Missouri Recreational Atlas & Gazetteer at 1:200, 000 approx. in a series of large format paperback state atlases from De Lorme, with detailed, contoured, GPS compatible topographic mapping. Recreational information

Includes:: lists of unique natural features, historic sites, attractions, wineries, scenic drives, biking routes, hiking trails, float trips. Tables are also provided listing national/state lands & campgrounds indicating facilities, plus fishing & hunting areas with lists of species. Each title in this De Lorme series covers one state & presents it at a scale much more detailed than used on most state road maps. Particularly popular areas are often also presented on enlargements. The maps are contoured, show variation of terrain (deserts, glaciers, wetlands, woodlands, etc) & have latitude & longitude and/or UTM grid lines for GPS use. Various types of protected areas are distinguished by the colouring of their boundaries, e.g. national or state parks, forests, etc. Also marked are Indian Reservations & restricted entry military zones. Road network is shown in much more detail than on other state mapping, with local roads, unsurfaced back roads & tracks, forest trails, etc. Where appropriate, old historical routes are marked. Railway lines & local airports or landing strips are included & the maps also indicate administrative boundaries. Symbols highlight various recreational areas & facilities such as campgrounds, unique natural features, etc. Each title contains extensive lists of outdoor adventure sites (grouped into activities such as hiking, biking, paddling, fishing, skiing, etc.), diverse family outing sites, campgrounds, & tables showing what facilities can be found in the state’s recreational areas. Each atlas also has an index of localities. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Southern & Central Missouri Cities in a series of City Map Books from Rand Mc Nally providing in a handy 10.5 x 24 cm paperback format a collection of street plans for neighbouring towns & cities within a region. Areas covered by the plans are shown on a regional map & all the plans covered by one overall street index. The plans show the network of streets & roads, indicating where appropriate, routes with limited access, tolls, service & rest areas, one-way traffic, etc. Railway & local transit stations are marked & a range of symbols indicate various services & places of interest. This title provides coverage of Branson, Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin, Lake Ozark & Springfield. ...

Detailed physical wall map of Missouri State at a scale of 1:550, 000. The cartography shows relief through a stunning, highly ...

An exquisite new story to delight readers young & old, from a much-loved writer & illustrator. What do you do if you find an abandoned seal pup on a rock in the middle of the sea? Well, take it home with you to your flat, of course. At least that`s what Mr Albert Cleghorn thought, though perhaps he hadn`t considered all the complications... This is the story of what then happened to Mr Cleghorn & Charlie the seal in their determination to find a home for Charlie &, incidentally, happiness for them both. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Mister Cleghorn`s Seal is a classic in the making from the inimitable Judith Kerr. ...

Washington DC is more than a pretty face; it is a Southern city on the edge of the industrial North; it is a company town, where politics, as combat or spectator sport, is always the subject; it is a city of transplants & transients drawn from around the world, yet remains unexpectedly provincial. The major tourist attractions are well-known; you will need little help in that department. But a cup of coffee, a bit of shopping, a cocktail & a good feed will pep you up in between museums & monuments. Here are 33 choice suggestions to help get the most from your visit to the District of Columbia. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Daisy Wells & Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries & inviting tea-rooms
- but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College. Three nights before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident
- until the Detective Society look a little closer, & realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups & fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning & courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course). The fabulously festive fifth mystery from the bestselling, award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.

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Based on Lucie Duff Gordon`s ” Letters from Egypt”, this is a lushly evocative period novel. Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she & her devoted lady`s maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder & trepidation, the odd menage marshalled by the resourceful Omar, which travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. As Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays & takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons; language lessons; excursions to the tombs; Sally too adapts to a new world, affording her heady & heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, & when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing. ...

Mitcham in 1910 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers Lower Mitcham & the southern half of Upper Mitcham. Coverage stretches from the Upper Green & Eastfields southward to Mitcham Junction station (which straddles the southern margin). Features include railways with Mitcham station, St Mark's church, Upper Green, Mitcham House, tramways, Mitcham Hall, Imperial Works, River Wandle, Crown Mill, Wandle Grove, watercress beds, St Peter & St Paul's church, Cricket Green, Blue Houses etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents from a 1903 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Mitcham in 1910 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers Lower Mitcham & the southern half of Upper Mitcham. Coverage stretches from the Upper Green & Eastfields southward to Mitcham Junction station (which straddles the southern margin). Features include railways with Mitcham station, St Mark`s church, Upper Green, Mitcham House, tramways, Mitcham Hall, Imperial Works, River Wandle, Crown Mill, Wandle Grove, watercress beds, St Peter & St Paul`s church, Cricket Green, Blue Houses etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents from a 1903 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...