This guide covers all the highlights of the vast, varied, sun-drenched state, beginning with the Los Angeles beach communities, the fabulous Getty Center & the venues of the stars. Moving southward to Orange County`s affluent seaside towns, beautiful San Diego`s world-class museums & zoo at Balboa Park. Then north along the coast, jaw-dropping Big Sur scenery, moneyed Carmel & historic Monterey. On to San Francisco, a city of neighborhoods, & nearby Napa, Sonoma & Alexander Valleys. From here, the little traveled realm of the redwoods, preserved in magnificent Humboldt Redwoods State Park & Redwood National Park. Then to funky Mendocino overlooking the crashing sea, & tiny Guerneville, along the Russian River. Inl&, in the Sierra Nevada, old mining towns, ski resorts, & dazzling Lake Tahoe are explored. The book ends with a foray into the desert, anchored by Death Valley. ...

Travellers California gives the low-down on the highlights of the ' Golden State'
- its wine districts, deserts, coastline &
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This is the must have guide for anyone planning a trip to the Californian wine regions of Napa & Sonoma. Fodor's guide book offers coverage of more than one hundred wineries & advice for novice wine tasters, with enough detail to please even experienced connoisseurs. Practical advice for lodging & dining stands alongside stories of the areas great wine families, past & present & all of this is complemented by our trademark breathtaking photography. Whether you're familiar with Fodor's guides or not, this is a highly recommended guide for this particular wine producing region of the States. ...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 California Wine Country is the essential guide to one of America's most vibrant destinations. With a free pull-out map, DK Eyewitness Top 10 California Wine Country will set you up perfectly to discover all the wonderful wines on offer in this beautiful part of the world. To save you time & money, it even

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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: California Wine Country will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you`re looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists
- from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events & festivals
- there`s even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars & places to shop. You`ll find the insider knowledge every visitor needs & explore every corner effortlessly with DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: California Wine Country & its Free pull-out map. DK Eyewitness. Top 10 Travel Guide: California Wine Country
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California Wine Wall Map from De Long Company, size 61 x 92 cm / 24” x 36”, presents in an attractive pastel colouring the state’s officially designated AVA (American Viticultural Areas) winegrowing regions. An overview map of the whole state shows which two parts of it are presented in detail on the main panels at 1:715, 000 approx. One panel covers the three main wine growing areas of northern & central California: the North Coast & the Central Coast – respectively north & south of the San Francisco Bay, plus the Sierra Foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The second panel shows an area from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border. Colouring & graphics are carefully designed to show overlapping zones. The base map has colouring according the mean annual temperature, with graphics to indicate mountainous and/or forested areas, main rivers & roads, plus selected towns & locations within the wine regions. An interesting feature is the inclusion of latitude lines to provide comparisons with other wine growing areas, e.g. at 38°76 the northern tip of the Napa Valley is at the same latitude as the Valdepeñas region of Spain, or the Ramona Valley AVA just north of San Diego is at the latitude of Galilee in Israel. ...

California Delta, along the Sacramento & San Joaquin Rivers between Sacramento, Stockton & the San Pablo Bay, on a waterproof & tear-resistant adventure map from Franko Maps, with enlargements and/or street plans, a table of facilities, a calendar of events, etc. On one side is a map at approx. 1:125, 000 covering the area between Sacramento in the north, Stockton in the east, Tracy in the south, & the confluence of the two rivers at the Suisun Bay; a panel on the reverse extends the coverage further west to Vallejo & the eastern part of the San Pablo Bay. The map highlights fishing locations & nature watching sites, marinas & other boating facilities, campsites, etc. Where appropriate, rivers & other waterways are annotated with depth markers. Insets present in greater detail Bethel Isl&, Discovery Bay & Walnut Grove. The reverse side also provides a street map of Sacramento; a table showing facilities in the Delta area marinas, resorts, boat launches & fishing piers; a list of local yacht clubs; California tide chart corrections; a calendar of local events & other useful tourist information; plus lovely drawings of local fish. ...

Caliman Mountains at 1:60, 000 in a series of detailed contoured maps covering popular hiking areas of Transylvania published by Dimap, one of Hungary’s leading publishers specializing in mapping of that region. The maps show local hiking routes & provide tourist information such as campsites, places of interest, etc. Many titles include street plans and/or English language descriptions of recommended hiking trails.* In this title:* hiking map with contours at 50m intervals. Several trails are marked, with symbols distinguishing between well & poorly signposted sections. Forested areas & nature reserves are marked, with symbols showing local caves & springs; hotels, campsites & refuges; skiing areas & ski-lifts; various places of interest, etc. Map coverage extends from Vatra Dornei in the north to Toplita in the south, & from Vatava in the west to Bilbor in the east. Most place names are shown with their old Hungarian equivalents. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1` intervals. On the reverse are simple street plans of Toplita & Vatra Dornei, a small road map of the local region, plus notes describing the area & the tourist paths identified on the map.* Map legend & all the notes include English.* ...

Topographic mapping from Mexico’s national survey agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. The maps have contours at 20m intervals with relief shading & indicate various types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. dense vegetation, cultivated areas, swamps, sand dunes, salt pans, etc. UTM grid is at 10km intervals, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks at intervals of 5`. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man`s death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan`s widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans
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- know more about this man`s death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carre`s debut novel, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious & retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage & deceit.

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