” Only in Prague” is a comprehensive illustrated guide to more than a hundred fascinating & unusual historical sights in one of Europe‘s most beautiful capital cities. Hidden cellars, secret gardens, wild valleys, & forgotten cemeteries. From prehistoric man & the Premyslids to the Communist era & the Velvet Revolution. The Faust House, the Hunger Wall, the British sewers, & the Alchemists` tower. The Prague Bambino, a one-armed photographer, the headless knight, & John Lennon`s Wall. Discover Europe with the ` Only In` Guides. These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds & understand cities from different & unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners & unusual objects. About the Author: The Urban Explorer Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer & photographer. In his ground breaking ` Only In` Guides he reveals European cities from unique & hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents & described his experiences in books, magazines, & online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history & archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. ...

” Only in Vienna” is a comprehensive illustrated guide to more than a hundred fascinating & unusual historical sights in one of Europe`s great capital cities. Hidden courtyards, mysterious cellars, little-known museums & forgotten cemeteries. From the Romans & Napoleon to Hitler & the Habsburgs. The Holy Lance, Fool`s Tower, Klimt`s Last Studio, & the secret of dreams. James Bond, Montezuma, Harry Lime & the Knights of Blood Street. Discover Europe with the ` Only In` Guides. These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds & understand cities from different & unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners & unusual objects. About the Author: The Urban Explorer Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer & photographer. In his ground breaking ` Only In` Guides he reveals European cities from unique & hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents & described his experiences in books, magazines, & online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history & archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. ...

” Only in Zurich” is a comprehensive illustrated guide to more than a hundred fascinating & unusual historical sights in Switzerland‘s largest city. Ancient walls, secret gardens, curious museums, converted factories, & shops with a difference. From Roman Turicum & the Old Swiss Confederacy to the Helvetic Republic & the Industrial Revolution. A most complicated clock, an elephant in the woods, the emperor’s paddle steamer, & the original ‘ Dark Restaurant‘. Coffee with Lenin, the forgotten Mrs. Einstein, in the footsteps of James Joyce, & a martyr to the Reformation. Discover Europe with the ` Only In` Guides. These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds & understand cities from different & unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners & unusual objects. About the Author: The Urban Explorer Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer & photographer. In his ground breaking ` Only In` Guides he reveals European cities from unique & hidden perspectives. He has travelled across several continents & described his experiences in books, magazines, & online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history & archaeology at university. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. ...

In an inspirational tale of global adventure Ed Gillespie takes anything but a plane to circumnavigate the world. Cargo ships to camels, hitch-hiking to hovercrafts. Playing table tennis with heavyweight Ukrainian boxers. Border arrests & drug searches. Communing with a Costa Rican jungle sloth. Illustrated with dramacic photography, Ed`s journey brings to vivid life the joys, & challenges, of slow, low carbon, overland travel. En route Ed realises that staying grounded in an age of climate change may lead us to rediscover the pleasures of what real travel is all about. Through the journey & adventure he delves into the philosophy of sustainable travel, reconnecting with community & our one & only lonely planet. ...

Jon Wainwright`s love of the sea, & in particular for his boat ” Deva”, shines through cruising, racing & fishing in a traditional wooden boat over 38 years. His experience in organizing the best rig for the conditions is matched by his understanding of boat construction & the changes he implemented on ” Deva”. This is a lifetime adventure between man & boat with many trials & tribulations for both, capturing some of the best elements of traditional sail. The story moves through a backcloth of change from the area of Liverpool Docks to Felixstowe & the forging of strong links with Holland in joint classic boat events. ...

Wealthy dead American. Beautiful young widow. This case has PI Philip Marlowe`s name written all over it. Is it enough to bring him back for one last adventure? The year is 1988. The place, Baja California. Private Investigator Philip Marlowe
- now in his seventy-second year
- has been living out his retirement in the terrace bar of the La Fonda hotel. Sipping margaritas, playing cards, his silver-tipped cane at the ready. When in saunter two men dressed like undertakers. With a case that has his name written all over it. At last Marlowe is back where he belongs. His mission is to investigate Donald Zinn
- supposedly drowned off his yacht, leaving a much younger & now very rich wife. Marlowe`s speciality. But is Zinn actually alive? Are the pair living off the spoils? Set between the border & badlands of Mexico & California, Lawrence Osborne`s resurrection of the iconic Marlowe is an unforgettable addition to the Raymond Chandler canon. Discover the rest of the inimitable Philip Marlowe series
- nine classic Chandler adventures, from The Big Sleep to The Long Goodbye, available now in paperback & ebook from Penguin Books.



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Map No. 2818, Onseepkans, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Double-sided map of Ontario, part of a series of maps of Canadian provinces from the Vancouver-based ITMB, with topography presented by altitude colouring rather than by relief shading. The map divides the province east-west, showing on one side the eastern part from Ottawa to Lake Huron & 1:1, 000, 000, & on the reverse western Ontario at 1:1, 550, 000, with the area around Sault Ste. Marie shown as an inset. Topography is indicated by altitude colouring, with spot heights plus graphics for marshlands. Plenty of rivers & lakes are shown, with the larger ones also named. Numerous national parks or provincial protected areas are highlighted & Indian reservations are marked. The map shows the province ...

Ontario on a double-sided map from the Canadian Cartographics Corporation combining road maps of the province with enlargements of popular areas & maps of main urban conurbations, including Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara, etc. The main map shows the state ...

200 page street atlas of Eastern Ontario & Cottage Country, covering Bancroft, Belleville, Bobcaygeon, Bridgenorth, Brighton, Brockville, Colbourne, Cornwall, Gananoque, Haliburton, Havelock, Hawkesbury, Kingston, Lakefield, Minden, Napanee, Ottawa, Pembroke, Petawawa, Peterborough, Picton, Port Hope & Trenton. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities & towns from the country ...