Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, Alexander Mc Call Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-&-white photography & imagines the stories behind them. Who were those people, what were their stories, why are they smiling, what made them sad? What emerges are surprising & poignant tales of love & friendship in a variety of settings
- an estate in the Highlands of Scotl&, a travelling circus in Canada, an Australian gold-mining town, a village in Irel&, & the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. Some will find joy & fulfilment
- others would prefer happier endings. Each of them, though, will find love, & that is ultimately what matters.

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In this beguiling book, Alexander Mc Call Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-&-white photography & imagines the stories behind them. Who were those people, what were their stories, why are they smiling, what made them sad? What emerges are surprising & poignant tales of love & friendship in a variety of settings
- an estate in the Highlands of Scotl&, a travelling circus in Canada, an Australian gold-mining town, a village in Irel&, & the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. Some will find joy & fulfilment
- others would prefer happier endings. Each of them, though, will find love, & that is ultimately what matters.

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Chance, risk, uncertainty: they`re all part of our lives, whether we`re in business or on the school run, deciding future strategy or just the best route home. Sometimes their effects are intriguing: a streak of extraordinary luck, say, or some bizarre coincidence. More often they just leave us confused, unnerved
- even anxious. When is a series of odd events mere happenstance, or something more significant? How do we make sense of the ever-changing evidence about what`s good or bad for us? Just how reliable are predictions of weather, climate & elections
- & how should we respond to them? In this book, award-winning scientist & writer Robert Matthews shows how we can cut through such conundrums using some of the most potent intellectual tools ever developed: the laws of probability. Using real-life examples, he shows how to wield them to: Understand & even predict coincidences Tell when insurance policies are worth having Make sense of medical tests & scientific `breakthroughs` Judge when ”expert” evidence is compelling or questionable Make decisions about everything from sports betting to weather forecasts Professor Matthews also gives a groundbreaking introduction to the power of Bayes`s Theorem, whose ability to turn evidence into insight is now transforming our lives
- & helping to unmask a major scientific scandal.


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Map No. 1300, Chancy, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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` The essential first step for all couples planning to sail away; this is a must-read`
- Paul & Sheryl Shard, authors of ” Sail
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Merrick Hilton`s done a runner. His folks think he`s studying, but the real world has been calling for years & he can`t ignore it any longer. A postie bike, a bedroll & a big sky
- that`s all he needs. But there`s no telling how he`ll handle the rough stuff, let alone roadkill, stolen oranges & unexpected romance. & in the real world nothing goes entirely as planned. Thankfully Victor
- the old bloke he meets on the road
- knows a thing or two about broken bike chains. & broken hearts.


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They`re changing guard at Buckingham Palace
- Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guard. ”A soldier`s
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When Philip Swallow & Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities` Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a h&, & each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange: students, colleagues, even wives are swapped as events spiral out of control. & soon both sundrenched Euphoric State university & rain-kissed university of Rummidge are a hotbed of intrigue, lawlessness & broken vows... ...

Emmet Gowin has been taking aerial photographs of the landscape in the United States, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Asia & the Middle East for over 20 years. In his most compelling photographs, one witnesses how man`s footprint has visually scarred & continually altered the earth`s surface. This volume, published in conjunction with a touring exhibition of Gowin`s photographs, focuses on images created after 1986. That was the year Gowin began to extend his aerial photography explorations in America by recording images of military test sites, missile silos, ammunition storage & disposal facilities, coal mining, pivot irrigation, offroad motor traffic & more. The work also surveys his more recent works, which focus on other regions of the world, including the battlefields of Kuwait, new golf courses in Japan & the chemo-petrol industries of the Czech Republic. In this volume, Jock Reynolds provides an overview of Gowin`s aerial photography & places it in the context of his earlier work & that of such photographers as Carleton Watkins, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams & Frederick Sommer. There is an essay by Philip Brookman who illuminates Gowin`s work in the Czech Republic, while an essay from Terry Tempest Williams discusses Gowin`s images from the American West, especially in his Nevada Test Site series. ...