Pla de Lleida map at 1:100, 000 in the topographic survey of Catalonia published by the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with very detailed coverage of a large area & an excellent representation of the region’s topography. Maps in this series have relief presented by contours at 40m intervals, enhanced by additional hill-shading & spot heights; additional colouring shows different types of vegetation & boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. Road network, graded into six types, prominently shows road numbers. Local tracks & paths are included & an overprint highlights long-distance footpaths, including the GR11. Symbols indicate various places of interest including youth hostels & mountain refuges, historical & cultural sites, recreational areas, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted, indicating picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. In the Pyrenees road & topographic information continues across the border in France, but the overprint for the GR routes & highlighting of places of interest is limited to the Spanish side. Each title also has a small administrative map of the region & a list of administrative units. The maps have a 10-km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude stated for the sheet corners. Main topographic legend is in Catalan only but the maps also have a separate tourist legend which

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50, 000 from the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain & an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not only a much larger area per sheet (each map covers one comarca, an administrative division of a province) than the maps from the national surveys, but also has more colourful, elegant & clear cartography with contours at 20m intervals, hill shading & fine graphics to portray the relief, vegetation types & landmarks. Most maps also have more tourist-related information, with an overprint highlighting long-distance GR trails & the Via Verde routes. Mountain refuges are marked & a range symbols indicate various places of interest including historical monuments, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted: picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. The maps have a 5km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude values shown for the map corners. Map legend is in Catalan only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50, 000 from the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain & an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not only a much larger area per sheet (each map covers one comarca, an administrative division of a province) than the maps from the national surveys, but also has more colourful, elegant & clear cartography with contours at 20m intervals, hill shading & fine graphics to portray the relief, vegetation types & landmarks. Most maps also have more tourist-related information, with an overprint highlighting long-distance GR trails & the Via Verde routes. Mountain refuges are marked & a range symbols indicate various places of interest including historical monuments, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted: picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. The maps have a 5km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude values shown for the map corners. Map legend is in Catalan only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

24-year-old Caitlin Davies was studying in America when she met & fell in love with the enigmatic Ron. When Ron returned to his home in Botswana, Caitlin joined him in Maun, the ` Place of Reeds`, & the two began their lives together. Eager to absorb all that Setswana culture had to offer, Caitlin found herself becoming part of Ron`s extended family, falling in love with both the country & its people. Eventually, with the birth of their daughter, Caitlin`s happiness seemed complete. But the Botswana of the 1990s was changing. AIDS & urbanization had taken their toll, violence was on the increase. When, with her child in her arms, Caitlin was brutally attacked, Ron`s family closed ranks & Caitlin found herself ostracized by the very people she had grown to love. Passionate, hilarious, dramatic & heartbreaking in turn, ” Place of Reeds” is a story of the clash of cultures, the inflexibility of belief & traditions. It`s a story about women
- about Caitlin & her daughter, about Eliah & Madintwa, Ron`s formidable mother & grandmother. Most of all, it`s a story about one woman`s courage, resilience
- & ultimately, survival.

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This book explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names & discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained. It is not limited to Engl&, but

Includes:: names from Irel&, Scotl&, Wales & the Isle of Man. In ordinary language, & assuming no special knowledge on the reader`s part, the author briefly discusses a wide selection of names of counties, towns, villages, rivers, forests & hills. Names introduced or revived as a result of local government reorganisation are also considered. This book
- the only short work covering the place-names of the whole of the British Isles
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Includes:: a comprehensive index & a glossary of terms. This fourth edition has been revised & updated by Dr Margaret Gelling.





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Whether it`s cities, parks, festivals or distant countries, keep a record of all the places you`ve visited
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A beautiful memoir from an exciting young writer, Meg Fee, on finding her way in New York City. Full of the dramas & quiet moments that make up a life, told with humour, heart, & hope. In Places I Stopped on the Way Home, Meg Fee plots a decade of her life in New York City
- from falling in love at the Lincoln Center to escaping the roommate (and bedbugs) from hell on Thompson Street, chasing false promises on 66th Street & the wrong men everywhere, & finding true friendships over glasses of wine in Harlem & Greenwich Village. Weaving together her joys & sorrows, expectations & uncertainties, aspirations & realities, the result is an exhilarating collection of essays about love & friendship, failure & suffering, & above all hope. Join Meg on her heart-wrenching journey, as she cuts the difficult path to finding herself & finding home.
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In this compact guide, the erudite & highly readable Francis Russell describes fifty-two places in Jordan, following an itinerary that allows the independent sightseer to see as many major monuments in their proper contexts as is practical in a limited time. Best known for the astonishing Petra, carved out of rock by the Nabateans, the territory has seen many former rulers. From the Romans whose desert forts long protected the urban civilization represented so splendidly at Jerash to their Byzantine successors whose mosaics at Madaba & elsewhere still testify to their brilliance, from the Umayyads of Damascus, builders of remarkable desert palaces, to the Crusaders who controlled their Oultre Jourdaine from Karak & Montreal, many of the major sites of Jordan have been spared intrusive development & it is still possible for a visitor to see through the eyes of early travelers like T.E. Lawrence & Gertrude Bell. Russell`s easy & elegant ability to share with the reader his knowledge of Jordan`s history, geography & culture makes the book, like his earlier ones on Italy, Turkey & Syria `a labour of love, a passionate commitment to mood, to the chance remnants of history, architecture & craft. It returns to us the animating purpose of travel: to arrive, to look, to contemplate & to learn` (Country Life). ...

This pocket-sized guide to Syria from Frances Lincoln aims to give you a grand tour of the country in one nifty little tome with the help of the highly readable Francis Russell. The guide describes fifty-seven places in Syria, a country rich in ancient history & more. Following an itinerary that allows the independent sightseer to see as many major monuments in their proper contexts as is practical in a limited time, Russell travels from the walled city of Damascus with its mosques & museums to Krak des Chevaliers, the ne plus ultra of the medieval castle. On the way he visits cities, towns & desert villages, including Palmyra, one of the great classical sites of the Near East; the great monastery of St Simeon, at the heart of the series of `dead cities` of Byzantine times; Hama & its famous nourias, the great wooden wheels used to raise water from the river; & many other wonders besides. Russell`s easy & elegant ability to share with the reader his knowledge of Syria`s history, geography & culture makes the book a great alternative to any bigger brand pocket guides on our shelves. ...

` This is as close to a city without crime as mankind has ever seen.` There has never been a homicide on Ciudad de Cielo. It`s the `city in the sky`, where hundreds of scientists & engineers live & work in Earth`s orbit, building the colony ship that will one day take humanity to the stars. When the mutilated body of a common criminal is found on Cd C, the eyes of the world are watching
- multiple governments & corporations have a stake in catching humanity`s first spacebound killer. Top-of-the-class investigator Blake is sent to team up with Cd C`s Freeman
- a jaded cop with no interest in working with a rookie from Earth. But the mismatched duo must learn to cooperate quickly, before they become the killer`s next victims...

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