As the Soviet Union struggled along the path to Communism, food supplies were often sporadic & shortages commonplace. Day to day living was hard, both the authorities & their citizens had to apply every ounce of ingenuity to maximize often inadequate resources. This book contains over 60 recipes, each introduced with an insightful historical story or anecdote, & an accompanying image, spanning such delicacies as aspic, borscht, caviar & herring, by way of bird’s milk cake & pelmeni. The stories & recipes contained here reflect these turbulent times: from basic subsistence meals consumed by the average citizen (okroshka), to extravagant banquets held by the political elite (suckling pig with buckwheat), & a scattering of classics (beef stroganoff) in between. Illustrated using images sourced from original Soviet recipe books collected by the author. Many of these sometimes extraordinary-looking pictures depicted dishes whose recipes used unobtainable ingredients, placing them firmly in the realm of ‘aspirational’ fantasy for the average Soviet household. In their content & presentation the pictures themselves act as a window into cuisine of the day, in turn revealing the unique political & social attitudes of the era. ...

From the imposition of communist rule in 1945, Ceausescu`s secret police, the Securitate, remained shrouded in secrecy. This work benefits from access to the archives of the Securitate. The author draws on the memoirs, published & unpublished, of victims of the 1950s terror & on his own interviews with prominent dissidents. The result is a ”dual” history: that of the oppressor (the Securitate) & of the oppressed (the Romanian people) during Ceausescu`s years in power. The work also contains a documentary appendix of translations of Securitate documents & dissident literature, some of which has not yet been made public in Romania itself. The study deals fully with the methods & tactics used by Ceausescu in maintaining oppression, & draws on the testimony of many of his victims. It also analyzes: the means by which communist rule was imposed on the country; the measures taken to revolutionize Romanian society; the dictator`s persecution of minorities; the role of intellectuals & the Orthodox Church; the policy of ”systematization”, or demolition of villages; & the dictator`s courting of the West in the 1970s & 1980s. ...

Cecil Beaton (1904 1980) was one of twentieth- century Britain s Renaissance men: photographer, costume designer, set designer, playwright, creator of fashion fabrics, & writer on raffine interiors & the personalities who inhabited them. He also happened to be a fine interior decorator. Cecil Beaton at Home focuses on two homes dear to Beaton s heart Ashcombe House, near the Wiltshire village of Tollard Royal, & Reddish House, located in Broad Chalke, another village in the same county as well as London`s Pelham Place & Beaton s New York hotel suites. Simultaneously a retreat, an inspiration, a photographer s studio, & a stage for impressive entertaining, Beaton s country homes also fuelled his passion for art, gardening, & delight in village life. Against his often-extravagant interiors, Beaton s private life unfolds his unique talent for self-promotion, desire for theatricality, & uncertain pursuit of love. This lavishly illustrated visual biography brings together original photographs, artworks, & possessions from his interiors to present an intimate picture of Beaton s extraordinary life. ...

Map No. 702, Cedar Mountain
- Ashdown Gorge, UT, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national
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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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Cederberg Mountains in the Western Cape Province on a set of two double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant, GPS compatible hiking maps at 1:40, 000 from Slingsby Maps, providing a vivid picture of the topography with hiking trails & detailed road network, tourist facilities & places of interest, etc. The set shows the Cederberg mountain range, complementing the publishers ...

Cederberg Mountains in the Western Cape Province on a set of two double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant, GPS compatible hiking maps at 1:40, 000 from Slingsby Maps, providing a vivid picture of the topography with hiking trails & detailed road network, tourist facilities & places of interest, etc. The set shows the Cederberg mountain range, complementing the publishers’ wider coverage of the Cederberg region on a touring map at 1:160, 000. Contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, altitude colouring, plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain & vegetation, provide an excellent representation of the topography. Various ranges, peaks & passes are named & lots of additional spot heights are marked. An overprint highlights various hiking trails, indicating head trails, permit requirements, waymarking for special routes, etc. Also marked are tracks & footpaths not recommended for hikers. Road network indicates untarred roads, 4WD routes or roads requiring high clearance, private roads where owners’ permission may be required, etc. Important junctions & other locations are annotated with GPS waypoints. Symbols indicate various facilities & places of interest including various types of tourist accommodation (lodges, guest houses, B& Bs, campsites, etc), restaurants, picnic places, local arts & crafts shops, petrol stations, wineries, sport & recreational facilities, etc. In addition to the GPS waypoints the maps have a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1’. The maps were researched & drawn by Peter Slingsby
- renowned environmental educator & cartographer. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.
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The Cederberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa on a detailed, GPS compatible map from Slingsby Maps, presenting the mountains at 1:160, 000 with more detailed enlargements of main hiking areas, street maps, & an overview map of the chain & the adjoining coastal region. This is the 10th edition of the map, printed on paper & published in April 2011. On one side the main map at 1:160, 000 gives detailed presentation of the Cederberg & Koue Bokkveld ranges, with contours at 20 m intervals, elevation colouring, & numerous spot heights. Roads are differentiated according to the type of surface, indicating private sections accessible with permits only, mountain passes, locations of petrol stations & parking areas. Symbols convey a whole range of information: accommodation (hotels, lodges, B&B, self catering, hostels, caravan sites, campsites), numerous sport facilities (golf, horse riding, mountain biking, paragliding, climbing sites, etc), game & other animal viewing places, fossils collecting, & other place of interest. Hiking trails across the mountains are clearly highlighted. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at 5' intervals & numerous GPS waypoints are also provided. On the reverse there are enlargements at 1:50, 000 of the Central Cederberg, Heuningvlei Walk, & Agter-Pakhuis (Bushmans Kloof
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The Cederberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa on a waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured & GPS compatible map from Slingsby Maps, presenting the mountains at 1:160, 000, with additional coverage at 1:200, 000 of the Bokkeveld Plateau extends coverage further north. On one side the main map at 1:160, 000 gives detailed presentation of the Cederberg & Koue Bokkveld ranges, with contours at 20 m intervals, elevation colouring, & numerous spot heights. Roads are differentiated according to the type of surface, indicating private sections accessible with permits only, mountain passes, locations of petrol stations & parking areas. Symbols convey a whole range of information: accommodation (hotels, lodges, B&B, self catering, hostels, caravan sites, campsites), numerous sport facilities (golf, horse riding, mountain biking, paragliding, climbing sites, etc), game & other animal viewing places, fossils collecting, & other place of interest. Hiking trails across the mountains are clearly highlighted. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at 5` intervals & numerous GPS waypoints are also provided. On the reverse, the Bokkenveld Plateau
- an area further north beyond the border of the Northern Cape Province is presented with similar cartography but at 1:200, 000. Coverage extends from Vanrhynsdorp to Calvinia &

Includes:: the Hantam National Botanical Garden near Nieuwoudtville. Also provided is a more general overview road map at 1:1, 500, 000 showing the mountains with the coastal areas of Sandveld, indicating places of interest, etc. The map was researched & drawn by Peter Slingsby
- renowned environmental educator & cartographer. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Cefalu at 1:5, 000 on indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint. 15 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Car parks are prominently marked. Street index is next to the plan. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...