France: Villes et Villages Fleuris Map from the IGN highlights award winning towns & villages from the annual competition organized by the Conseil National des Villes et Villages Fleuris to choose best locations with well managed local environment, particularly through floral decoration & horticulture. The map has as its base IGN ...

France: Ways of St James to Compostela Map from the IGN presents an overview of all the routes taken by pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela & the tomb of the apostle St James
- the greatest of all goals for thousands of pilgrims from Europe in the Middle Ages. The map was prepared by the IGN & the Association de Coop
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France on a colourful & informative wine map from the IGN, using a road map of the country as a base for highlighting wine growing areas, all annotated with names & extensive lists of individual appellations, etc. The base map shows the road network from motorways to country roads to guide visitors to the various the vineyards from Champagne to Bordeaux, Roussillon & Provence. Many of the country ...

Attractively presented geological map of France on two folded sheets, with a separate bilingual booklet. Coverage extens across the Channel to include the southern coast of Engl&. The map

Includes:: two panels showing structural sketch maps for the Variscan & Alpine orogenic cycles. Map legend is in French only. A separate booklet, in French & English, provides information on how this new, up-dated, 6th edition of the map was prepared.

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“ Francesco’s Italy” takes the form of a journey, one that encompasses Italian culture both past & present. From Venice, his birthplace & home, Francesco travels southwards to the Sicilian capital Palermo, his mother’s hometown. He visits the spectacular lakes & fashionable cities of the north, & passes through the hills of Tuscany, heading south towards Rome, Naples & finally Palermo; Francesco describes the local artistic & architectural treasures & cultural traditions, while exploring the historical backgrounds, & legends too. His journey also shows us Italian society & the Italian people as they are today, delighting in sharing anecdotes from his own family life as well as stories from friends & traveling acquaintances. Illustrated with full-colour photography, “ Francesco’s Italy” brings together the Italy we all know & love & the secret side of the country that only an insider can reveal. ...

In “ Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage”, the celebrated & much-loved tevelvision presenter & author Francesco da Mosto takes a trip into the rich history of the Mediterranean. In the wake of his ancestor, the explorer Alvise da Mosto, Francesco sets sail on the Black Swan, a late nineteenth-century schooner, to experience the Mediterranean
- setting off from Venice, his birthplace & home, across the Adriatic, Ionian & Aegean seas to discover the cities & islands where Western civilisation was born, surveying the places & stories of over 500 years of Venetian history in the region & visiting places that have more recently undergone major changes like the new states of the former Yugoslavia. His journey takes in spectacular ancient Greek & Roman ruins; the breathtakingly beautiful islands of Corfu & Santorini; sacred sites like the monasteries of Meteora & Patmos as well as stunning Ottoman mosques. Francesco also describes the artistic & architectural treasures of the places he visits & brings to life their flavours, customs & histories. & by introducing us to the societies he encounters along the way he also reminds us of the threats they have so recently had to suffer as countries that still bear the scars of a region ravaged by conflict. Beautifully illustrated with photographs by John Parker, this sumptuous book is a personal invitation to join Francesco to savour & celebrate the majesty & might of the Mediterranean. It is a fabulous fusion of history, culture & travel that will delight fans of Francesco everywhere.
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Francesco`s Venice, now available in paperback, is the extraordinary story of the life of this intriguing city, told by a descendant of an old & distinguished Venetian family. Francesco explores Venice`s remarkable history, from the fifth century when the first settlers retreated to the safety of the lagoon & began to create their homes on its tiny islands, through its glorious years as a successful maritime nation, adept at trade, exploration, diplomacy & protecting its independence, to the fragile city of the twenty-first century. He vividly brings to life the places, events & people, including a colourful array of his own ancestors, that have sculpted this living theatre through the ages. Beautifully illustrated with stunning images by John Parker, Francesco`s Venice celebrates the mesmerizing beauty & surprising strength of this unique city. ...

Franche-Comté
- Jura Guide Vert *FRENCH Edition* in Michelin’s Green Guide series covering France, with all the regions available
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French region of Franche-Comté including the Jura Mountains at 1:200, 000 in a series of double-sided touring maps from Michelin. The map

Includes:: a city centre street plan of Besançon indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest, with selected streets named & listed in the accompanying index. Maps in the Michelin’s REGIONAL series are designed to cover a large area in each title & offer a more convenient touring alternative to the publishers’ LOCAL coverage of France at 1:150, 000. The maps present the road network in great detail, indicating width & the number of lanes, 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. 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. To see the list of all the regional titles in this series please click on the series link.



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In June of 1963, when Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon, the former was a college boy at Cambridge, the latter already a famous painter, more than thirty years his senior. & yet, Peppiatt was welcomed into the volatile artist`s world; Bacon, considered by many to be ”mad, bad, & dangerous to know, ” proved himself a devoted friend & father figure, even amidst the drinking & gambling. Though Peppiatt would later write perhaps the definitive biography of Bacon, his sharply drawn memoir has a different vigor, revealing the artist at his most intimate & indiscreet, & his London & Paris milieus in all their seediness & splendor. Bacon is felt with immediacy, as Peppiatt draws from contemporary diaries & records of their time together, giving us the story of a friendship, & a new perspective on an artist of enduring fascination. ...