ourselves.`
- Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads` The only thing that is good is poppies. They are gold.` Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the ` Milk of Paradise` for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain
- & hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport & refine, & subject to an insatiable global dem&. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is a farm-gate material that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip or the scorched & filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America & Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today`s synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine &, above all, money. &, as this ambitious, wide-ranging & compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history & it speaks to us of who we are.


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Mark Kurlansky`s first global food history since the bestselling Cod & Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, & culinary story of milk & all things dairy--with recipes throughout. According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk; a splatter of the goddess Hera`s breast milk became our galaxy, the Milky Way. But while mother`s milk may be the essence of nourishment, it is the milk of other mammals that humans have cultivated ever since the domestication of animals more than 10, 000 years ago, originally as a source of cheese, yogurt, kefir, & all manner of edible innovations that rendered lactose digestible, & then, when genetic mutation made some of us lactose-tolerant, milk itself. Before the industrial revolution, it was common for families to keep dairy cows & produce their own milk. But during the nineteenth century mass production & urbanization made milk safety a leading issue of the day, with milk-borne illnesses a common cause of death. Pasteurization slowly became a legislative matter. & today milk is a test case in the most pressing issues in food politics, from industrial farming & animal rights to GMOs, the locavore movement, & advocates for raw milk, who controversially reject pasteurization. Profoundly intertwined with human civilization, milk has a compelling & a surprisingly global story to tell, & historian Mark Kurlansky is the perfect person to tell it. Tracing the liquid`s diverse history from antiquity to the present, he details its curious & crucial role in cultural evolution, religion, nutrition, politics, & economics. ...

Milkman is extraordinary. I`ve been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It`s frightening, hilarious, wily & joyous all at the same time.
- Lisa Mc Inerney, author of The Glorious Heresies In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend & to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, & rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes `interesting`. The last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed & to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip & hearsay, silence & deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
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Nothing sings of leisurely weekend indulgence like supping chocolate thickshakes through a stripy straw, the ice cream melting & oozing down the side of a cool soda glass. Or perhaps your favourite is a frothy frappe or a fizzy float? Recreate milkshake bar classics & experiment with inspired new creations in your own home with Hannah Miles' delightfully nostalgic new book. Classic recipes include Cream Soda Floats, Banana Caramel Milkshakes & a thick Chocolate Malt Shake. For a lighter option, turn to the Fruity chapter, which is full of brilliant blends: from a refreshing Watermelon Cooler to a delicate Apple Snow Shake. Fun recipes are perfect for the child in all of us
- from cute Doughnut or Raspberry Ripple Floats to a Honeycomb Shake
- while Indulgent recipes are for milkshakes which have definitely grown-up! Sip a sweet Salted Caramel Shake, a decadent Cherry Garcia or a fragrant Rose Dream. Whatever your choice, shakes are not just for summer, they make a perfect treat or dessert for those happy days all year round!

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A Ne Xtime designed glass clock that is made with the latest `glow in the dark` technology. This clock will be giving out light; faintly shining so as to be visible in the dark, showing a mesmerizing & true image of our galaxy.35cm Diameter Requires one AA battery, not included. ...

The Milky Way on a colourful & informative wall map, size 79.5 x 51.5cm (31” x 20” approx) – encapsulated version, from the National Geographic, showing the galaxy’s spiral-shaped system of a few hundred billion stars & where we sit inside it. Colouring indicates the galactic bulge, placed in the centre of the map, globular star clusters, nebulae, molecular clouds, etc. Various arms of the Milky Way are named & specific points are cross-referenced to the surrounding explanatory text (if not, alas, to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) & illustrated with more detailed images. Also provided is a cross-section of the galactic latitude. This title is also available on paper.LAMINATED & ENCAPSULATED WALL MAPS:- LAMINATED wall maps have a thin layer of plastic usually applied to the printed side only. They can be written on with suitable marker pens without any damage to the map but, unless laminated on both sides, they are not damp-proof.- ENCAPSULATED wall maps are sealed between two sheets of plastic. They are more rigid & heavier than laminated maps of the same size. They are damp-proof & do not crinkle in humid conditions. Encapsulation gives the map a shiny surface, similar to being displayed behind glass.- PLEASE NOTE: many publishers & retailers often use these two terms interchangeably. Our map titles & descriptions follow the definitions provided above. ...

The Milky Way on a colourful & informative wall map, size 79.5 x 51.5cm (31” x 20” approx) – paper version, from the National Geographic, showing the galaxy’s spiral-shaped system of a few hundred billion stars & where we sit inside it. Colouring indicates the galactic bulge, placed in the centre of the map, globular star clusters, nebulae, molecular clouds, etc. Various arms of the Milky Way are named & specific points are cross-referenced to the surrounding explanatory text (if not, alas, to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) & illustrated with more detailed images. Also provided is a cross-section of the galactic latitude. This title is also available encapsulated. ...