Map No. 3126, Queenstown, 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. ...

One of the titles in a series of touring maps with numerous street plans of local towns. The 1:300, 000 maps show the mains state highways & major roads with their numbers or names, but minor roads & tracks are not particularly well defined. Railway network is also indicated. Topography is shown by subtle relief shading, with national & forest parks & other protected areas highlighted. Symbols show campsites & motor camps, numerous sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. The maps are indexed but have no geographical coordinates. Each title

Includes:: notes on the area, its main festivals, events & attractions. On the reverse the maps have numerous street plans of local towns, highlighting facilities & places of interest, with brief notes on each location. The 1:110, 000 maps covering the environs of New Zealand

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Queenstown region in a series of maps covering various districts of New Zeal&, with each title combining a detailed road map with street plans of local towns, all with road & street indexes. The maps are published in two formats: handy Pocket Maps or Pathfinders with, as the publishers put it “ Larger print so you don’t squint”. The road maps, typically around 1:175, 000
- 1:275, 000, show local roads & 4WD tracks. Main sightseeing routes across the country, such as the Pacific Road Highway or Thermal Explorer Highway, are identified by small icons. Railways, local airports & where appropriate, ferry routes are shown. The maps also include selected local hiking tracks. A range of symbols highlight various places of interest & sport or recreational facilities. Topography is indicated by names of mountain ranges & selected peaks. Colouring shows forested areas, with national parks & reserves highlighted. The maps have no geographical coordinates but each one has an index listing names of local roads. Each title also

Includes:: numerous street plans of the main centres of population in the area covered by the road map. The plans are usually at 1:25, 000 to 1:35, 000, & for larger towns an enlargement of the town centre is also provided. The plans shows one way streets, public buildings & various facilities, including sport & recreational centres &, almost invariably, public toilets. Each plan has a separate street index.* In this title:* Queenstown district at 1:250, 000, extending to Alexandra, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka, Lake Hawea, & the southern part of Mt Aspiring National Park. On the reverse is a street plan at 1:30, 000 for the whole Queenstown, Frankton & Arrowtown region, with several inset for smaller towns in the district.


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The region around Queenstown & Milford Sound, much of which is included in Te Wahipounamu, the South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area, boasts many of New Zealand's most famous scenic icons: Fiordland's Milford Sound & Mitre Peak, the Routeburn, Milford & Kepler walking tracks, The Remarkables, Mount Aspiring, & the great southern lakes of Wakatipu, Wanaka & Te Anau are all crowded into this remarkable area of New Zeal&. Visitors can enjoy the myriad of outdoor adventure opportunities in both winter or summer, revel in the golden colours of a Central Otago autumn, or enjoy a spring cruise on Lake Wakatipu framed by 360 degree vistas of snowcapped moutains. With photography from some of New Zealand's best-known landscape photographers, Queenstown to Milford Sound captures the essence of this dramatic region. ...

The gay community`. For years Paul Burston has heard talk of this fabled people, whose votes are wooed by politicians, whose pink pounds are courted by advertising executives & whose alternative lifestyle is derided by defenders of family values. But he`s never been quite sure who they were. So he decided to set off & try to find them for himself. His travels around gay Britain take in a wide cross-section of people & places, from his own childhood in South Wales to middle-aged gay men enjoying a beach party in Bromley, from the gay couple running their own massage parlour in Bristol to gay Young Conservatives in Derbyshire. Along the way, he comments on the hotly debated gay issues of the day; cappuccino-culture consumerism & community politics; the age of consent & the narcissistic preoccupation with youth; backrooms in bars & gay loft conversions. Witty, irreverent & fiercely intelligent, QUEENS` COUNTRY presents the rich diversity
- & occasional cultural poverty
- of the forces shaping gay life in modern Britain.

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*** A Sunday Times Bestseller *** In Roman Londinium the city was dotted with lupanaria (`wolf dens` or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels) & thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks & missionaries. & so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness & censure. Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music & the horror of AIDS. Today, we live in an era of openness & tolerance & Queer London has become part of the new norm. Ackroyd tells us the hidden story of how it got there, celebrating its diversity, thrills & energy on the one hand; but reminding us of its very real terrors, dangers & risks on the other. ...

In Queer City Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way
- through the history & experiences of its gay population. In Roman
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A beautiful edition of Dickens`s timeless Christmas classic. A Christmas Carol is the book that defines the Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited miser, is visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve. The ghosts show Scrooge the true value of Christmas: charity, good humour & love for his fellow man. Quentin Blake`s colourful illustrations guide the reader through Scrooge`s lively journey to find the meaning of Christmas. This unabridged edition contains a foreword by the illustrator & is the ultimate Christmas gift book. ...

Quentin Blake turns his brilliant artistic talents to Dickens` much-loved Christmas story.A beautiful luxury edition of Dickens`s ...