French region of Midi-Pyrénées, covering a wide area extending from Cahors & Rodez to the highest part of the Pyrenees, at 1:200, 000 in a series of double-sided touring maps from Michelin. The map

Includes:: a city centre street plan of Toulouse indicating principal traffic arteries, one way streets & places of interest, with selected streets named & listed in the accompanying index. Maps in the Michelin’s REGIONAL series are designed to cover a large area in each title & offer a more convenient touring alternative to the publishers’ LOCAL coverage of France at 1:150, 000. The maps present the road network in great detail, indicating width & the number of lanes, 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. 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. To see the list of all the regional titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Britain`s clearest mapping from the experts at the AA, in a handy foldable road map covering the Midlands & Central Engl&. Fully updated, the map combines clear design & an easy-to-read scale of 3 miles to 1 inch, with more road detail to ensure you never lose your way while navigating Britain`s roads. The map

Includes:: information on toll points, service areas, road numbers, motorways, dual carriageways & wide & narrow local roads. National parks & places of interest are also highlighted.

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Folded cycling map of the Midlands from the National Byway Trust, forming part of their heritage cycling route of Great Britain. One side of the map has AA mapping at 1:187, 500, whilst the reverse has detailed descriptions of this section of the National Byway, including Chester to Whitchurch & Tewkesbury to Cirencester. The map shows the National Byway route & additional loop sections off of the cycleway, with small boxes describing the individual loop rides. Cartography shows motorways, A & B & minor roads, with the routes highlighted prominently. Areas of ...

Midlands & Central England at 1:200, 000 in a series of nine road maps from the AA, with particularly clear presentation of the road network, including speed cameras, & places of interest shown on a plain, unobtrusive base. Street plans of main towns highlight parking facilities.AA's regional road maps are characterised by their plain white base designed to provide an unobtrusive background for the road network & the names of towns & villages. Colouring is used only to show national parks & forest parks. Rivers & lakes are included, but other topographic information is limited to names of selected mountain ranges, peaks & valleys, plus spot heights. Steep roads have gradient signs. As expected from the AA, the road network is shown with considerable attention given to different types of junctions & interchanges. Primary route destinations are highlighted & detailed information is provided on locations of speed cameras indicating speed limits. Services areas, tolls, etc., are marked & driving distance are given on A & selected B roads. Railway lines are shown with stations & ferry routes are included. The plain base also provides a clear background for a very wide range of symbols highlighting and/or naming numerous places of interest, including National Trust or English Heritage sites & their equivalents in Scotland & Wales, sport & recreational facilities, caravan & campsites, etc. The maps have the British national grid lines. The index is on the reverse & each title also

Includes:: indexed street plans of city centres, indicating main traffic arteries, one way streets & parking facilities. In this title: street plans show the city centres in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham & Wolverhampton. The current edition of this map was published in 2011.

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Fully updated, this map combines clear design & an easy-to-read scale with more road detail to ensure that you never lose your way. Including information on toll points, service areas, road numbers, motorways, dual carriageways & wide & narrow local roads. National Parks & places of interest are also highlighted including National Trust, English Heritage & Scottish & Welsh heritage sites. The map is presented in a practical slimline format, with a durable weatherproof cover for protection from the elements. ...

Skulduggery Pleasant & Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off
- & runs. For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle
- time & time again
- by Skulduggery Pleasant`s side, & always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation. With Skulduggery racing to catch up & young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has twelve hours to find Alice before it`s too late. The clock is ticking...


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In this astonishing collection of stories, Hanif Kureishi confirms his reputation as Britain`s foremost chronicler of the loveless, the lost & the dispossessed. The characters in Midnight All Day are familiar to us all: frustrated & intoxicated, melancholic & sensitive, yet capable of great cruelty. ...

What do you do when the life you’ve carefully built for yourself comes apart? Lydia Smith lives a quiet life, spent in the company of her colleagues & customers at the bookstore where she works. But when Joey Molina, a young & mysterious regular, hangs himself in the bookstore & leaves Lydia secret messages hidden in the pages of his books, her world starts to unravel. Why did Joey do it? What did he know? And what does it have to do with Lydia? ...

`A cleverly constructed thriller.. . not for the faint-hearted.` Scotsman What do you do when the life you`ve carefully built for yourself comes apart? Lydia Smith lives a quiet life, spent in the company of her colleagues & customers at the bookstore where she works. But when Joey Molina, a young & mysterious regular, hangs himself in the bookstore & leaves Lydia secret messages hidden in the pages of his books, her world starts to unravel. Why did Joey do it? What did he know? And what does it have to do with Lydia? ...

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul`s Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests. As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian emigres sold family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz club & Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen. Turkey`s president Kemal Ataturk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled Leon Trotsky & the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions of human freedom. During the Second World War, German intellectuals ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of occupied Europe. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads-a moment when Europe`s closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge. ...