THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world. In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone, fascinating, magnetic & famous for her controversial work studying South Pacific tribes, her intelligent & aggressive husband Fen, & Andrew Bankson, who stumbles into the lives of this strange couple & becomes totally enthralled. Within months the trio are producing their best ever work, but soon a firestorm of fierce love & jealousy begins to burn out of control, threatening their bonds, their careers, &, ultimately, their lives.. .` Dazzling` Emma Donoghue, author of Room ...

Eure & Seine-Maritime départments at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Rouen & Evreux. Coverage extends from Abbeville & Le Trèpot to the outskirts of Paris & Chartres in the south-eastern corner of the map, &

Includes:: Dieppe, Fécamp, Le Havre, Hornfleur, etc. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.





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Paris with the départments of Eure-et-Loir & Yvelines at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Chartres & Versailles. North of Paris the map extends to Chantilly & Senlis, east to Fontainebleau, & south to Orléans. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features – in the south-west the map does not extend beyond Pithiviers. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.



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” The ancient Greeks continue to fascinate us
- they gave us our alphabet & much of our scientific, medical & cultural language;
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Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics & cosmology, science began with the Greeks, & Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes & Hippocrates were amongst its stars. That man ever managed to develop a `scientific` attitude to the natural world at all is one of the true wonders of human thought. Eureka! shows how, free from intellectual & religious dogma, these early thinkers rejected myths & capricious gods &, in distinguishing between the natural & supernatural, effectively discovered nature. Andrew Gregory, Professor of History & Philosophy of Science at University College London, unravels the genesis of science in this fascinating exploration of the origins of Western civilisation, & our desire for a rational, legitimating system of the world. ...

German language guide to the central section of the E1 trans-Europe long-distance footpath, covering the route from the Danish/ German border to Lake Constance & then across Switzerland to Lugano. The 1773-km long German section of the route crosses the western part of country, from Flensburg to Hamburg & across to Teutoburger Wald, Eggegebirge, Sauerl&, Westerwald, Taunus, Odenwald & Black Forest to Constance (Konstanz). The 320-km Swiss section leads from Lake Constance to the Gotthard Pass & on to Lugano. The route is highlighted on mapping at 1:200, 000 but for each segment the guide

Includes:: recommendations for more detailed hiking maps (NB. Not all possibilities are listed, so please browse through our website to select the most suitable maps). Each daily segment is presented with a description, details of waymarking, altitude of peaks & passes, etc. The guide also

Includes:: brief notes & general overview maps of the route in Sweden & Denmark before it enters Germany, & of its continuation from Lugano across Italy: from Como towards Genoa where it joins the Alta Via del Monti Liguri & then GEA
- Grande Escursione Appenninica.ALL THE TEXT IS IN GERMAN ONLY.




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German language guide to the central section of the E5 trans-Europe long-distance footpath, covering the route from Lake Constance across the German & Austrian Alps to the Dolomites & Lake Garda or Verona in Italy. The route follows the southern shore of Lake Constance to Bregenz, continues across the Alg ...

A double sided map of Europe to the scale of 1:6, 100, 000. One side of the map is Europe-Political, the other Europe-Physical. Both sides of the map give lines of latitude & longitude & also include the margins of Africa & Asia which border on the continent. The Europe-Political map displays national flags & details basic information about each country ...

Europe on a very large double-sided, indexed map from Insight Guides covering most of the continent at 1:2, 500, 000, with western Russia, eastern Ukraine & Turkey shown at 1:4, 500, 000. The map provides an overview of the road network: main railway lines & ferry routes are also included. Locations of interest are prominently highlighted. A very wide range of symbols indicate sights of natural or geographical interest including national parks, historical or archaeological remains, remarkable buildings, etc. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1 ...

Introducing a brand new series of road maps from Berlitz. This series provides comprehensive coverage of Europe, including clear, detailed road mapping with relief shading, distance indicators to aid route planning & street plans for major towns & cities. Scenic routes & places of interest have been highlighted for easy reference, & a comprehensive index booklet of place names has also been included. ...