SECOND UPDATED EDITIONInterest in the battlefields of The Great War has increased exponentially in the last ten years & credit for this must rest in large measure on the shoulders of Major & Mrs Holt. Not only did they pioneer the concept of ' Battlefield Tour' holidays but their books, of which this is the latest, have long been regarded as the bible for tourists making the pilgrimage to the scenes of battles whether in Flanders, Normandy, Gallipoli or Arnhem. The Holts have researched a much wider book than their earlier Somme & Ypres Guides & this is the first part of the results of their labours. The second covering the Southern battlefields is now available.NEW, FULLY UPDATED EDITION ...

A woman`s body scrawled with religious texts is found in a Helsinki apartment. Jewish homicide inspector Ariel Kafka investigates. What begins as an investigation of Christian religious lunatics shifts into a hunt for a perpetrator who is more damaged than dangerous, the victim of institutionally countenanced paedophilia at a boarding school. Ariel Kafka finds himself investigating a series of crimes leading to the enigmatic Brotherhood of the Sacred Vault, founded at the school. The brotherhood`s former members have gone on to become Oxford professors & important CEOs, all reluctant to recall their school days. But before Kafka can solve the puzzle, more than one person must pay for past sins with his life. The final twist takes the investigation in a different direction
- the ultimate motivation for the crimes is money, with the mentally unstable alleged perpetrator being used as bait.
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A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Rio de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires` criminal classes. As the kidnapping of three foreign businessmen sends stock markets into freefall, the job of solving the chaos falls onto the weary shoulders of Deputy Inspector Walter Carroza of the serious-crime squad. But top of his agenda is former Miss Bolivia Ana Torrente. Why are the bodies of the men who try to take her to bed always found minus a head? ...

After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided she hates this country of chaos & contradiction with a passion. And when a beggar at the airport reads her palm & insists that she will one day return
- & for love
- she gives India, & him, the finger. But eleven years later, his prophecy comes true. When the love of her life, ABC`s South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, she leaves her dream job as a radio DJ in Sydney to follow her fiance` to the most polluted city on earth. It seems like the ultimate sacrifice & it almost kills her
- literally. One smoggy night, a sadhu smeared in human ashes curses her & she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia. She survives, but not before she has faced some serious questions about her own mortality & inner void, not to mention unsightly hair loss. It`s enough to send a rapidly balding atheist on a wild rollercoaster ride through India`s many religions in search of the meaning of life & death. From the `brain enema` of a meditation retreat in Dharamsala to the biggest Hindu festival on earth on the steps of the Ganges in Varanasi, & with the help of the Dalai Lama, a real-life goddess & a couple of Bollywood stars
- among many, many others
- Sarah Macdonald discovers a hell of a lot more...




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Map No. 126, Holy Cross
- Reudi Reservoir in Colorado, at 1:40, 680 in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking
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Jill Dudley`s search for enlightenment continues as she & her husband Harry join a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy L&. As a confused agnostic (in contrast to Harry who takes Christianity on trust), she is at her humorous best as she travels with her fellow pilgrims & attempts to toe the line to their Christian expectations of her. She listens to pro- & anti- Zionists, & speaks to Orthodox Jews & frustrated Palestinian Christians. They stay in Jerusalem, & visit Bethlehem, Qumran, Masada, travelling south to the Dead Sea, & then north to Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee visiting Caesarea, Nazareth, Capernaum & Megiddo where the final battle & the end of the world is expected. Holy Fire! is an informative, well-researched, light & easy read, filled with gods, myths & memorable characters. ...

A detailed topographic map of Holy Island & Bamburgh from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Wooler, Belford & Seahouses. Edition A2; Publication date June 2009 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map of Holy Island & Bamburgh from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Wooler, Belford & Seahouses. Edition A2; Publication date June 2009 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Holy Island & District in 1863 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. Two versions are available for this area, stretching from Holy Island southward to Beadnell Bay, & westward to Wooler. Coverage

Includes:: Bamburgh, Belford, Chatton, Chillingham, Doddington, Ellingham, Farne Islands, Haggerston Castle, Lowick, North Sunderl&, etc. On the reverse of the 1863 map is a detailed, large scale map of Holy Island village, together with a directory; the 1898 version is in colour & has a map of Seahouses, including part of North Sunderl&. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Holy Island & Seahouses in 1898 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. Two versions are available for this area, stretching from Holy Island southward to Beadnell Bay, & westward to Wooler. Coverage

Includes:: Bamburgh, Belford, Chatton, Chillingham, Doddington, Ellingham, Farne Islands, Haggerston Castle, Lowick, North Sunderl&, etc. On the reverse of the 1863 map is a detailed, large scale map of Holy Island village, together with a directory; the 1898 version is in colour & has a map of Seahouses, including part of North Sunderl&. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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