The Caucasus at 1:650, 000 on a double-sided, indexed, waterproof & tear-resistant road map from Reise-Know-How with topographic & tourist information, plus very clear presentation of the region’s international & internal administrative boundaries & border crossing restrictions. Tbilisi & Yerevan are included on both sides of the map. Abkhazia & South Ossetia are shown as part of Georgia but with no road access from the rest of the country. Also clearly marked are the two Azeri enclaves in northern Armenia, plus the Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, as well as the 1994 ceasefire line around Nagorno-Karabakh where alternative Armenian place names are indicated. Coverage in Russia

Includes:: the whole of Chechnya & Ingushetia, plus much of Dagestan. Within Georgia, Armenia & Russia names of main cities are also shown in each country’s alphabet. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base which shows the area’s topography by altitude colouring with contours, spot heights, mountain passes & names of mountain ranges. The map covers the whole of the Caucasus Mountains, highlighting numerous national parks & protected areas both in Russia & on the southern side. Road network

Includes:: local unsurfaced roads & seasonal tracks. A wide range of symbols highlights various places of interest, including UNESCO heritage sites, archaeological remains, selected hotels & campsites, beaches, caves & hot springs, etc. The map has a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1° & an index of place names with a separate list of national parks & reserves. Map legend

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The Caucasus wall map at 1:1, 000, 000 from Gizi Map, size 117 x 82cm (46” x 32” approx), presenting the region in a road edition with relief shading to show its topography & make the road network stand out better against the background. Coverage

Includes:: the southern republics of Russia. International boundaries are clearly marked. Within Georgia the map indicates the boundaries of South Ossetia, Abkhazia & Adjara; in Azerbaijan the border of Nagorno Karabach & the ceasefire line are marked. Coverage within Russia extends north of Krasnodar & Stavropol, with boundaries of individual republics including Chechnya, North Ossetia & Dagestan. Place names are shown in Latin alphabet, but within Georgia, Armenia & Russia larger towns are also named in local script. Relief shading with plenty of names of geographical features such as individual mountain ranges, peaks, swamps, salt flats, etc, presents the topography. Road network is graded in six types, with driving distances on main & selected connecting routes. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. Symbols highlight various places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals. The index, arranged by country, is on the reverse. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English.A separate insets presents at-a-glance the political & administrative division of the region. Please note: this map is also available folded, plus the same cartography but with altitude colouring to emphasize the topography is also used in Gizi Map’s geographical edition of this title, also available folded or flat.



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Map No. F-4D in the TPC series: military topographic survey mapping covering the world's land masses & significant islands at 1:500, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. TPC stands for Tactical Pilotage Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 500ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus 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, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each TPC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us. Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series. In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Map No. F-4C in the TPC series: military topographic survey mapping covering the world's land masses & significant islands at 1:500, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. TPC stands for Tactical Pilotage Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 500ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus 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, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each TPC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us. Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series. In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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' Pitched as an antidote to the 'modern slavery' of Blackberry's, mobiles etc, Jon Savage's memoir of navigating the pre-gentrification Docklands with Derek Jarman is a highlight, while poignant pieces about epic canoe trips, ice-skating through the Fens & innumerable idyllic tributaries constitute an extended billet-doux to the landscapes & idiosyncrasies of the British Isles'
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- Mojo magazine. From the Thames to the Telford, the Wear to the Wellsbourne; from canoe adventures to ice-skating, from angling to day-dreaming, Caught by the River is an exceptional new take on nature writing. Here, the writers take you on a journey down some of our most famous waterways & some of its best kept secrets. Funny, surprising, delightful & poignant, they all share one thing
- a passion for the rivers of Britain & Irel&. The result is a uniquely modern take on an age old writing tradition
- a rock 'n' rock nature book ever. The authors, many acclaimed & the rest soon to be, each contribute to a collection of writing as varied & unexpected as the rivers themselves. This evocative anthology of the best new nature writing is presented in a collection of essays on some of our favourite rivers, covering the entire length of the country.A diverse collection of authors share their thoughts, experiences & reminiscences on the river that means something special to them. Contributors include Gavin Pretor-Pinney who retraces a canoe trip his grandfather made 60 years ago, Roger Deakin writes about the history of ice skating in the fens, Jon Savage describes a trip down the Thames with the Sex Pistols, Irvine Welsh recounts the courtship rituals witnessed by the River Forth, plus there are many more contributors including Bill Drummond, Edywn Collins, John Niven, Jarvis Cocker, & Chris Yates to name a few.



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”A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through the eyes of a surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners in Petrograd, superbly narrated by Helen Rappaport.” (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs). Caught in the Revolution is Helen Rappaport`s masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. Between the first revolution in February 1917 & Lenin`s Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil
- felt nowhere more keenly than on the fashionable Nevsky Prospekt where the foreign visitors & diplomats who filled hotels, clubs, bars & embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps & beneath their windows. Among this disparate group were journalists, businessmen, bankers, governesses, volunteer nurses & expatriate socialites. Many kept diaries & wrote letters home: from an English nurse who had already survived the sinking of the Titanic; to the black valet of the US Ambassador, far from his native Deep South; to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who had come to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women`s Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareva. Helen Rappaport draws upon this rich trove of material, much of it previously unpublished, to carry us right up to the action
- to see, feel & hear the Revolution as it happened to a diverse group of individuals who suddenly felt themselves trapped in a `red madhouse.`

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Selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph & Evening Standard ”[ The] centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They will be hard pushed to better this highly original, exhaustively researched & superbly constructed account.” (Saul David, Daily Telegraph). ”A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through the eyes of a surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners in Petrograd, superbly narrated by Helen Rappaport.” (Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs). Between the first revolution in February 1917 & Lenin`s Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars & embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses & volunteer nurses. Many kept diaries & wrote letters home: from an English nurse who had already survived the sinking of the Titanic; to the black valet of the US Ambassador, far from his native Deep South; to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who had come to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women`s Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareava. Drawing upon a rich trove of material & through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold, Helen Rappaport takes us right up to the action
- to see, feel & hear the Revolution as it happened.
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Dazzling, daring & full of original insight & wit, Henry Green offers a unique view of a class-ridden Britain enduring both war & its aftermath. In the apocalyptic atmosphere of the Blitz, so brilliantly evoked in Caught, gossip spreads like wildfire & the lives of two men are torn apart. In Back, Charley, an amputee, returns from a prison camp to his village & the grave of the woman he loved. Concluding was Green`s own favourite of his novels & tells the story of a summer`s day & a schoolgirl`s disappearance. The text of Caught used in this edition is based on Green`s original manuscript, which was censored by the publisher on first publication, but can be read now for the first time in unexpurgated form. ...

Get ready for more thrills, spills & spells in 2012! Max Pendragon is not looking forward to attending Morgana Le Fay`s summer Spell School. Not only is his battered cauldron producing slimy sludge instead of perfect spells, but ever since he & his sister Olivia foiled evil Morgana`s plot against King Arthur, they have been wary of her plans for revenge. Max & Olivia soon discover that Spell School has more in store for them than they ever imagined. With the help of Merlin & a mysterious bard, Caradoc, will they be able to outwit Morgana & save Arthur for a second time? ...