Chimborazo at 1:20, 000 on a detailed contoured map showing climbing routes & mountain refuges, produced under the auspices of Consortium for the Comparative High-Mountain Research by the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf & the Technical University of Dresden. The map uses as its base a digital orthophoto of the area overprinted with contours at 25 metres intervals & enhanced by colouring & shading to indicate glaciers, etc. Local roads & tracks are clearly shown, with an overprint highlighting & naming various climbing routes to the summit & showing locations of refuges. The map has both UTM margin ticks & crosshairs, & latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals. Map legend & explanatory text include English. ...

Detailed topographic survey map of Nevado Ojos del Salado, showing both the Chilean & the Argentinian side of the mountain. The map was compiled from satellite imagery & various Argentinian & Chilean sources by the Austrian Alpine Club & updated in 2004. Contours at 50m intervals, spot heights & hill shading are used to show the relief. Major peaks, valleys, glaciers, etc. are all named. The map has a great deal of terrain detail e.g. cliffs, morain, scree, etc. Roads & tracks leading to the main approaches to the mountain & other nearby peaks are shown only on the Chilean side. Main trekking & climbing routes are marked on both sides of the border. An inset shows the peak of Nevado Ojos de Salado at 1:35, 000 with contours at 25m Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5` intervals & a UTM grid is drawn on the map. Map legend

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An attractively detailed physical map of the Sajama volcano, considered the highest peak in Boliva. The map is Approx. centred on the peak & covers an area of 25km E-W by 30km N-S, thus including the nearby towns of Tomarapi, Sajama & Laguna. Relief is shown by 20m contours & hill-shading with altitudes marked on selected peaks. Additional graphics show terrain variations eg. grassl&, marsh & icefield. Road detail

Includes:: loose & hard surfaced roads, tracks & paths. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5

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Nevados de Chillán group at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured, GPS compatible trekking & exploration maps at various scales form Trekkingchile. The map is centred on El Trumao & extends north-east to include the main group of the volcanos: Nevado, Vidaurre, Chillán Nuevo & Chillán Viejo. Contours are at 50m intervals. Symbols show campsites, refuges, rangers’ huts, viewpoints, thermal springs, etc. The map has a latitude & longitude grid at 1’ intervals. On the reverse is a street plan of Las Trancas annotated with various facilities & places of interest. The map also

Includes:: colour photos of local flowers, plus advertisements for local tourist facilities with text in English and/or German. Maps in the Trekkingchile series use satellite imagery as a base, with contour lines & colouring to indicate different types of terrain & habitats. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual descriptions, the maps have a UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude. The maps are annotated with tourist information & most titles include a street plan of the region’s main town. Many are illustrated with drawings of local fauna or flora. Map legends & other text include English. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Elderly British men display a variety of annoying habits. They write letters to the newspapers; they drink too much; they reminisce about the old days; they make lewd comments to younger women; they shout at the television screen; & they go for long walks & get lost. Jeremy Cameron chose the last of these options. Trying to emulate Patrick Leigh Fermor`s feat of 1933, he walked from Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Leigh Fermor was a legendary figure. Scholar, multilinguist, beautiful prose stylist, war hero, tough guy, charmer & famous lover: Cameron is none of these things & he also suffers from a heart condition. Rest assured that there will be no tedious details of operations or stoicism in this book. Nor will there be descriptions of understated generosity, quiet irony or British phlegm. The main point of travel is to recognise the virtues of staying at home. When at home, it is not possible to get bogged down in Alpine snow, fall over on one`s face on Kosovan tarmac or suffer a comprehensive mugging on deserted roads in Greece. Nor does one have to speak foreign languages, eat foreign food or, above all, drink terrible tea. It is about two thousand miles from Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Thirteen countries lie in wait for the walker. They have many wonderful sights & much fascinating history. Readers will not find them in this book. They will, however, find a number of stories of varying authenticity & some very dubious observations about life. By the time Turkey arrived, Cameron was utterly & completely fed up with the whole process. Never again would he do anything quite so stupid. He is currently walking round all the places in England beginning with the letter Q. ...

Ever thought about sharing your toothbrush with a shark? Or using a tiger as a towel? Well, think again.. . This brilliantly daft, witty cautionary tale will guide you safely through the perils of dinner, bathtime & bedtime
- helping you to snuggle down for a lovely sleep, free from dinosaurs, tigers & sharks. A wickedly funny & reassuring bedtime read.
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Bognor Regis... Aberystwyth... Glasgow... Can you place them on a map? Most people can`t these days. What kind of countryside do you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the Fens, or Northumberland? What`s north of the Pennines? & what`s it like when you get there? Most folk wouldn`t have a clue. Increasing numbers of us don`t have a basic geographical notion of these islands. Blame it on a decline in formal geography teaching, or Sat-Nav & other `A to Z & nothing in between` devices that make us lazy
- we are becoming the best travelled & least well orientated Britons ever seen. Now Christopher Somerville, bestselling author of Coast & many other books of UK exploration, presents the basics of what belongs where, which counties border one another, & what lies beyond the Watford Gap. He reminds us of the watery bits, the lumpy bits & the flat bits, & gets to grips with the smaller islands surrounding Britain
- & much more. Never Eat Shredded Wheat is a reminder of all the fascinating British geography once learned at school
- geography that brings our islands vividly to life
- geography which we have forgotten, or never even knew.



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A passionate & perceptive story full of the pain & the humour of growing up, from Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND & the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE is the story of two sisters, Olive & Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents & brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school, but while Vivien`s life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth clubs, skinhead violence, A-levels, discos & college, Olive, three years older & a skin shade darker, has a very different tale to tell... ...

Born in 1901 into a troubled childhood in rural Devon, he suffered through the sadism of the English public school system, then in 1918 left for New Zealand where he made his first fortune. There he took up flying & in 1930 became one of the first aviators to fly from London to Sydney. After being the first solo flyer across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Austria, he set off to circle the world, only to crash, nearly fatally, in Japan. After serving in the RAF in the Second World War, he took up sailing at the age of fifty-four & in twelve years became the most famous yachtsman in the world. Along the way there are struggles & triumphs, climaxing in being knighted with Sir Francis Drake`s sword in Greenwich. Ian Strathcarron, himself an aviator, yachtsman & adventurer, follows him all the way, comparing what Sir Francis found then to what he finds now, meeting the descendants of the people who played important parts in his life & getting under the skin of what made the man, the man. ...

Sally & Joe discover a mysterious set of footprints leading out into their garden & beyond
- & they are convinced the footprints
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