There`s more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel... An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot`s interest. But when he saw the list of stolen & vandalized items
- including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack & a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup
- he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a `unique & beautiful problem`. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?

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Topographic mapping from Mexico’s national survey agency, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. The maps have contours at 20m intervals with relief shading & indicate various types of terrain & vegetation, e.g. dense vegetation, cultivated areas, swamps, sand dunes, salt pans, etc. UTM grid is at 10km intervals, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks at intervals of 5`. Map legend is in Spanish only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

One of the titles in a series of road maps of the administrative states of Mexico, highlighting places of interest. The maps show four different grades of roads, with intermediate driving distances on main routes, railways, local airports, ferry connections & administrative boundaries. Topographic information is limited to names of main mountain ranges, spot heights for main peaks, rivers & lakes. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Spanish only. On the reverse each title has a black & white version of the same map, highlighting places of interest with brief notes in Spanish only. ...

One of the titles in a series of road maps of the administrative states of Mexico, highlighting places of interest. The maps show four different grades of roads, with intermediate driving distances on main routes, railways, local airports, ferry connections & administrative boundaries. Topographic information is limited to names of main mountain ranges, spot heights for main peaks, rivers & lakes. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Spanish only. On the reverse each title has a black & white version of the same map, highlighting places of interest with brief notes in Spanish only. ...

Road maps of Mexico’s states from Ediciones Independencia highlighting numerous places of interest & tourist facilities, with each title also providing a large street plan of the provincial capital plus maps of other local towns, popular tourist resorts and/or archaeological sites. The state maps show the road & rail networks on a clear base, with topography indicated by rivers & areas liable to inundation, plus names of main mountain ranges & peaks (no heights). National parks & other protected areas are brightly highlighted. A range of symbols provides information for tourists: accommodation including campsites & trailer parks, historical & archaeological sites, beaches & spas, sport & leisure centres, natural curiosities, etc. The maps show latitude & longitude as margin ticks & crosshairs, mostly at 30’ or 1° intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. Most maps have no index. Each title

Includes:: a large street plan of the provincial capital, plus plans of selected other towns. In addition to street names, the plans also show names of local districts. Plans of the state capital usually have a list of various locations, facilities and/or places on interest highlighted on it, & some include an enlargement showing the town centre in greater detail. Each title also has a table of distances, plus a table showing various facilities & places of interest in the main towns of the state.



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In this powerful book, journalist & film maker John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language & omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair`s Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa & the illusions of the `media age`, power, he argues, has its own agenda. Unchallenged, it operates to protect its interests with a cynical disregard for people
- shaping, & often devastating, millions of lives. By unravelling the hidden histories of contemporary events, Pilger allows us to read between the lines. He also celebrates the eloquent defiance & courage of those who resist oppression & give us hope for the future. Tenaciously researched & written with passion & wit, Hidden Agendas will change the way you see the world.
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In 2006, ” Time magazine” listed the King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, as one of the 100 `leaders & revolutionaries` who are changing our world today. Yet it was only in the 1960s that the first road linking ” The Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon” with India was opened, & since 1974 only a strictly limited number of tourists have been allowed to visit each year. Martin Uitz, a renowned expert on Bhutan, describes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of ` Gross National Happiness`, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a constitution & democracy, whilst preserving their traditional society & attempting to conserve the environment. Uitz made many fascinating discoveries in this enigmatic Kingdom. He was able to explain why the only traffic light was taken out of service, why six men are not allowed to go on a journey together, & what the subtle eroticism of a traditional hot-stone bath is all about. Along the way he also discovered that the Bhutanese hills are more alive with Edelweiss than the hills around his native Salzburg. ...

” Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets & squares, but must survey its innumerable little lane & courts.” Such was Samuel Johnson`s advice to his companion Boswell, & more than two centuries later his advice is still just as valid. To a great degree the real London
- the fascination of extraordinary goings-on during its long history, of famous Londoners past & present, & of some of its finest & most diverse architectural treasures
- is often to be found not in its more famous streets & squares but in the small & obscure places which so many of us simply miss. David Long uncovers these forgotten locations & brings to life their fascinating history in his own inimitable style.

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Karl Whitney`s Hidden City: a brilliant portrait of Dublin. Dublin is a city much visited & deeply mythologized. In Hidden City, Karl Whitney
- who has been described by Gorse as ` Dublin`s best psychogeographer since James Joyce`
- explores the places the city`s denizens & tourists easily overlook. Whitney finds hidden places & untold stories in underground rivers of the Liberties, on the derelict sites once earmarked for skyscrapers in Ballsbridge, in the twenty Dublin homes once inhabited by Joyce, & on the beach at Loughshinny, where he watches raw sewage being pumped into the shallows of the Irish Sea. Hidden City shows us a Dublin
- or a collection of Dublins
- that we`ve never seen before, a city hiding in plain sight. ” Ingenious & affectionate.. . It would be great then if the Americans & the Germans who come to Dublin in large numbers, & claim to love the city, had Whitney`s book in hand rather than, say, Ulysses, or some official guide book”. (Colm Toibin, Guardian). ” Marvellous... The author`s eye for observation is second to none.. . Hidden City is a necessary corrective to a heritage-influenced view of the past & present: for Whitney reminds us that all our environments are human
- created for & maintained by us, for good & ill”. (Daily Telegraph). ” This captivating urban tale has soul, scholarship & insights aplenty”. (Sunday Times). ” Warm, charming, sharp & informative, this brilliant book is an indispensable guide to contemporary Dublin”. (Sunday Business Post). ” Oh, how the capital has cried out for a book like this.. .a fascinating travelogue that will make you look at Dublin with fresh eyes”. (Irish Independent).




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