Herm & Jethou at 1:10, 000 on a detailed topographic map produced by the British Directorate of Military Survey. Contours are at 5 metres intervals, with graphics showing different types of the terrain & vegetation, e.g. rough grassl&, scrub, woods, rocks, sand & shingle, etc. The map shows all the details expected of topographic mapping at this scale, including roads, tracks & paths, individual buildings, field boundaries, etc., & has a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1 ...

Hermannsweg plus Eggeweg, a combined 218km long-distance hiking trail in north-western Germany between Rheine & Marsberg along the Teutoburger Wald & hills of the Eggegebirge. The route is presented on 18 panels, accompanied by street plans of Rheine, Bielefeld, Horn-Bad Mainberg & Marsberg. Maps in this new series from Kompass, begun in summer 2014, are at 1:50, 000, contoured & GPS compatible, & printed on sturdy but light waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each route is prominently highlighted on a series of 17.5 x 20cm panels & annotated with 5km markers. Topography is shown by contours (intervals at 20m or 40m) enhanced by relief shading with colouring and/or graphics for woodlands, orchards, vineyards, etc. Symbols indicate various accommodation options (hotels, campsites, youth hostels), sport facilities, & various places of interest. The maps also show locations of car parks near the route & railway lines are shown with stations. The maps have a 2km UTM grid. Each title

Includes:: street plans of local towns, a route profile, details of recommended accommodation indicating price range, plus descriptions of main places of interest. 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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Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer`s life shed no light on the creative work. But this volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed just before his sudden death in 1985. Apart from providing a glimpse into his own formative experiences & evolution as an author, Calvino`s autobiographical writings also examine the major events of twentieth-century history from a very personal viewpoint. This volume is full of ideas on literature & other writers, all conveyed with the author`s distinctive lightness & intelligence. Italo Calvino, one of Italy`s finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 & raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-1945. His major works include ” Cosmicomics” (1968), ” Invisible Cities” (1972), & ” If on a Winter`s Night a Traveler” (1979). He died in Sienna in 1985. ...

Paul Brunton was one of a very small number of his generation to travel in India & Tibet so extensively at a time when very few were doing so with such insight & discernment. His journalistic skills produced magnificent descriptions of the snowy peaks & high-desert landscapes of the Himalayan region, but it was the lessons he learned from the holy men he met on his journey that transformed him into one of the great interpreters of the East. In this magnificent spirituality classic, he explains that we all need `oases of calm in a world of storm`, no matter what era we are living in, & that to retreat from our everyday lives for a while is not weakness but strength. By taking the trouble to discover the deep silence within us we will find the benefits of being linked to an `infinite power, an infinite wisdom, an infinite goodness`. A Hermit In The Himalayas is a fascinating blend of travel writing & profound spiritual experience. As we accompany the author on his journey through the vast Himalayas ranges towards Mount Kailas in Tibet, he also shows us an even more remarkable
- & timeless
- inner path which will help us cope with the ups & downs of our contemporary world.

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` Thrilling, tremendously enjoyable` The New York Times`A nail-biting escape story` Financial Times At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness. This is the incredible story of how one incredible year in Churchill`s life
- an adventure involving war in South Africa, imprisonment, endurance & escape
- would be the making of one of the most extraordinary men in history. ` Few can match the originality & narrative power of Candice Millard`s elegantly written & surprisingly revealing account of the young Churchill`s exploits` Saul David, Daily Telegraph`A thrilling account.. . This book is an awesome nail-biter & top-notch character study rolled into one` Jennifer Senior, The New York Times, Books of the Year` Gripping.. .thrilling.. . Millard tells it with gusto.. .casts an interestingly oblique light on Churchill`s personality, & on a traumatic war` Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Observer, Books of the Year ` Completely engrossing` Andrew Roberts

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` Completely engrossing` Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic
- & emblematic
- year in the early life of Winston Churchill At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of becoming Prime Minister he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Although he had put himself in real danger in colonial wars in India & Sudan, & as a journalist covering the Spanish-American War in Cuba, glory & fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 to write about the brutal colonial war against the Boers. Just two weeks later, he was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape
- but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory alone. The story of his escape is extraordinary enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles & ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period, `could I have seen my future, was to lay the foundations of my later life`. Candice Millard tells a magnificent story of bravery, savagery & chance encounters with a cast of historical characters
- including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener & Gandhi
- with whom he would later share the world stage, & gives us an unexpected perspective on one of the iconic figures in our history.




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The edge-of-your-seat, monstrously-exciting, laugh-out-loud adventures of the most unfortunate monster-hunter ever to don armour... continue. Things can`t get any worse. Legends are running riot. Half-hunters are out of control. Darkmouth has been taken away from Finn & Emmie, & Finn`s dad Hugo
- proud Legend Hunter
- is washing dogs for a living. But something even more terrifying lurks beneath the surface: an ancient horror threatening both our world & the Infested Side. So scratch that. Things can get worse. Much worse. More than ever, Darkmouth is going to need a hero... Sadly, all it`s got is Finn.

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Michael Korda`s Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious, Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as ` Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar & archaeologist, T.E. Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916 & vanished into the desert in 1917. He united & led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks & eventually capture Damascus, an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader, utterly fearless & seemingly impervious to pain & danger, he remained modest, & retiring. Farsighted diplomat, brilliant military strategist, the first media celebrity, & acclaimed writer, Lawrence was a visionary whose achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern Middle East been carried through, the hatred & bloodshed that have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of Egypt, are those the Egyptians are now demanding, 91 years later. Ultimately, as this magisterial work demonstrates, Lawrence remains the paradigm of the hero in modern times. ...

The heroes of John Pilger`s narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult & often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle East & Central America. They also include the Irish labouring generation of his great-great-grandfather, transported in irons to Australia for uttering `unlawful oaths`. It is a vivid, engrossing & sometimes blackly amusing personal story covering the periods for which his journalism is renowned. John Pilger has witnessed many of the major world upheavals of the past thirty years, as well as the daily realities of injustices normally hidden from society`s view. His reporting of these events has always been distinguished by his tenaciously researched facts
- especially facts that governments & powerful interests would prefer to keep secret
- & by his unerring & always compassionate pursuit of the truth.

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