` My mother called anyone or anything that seemed alone, or ended up in the wrong place, a stray. There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, & stray butterflies.` Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car & her mother Margot lives in the back. Together they survive on a diet of powdered milk & bug spray, love songs & stolen cigarettes. Life on the edge of a Florida trailer park is strange enough, but when Pastor Rex`s ` Guns for God` programme brings Eli Redmond to town Pearl`s world is upended. Eli pays regular visits to Margot in the back seat, forcing Pearl to find a world beyond the car. Margot is given a gift by Eli, a gun of her own, just like he`s given her flowers. It sits under the driver`s seat, a dark presence... Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community & violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed teenager, it exposes America`s love affair with firearms & its painful consequences. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Gunnislake North in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Gunnislake is covered by two maps. This title covers the northern part of the village, from St Anne`s church northward, including the adjacent hamlets of Middle Dimson, Lower Dimson & North Dimson. Coverage extends eastward to Hatchwood, Luscombedown Plantation & Gulworthy Farm (which is split by the extreme right margin). Northward are Hangingcliff Wood & part of Blanchdown Wood. Features include the disused Plymouth Works, disused South Bedford mine, Gunnislake Clitters Mine (at left margin), Bedford United Mine, Hawkmoor Mine, Watson`s Mine, Bedford United Mine, several old shafts, also the route of an already abandoned railway to Watson`s Mine & other workings. On the reverse is a 1910 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Gunnislake South & Albaston in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Gunnislake is covered by two maps. This title covers the southern part of the village, extending southward to Hatches Green & Wheal Arthur, & south-west to Drakewalls & Albaston. The East Cornwall Railway & River Tamar both run north-south through the map. Features include Pearson`s Quarry, Sandhill, Higher Dimson, Delaware, Sandhill Works, Heath Cottage, the disused Drakewalls Mine, brewery at Albaston, Whimple Farm, Russell United Mine, Bailswood Works. On the reverse is part of adjacent sheet 29.08 extending coverage west to include St Ann`s Chapel, where features include Kingston Down Consols Mine, Calstock Works & West Drakewalls Mine. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Map No. 132, Gunnison
- Pitkin, CO, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state
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PATTERNED PLANET: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKSWhy has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography & biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, & aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology & linguistics, Guns, Germs & Steel remains a ground-breaking & humane work of popular science. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Gunzenhausen in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Absberg, Dittenheim, Heidenheim, Muhr a. See, Pfofeld, Spalt. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Map No. 10165, Guovdageaidnu, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Index street plan of Gurgaon, a rapidly expanding satellite town of Delhi & regarded as the country’s call centre capital, with coverage extending to include Masenar, plus a road map of the city’s environs including the National Capital Territory of Delhi. On one side is a street plan of Gurgaon with Masenar, highlighting main traffic arteries & naming sectors & colonies. Symbols highlight various services & facilities including hotels, restaurants, petrol stations, etc, as well as indicate locations many businesses. The city centre is shown on an enlargement in greater detail. The index on the reverse side lists streets, sectors, gardens & parks, hotels, restaurants, railway stations, shopping & commercial centres, etc. Also provided is a road map of the surrounding area showing road & rail access to Delhi & the capital’s international airport. The accompanied booklet provides descriptions of the city & its history. Map legend & all the text are in English. ...