In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died & a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events & their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel. At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer & exile who returns to his old neighbourhood & who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event, a young boy seen running from the flames. One of Wideman`s most ambitious & celebrated works, Philadelphia Fire is about race, life & survival in urban America. ...

Journalist & Philadelphia native Karrie Gavin knows the best ways to experience the City of Brotherly Love, from exploring Wissahickon Park to sampling cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, & hoagies. Gavin

Includes:: unique trip ideas, such as the Two-Day Best of Philadelphia & Phillys Culinary Classics. Including experienced advice on visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art, enjoying recreational opportunities on the Schuylkill River, & navigating Phillys nightlife, Moon Philadelphia gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal & memorable experience.

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Residents of Philadelphia have been nagging Akashic Books for years to see their own entry in the award-winning Noir series. The time has finally arrived
- but the city must beware as there may be no recovery from the tarnishing of this collection of 15 original crime stories. Features br&-new stories by Diane Ayres, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Keith Gilman, Cary Holladay, Solomon Jones, Gerald Kolpan, Aimee La Brie, Halimah Marcus, Carlin Romano, Asali Solomon, Laura Spagnoli, Duane Swierczynski, Dennis Tafoya & Jim Zervanos.
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Philadelphia in Pennsylvania on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. An inset shows downtown Philadelphia in greater detail. Communities covered by this map include Abington, Camden NJ, Cheltenham, Conshohocken, Glenolden, Jenkintown, Lansdowne, Palmyra NJ, Prospect Park, Westville NJ, & Yeadon.NEW STREET PLAN CARTOGRAPHY FROM RAND Mc NALLY: Rand Mc Nally are currently changing the cartography of their street plans to a more “ European” style. In many titles streets are now shown by parallel lines, providing a much clearer, easier to read presentation. Better use of colouring indicates different types of land use and/or institutions (parks, shopping centres, academic institutions, etc) &, in most titles, different administrative units. More streets are annotated with block numbers. Some new editions still retain the traditional American presentation of streets by a single line, but with more prominent marking for various institutions, facilities & places of interest. Our cartography sample indicates which style is used in this title.COVERAGE: Rand Mc Nally street plans cover cities with their outer suburbs, prominently highlighting principal traffic arteries & connecting main streets. Railway & subway stations are marked. To see the list of Rand Mc Nally street plans please click on the series link. ...

Philadelphia Pop Out Map: pop-up city street map of Philadelphia city center
- folded pocket size travel map with transit map included
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Philadelphia 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. ...

Philadelphia 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. ...

Philadelphia in Pennsylvania on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. An inset shows downtown Philadelphia in greater detail. Communities covered by this map include Abington, Camden NJ, Cheltenham, Conshohocken, Jenkintown, Lansdowne, Palmyra NJ, Prospect Park, Westville NJ, & Yeadon. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. ...

It is 1832 & there are rumours that the slaves will soon be liberated. Philida, who has had four children by Francois Brink, her master's son, has made a pact with her secret lover for her to be set free
- but he renegades his promise. With Francois ordered by his father to marry the daughter of a prominent Cape Town family, Philida's future is destined with new owners in harsher country up north. But she refuses to accept her fate, & with her slave ally Labyn decides to test the limits of her freedom. Embarking on a perilous journey across South Africa's wilderness, the Man Booker-longlisted Philida, by Andre Brink, is the story of one woman's determination & subsequent quest to rid herself of the shackles of slavery. Get your copy now!
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Philim, sheet no. 2884-12, in the topographic survey of Nepal at 1:50, 000 published by the Nepali Government in the late 1990s & early 2000s & produced from remote sensing data by Finnish cartographers as part of that country’s international aid program. The maps cover 15’ x 15’ quadrangles.IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: AVAILABILITY: although, theoretically at least, still in print, these maps are very difficult to get locally in Nepal and/or from various suppliers elsewhere specializing in obtaining such maps. DELIVERIES MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS.PROBLEMS WITH PLACE NAMES: reports from previous users indicate that transliteration of place names differs from that used widely not only on other maps & in guide books but also on the ground itself, in road signs & in the tourist & trekking industry in general. Whilst most names are similar enough to be easily recognizable, e.g. Namche Bajar for Namche Bazar or Lantan for Langtang, we have been told of confusion & difficulties arising from different spellings appearing on these maps.TREKKING ROUTES & TOURIST INFORMATION: whilst the maps show foot trails & mark locations of temples, etc, they carry no specific trekking information. Major trekking routes & places of interest are not highlighted. There is no marking for base camps & other tourist facilities. Map specifications: Contours are at 40m intervals, with graphics and/or coloring to show various features of the terrain (glaciers with moraines & crevasses, quarries, gravel or clay pits, etc.) & vegetation (forests, bush, grass, orchards & plantations, etc). Additional comments such as “open mixed forest mainly bajh & pine” annotate many area. The maps have numerous spot heights, but relatively few peaks are named. Areas outside the country’s borders are left blank. Settlements in remote areas are indicated by markings for individual buildings & the placing of names does not always make it clear which group of buildings they refer to. Road network distinguishes between major & minor foot trails. Symbols mark features such as temples, schools & hospitals, police stations, etc. Also shown are the country’s administrative divisions. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’. Map legend & all the text is in English. Coverage: the whole country is now covered, with the north at 1:50, 000, plus central & southern Nepal at 1:25, 000. The two series are complementary, do not overlap & use the same grid & numbering system (apart from the Lumbini Zone, where a different grid & numbering are used). For areas not shown on our grid & titles not listed here, please contact us by e-mail, but please do bear in mind the problems with availability & the likely very long delivery time. ...