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. ...

” The Clifton Chronicles” is Jeffrey Archer`s most ambitious work in four decades as an international bestselling author. The epic tale of Harry Clifton`s life begins in 1919, in the backstreets of Bristol. His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty-one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died & if, in fact, he even was his father. ” Only Time Will Tell” takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler`s Germany. In Jeffrey Archer`s masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won`t want to end, even after you turn the last page of this unforgettable yarn, because you will be faced with a dilemma that neither you, nor Harry Clifton could ever have anticipated. ...

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. ...

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 ...

Eastern Ontario on an indexed, double-sided, GPS-compatible road map at 1:250, 000 presenting the region on three panels. On one side coverage extends along the northern shore of Lake Ontario from Newcastle Village (east of Toronto & Oshawa) to Kingston & northwards to the southern access to the Algonquin Provincial Park. On the reverse two more panels extend coverage to Pembroke & Ottawa, & along the St. Lawrence River past Cornwall. Road network indicates paved, gravel & unimproved roads. Exit numbers & motorway services are clearly marked. Railway lines & ferry connections are included & local airports are marked. A wide range of symbols indicate campsites, tourist information offices, historic sites & various places of interest, etc. The map has a 10km UTM grid. To see the list of currently available Canadian province & regional maps form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link. ...

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’s largest map publisher, Map Art. The mapping is usually at 1:25, 000 or 1:31, 250. Colouring distinguishes general build-up areas, shopping centres, public buildings & institutions, historical sites & places of interest, parks, etc. One way streets & pedestrian zones are indicated & a wide range of symbols shows parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Local neighbourhoods are named & municipal & quadrant boundaries are marked. In titles covering more than one city or town, each section is accompanied by overview maps indicating areas covered by the street plans. Each title has a full street index for all localities covered by it. Map legend is either bilingual in English & French or in English only.* This atlas is also available as part of a set of four atlases providing complete coverage of urban areas of Ontario.** Please note:* following a number changes among Canadian cartographic publishers maps previously published by Map Art Publishing may now be available under one of the following imprints: Map Art, Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. Within a series, therefore, some titles may still be published as Map Art whilst others will be available as Canadian Cartographics Corporation or JDM Géo Inc. ...

Ontario on a waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track map, presenting the southern part of the province on five panels to fit the coverage onto a smaller size map, more convenient use when travelling. The main part of the state, from Toronto west & east to Windsor & Kingston respectively, is covered at 1:890, 000, with three panels at the same scale extending it eastwards to the Kingston
- Ottawa area, plus westwards to cover the Trans-Canada Highway to the North-Bay region. South-western Ontario from North Bay to Sault Ste Marie, Thunder Bay & the border with Manitoba is covered at 1:1, 920, 000. Road & rail networks are presented on a base with colouring highlighting national/provincial parks. Road network indicates paved, loose surface & unimproved roads & shows driving distances on most routes. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate campsites, ski areas & various places of interest. The maps have no geographical coordinates. The maps of southern & northern Ontario have separate indexes. To see the list of currently available Canadian province & regional maps form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link.
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