A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl`s classic story, in glorious full colour for the first time. Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father, the most marvellous & exciting father any boy ever had. All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell, a rich snob with a great glistening beery face & tiny piggy eyes. Nobody likes him, not one-little bit. So one day, Danny & his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life
- so long as they don`t get caught.. .
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Dans les traces de la Grande Guerre en Picardie à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. RE15, published to present World War I sites in Picardy, including the Somme battlefields & locations further south & east around the Compiègne forest, Soissons & the Chemin des Dames. The guides covers 50 walks, each highlighted 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 September 2014. 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. ...

There is something about the art of travel writing that seems to bring out the very best in the most skilful practitioners. The late Bruce Chatwin produced some of his most incandescent prose in his travel books (some would say even more so than in his novels), & the legacy of this kind of non-pareil work may be found in Claudio Magris` Danube, a book which seamlessly combines sharp descriptive information with prose of the greatest transparency. Magris (whose amazing breadth of knowledge & limitless curiosity are evident on every page) takes the reader on a colourful journey from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary & the Balkans to the Black Sea. At every stage of this voyage from the past to the present, Magris conjures up all the atmospheric associations of the houses, monuments & great personalities (from Marcus Aurelius to Kafka) &, in the process, produces a richly drawn picture of central Europe & a culture rich in the influences of the East & West. His greatest passion, however, is people: poets, singers, murderers, emperors, Dracula, Kafka, Wittgenstein, Josef Mengele
- all human life is here. & it makes doubly fascinating reading for having been written back in 1986, when brutes like Ceaucescu were still in power & the iron curtain was still in place, though beginning to tremble slightly now in the wind of history. Magris effortlessly incorporates his encyclopaedic knowledge into the kind of book that both recreates a whole continent & deeply inspires the reader to investigate this territory. However, although he is certainly erudite, & not afraid of displaying his erudition, he also has a fine sense of humour & an eye for the absurd. In fact, to call this a travel book is an inadequate attempt to categorise something that can really only be judged as fine writing.
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In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic & whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary & the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses & monuments
- from Ovid to Kafka & Canetti
- & in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East & West, of Christendom & Islam.

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Danube Bendin a series of contoured hiking & recreational maps from the Budapest based Cartographia, with hiking routes & other tourist information, including in many titles street plans, cycling trails, etc. The maps have contours at 10m intervals with relief shading & spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of vegetation. An overprint highlights local hiking paths, with cycling routes also included in some titles. Symbols mark various places of interest, sport & recreational facilities, including campsites & other tourist accommodation, locations of petrol stations, etc. The maps show 1km lines of the country’s national grid. Map legends are in Hungarian & German only. On the reverse many titles include street plans of holiday centres & further information on the area, in Hungarian only. This title has on the reverse plans of Visegrád & Nagymaros. ...

Bike Guide for the Danube Bike Trail from Passau to Bratislava (via Vienna). Maps 1:125, 000 & route descriptions. Difficulty, route length, requirements & travel time are described in detail. Spiral bound, softcover, 13.5cm x 19.5 cm compact size. ...

Danube Bike Trail: Passau
- Vienna
- Bratislava at 1:125, 000 in a cycling series from Freytag & Berndt covering Austria on

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Rhine
- Neckar Cycling Atlas in a series of handy size, 23 x 12 cm, spiral bound atlases from Verlag Esterbauer, Europe’s leading
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English edition of a guide to the first section of the Danube Cycle Route: 559kms from Donaueshingen in the Black Forest to Passau on the Austrian border, with detailed mapping showing the route & its variants & extensive information conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included. About this series: Unless specifically described as an English edition, all the remaining titles in this series have text in GERMAN only. Map legends include English & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use these titles without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of similar products in English from other publishers. All the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans.

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The Danube Cycle Route Part 1– its first 580-km long section across Germany from Donaueschingen to Passau on the Austrian border – in an English language edition of Verlag Esterbauers’ Bikeline series, with detailed mapping at 1:50, 000 highlighting the route & its variants, street plans for main cities, & extensive information conveyed by symbols indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included. Current 3rd edition of this title was published in 2014. BIKELINE GUIDES TO THE DANUBE CYCLE ROUTE: the whole route from Donaueschingen in Germany to the Black Sea is now covered by five ENGLISH language guides, as listed below – to see the other Danube Route guides & more titles in this extensive Bikeline series PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. PART 2: Passau
- Vienna (320km) mapping at 1:50, 000 6th edition 2014, PART 3: Vienna – Bratislava – Budapest (334km) mapping at 1:75, 000 4th edition 2015, PART 4: Budapest – Belgrade (570km) mapping at 1:75, 000 1st edition 2015, PART 5: Belgrade – Black Sea (1400km) mapping at 1:100, 000 1st edition 2015ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: unless specifically described in the title as an English edition, all the remaining guides in this series have text in GERMAN only. Map legends include English & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use these titles without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of similar products in English from other publishers. All the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several guides also have street plans.


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