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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An invaluable record of the metropolis as it used to be
- a fascinating crossroads between Eastern & Western civilization & one
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This book examines the intriguing interaction between the spiritual & the political whilst reconstructs the awe-inspiring city in its heyday of 1200. During the early Middle Ages, travellers to the East returned with stories of a place called Miklagarth, a city so vast that its churches, palaces & monasteries covered the land & so rich that its ruler could scatter bagfuls of gold among his astonished guests. This was no legend or tall tale because Miklagarth was a real place. Better known as Constantinople, it was the capital city of the empire of Byzantium & a major political force in the eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The mythical aura that surrounded Constantinople was no accident. It was assiduously cultivated by the Byzantine emperors to bolster their power, wealth & prestige. Jonathan Harris examines the intriguing interaction between the mythical & the actual to reconstruct the city at the peak of its power. ...

In his history ‘ Constantinople
- City of the World’s Desire, 1453-1924’, Philip Mansel charts the interaction between the vibrant,
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In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thous&-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in a bitter contest fought on l&, sea & underground, & directed by two remarkable men
- Sultan Mehmet II & the Emperor Constantine XI. In the fevered religious atmosphere, heightened by the first massed use of artillery bombardment, both sides feared that the end of the world was nigh. The outcome of the siege, decided in a few short hours on 29 May 1453, is one of the great set-piece moments of world history.
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In Contact!, Jan turns her brilliantly observant eye to the human contacts she made, across the globe & though the decades. As a series of vignettes, some only a few lines long, she records hundreds of brief glimpses & fleeting encounters, celebrating the people who helped spark her view of the world & mould her responses. A vast range of human experience is here: most are anonymous, everyday encounters
- children playing, a homeless man in Manhattan, a lascivious taxi-driver
- but she also remembers celebrated figures, from Yves San Laurent to King Hussein of Jordan, President Truman to Peter OToole. Contact! is a must for any fans of Jan`s writing. Her great sense of amusement, shrewd eye for detail & huge enthusiasm for her contacts makes these episodes incredibly enjoyable
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Why are some products & ideas talked about more than others? Why do some articles make the most emailed list? Why do some You Tube videos go viral? Word-of-mouth. Whether through face-to-face conversations, emails from friends, or online product reviews, the information & opinions we get from others have a strong impact on our own behaviour. Indeed, word-of-mouth generates more than two times the sales of paid advertising & is the primary factor behind 20-50% of all purchasing decisions. It is between 8.5 & 30 times more effective than traditional media. But want to know the best thing about word-of-mouth? It`s available to everyone. Whether you`re a Fortune 500 company trying to increase sales, a corner restaurant trying to raise awareness, a non-profit trying to fight obesity, or a newbie politician running for city council, word-of-mouth can help you succeed. & you don`t have to have millions of dollars to spend on an advertising budget. You just have to get people to talk. The challenge, though, is how to do that. This book will show you how. ...

These guidelines focus on the IACS Member Societies’ survey procedures but may also be useful in connection with the inspection/examination schemes of other regulatory bodies, owners & operators. These guidelines include a review of survey preparation criteria, which cover the safety aspects related to the performance of the survey, the necessary access facilities, & the other preparation necessary before the surveys can be carried out. The guidelines include a section which illustrates examples of structural deterioration & damages related to each structural area & gives what to look for, possible cause, & recommended repair methods, when considered appropriate. ...

Pam Houston`s latest novel takes us from one breathtaking precipice to the next as we unravel the story of Pam (a character not unlike the author), a fearless traveller aiming to leave her metaphorical baggage behind as she seeks a comfort zone in the air. ” Feeling safest with one plane ticket in her hand & another in her underwear drawer”, she flies around the world, finding reasons to love life in dozens of far-flung places from Alaska to Bhutan. With the help of a loyal cast of friends & bodyworkers, Pam learns to sort truth from self-deception, self-involvement from self-possession & finally finds something like ground under her feet. ...

The beautiful, contemporary colours of the 20cm (8) Continental, with its unique transparent design provides an ideal way to learn the geographical relationships between the different continents & countries of the world. With eye-catching graphics artfully hand silk-screened on the interior surface of museum-quality acrylic, this sphere offers unsurpassed optical clarity & beauty. Every Continental sphere features the most up-to-date cartography, country boundaries, capitals, major cities, bodies of water, & latitude & longitude markings. Because the spheres are transparent, you can better understand geopolitical relationships & how we travel around our planet. An information-packed booklet is included, as well as a Certificate of Authenticity signed & dated by the craftsman who created your sphere. ...