The western part of Slovenia’s Julian Alps on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:75, 000 from the Ljubljana-based Kartografija. Coverage

Includes:: the Triglav National Park, Kranjska Gora, Bovec, Bled, Jesenice, Tolmin, Škofja Loka, etc. On the reverse are bilingual English/ Slovenian descriptions of the region’s best sights. Maps in this series from Kartografija, covering most of Slovenia at 50K or 75K, have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & plenty of spot heights, names of peaks, mountain chains, etc. Local hiking routes are highlighted & also marked are recommended cycling routes. Symbols indicate various types of accommodation including mountain huts, campsites, inns with lodgings, tourist farms or apartments, hotels & motels, as well as recreational facilities (golf, horse riding, swimming pools, etc), vineries, cultural & historical sites, etc. Road network shows locations of petrol stations. Railway lines are shown with stations & various types of mountain transport (gondolas, chair lifts, etc) are marked. The maps have a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 2’30’’. The reverse side is covered by bilingual notes on the area’s places of interest. Map legend & all the text include English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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On the evening of 15 June 1815, the great & the good of British Society have gathered in Brussels at what is to become one of the most tragic parties in history
- the Duchess of Richmond`s ball. For this is the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, & many of the handsome young men attending the ball will find themselves, the very next day, on the battlefield. For Sophia Trenchard, the young & beautiful daughter of Wellington`s chief supplier, this night will change everything. But it is only twenty-five years later, when the upwardly mobile Trenchards move into the fashionable new area of Belgravia, that the true repercussions of that moment will be felt. For in this new world, where the aristocracy rub shoulders with the emerging nouveau riche, there are those who would prefer the secrets of the past to remain buried
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Julierpass, map No. 268, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. Coverage

Includes:: the Upper Engadine Valley with St. Moritz & Pontresina, across the Maloja Pass the top part of Val Bregaglia, the peak of Piz Bernina, etc. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series.

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Julierpass area, map No. 268T, at 1:50, 000 in a special hiking edition of the country’s topographic survey, published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Coverage

Includes:: the Upper Engadine Valley with St. Moritz & Pontresina, across the Maloja Pass the top part of Val Bregaglia, the peak of Piz Bernina, etc. Cartography, identical to the standard version of the survey, is highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link.

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Detailed ski map at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, the country’s national survey organization, showing routes for skiing and/or snowboarding, access by public transport, recommended itineraries, lists of mountain huts, etc. The series uses the cartography of Switzerland’s topographic survey, with additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. An overprint highlights ski routes, indicating suggested direction, difficult passages & sections which must be covered on foot. Also marked are areas where it is forbidden to leave the routes shown on the map. The maps also highlight roads with bus routes, indicating individual bus stops, show ski lifts & funiculars, plus mark locations of refuges or other mountain accommodation. Each title has the Swiss national grid at intervals of 1km, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’. Some titles cover a larger area, with a part of an adjoining sheet printed on the reverse of the main map as indicated on our series grid. Where appropriate, ski information extends across the border to France & Italy. On the reverse are itineraries of routes recommended by the Swiss Alpine Club, indicating the degree of difficulty, plus lists of alpine huts with contact details. Map legend for the overprint

Includes:: English. The text about the routes & accommodation is in the main language of the area covered by the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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The third title in Gary Northfield`s exciting, action-packed & hysterically funny series brimming with entertaining Roman & Egyptian facts. After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt & mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can`t believe his luck! Soon he & his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria; preened & pampered like gods. Then a fancy boat procession will take them down the River Nile to Giza where, of course, a lavish party will be thrown in Julius`s honour
- as well as getting the obligatory tour of the Pyramids. BUT it is this very tour that seems to signal the end to their glorious fortunes in Egypt. On a visit to the Tomb of Cleopatra, Felix is unable to resist a rather lovely looking treasure for his rock collection... He pockets the jewel & immediately a curse falls upon the group. & so the ridiculous adventure begins where Julius fights for his life as the Egyptians come to unravel the truth & realize that he is not quite what they thought he was...
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The third title in Gary Northfield`s exciting, action-packed & hysterically funny series brimming with entertaining Roman & Egyptian facts. After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt & mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can`t believe his luck! Soon he & his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria; preened & pampered like gods. Then a fancy boat procession will take them down the River Nile to Memphis where a lavish party will be thrown in Julius`s honour
- as well as an obligatory tour of the Pyramids. BUT it is this very tour that seems to signal the end to their glorious fortunes in Egypt. On a visit to the Tomb of Cleopatra, Felix is unable to resist a rather lovely looking treasure for his rock collection... He pockets the jewel & immediately a curse falls upon the group. & so the ridiculous adventure begins where Julius fights for his life as the Egyptians come to unravel the truth & realize that he is not quite what they thought he was...
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The outbreak of the First World War was `a drama never surpassed`. One hundred years later, the characters still seem larger than life: Archduke Franz Ferdin&, brooding heir to the Habsburg throne; the fanatical Bosnian Serb assassins who plot to murder him; Conrad & Berchtold, the Austrians who exploit the outrage; Kaiser Wilhelm & Bethmann Hollweg, backing up the Austrians; Sazonov, Russian Foreign Minister, trying to live down a reputation for cowardice; Poincare & Paleologue, two French statesmen who urge on the Russians; & not least Winston Churchill, who, alone among Cabinet officials in London, perceives the seriousness of the situation in time to take action. July 1914 tells the story of Europe`s countdown to war through the eyes of these men, between the bloody opening act on 28 June 1914 & Britain`s final plunge on 4 August, which turned a European conflict into a world war. The outbreak of war was no accident of fate. Individual statesmen, pursuing real objectives, conjured up the conflict
- in some cases by conscious intention. While some sought honourably to defuse tensions, others all but oozed with malice as they rigged the decks for war. Dramatic, inevitably tense & almost forensically observed, Sean Mc Meekin`s unique book retells the story of that cataclysmic month, making clear as never before who was responsible for the catastrophe. You will never think the same way again about the origins of the First World War.
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Nadine Gordimer’s “ July’s People” is once again another searing insight into the heart of South Africa, & proving why she is on of the most respected authors not just in her native South Africa, but the world over too. The book was written in 1981, more than ten years before the end of apartheid. For years, it has been what is called a ‘deteriorating situation’. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds: the members of the Smales family – liberal whites – are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smales’ & to July gives the reader an unflinching look into the terrifying, tacit understandings & misunderstandings between blacks & whites. Apartheid may be over, but the works of people like Gordimer help to emphasise why it should never be allowed to happen again. ...

A funny story...all about the importance of tidying up. Johnny thinks that his room has its own special style. But his mum thinks his room is...a MESS! Johnny doesn't care...until all the chas attracts the terrible Jumblebum Beast. Will Johnny end up in the Jumblebum's tum
- or can his secret plan save the day?
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