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
- & their agents
- 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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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
- & their agents
- 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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Jo returns to South Africa after ten years in the UK to cover the riots sweeping the Jo`burg township of Alex. Nico, her estranged Afrikaner father, reappears & asks her to help prove his innocence in the murder of a black man, abducted by the security forces decades earlier. As they set off on a road trip through South Africa`s now-unfamiliar landscape, it becomes clear that Nico knows more about the murder than he is letting on, & Jo begins to wonder whether she is his accomplice, or his captive. Set against the backdrop of a country struggling to absorb its bloody history & forge a new democracy, Call It Dog asks whether justice & truth are more important than the bonds of loyalty & love, & explores what is it like to feel you no longer belong in the land of your birth
- or to your own family.
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Now a major motion picture from the makers of A Bigger Splash. During a restless summer on the Italian Riviera, a powerful romance blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio & his father`s house guest, Oliver. Unrelenting currents of obsession & fear, fascination & desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is a romance of scarcely six weeks` duration, & an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera & during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing they both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. ...

Ben Reynolds was the youngest of three children, born on 1 March 1920, in Essex, Engl&. He had a simple education before becoming an apprentice to a carpenter. By 16 years of age, Ben was also a volunteer with the Territorial Army. On 2 September 1939, the day before World War II was officially declared, he was conscripted into the army. In his autobiography, Ben recalls his day-to-day experiences as a soldier in the North African desert & describes with candid honesty the experience of being captured by the German Afrika Korps before being shipped overseas to become a Prisoner of War at a camp in Italy. His experience was brutal &, like all prisoners, he suffered unbearable hardship under an unrelenting regime. Ben was a survivor, with an uncompromising attitude to escape & resolute in his determination to get home. Call Me Corp details his war experience, & is written with heart-warming honesty & wit. ...

After a decade as Conservative Party leader, David Cameron remains an enigma to those outside his tight-knit inner circle. This authoritative biography of Britain`s youngest Prime Minister for nearly 200 years provides a fascinating insight into the man only those closest to him know. Based on hundreds of interviews, with everyone from Westminster insiders to intimate friends, this book reveals the real David Cameron. What are his greatest strengths & his biggest weaknesses? How did he reach the top, first in the party & then as the leader of the UK`s first coalition government since the Second World War, then winner of the most surprising election victory of recent times? How did he deal with everything from political triumph to personal tragedy? This unauthorised biography answers all these questions & more. From Eton to Oxford, through gap-year adventures in Russia to his early days as a party apparatchik & his stint as a PR man, the book scrutinises Cameron`s journey to the premiership
- & his record as the most powerful man in the l&. Unquestionably the most hotly anticipated political book of the year.
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The experiences of an ordinary man on the pilgrim's path are charted in this narrative that walks along the Camino Frances to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela & then on to Finisterre, the westernmost point of Spain. The history of the Camino is recounted, as well as several of the myths, legends, & miracle stories that have become attached-and given special meaning-to this itinerary. Emphasizing that personal myths are an essential part of this lore, this chronicle also

Includes:: stories from the confraternity of the pilgrims, people from all corners of the world who visit this walk for a great diversity of reasons, but all of whom leave having experienced the same miracle-that this pilgrimage will play a defining role in their lives.

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Could you ski to the South Pole? That was the challenge that British Adventurer, Felicity Aston put to women from around the Commonwealth as she set out to create the most international all-female expedition ever to the South Pole. The team would not be experienced explorers but `ordinary` women who wanted inspire others to follow their dreams or make a change for the better in their lives. She received more than 800 applications & embarked on a three-month journey around the world to interview candidates. ` What is skiing?` was the question that greeted her in Ghana. At the close of 2009, Felicity led a team from places as diverse as Jamaica, India, Singapore & Cyprus
- some of whom had never even seen snow or spent the night in a tent before joining the expedition
- on a 900 km skiing trek across the Antarctic, one of the toughest & most notoriously hazardous journeys on the planet. Eighty-mile-an-hour winds ripped through base camp; frostbite & injuries were an everyday occurrence; &, deadly crevasses emerged from the cracking ice beneath their feet. But they also shared beliefs, ideas, philosophies & laughter, made lasting memories & broke no less than six World Records.

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