Includes: enlargements of La Spezia, Genova, Savona, Imperia, Oneglia & Porto Maurizio, all separately indexed. About
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Liguria Motorbike Map Set from Hallwag with individual waterproof & tear-resistant maps for 16 day tours, plus an overview road map of a wider region. The tours are from 38 km to 160 km long, & each is prominently highlighted on a separate handy size, 24.5 x 23 cm map extract at 1:275, 000, printed on waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The selected routes include a 145km tour of the French Riviera with Nice & Monte Carlo, a 160km tour of the Cinque Terre, etc. Accompanying information indicates the degree of difficulty, distance & approximate timing, etc, & recommended accommodation. Also provided is a link to the website for downloading GPS coordinates. All the text is in German only. The accompanying overview map shows all the tours together & covers a much wider area: the whole of north-western Italy extending east & south to Vicenza, Bologna, Florence & Siena, all of Switzerl&, Austrian Tyrol eastwards to Innsbruck & the Brenner Pass, & southern Germany between Saarbrucken & Munich. Road network is clearly presented with distances on many local roads, gradients, seasonal closures, etc. Topography is shown by relief shading with plenty of spot heights & names of peaks, mountain ranges, valley & other geographical features. Map legend

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Liguria with the Italian Riviera in Touring Club Italiano’s series of regional road maps at 1:200, 000, used by millions of locals & tourists alike & always among Stanford’s perennial best-sellers. Coverage extends along the coast from Nice & Monaco to Viareggio in Tuscany, & northwards to the outskirts of Milan, &

Includes:: the southern part of the Italian Alps, Turin, Piacenza, Pavia, Parma, San Remo, Savona, Genoa, Rapallo, La Spézia with the Cinque Terre, Carrara, etc.TCI maps have subtle but very effective relief shading plus spot heights to present the topography. Names of mountain ranges, valleys, peaks, etc. are shown & national parks & other protected areas are prominently highlighted. Road network is presented in great detail, from motorways to dirt tracks navigable only with difficulty. Minor roads are very clear & easy to read &, where necessary, are drawn without generalizing their course, showing the twists & turns across the mountainous terrain. Steep roads are annotated with three levels of gradient markings. Scenic routes are highlighted. Motorways have the usual features such as toll barriers, services, etc. Railway network shows stations & level crossings &, where appropriate, ferry routes are marked. In mountainous areas refuges, cable car lines, chair lifts, etc. are marked Towns & villages of particular interest are highlighted in three grades, with symbols indicating various monuments, castes, churches, etc. The maps have no geographical co-ordinates. On the reverse each title has an index plus a national distance table. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Plans included: San Remo (1:15, 000) Approaches to Genova (1:75, 000) Golfo Marconi (1:40, 000) Approaches to La Spezia (1:37, 500) Viareggio (1:20, 000) Approaches to Livorno (1:50, 000) For this 2014 edition, the plan of Golfo Marconi has been expanded eastwards to include Chiavari & Lavagna. In order to accommodate this change, the Approaches to Livorno plan has been reschemed & the plan of Livorno removed. Harbour developments within Rada di La Spezia are also shown. ...

On April 4th 1968, Martin Luther King was murdered by a man named James Earl Ray. Before Ray`s capture & sentencing to 99 years` imprisonment, he evaded the FBI for two months as he crossed the globe under various aliases. At the heart of his story is Lisbon, where he spent ten days attempting to acquire an Angolan visa. Like a Fading Shadow traces three journeys to the city: Ray`s desperate attempt to evade justice in 1968; a research trip undertaken by the young Munoz Molina for his breakthrough novel Winter in Lisbon in 1987; & the return journey taken by the novelist as he attempts to reconstruct these twin stories from the instability of the past, & interrogates his own obsession with one of the twentieth century`s most notorious figures. Aided by the recent declassification of James Earl Ray`s FBI case file, Like a Fading Shadow boldly weaves a taut retelling of Ray`s assassination of King, his time on the run & his eventual capture together with a highly original, fearlessly honest examination of the novelist`s own past. ...

In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world
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Like Continuum`s bestselling ”A Pilgrim in Spain” by Christopher Howse, Harry Bucknall`s book concerns a long journey on foot from St Paul`s to St Peter`s in Rome (1, 300 miles). Though not as well known as the Road to Compostella, this route, known as the Via Francigena, has been celebrated for centuries. In the tradition of Hilaire Belloc`s The Path to Rome, Bucknall`s writing resembles that of Christopher Howse
- it is witty, erudite, spiritual & packed with incident. Unlike Belloc, who was portly & bibulous, Bucknall is young, athletic, ascetic & a former officer in the Coldstream Guards (having served in Bosnia). His journey takes him through Southwark, Canterbury, Calais, Agincourt, Reims, Lake Geneva, Valle d` Aosta, Lucca, La Foce, & the Via Cassia to Rome & the Vatican.
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` Haunting, heartfelt & beautiful` CHRIS CLEAVE Nina, her son Christopher in tow, flies to Malta for one last visit with her aging parents. Her previous attempt to see them ended in tears. Disowned for falling pregnant while at university in Engl&, she was not allowed into the house. This will be her final chance to make her peace with them. But Malta holds more secrets & surprises than Nina could possibly imagine. What she finds is not the land of her youth, a place full of memories & happiness. Instead she meets dead people. Lots of them. Malta, it transpires, is a transit lounge for recently deceased spirits & somehow Christopher enables her to see them, speak with them & help them. &, in return, they help Nina come to terms with her own loss. One so great that she has yet to admit it to herself. Like Bees to Honey is a story of family, redemption & ghosts. It is a magical tale that will live with you long after you finish reading. ...

` People say ” Like father, like son”, & the story of my life has mirrored my father`s to a quite uncanny degree. Right from when I was a little boy, he was my rock; my mentor; my hero. It is no exaggeration to say that he taught me virtually everything I know about both country life & television. Without him, I certainly would not be doing what I am today...`. Agriculture & show business may appear to be unlikely bedfellows, but for Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, as for his father, Joe, who tragically passed away in the autumn of 2015, they are the twin poles that have defined his life. First & foremost, Adam is a farmer. Raised on the same farm in Gloucestershire, Bemborough Farm, that he runs today, Adam can often be found with his sleeves-rolled-up, involved in every element of the day-to-day operations. Like Farmer, Like Son is a truly remarkable account of Adam`s life that explores a hidden family history & the unbreakable bond between Adam & his life-long hero: his father Joe. In the 1940s & `50s, Joe, the son of stage & film star Leslie Henson, chose a completely different path, alien to his thespian parents & decided to pursue a career as a farmer. In addition, Joe overcame a serious stammer to become a regular broadcaster on Country Matters & also became the saviour of Britain`s rare breeds. He even put his business & his reputation at stake to open the world`s first Farm Park. Here, for the first time, Adam reveals the family traits, childhood experiences & farming wisdom which have made him the man he is today. As he trawls the family archive & discovers his own bloodline, Adam learns to understand & appreciate the famous grandfather he never knew & pays tribute to the wonderful father he has so recently lost. ...

The modern world takes its toll on family life. Alan Nolan has spent the last 20 years apart from his son Ian, who is based in Italy. Deciding that the best way to revive their father / son bond is to undertake an energy-sapping walk through the Italian, Swiss & French Alps on a tough Mont Blanc trek, Alan & Ian set off on their high adrenaline adventure. Like Father, Love Son is Alan`s vivid account of their trip, a unique blend of travel, autobiography & family history peppered with humour. You`ll laugh out loud as they encounter a French Mr. Bean, the American Burt Kwouk, the Australian hitman & at their night spent at the Randy Nurse`s. Convinced that many of us don`t really know our parents because we accept them as they are without asking about their past, Alan decides that Ian needs to know why he was called ` Killer` Nolan as a boy & what prompted him to abandon his fledgling boxing career at Teddy Snowball`s gym. Anyone who has read Ancient Feet, Alan`s side-splitting account of his eventful crossing of the North of England with five mates on the Coast to Coast Walk, will already know that Like Father, Love Son will be a barrow load of entertainment, as well as some home truths about our relationships in this modern era. ...