Comarques Centrales, the foothills of the Catalan Pyrenees including Ripoll, Olot, Berga, Vic, Solsona, etc, at 1:100, 000 in the topographic survey of Catalonia published by the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with very detailed coverage of a large area & an excellent representation of the region’s topography. Maps in this series have relief presented by contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by additional hill-shading & spot heights; additional colouring shows different types of vegetation & boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. Road network, graded into six types, prominently shows road numbers. Local tracks & paths are included & an overprint highlights long-distance footpaths, including the GR11. Symbols indicate various places of interest including youth hostels & mountain refuges, historical & cultural sites, recreational areas, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted, indicating picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. In the Pyrenees road & topographic information continues across the border in France, but the overprint for the GR routes & highlighting of places of interest is limited to the Spanish side. Each title also has a small administrative map of the region & a list of administrative units. The maps have a 10-km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude stated for the sheet corners. Main topographic legend is in Catalan only but the maps also have a separate tourist legend which

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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May 2011, Afghanistan: Camp Bastion is under attack, The Sun`s Defence Editor is about to catch the wrong helicopter, & a famous TV war reporter is missing half his kit & wants his trainers back. Amid the chaos, Christian Hill is preparing to lead his Combat Camera Team on the British Army`s first big operation of the Helmand summer, inching through the IED-riddled fields of the notorious Green Zone. As a captain in the Media Operations Group, his job is to promote the war to the British media
- & make it look like things are under control & getting better.
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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. ...

Combe Martin & Hunter`s Inn area on the northern coast of Devon on a very detailed, GPS compatible hiking, cycling & horse riding map from Croydecycle at 1:12, 500, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is part of publishers’ series covering the western coast of Somerset, both coastlines of Devon, & the adjoining areas of Dorset. Each handy size, 50 x 35cm, map is double-sided to cover a wider area. Topography is indicated by contours at 10m intervals with graphics and/or colouring for different type of terrain (s&, shingle, mud, high or low cliffs, etc) & vegetation (woodlands, gorse, scrub, etc). An overprint highlights footpaths, permissive paths & small permissive paths, Bridleways, cycle tracks & country roads which are byways for all traffic. On other roads markings indicate routes which are part of the National Cycle Network. Symbols show locations of campsites & caravan sites, riding stables, pubs/cafes/restaurants, shops & other local facilities, etc. For GPS users each map has in the margins National Grid coordinates. Most 1:12, 500 maps include enlargements of main town (s), an inset providing geological information, & details of transport options. To see other titles in this series, including cycle maps, please click on the series link. The 1:12, 500 maps are numbered on our website westwards along the Somerset & north Devon coast, & then eastwards along the southern coast of Devon & into Dorset. ...

Comber & Saintfield in 1900 in the Alan Godfrey Edition of historical Ordnance Survey mapping at one inch to one mile. The map covers an area east & south of Belfast, with coverage stretching from Sydenham eastward to Ballywalter (Portavogie is split by the east margin), & from Newtownards southward to Saintfield. Towns covered include Newtownards, Comber Saintfield, part of east Belfast, Kircubbin, Grey Abbey & the villages of Ballywalter, Ballyhalbert, Mill Isle, Carryduff & Ardmillan. Much of Strangford Lough is shown & other features of interest include long lost sections of the Belfast & Co Down Railway through Newtownards & Saintfield. On the reverse are plan of Comber reduced to 18 inches to the mile & showing the town in detail, including station, St Mary`s church, Upper & Lower Distilleries, The Square, Spinning Mill, Castle House, churches, etc.; plus a plan for Saintfield which shows its station, Main Street area in detail, churches, Fair Green etc. Also included are 1899 directories for both towns. A brief historical introduction is given on the back cover. * About Alan Godfrey Editions of OS 1” to 1 mile maps of Ireland:* The maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. All the maps include historical notes & all, unless indicated in the individual description, also include a large scale map of a small town or village in the area. ...

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. ...

Combraille Bourbonnaise à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. P034, with 13 day walks of varying length & difficulty south of Montluçon. Each walk is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000, with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in May 2012. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

After five years of blue-collar cycling in Belgium (A Dog in a Hat), ” Come & Gone” sees Joe Parkin return to the United States looking for a ride. He joins the elite Coors Lite road team as a key member, but the adjustment to domestic racing, with small crowds, inexperienced teammates, & poorly promoted events, proves difficult. Disillusioned, Joe is ready to hang up his cleats when he is offered a contract with a pro mountain bike team. The freshness of mountain biking proves to be an elixir: Joe`s career blossoms & he rediscovers his love of the sport. Come & Gone is a rare, frank, & intimate sports memoir. ...

From above earth, from above sky, from below earth, from under water, come all you little personscome exactly as you are. Come little bird person, come little bee person, come little tree person
- little persons from all over the world join together to celebrate the dance of life & love in this stunning poem from John Agard. Stunningly illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, this is a book that both little persons & big persons will treasure & pore over for a lifetime, & is a true poem of our time.
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Said Hyder Akbar`s ordinary suburban Californian life was turned upside-down after September 11th. Hyder`s father, a scion of an Afghan political family, left for Afghanistan to become the new president`s chief spokesman & later the governor of Kunar, a rural province. Obsessed since childhood with a country he had never visited, seventeen-year-old Hyder convinced his father to let him join him. Working alongside his father at the presidential palace & in Kunar gave Hyder a unique perspective on the creation of democratic government in Afghanistan. In ” Come Back to Afghanistan”, Hyder interweaves his personal journey
- that of a teenager struggling to find his identity in his parents` homeland
- with his travels, which take him from palaces to prisons & from Kabul to the borderlands, to give a dramatic account of political & civilian life in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

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