New Orleans Pop-Out Map from Compass Maps in a series designed to provide two street plans, the city centre plus a wider area around it, in a handy format to fit neatly all but the smallest pockets, with, as appropriate, transport network diagrams, additional useful maps, etc. Each title ...

From the famed French Quarter & Garden District to the surrounding emerging & historic neighborhoods, the Red Map gives you all you need to explore this most unique city of music & food. It also features famous street car lines & an insert map that highlights City Park, Audubon Zoo & the Tulane & Loyola University neighborhood. Concise lists of the best shopping, hotels & dining; helpful descriptions of landmarks, museum collections, & integrated metro stops; Red Maps are known for clear & easy to read graphics. ...

While New York has Dutch & English forebears, New Orleans has the French & Spanish to thank for creating a unique blend of eighteenth & nineteenth century architecture that has made it one of the most photographed cities in the world. Then there is the madness of Mardi Gras & the lure of its international jazz festival that has helped give it the nicknames; ”the City that Care Forgot” & ”the Big Easy.” Before the rise of the railroads it was the most prosperous city in the South. The city fell early in the Civil War, but the dwindling importance of cotton & river trade on the Mississippi led to the city`s real demise in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Today, tourism is an important industry & despite the inundation of floodwater from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, visitors have flocked back to the city. New Orleans Then & Now features the must-see sites of the French Quarter; Bourbon Street, once frequented by a streetcar named Desire, the Old Absinthe House, the Napoleon House, the haunted La Laurie Mansion & the beautiful ironwork of the La Branche buildings. It also shows the St. Louis Cathedral & the Higgins boatyard which played a crucial role in winning World War II. ...

New Orleans in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

The city of light is a place of persistent beauty, from the Tuileries gardens to the banks of the Seine to the heights of Montmartre. But the restrained palette of beige & stone painted by the city's noble architecture may leave one wondering if Parisians are color-impaired. Fear not
- for in the second volume of Paris Interiors, Angelika Taschen has brought together a selection of apartments so astonishing, so surprising, & so inspiring that you very well might not know what hit you. Think texture, think dynamic space, think eclectic, think vivid colors
- these interiors are packed floor to ceiling with new ideas & unexpected pleasures. Designer duo Erwan & Ronan Bourellec, auctioneer Simon de Pury, shoemaker Christian Louboutin, gallerist Philippe Jousse, clothing designer Rick Owens, French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, & many more of the city's most interesting personalities have opened their doors for this breathtaking collection of resplendent Parisian homes.

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The subtleties of Persian cuisine & their exciting mix of flavours are totally distinct from other styles of cooking & make it one of the great cuisines of the world. The traditional emphasis on the use of fresh & seasonal ingredients & the importance of a complementary mix of herbs, vegetables, meat, fish, fruit & spices, accords well with the modern desire for healthy eating & a balanced diet. This highly-illustrated cookbook offers an enticing introduction to traditional Persian cuisine through recipes that are accessible to the non-professional cook & are based on ingredients that are readily available in the West. As a medical doctor aware of today`s health concerns, Jila Dana-Haeri has adapted traditional Persian recipes for today`s more health-conscious readers & cooks. Using ingredients that are readily available to create dishes that are both healthy & nutritious, the authors demonstrate that Persian food can be made easily anywhere in the world. Featuring beautiful photographs by award-winning food photographer Jason Lowe, this book will be essential for anyone interested in sampling Persian cuisine & expanding their cultural horizons. ...

What are the newest & hippest venues in Belgium to eat, drink & sleep? This book collects the addresses that have been chosen carefully by the redaction of www.newplacestobe.com & shares them with the reader to discover the hidden gems, off the beaten track. As opposed to many restaurant websites, newplacestobe.com provides a strict selection of places that match their objective standards. ...

New Plymouth & Taranaki region in a series of maps covering various districts of New Zeal&, with each title combining a detailed road map with street plans of local towns, all with road & street indexes. The maps are published in two formats: handy Pocket Maps or Pathfinders with, as the publishers put it “ Larger print so you don’t squint”. The road maps, typically around 1:175, 000
- 1:275, 000, show local roads & 4WD tracks. Main sightseeing routes across the country, such as the Pacific Road Highway or Thermal Explorer Highway, are identified by small icons. Railways, local airports & where appropriate, ferry routes are shown. The maps also include selected local hiking tracks. A range of symbols highlight various places of interest & sport or recreational facilities. Topography is indicated by names of mountain ranges & selected peaks. Colouring shows forested areas, with national parks & reserves highlighted. The maps have no geographical coordinates but each one has an index listing names of local roads. Each title also

Includes:: numerous street plans of the main centres of population in the area covered by the road map. The plans are usually at 1:25, 000 to 1:35, 000, & for larger towns an enlargement of the town centre is also provided. The plans shows one way streets, public buildings & various facilities, including sport & recreational centres &, almost invariably, public toilets. Each plan has a separate street index.* In this title:* street plan of New Plymouth with an enlargement of the town centre, plus 21 inset plans of towns in the Taranaki region. A road map of the Taranaki district at 1:275, 000 shows Egmont National Park & part of Whanganui NP & extends to south Waitotara & north & east as Ohura. An inset extends the coverage a little further north along the coast to Mokau.


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New Quay in 1904 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. Features include the harbour, New Quay Head, St Llwchaiarn`s church, Towyn Chapel, & many outlying houses. Coverage extends a mile west to the coast of Craig Grogal. A 1906 directory of the town is on the reverse. 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. ...

Map No. 773, New River Blueway, NC/VA/WV, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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