Montserrat Natural Park in Catalonia on a double-sided, contoured & GPS compatible map from Editorial Alpina, showing on one side the whole area at 1:10, 000, with on the reverse the central part of the park at more detailed scale of 1:5, 000. On both sides vivid presentation of the topography is provided by contours at 5m intervals enhanced by numerous spot heights, relief shading & colouring to indicate vegetation. Local & long-distance waymarked trails are highlighted, indicating difficult sections. Symbols show refuges, camping areas, hotels & other tourist accommodation, restaurants, information centres, viewpoints, etc. Road network indicates locations of petrol stations & car parks. The map has a 1km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. The accompanying booklet has 23 pages in English with descriptions of 5 easy hikes & 24 medium or more difficult routes. General information about the area is supplemented by a list of 104 local caves for potholing, advice for other adventure sports, plus contact details for local accommodation options & other useful numbers & web addresses. To see the list of titles in this Editorial Alpina series which provides coverage of most popular hiking areas of Spain please click on the series link.

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Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50, 000 from the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain & an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not only a much larger area per sheet (each map covers one comarca, an administrative division of a province) than the maps from the national surveys, but also has more colourful, elegant & clear cartography with contours at 20m intervals, hill shading & fine graphics to portray the relief, vegetation types & landmarks. Most maps also have more tourist-related information, with an overprint highlighting long-distance GR trails & the Via Verde routes. Mountain refuges are marked & a range symbols indicate various places of interest including historical monuments, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted: picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. The maps have a 5km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude values shown for the map corners. Map legend is in Catalan only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

One of the titles in the topographic survey of the coastal part of French Guiana, published as an extension of IGN’s survey of France to its overseas departments. Contours are at 5m intervals & the maps indicate 13 different types of vegetation & land use, including rain forest, brushwood, savanna, high & low mangrove, rice fields, orchards & plantations, etc. The extent of changes in the coastline in the recent decades is indicated. The maps have a UTM grid & latitude/longitude lines at intervals of 5’. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Do you dare delve into the freakishly funny Monstrous Book of monsters where nothing is as it seems? Dr Thomas Jelly has packed his notebook with nauseating novelties & foul facts to teach readers how to avoid monsters, to spot them in the news or on the street & give us all a peek inside their dangerous (and smelly) world. At the end, readers learn that Dr Jelly has fallen foul of the infamous book monster
- the readers themselves will be lucky to escape the same fate.
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The book locates monuments in their social & cultural context & views them as religious architecture. The shrine was not only a place of ritual, but also a centre for religious festivities & discourses on ethics & moral values. The temple or the mosque thus evolved as a crucial link between the ruling elite & the community & through its wider network extended the religious domain beyond political frontiers. With the establishment of colonial rule in South Asia during the 19th & 20th centuries, the relationship between the shrine & its community was radically transformed. This book takes the reader through the gradual metamorphosis in the character of religious sites from being culturally pluralistic to a monotheistic religious identity. This interesting book highlights the genesis of the multi-religious identity of monuments in India. ...

The ancient Egyptians` greatest monuments, ranging from Abu Simbel in the south to Cleopatra`s palaces in Alexandria, were built over a period of three millennia, & yet a common architectural tradition links them all. Dieter Arnold here provides a single volume guide to one of the most remarkable architectures of the ancient world. Entries are presented for each of the most important ancient sites, covering monuments as diverse as the Step Pyramid of Djoser (the world`s first significant stone building); the tombs of the Valley of the Kings; Hatshepsut`s mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri; & the great Ptolemaic temples that line the Upper Nile. Key aspects of building design & construction are also considered in separate entries, covering aspects such as building & construction techniques (including pyramid building & the erection of obelisks). With more than 600 entries & 350 plans, diagrams & photographs & maps, this guide
- previously available only as a hardback edition published as ” The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture”
- provides a comprehensive introduction to ancient Egyptian monuments that is an essential companion for every visitor to the ancient sites along the Nile.

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Monuments of the Incas is a revised, comprehensive photographic & narrative study of the major sites of the Inca Empire, including the famed city of Machu Picchu, sun temple towns, fortresses-temples & the famous steeply terraced ruins of Pisac. Reproduced & rewritten to incorporate the latest archaeological excavations, discoveries about Inca masonry techniques, & updated interpretations of form & function. Photographs expertly show the Inca masons’ extraordinary accomplishments of craftsmanship, made all the more prevalent by the grandeur & challenging nature of the landscape in which they worked. ...

Awarded “ Toy of the Year
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MONUmini is a series of iconic architectural model kits, reproducing some of the most famous buildings in the world. Each kit



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