Towns of Northwestern Indiana on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. Communities covered by this map include Cedar Lake, Chesterton, Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hebron, Highl&, Lowell, Merriville, Portage, Schererville, Valparaiso & Whiting. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. ...

Indiana Recreational Atlas & Gazetteer at 1:154, 000 approx. in a series of large format paperback state atlases from De Lorme, with detailed, contoured, GPS compatible topographic mapping. Recreational information

Includes:: lists of unique natural features, Amish sites, scenic drives, historic sites. Tables are also provided listing, where appropriate with facilities, state & national lands, covered bridges, nature reserves, wineries, hiking & biking trails, campgrounds, canoe trips, wildlife viewing sites, plus fishing & hunting sites each with a list of species. Each title in this De Lorme series covers one state & presents it at a scale much more detailed than used on most state road maps. Particularly popular areas are often also presented on enlargements. The maps are contoured, show variation of terrain (deserts, glaciers, wetlands, woodlands, etc) & have latitude & longitude and/or UTM grid lines for GPS use. Various types of protected areas are distinguished by the colouring of their boundaries, e.g. national or state parks, forests, etc. Also marked are Indian Reservations & restricted entry military zones. Road network is shown in much more detail than on other state mapping, with local roads, unsurfaced back roads & tracks, forest trails, etc. Where appropriate, old historical routes are marked. Railway lines & local airports or landing strips are included & the maps also indicate administrative boundaries. Symbols highlight various recreational areas & facilities such as campgrounds, unique natural features, etc. Each title contains extensive lists of outdoor adventure sites (grouped into activities such as hiking, biking, paddling, fishing, skiing, etc.), diverse family outing sites, campgrounds, & tables showing what facilities can be found in the state’s recreational areas. Each atlas also has an index of localities. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Detailed physical wall map of Indiana State at a scale of 1:500, 000. The cartography shows relief through a stunning, highly ...

Indianapolis & Vicinity in a series of Rand Mc Nally’s regional road maps covering the environs of main US cities. The map is centered on Indianapolis & extends north to Kokomo & West Lafayette, east to beyond Yorktown, south beyond Columbus, & westwards to Brazil & Hillsboro. Communities covered by this map include Anderson, Bloomington, Crawfordsville, Greenwood, Lawrence, Muncie, Plainfield & Shelbyville. Maps in this series present the road network on a clear background with no relief shading to show the area’s topography, but with national or state parks, forests & other protected areas indicated by colouring. Roads are numbered and/or named, showing toll highways, exit numbers of interchanges, services & rest areas. Local airports are marked, but railways & other urban transport lines are not included unless specifically indicated in the individual description. Each town is presented in a different colour, providing those unfamiliar with the region a very clear picture of the area. Various places of interest & facilities are highlighted, including cultural & historical sites, educational institutions, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Each title is indexed. Several maps also include enlargements of the downtown area, plans of international airports, a mileage & driving times diagram for a much wider region than covered by the main map, etc
- for more information please see the individual descriptions. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Indianapolis in Indiana on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. The map

Includes:: a more detailed enlargement of downtown Indianapolis. Other communities covered by this title include Beech Grove, Brownsburg, Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, Lawrence, Noblesville, Southport, Speedway, Westfield & Zionsville.NEW STREET PLAN CARTOGRAPHY FROM RAND Mc NALLY: Rand Mc Nally are currently changing the cartography of their street plans to a more “ European” style. In many titles streets are now shown by parallel lines, providing a much clearer, easier to read presentation. Better use of colouring indicates different types of land use and/or institutions (parks, shopping centres, academic institutions, etc) &, in most titles, different administrative units. More streets are annotated with block numbers. Some new editions still retain the traditional American presentation of streets by a single line, but with more prominent marking for various institutions, facilities & places of interest. Our cartography sample indicates which style is used in this title.COVERAGE: Rand Mc Nally street plans cover cities with their outer suburbs, prominently highlighting principal traffic arteries & connecting main streets. Railway & subway stations are marked.

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India`s Disappearing Railways is a vibrant photo-essay by Australian photographer Angus Mc Donald, capturing for the first time in print the sub-continent`s unique narrow-gauge hill railways in all their vivid colour, character & chaos. It is an intimate & humorous portrait of life on the trains, evoking the very soul of India; & with a rare empathy & insight illustrates the lives of those who ride them, who work on them, & who live alongside them. Yet as the nation modernises, these railways
- whether in the snow-peaked Himalaya, the terai of Rajasthan or the verdant Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu
- are vanishing. India`s Disappearing Railyways records a way of life that is slowly disappearing
- the Indian government is gradually converting its narrow-gauge lines
- & documents the diversity of this vast & multilayered country from a unique standpoint.



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Annette Bonnier traveled throughout India over a 3 year period photographing the lives of domesticated & wild elephants. These photographs are a cultural documentation of this complex & majestic animal, with its intelligence, intricte social hierarchy, & highly evolved communication skills, & is caught in a changing world between the past & the future. ...

Sir Mark Tully, born in India & educated in Britain, is a citizen of two countries
- indeed, two continents
- & two cultures.

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SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016, GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 ` Authoritative, expansive & incisive...helps restore India to the global twentieth century` Sunil Khilnani Between 1939 & 1945 India changed to an extraordinary extent. Millions of Indians suddenly found themselves as soldiers, fighting in Europe & North Africa but also
- something simply never imagined
- against a Japanese army threatening to invade eastern India. Many more were pulled into the vortex of wartime mobilization. Srinath Raghavan`s compelling & original book gives both a surprising new account of the fighting & of life on the home front. For Indian nationalists the war has tended to be seen as a distraction from the quest for national independence
- but Raghavan shows that in fact the war lay at the very heart of how & why colonial rule ended in South Asia. By seeing the Second World War through Indian eyes, Raghavan transforms our understanding of the conflict
- with famous battles such as those in North Africa & Iraq reinterpreted, as well as fascinating & little known campaigns such as the destruction of Italian northeast Africa. Time & again, it was Indian troops that made Britain into a global power &, as the war came to an end, it was the Indian army that fought the final battles which marked the end both of the Japanese empire, & of the British.



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This extraordinary selection of objects showcases the beauty & knowledge embodied in works of art & everyday life from Indigenous Australia. Published to accompany the first major UK exhibition on Indigenous Australia, this ground breaking new publication explores the profound impact & legacy of colonialism, the nature of collecting & the changing meaning of objects now in the collection of the British Museum. The encounters between Indigenous peoples & colonists were complex & nuanced, & contemporary Australian society is still dealing with this legacy, trying to transform or reconcile different worldviews. ...