Martigny, map No. 282, 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 extends from Verbier in the east to the upper part of the Chamonix Valley in France. 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. ...

Martigny area, map No. 282T, 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 extends from Verbier in the east to the upper part of the Chamonix Valley in France. 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. ...

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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Charles Dickens` powerful black comedy of of hypocrisy & greed, ” Martin Chuzzlewit” is edited with an introduction & notes by Patricia Ingham in ” Penguin Classics”. The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious & misanthropic, leaving his grandson & namesake to make his own way in the world. & so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin`s journey
- an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest & egotism
- Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit, plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin`s optimistic manservant, Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; & the drunken & corrupt private nurse, Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed, blackmail & murder, & its searing satire on America Dickens`s novel is a powerful & blackly comic story of hypocrisy & redemption. In her introduction, Patricia Ingham examines characterization, the central themes of the novel, & Dickens`s depiction of America. This edition also

Includes:: two new prefaces, Dickens`s postscript written in 1868, his working papers, a note on Mrs Gamp`s eccentric speech, a chronology, updated further reading, appendices & original illustrations by ` Phiz`. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including ” Oliver Twist”, ” Great Expectations”, ”A Tale of Two Cities”, ” David Copperfield” & ” The Pickwick Papers”, have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed ” Martin Chuzzlewit”, you might like Dickens`s ” Dombey & Son”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”.



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Dan`s got a new job. But he`s moved out of town in order to start a family & had to start commuting into London every day, leaving his young wife Beth & newborn daughter at home. After fourteen months of the trains either making him late for work or late getting home, he`s had enough. Tracking down the email address of the MD of the train company, he starts to write him letters. Emails that take as long to write as the delay to his journey has been. If his time`s been wasted, why shouldn`t he waste the MD`s? & so begins an hilarious & extraordinary correspondence. When the MD begins to write back, Dan has a dysfunctional father-confessor to talk to
- one who he never imagined would care. In truth, he probably doesn`t. But Dan finds solace in opening up to a stranger about the dramas of his day job at a scandal-hit newspaper, the challenges of his night job as the father of a baby who isn`t sleeping, & about life as it is played out for a bit over an hour (well, sometimes longer) every morning & every evening in the confines of Coach C, while world events pass its odd mix of inhabitants by.
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Martinique & Guadeloupe with Saint-Barthélemy & Saint Martin at 1:65, 000 & 1:100, 000 respectively on a double-sided map from ITMB presenting each island with a street plan of the town centre in its capital. On one side is Martinique at 1:65, 000 a street plan of Fort-de-France at 1:10, 000. On the reverse coverage of Guadeloupe at 1:100, 000

Includes:: Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, Iles de la Terre & La Désirade, with Saint-Barthélemy & Saint Martin/ Sint Maarten shown as insets at the same scale. The street plan covers Pointe-à-Pitre. Both maps have altitude colouring & prominently highlight the islands’ national parks & other protected areas. Road network

Includes:: selected local roads & tracks. No driving distances are marked. Also indicated are principal hiking routes. A range of symbols highlight various places of interest, both on the maps & on the accompanying street plans as appropriate: selected hotels, campsites, beaches & diving/watersports sites, marinas, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are shown at 5’ intervals. Each side has a separate index. Map legends are in English & French.



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One of the three topographic maps from the Institut Géographique National in Paris covering Martinique. Cartography is similar to that used for IGN’s coverage of France at this scale, with contours at 10m intervals, relief shading, & plenty of information on the type of vegetation: woods & forests, brushwood, plantations & orchards, banana & sugar cane plantations, mangrove swamps. In addition to the usual information found on topographic survey maps, extensive overprint highlights accommodation including huts, gîtes d’étape, & campsites, various recreational & nautical facilities (horse riding, golf, tennis, water sports, etc), places of interest, etc. Local & long-distance hiking routes are also prominently marked, indicating any difficult passages. The maps have a UTM grid, plus a latitude/longitude grid at 5’ intervals. Map legend

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

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One of the three topographic maps from the Institut Géographique National in Paris covering Martinique. Cartography is similar to that used for IGN’s coverage of France at this scale, with contours at 10m intervals, relief shading, & plenty of information on the type of vegetation: woods & forests, brushwood, plantations & orchards, banana & sugar cane plantations, mangrove swamps. In addition to the usual information found on topographic survey maps, extensive overprint highlights accommodation including huts, gîtes d’étape, & campsites, various recreational & nautical facilities (horse riding, golf, tennis, water sports, etc), places of interest, etc. Local & long-distance hiking routes are also prominently marked, indicating any difficult passages. The maps have a UTM grid, plus a latitude/longitude grid at 5’ intervals. Map legend

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

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One of the three topographic maps from the Institut Géographique National in Paris covering Martinique. Cartography is similar to that used for IGN’s coverage of France at this scale, with contours at 10m intervals, relief shading, & plenty of information on the type of vegetation: woods & forests, brushwood, plantations & orchards, banana & sugar cane plantations, mangrove swamps. In addition to the usual information found on topographic survey maps, extensive overprint highlights accommodation including huts, gîtes d’étape, & campsites, various recreational & nautical facilities (horse riding, golf, tennis, water sports, etc), places of interest, etc. Local & long-distance hiking routes are also prominently marked, indicating any difficult passages. The maps have a UTM grid, plus a latitude/longitude grid at 5’ intervals. Map legend

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

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Martinique at 1:75, 000 on a map from the IGN, the national mapping agency of France, with highlighting for places of interest & hiking trails, presentation of topography through contours & relief shading, etc, plus aerial photographic plans of Fort-de-France & St-Pierre. Detailed classification of the road network

Includes:: country tracks & local paths. Driving distances are marked on main & secondary routes, & scenic roads are highlighted. Also marked are waymarked walking trails. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest including beaches & water sports sites, other recreational facilities, cultural heritage, different types of tourist accommodation including campsites, etc. Topography is presented by contours enhancde by relief shading, with colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain & vegetation (rain forests, mangroves, plantations, etc). Also marked are internal administrative boundaries & towns are annotated with population figures. The map has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids for GPS. The index lists the beaches marked on the map. Map legend

Includes:: English. Arial photos of Fort-de-France & St-Pierre highlight various places of interest in both towns. The map also shows coverage of Martinique by the topographic survey of the island at 1:25, 000: the three maps at that scale, all available from Stanfords, also highlight trails & places of interest.



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