Political wall map of Europe at 1:6, 000, 000 with all place names in French, showing in lovely pastel colours the countries belonging to the European Union. Coverage extends to the Urals & the Caspian Sea, &

Includes:: the whole of the Mediterranean Basin. Countries outside the EU are all in one colour but with their borders clearly marked. An inset shows the Canary Islands &, as expected from a map published by the Institut G

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The European Waterways Map & Concise Directory from Euromapping is a large folded map of Europe showing inland waterways, with an attached directory booklet that gives comprehensive & detailed country-by country information, including higher-scale maps. The main map is double-sided, showing the whole of Europe (southern Spain to the Urals) on one side & an enlargement of Western Europe (Pyrenees to northeast Poland) on the other. All main navigable waterways
- both canals & rivers
- are named & highlighted, with the highlighting varying according to classes of

Dimensions. Locks, lock flights, tunnels, aqueducts, standing-mast routes, boat portage services & many other features are shown. Routes & locks that are planned or under construction are also shown, as are disused waterways. The base map has is a physical map with topography shown by shading bands. Country borders are shown, with names in local language, & some towns marked (those near the relevant waterways). The booklet expands on the map with regional enlargements, some detailed route information & descriptions, as well as general information on each country



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European Waterways Map & Concise Directory from Euromapping offers a large folded map of Europe showing inland waterways, plus a 54-page directory with country-by country information, including enlargements of popular areas. The fold-out map is double-sided, at 1:4, 000, 000 on one side extending to the Urals & southern Scandinavia, with on the reverse western & central Europe shown in greater detail at 1:1, 500, 000, plus further enlargements for the Benelux with the adjoining areas of France & Germany. Navigable waterways are coloured and/or classified according to their

Dimensions & the type of craft, & presented with symbols indicating locks, boat lifts, etc. The base map has altitude colouring to show the topography. Country & city names are given in local language (with English equivalents where useful. Map legend is in English, French, German & Dutch. The booklet expands on the map with regional enlargements, more detailed route information & descriptions, as well as general information on each country

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European Waterways Map & Concise Directory from Transmanche Publications offers a large folded map of Europe showing inland waterways, plus a 54-page directory with country-by country information, including enlargements of popular areas. The fold-out map is double-sided, at 1:4, 000, 000 on one side extending to the Urals & southern Scandinavia, with on the reverse western & central Europe shown in greater detail at 1:1, 500, 000; plus further enlargements for the Benelux with the adjoining areas of France & Germany. Navigable waterways are coloured and/or classified according to their

Dimensions & the type of craft, & presented with symbols indicating locks, boat lifts, etc. The base map has altitude colouring to show the topography. Country & city names are given in local language (with English equivalents where useful). Map legend is in English, French, German & Dutch. The booklet expands on the map with regional enlargements, more detailed route information & descriptions, as well as general information on each country’s waterways network, including contact details of official agencies.

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European Waterways flat wall map from Transmanche Publications offers a large flat map of Europe showing inland waterways. The double-sided map is at 1:4, 000, 000 on one side extending to the Urals & southern Scandinavia, the reverse with western & central Europe shown in greater detail at 1:1, 500, 000; plus further enlargements for the Benelux with the adjoining areas of France & Germany. Navigable waterways are coloured and/or classified according to their

Dimensions & the type of craft, & presented with symbols indicating locks, boat lifts, etc. The base map has altitude colouring to show the topography. Country & city names are given in local language (with English equivalents where useful). Map legend is in English, French, German & Dutch.

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Cicerone’s guide to Europe’s highest points brings together clear & detailed route descriptions of how to reach the summits of countries from Liechtenstein to Latvia, across the continent. Each route has basic map showing the roads & some local facilities, such as parking, as well as heights, timings, difficulty & more. Whether you are attempting to climb a selection of individual high points or collect the set, you will find these routes lead you to some of the most striking landscapes & exciting terrain that Europe has to offer, with all the information you need about each country to get along with interesting but incidental information as well. Stretching from the frozen tundra of the Arctic Circle to the arid plains of the Sierra Nevada, this book contains something for everyone
- from afternoon strolls in Malta & Moldova to three-day mountaineering ascents on classic Alpine routes such as Mont Blanc & Dufourspitze.
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In this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th & 17th centuries when thousands of innocent people were tortured & burned alive. It is a fascinating history of the need to imagine antihuman conspiracies & an investigation of how those fantasies made the great European witch-hunt possible. In addition, Professor Cohn`s discovery that some influential sources on witch trials were forgeries has revolutionized the field of witchcraft studies, making this one of the most essential books ever written on the subject. ...

Originally conceived as part of a unifying vision for Europe, the euro is now viewed as a millstone around the neck of a continent crippled by vast debts, sluggish economies, & growing populist dissent. In Europe`s Orphan, leading economic commentator Martin Sandbu presents a compelling defense of the euro. He argues that rather than blaming the euro for the political & economic failures in Europe since the global financial crisis, the responsibility lies firmly on the authorities of the eurozone & its member countries. The eurozone`s self-inflicted financial calamities & economic decline resulted from a toxic cocktail of unforced policy errors by bankers, politicians, & bureaucrats; the unhealthy coziness between finance & governments; &, above all, an extreme unwillingness to restructure debt. Sandbu traces the origins of monetary union back to the desire for greater European unity after the Second World War. But the euro`s creation coincided with a credit bubble that governments chose not to rein in. Once the crisis hit, a battle of both ideas & interests led to the failure to aggressively restructure sovereign & bank debt. Ideologically informed choices set in motion dynamics that encouraged more economic mistakes & heightened political tensions within the eurozone. Sandbu concludes that the prevailing view that monetary union can only work with fiscal & political union is wrong & dangerous--and risks sending the continent into further political paralysis & economic stagnation. Contending that the euro has been wrongfully scapegoated for the eurozone`s troubles, Europe`s Orphan charts what actually must be done for the continent to achieve an economic & political recovery. ...

This title is the winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award 2011. The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans & laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns & regions never recovered. All the major European powers apart from Russia were heavily involved &, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague & murder. The war was both a religious & a political one & it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop. Whether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by it. At its end a recognizably modern Europe had been created but at a terrible price. Peter Wilson`s book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, & a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of events. Wilson`s great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries` future with such horrifying results. The principal actors in the drama (Wallenstein, Ferdinand II, Gustavus Adolphus, Richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers & civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstances. ...

In order to safely navigate Europe`s major waterway routes, all boaters need to know CEVNI
- the Waterway Code
- whose rules,

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