Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people`s hearts as unpaid volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse conditions to rescue others from the sea. The stories that go with lifeboats & their crews are those of courage, sacrifice, community & our coastline. No matter if one is on holiday by the coast, or living inl&, we are always aware of the work these brave crews do, & also aware of the tremendous affection the RNLI has throughout the whole of the British Isles. An island race appreciates those who risk their lives continually to help those endangered at sea. May-Day! May-Day! showcases the work, over many years, that the RNLI crews have undertaken, using the technology & training of their time to go out into dangerous waters to rescue people. It contains a great deal of useful/technical information to give the reader all the background information to the science of saving lives at sea. The RNLI is close to the hearts of the British public, who want to know more about their work today, but also historically how they have evolved. With archive material, first-person interviews of station commanders, rescuers, etc. plus scientific illustrations & maps, this book will be the first to bring together the history & technology, people & crews, triumphs & disasters of the RNLI together in one book. ...

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. ...

Mayenne, Orne & Sarthe départments at 1:150, 000 in Michelin’s Local Series of France, with highlighting for scenic routes, an index, a special panel with best sights & recommended driving tours, & street plans of central Alençon, Laval & Le Mans. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides. PLEASE NOTE: our coverage image, provided by the publishers, does not take into account which areas along the edge of the map are blocked by the index & the additional features. Maps in Michelin’s Local Series of France have the same cartography (road network & place names shown on the maps) as the publishers’ Regional Series at 1;200, 000 but enlarged here to 1:150, 000 to provide greater clarity & larger, easier to read print size. Road network is presented in great detail, indicating width, motorway services & rest areas, dangerous or restricted entry roads, steep gradients, height & weight restrictions, etc. Scenic sections are highlighted. The maps also show selected cycle paths & nature trails. Railway lines are shown with stations & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, with additional star rating for best sights, based on the publishers’ Green Guides for French regions. Satellite-derived base with colouring for the forested areas & boundaries of national or regional parks shows the topography. In the mountainous regions the maps have bold, very effective relief shading, with a large number of names of peaks, passes, & other topographic features. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 10’ intervals & are indexed. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title in addition

Includes:: a panel showing the area’s principal roads & places of interest, plus recommendations for sightseeing tours. Also provided are town centre maps of main cities, indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest. Only selected streets are named & listed in the accompanying index. Please click on the series link to see all the titles in this series.



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The Mayfair 30cm (12) globe will complement & enhance any home, office or school environment; featuring classical, physical relief cartography teamed with a natural pine-finished, wood base. Mounted on an antique brass-plated, half-meridian this globe displays political colours when illuminated. ...

Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today. Until 1686, the May Fair was held in Haymarket, & after 1764, it moved to Fair Field in Bow because the well-to-do residents of the area felt the fair lowered the tone of the neighbourhood. The district is now mainly commercial, with many offices in converted houses & new buildings, including major corporate headquarters, a concentration of hedge funds, real estate businesses & many different embassy offices, namely the U.S.`s large office taking up all the west side of Grosvenor Square. Rents are among the highest in London & the world. There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well as some exclusive shopping & London`s largest concentration of luxury hotels. The renown & prestige of Mayfair could have grown in the popular mind because it is the most expensive property on the British Monopoly board set. ...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year` Riveting, clear-sighted & exceptionally articulate... Her literary & psychoanalytic fluency gives the book an impact that feels arrestingly honest... Heartbreaking` Daily Telegraph ` An unsparing account of a family destroyed by drugs. Unique & haunting` Sunday Times` What gives this book its astonishing power is not the guilt, but the intelligence & literary skill` Guardian`I write, knowing that writing at all may be seen as a betrayal of family; a shaming, exploitative act. Anyone reading this who thinks so, please know that I thought it before you` For years Sigrid Rausing watched helplessly as her brother Hans & his wife Eva succumbed to drug addiction. It afflicted a terrible toll on their family, culminating in Eva`s tragic early death. As this death led to inquest & media circus, the world looked on in horror, but few understood the suffering endured by the Rausing family. In Mayhem, Sigrid explores the collateral damage addiction wreaks on loved ones. Telling her family`s story, she examines painful & rarely discussed questions. What is it like to live with addiction in the family? How can you help without hurting the one you love? & what does it mean to survive another`s addiction? ...

Map No. 32, Mayo North-East
- Sligo South
- Roscommon North-West, in the Discovery series from the OSI, the Ordnance Survey

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Map No. 24, Mayo North-West
- Sligo East in the Discovery series from the OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Irel&, which presents
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Counties Mayo & Sligo at 1:100, 000 in a series of double-sided, GPS-compatible maps from Xploreit Maps, with contours, altitude colouring, hiking trails & cycling routes, & printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper. Insets show street plans of own centres of Sligo & Westport annotated with places of interest. Topography is shown by altitude colouring with contours (interval varies) & plenty of names of geographical features. Road network

Includes:: local secondary roads & tracks & gives driving distances on main routes. Scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines are shown with station; local airports, harbours/marinas, & passenger ferry connections are also marked. An overprint highlights local waymarked hiking paths, long-distance walking trails & cycle routes. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest; antiquities, leisure facilities, museums & heritage sites, tourist information centres, campsites & caravan parks, etc. The map is indexed & has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’ & 10’ respectively, plus in the margin Irish national grid.

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Map No. 31, Mayo Central in the Discovery series from the OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Irel&, which presents the country on detailed topographic maps at 1:50, 000, with additional overprint highlighting campsites & caravan parks, youth hostels, etc. The maps have contours at 10m intervals, with plenty of spot heights & additional altitude colouring. Graphics indicate different types of woodlands. An overprint highlights waymarked or unmarked walking trails as well as cycle routes. National or forest parks & nature reserves are marked & a range of symbols provide tourist information: campsites, caravan parks, youth hostels (An ...