Spain’s north-western province of Galicia with coverage extending eastwards to León at 1:500, 000 in a series of regional road maps from the country’s civilian survey organization IGN-CNIG (Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica), vividly presenting the topography by altitude colouring, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. Road network is graded & coloured into six types; road numbers are given only on main national roads & no driving distanced are marked. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Icons prominently indicate UNESCO World Heritage sites & state-run parador accommodations. The maps also show administrative boundaries & all place names & other information (roads, railways, topographic features) are presented classified according to its official status. Topography (shown only within Spain’s borders) is indicated by satellite imagery enhanced by altitude colouring, with spot heights, names of mountain ranges, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 30’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. The series was first published in 2014. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Galicica National Park in south-western Macedonia on detailed map at 1:45, 000 from Trimaks, showing local hiking trails & recommended cycle routes, also a street plan of the Old Town in Ohrid, examples of local fauna & flora, & a road map of Macedonia. The map covers an area between lakes Ohrid & Prespa, extending north just beyond the town of Ohrid. All place names are in the Latin alphabet. Contour interval appears to be 100m, although not always consistent with the spot heights. The map shows local footpaths, & road network indicates recommended cycling routes. Symbols mark various tourist facilities including hotels & motels, campsites, car parks & petrol stations, bus stops, etc. Small drawings show where examples of local fauna can be found. Also marked are locations of 32 Information Boards. The map has latitude at longitude lines at 15’ intervals. On the reverse is a large street plan of the Old Town of Ohrid highlighting tourist facilities & places of interest, colour photos of local flora & fauna, descriptions of most interesting sites, plus a road map of the whole of Macedonia for route planning & access to the park area. Map legend & all the notes include English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Distinctive ornamental (but functional) thermometer utilises 17th century astronomer Galileo Galilei`s discovery that the density of liquids varies with temperature. Carefully weighted glass globes are suspended in a liquid-filled tube, where they sedately sink or float as the surrounding air gets hotter or colder. Temperature is indicated by the engraved brass tag on the lowest floating globe. This model

Includes:: a `storm bottle` type indicator of changes in barometric pressure
- useful for forecasting the weather. Measures 13” tall.


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The `bonkers` book that `it is impossible not to be moved by` DAILY MAIL A joyful & hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else. Perhaps you`re not a member of the Azov House of Culture Elderly Club? Perhaps you missed the talk on the Cabbage Root Fly last week? Galina Petrovna hasn`t missed a meeting, even if that means leaving her three-legged dog Boroda behind. Boroda isn`t `hers` exactly, they belong to each other, & that`s why she doesn`t wear a collar. & that`s how Mitya the Exterminator got her. So everyone had to go to Moscow. Filled to the brim with pickle, misadventure & tears, Galina Petrovna`s Three-Legged Dog Story will leave you smiling at every page. ...

Wooden campaign table with globe & hidden storage. Constructed to endure the hardships of the Imperial army on campaign, the elegant Globe Table designed by authentic Models is a historically influenced artefact still relevant in interior schemes today. This charming decorative table is made from durable wood & features decorative brass hardware adorns the corner of the table & handles of the drawers. Two large drawers provide a flexible storage solution & an iconic lift Vaugondy Globe reveals secret space for hiding your most cherished belongings. The iconic Vaugondy Globe originated from the father & son Parisian map makers of the 1700s, Gilles & Didier Robert de Vaugondy. Didier was appointed in 1760 as the honourable geographer to the French ruler King Louis XV making this gorgeous table fit for a King. Artisan crafted with meticulous care by skilled craftsmen, each table is unique & slight variations in appearance are to be expected & celebrated as no two items are exactly alike. Vintage is on-trend & the elegant Globe Table promises to add a timeless stylish edge to your interior. ...

This is a gripping, revisionist account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. ` The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.` Vice Admiral P. E. Gueprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey`s iconic founder Mustafa Kemal (` Ataturk`) & marked Australia`s emergence as a nation in its own right. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings
- which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead
- to the desperate attacks of early summer & the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels & from all sides
- not only from Britain, Australia & New Zeal&, but unusually from Turkey & France too
- Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this military disaster to a popular audience.



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From 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916, troops from Australia, New Zeal&, the UK & Turkey engaged in a bitter struggle for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Allied forces wanted to forge a passage through the Dardanelles in order to create a sea route to Russia & capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople. Despite having more troops & being better supplied, the Allies suffered devastating losses in the face of the brave & resourceful Turks. Gallipoli tells the story of this campaign in a unique & comprehensive manner, through three authors who expertly describe their country`s role & the impact the conflict had. For the ANZACs Gallipoli was the birthplace of the ANZAC spirit, for the British it was almost the downfall of Winston Churchill & for the Turks it was a defining moment in their history, becoming the basis of the Turkish War of Independence. ...

` Because it was fought so close to his old home ground, Homer might have seen this war on the Gallipoli Peninsula as an epic. Brief by his standards, but essentially heroic. Shakespeare might have seen it as a tragedy with splendid bit-parts for buffoons & brigands & lots of graveyard scenes. Those thigh bones you occasionally see rearing out of the yellow earth of Gully ravine, snapped open so that they look like pumice, belong to a generation of young men who on this peninsula first lost their innocence & then their lives, & maybe something else as well...` Gallipoli remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of the First World War & L. A. Carlyon`s monumental account of that campaign has been rightfully acclaimed & a massive bestseller in Australia. Brilliantly told, supremely readable & deeply moving, Gallipoli brings this epic tragedy to life & stands as both a landmark chapter in the history of the war & a salutary reminder of all that is fine & all that is foolish in the human condition. ...

On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain & France in the west & Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail... To this day, Turkey regards the victory as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would come to signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated allies, in particular the Australians & New Zealanders: the birth of their countries` sense of nationhood. Now, in the year that marks its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign (commemorated each year on 25 April, Anzac Day), resonates with significance as the origin & symbol of Australian & New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the campaign (which was minor when compared to the overall scale of the First World War: Australian deaths were less than a sixth of their losses on the Western Front) are often forgotten or obscured. Now the celebrated journalist & author Peter Fitz Simons, with his trademark vibrancy & expert melding of writing & research, recreates the disastrous campaign as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt. ...

On 15 April 1915, British & Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The campaign which followed lasted over eight months, & cost nearly 500, 000 Allied & Turkish casualites. In this study, Sir Robert Rhodes James sheds new light on the campaign, discounting many of its legends. ...