Hungary Road Atlas at 1:200, 000 from Cartographia, the country’s leading map publisher, in a large format, with detailed presentation of the road network, convenient coverage of Lake Balaton & the environs of Budapest, etc. The atlas provides detailed classification of the roads network &

Includes:: cart tracks & selected local footpaths. The maps show toll roads, scenic routes, sections closed to motorized traffic, gradients, locations of LPG fuel supplies, & driving distances on most local roads. Railway lines are shown with stations & stops. Narrow gauge lines, funiculars & ski lifts are included & on Lake Balaton ferry routes are marked. Picturesque towns or villages & other places of interest, including national parks & protected areas, are highlighted. Symbols mark locations of campsites & youth hostels, castles & churches, folk museums, spas, swimming pools, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. The atlas has an extensive index of towns & villages plus a separate section listing main geographical features & places of interest. Where appropriate, locations outside Hungary also indicate their historical Hungarian names. Map legend & index explanations include English. Special pages, also at 1:200, 000, show Lake Balaton & the environs of Budapest, including Visegrad & Esztergom, to provide a more convenient coverage of these areas. Also included is an administrative map of the country, plus a map & a table with road distances.

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Walking in Hungary by Tom Chrystal & Beata Dosa is a Cicerone walking guide to one of central Europe’s most accessible & ideal walking countries. Hungary’s Great Plain often dominates walkers’ image of the country & as a result many visitors are unaware of the ridges of the Matra & Borzsony or the limestone outcrops of the Bukk which dispel the myth that Hungary is flat. Hundreds of tracks & trails which were once used by the Roman legions, medieval miners, Turkish janissaries, pillaging Hussites, herders, beekeepers, charcoal burners & foundry workers zigzag across the highlands. These ancient trails now form a network of walking path which the guide explores extensively. Valuable information on accommodation in rural Hungary, public transport & the intriguing ‘little forest trains’ are all included. The author also gives an insight into the history & geology which have shaped the landscape & supplies tips on how to survive the countryside. Useful Hungarian words & phrases as well as a glossary of Hungarian topographical terms are also featured to aid map interpretation. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by line drawings mapping the routes as well as colour photographs illustrating the highlights of the route. ...

How has Hungary, a country once in the vanguard of political & economic reform under Communism, become a chilling example of the new threats confronting democracy in Central Europe? The return of Hungary`s demons of the past
- nationalism, ethnic hatred, deeply-rooted corruption & authoritarian tendencies
- has engendered international concern. Since winning a two-thirds majority in parliament in the spring of 2010, the dynamic right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has embarked on a sweeping & ruthless concentration of power & has sought to reshape the state in his own image. A new constitution & a sweeping series of laws & decrees
- radical changes in the judicial & electoral system & the dismantling of constitutional safeguards ensuring the autonomy of the executive branch & the freedom of the media
- seem destined to ensure a long-term hegemony of the far right. Meanwhile a campaign of vituperative nationalist rhetoric & the granting of voting rights to 2.5 million ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries are bound to increase tensions in this volatile corner of Europe. Lendvai offers readers an unsparing & dispassionate account, based on his intimate personal knowledge of Hungary`s major political figures & its political culture, of the turbulent events since the collapse of the Communist regime which affect not only Hungary, but also the political & economic stability of the Danube basin.



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Hiking guides from Hungary’s leading cartographic publisher Cartographia with detailed, contoured maps highlighting walking routes, including Hungarian sections of the European long-distance footpaths. The text is in Hungarian only but map legends include English (unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description). The guides have detailed topographic maps at scales from 1:25, 000 & 1:60, 000 with contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring & graphics for different types of vegetation & land use, e.g. vineyards, orchards, meadows, woodlands, etc. An overprint highlights local and/or long-distance hiking trails, indicating their waymarking signage. Most guides also show recommended cycling routes. Local roads indicate bus routes & stops, & railway lines are shown with stations. Symbols mark various facilities & places of interests including campsites, hostels & other tourist accommodation, restaurants & cafes, etc. GPS coordinates are as indicated in the individual description of each guide. Extensive text, illustrated with colour photos, is in Hungarian only – a challenge indeed! – but a lot of useful information, including telephone numbers for tourist offices, can be deciphered with help from a pocket dictionary. ...

Hungary’s best hiking & recreational areas on a series of contoured maps from the Budapest based Cartographia, with hiking routes & other tourist information, including in many titles street plans, cycling trails, etc. The maps have contours at 10m intervals with relief shading & spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of vegetation. An overprint highlights local hiking paths, with cycling routes also included is some titles. Symbols mark various places of interest, sport & recreational facilities, including campsites & other tourist accommodation, locations of petrol stations, etc. The maps show 1km lines of the country’s national grid. Map legends are in Hungarian & German only. On the reverse many titles include street plans of holiday centres & further information on the area, in Hungarian only. ...

Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home & identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power & mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein & her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music & pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as ” America`s best rock band” by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels & limitations, & redefined notions of gender in rock. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl is an intimate & revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, & rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement & contradictions within the era`s flourishing & fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later. With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest & heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer & an outsider, & ultimately finding one`s true calling through hard work, courage & the intoxicating power of rock & roll. ...

We`ve all been there. One minute you`re fast asleep, & in the next you`re tumbling from dreams of deserts & demons, into semi-consciousness, mouth full of s&, head throbbing. You`re hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone to the front lines of humanity`s age-old fight against hangovers to settle once & for all the best way to get rid of the aftereffects of a night of indulgence (short of not drinking in the first place). Hangovers have plagued human beings for about as long as civilization has existed (and arguably longer), so there has been plenty of time for cures to be concocted. But even in 2018, little is actually known about hangovers, & less still about how to cure them. Cutting through the rumour & the myth, Hungover explores everything from polar bear swims, to saline IV drips, to the age-old hair of the dog, to let us all know which ones actually work. & along the way, Bishop-Stall regales readers with stories from humanity`s long & fraught relationship with booze, & shares the advice of everyone from Kingsley Amis to a man in a pub. ...

` Nick went head down, finning desperately to catch the swirling body which tumbled like a leaf in high wind. He had a fleeting glimpse of Baker`s face, contorted with terror & lack of breath, the glass visor of his helmet already swamping with icy water as the pressure spurted through the non-return valve. The Chief`s headset microphone squealed once & then went dead as the water shorted it out.` Robbed of his wife & ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his arch-rival`s luxury liner is trapped in the tempestuous Antarctic, Nick stakes all to pit his powerful salvage tug, the Warlock, in a desperate race against time & the elements.. . ...

Tom Fitzmorris has been involved in the food scene in New Orleans for more than 35 years
- as restaurant critic, editor of ” New
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...