Charlie is a freshman. & while he`s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life & trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates & mix-tapes, family dramas & new friends; the world of sex, drugs, & The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can`t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild & poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower film will be released in cinemas 3rd October 2012. ...

Charlie is a freshman. & while he`s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life & trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates & mixed tapes, family dramas & new friends; the world of sex, drugs, & The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can`t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild & poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. ...

In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts are gathering for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann, recently widowed &, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to complete his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the work of Leskov, a Russian colleague who cannot attend, & pass it off as his own. But when word reaches Perlmann that Leskov has arrived unexpectedly in Genoa, Perlmann must protect himself from exposure by constructing a maelstrom of lies & deceit, which will lead him to the brink of murder. ...

The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

` Best. Diary. Ever` Metro ` Cheeringly depressing` Guardian` Abandon all hope, ye who buy it` New York Times Perpetual Disappointments Diary is a downbeat journal for pessimists, cynics & losers everywhere. You`ll love it. Ground yourself with a weekly demotivational proverb (` If ignorance is bliss, why are you so sad?`, ` Crappe diem`) & reminders of Notable Deaths. Travel the world with Useful Phrases translated into four languages (`A table for one, please`, `I have destroyed my hire car`). & save time with templates for Apology & Passive-Aggressive Notes. This may not be your year. But this is definitely your diary. Now with Added Disappointment: ( ...

Street plan of Perpignan, with an enlargement for the city centre, part of an extensive series covering French cities & towns from Blay-Foldex, the country’s largest, oldest & most experienced publisher of urban mapping. Blay plans include outer suburbs &, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration & provide brief descriptions of the town’s main sights, contact details for hotels & other places of interest, etc. The plans show one way streets, car parks & pedestrian zones. Important public buildings are clearly marked & identified. Blay street maps are usually double-sided & include an enlargement for the town centre & a street index with separate lists of “edifices publics”: main public buildings, places of worship, schools, sport facilities, stations, etc. Each of the outer suburbs or the adjoining localities, identified with its postcode, has a separate index. Many titles also provide a road map of the environs. All the text is in French only.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of Blay-Foldex street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between Blay & IGN street plans.

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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Perpignan & its Environs in a series of detailed road maps at 1:80, 000 from the IGN, designed to highlight places of interest & recreational possibilities, with a city centre street plan & an enlargement of a selected hiking area. Cartography is an enlargement from 1:100, 000 to 1:80, 000 of the publisher’s highly popular TOP100 series, with very detailed presentation of the road network, including classification of local roads according to lanes, rest areas, access restrictions, etc. Railway lines are shown with stations. Topography is shown by relief shading, with spot heights & colouring for woodlands, vineyards, orchards, etc. Cycle tracks & long-distance GR routes are marked. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest & recreational facilities, historical & cultural sites, golf courses, rock climbing, nature reserves, etc. Refuges & gîtes d’etape are marked, but no campsites. The maps have no geographical coordinates for GPS. Each title has an index of communes. Map legend

Includes:: English.A special feature of this series is the inclusion of a large city centre street plan & an enlargement of a particularly interesting recreational area. Presentation of these features varies, so please check the individual descriptions for more information.* IN THIS TITLE: a large street plan of Perpignan’s city centre highlighting main traffic arteries & indicating one way streets. An additional panel presents an extract from IGN’s topographic coverage of the area around the Pic du Canigou in the Pyrenees in their TOP25 series but shown here at 1:30, 000. The extract highlights local hiking routes. The map also indicates how its whole area is covered by IGN’s topographic survey at 1:25, 000.

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Street plan of Perpignan at 1:10, 000 from the Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization, with an enlargement showing the town centre in greater detail.IGN street plans include outer suburbs &, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration. The plans prominently highlight principal traffic arteries & show one way streets, car parks & pedestrian zones. Latest editions also indicate 24h petrol stations & streets with separate cycle paths. Many streets are annotated with selected house for easier identification of addresses. Important public buildings are named & symbols mark locations of tourist information centres & other facilities. Street index, arranged by an administrative area, is next to the map. Map legend

Includes:: English.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of IGN street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

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Perry Barr in 1902 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. The map covers the Perry Barr area of north Birmingham, still largely undeveloped in 1902. Features include a small section of the LNWR Grand Junction Line, with Perry Barr station, Wellhead Brewery, Perry Bridge, St John`s church, Perry village, Christ Church, Regina Lodge, Perry Villa, Holford Mills, Lion Ammunition Works (northern part), St Mary Magdalene church, Tame Valley Canal, Oldford Farm, etc. On the reverse are street directories for Aldridge Road, Aston Lane, Franchise Street & Wellington Road, plus a railway timetable for the Birningham-Walsall-Wolverhampton line in 1897. 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. ...