Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a br&-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure! He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in a Spitfire. In Papua New Guinea he takes a h&-made canoe through tropical rainforest to stay in a remote tribal village almost untouched by the outside world. He drives a tuk-tuk made from bamboo in the Philippines, rides with the Mad Dog biker gang in Manila & eats deep-fried crickets in Taiwan before reaching his final destination in Tokyo. From active volcanoes to coffee plantations to hilltop monasteries, Charley takes an exhilarating ride through some of the most spectacular countries in the world. Fast paced & fascinating, Right to the Edge is a gripping read from one of our very best travel-adventure writers. ...

Map No. 1151, Rigi, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Riis is the courageous autobiography of Danish cycling legend Bjarne Riis, who in 1996 won the Tour de France, only to call a press conference eleven years later in which he confessed to having taken performance-enhancing drugs in order to achieve that triumph. Already an acclaimed bestseller in Denmark & Germany, Riis sees this intensely private Dane baring his soul in a book which describes his transition from shy young daydreamer to hardened, regular user of the banned substance EPO. Riis never attempts to shirk the gravity of his actions, but a glimpse into the pressures & milieu of cycling partially explicates how he came to go down that path, &, perhaps, offers insights into how to prevent other, future athletes from doing so. Captivating in its honesty, this title is a fascinating window into the world of professional road racing, told by someone who has been as closely involved in cycling over the past thirty years as anyone. ...

“ Rijk van Dommel en Aa” map in 1:25, 000 belong to a series of eleven walking from Falk, which cover the most beautiful hiking areas in four regions: North Brabant in the south, the tip of North Holl&, Friesland & Groningen in the north of the country.“ Rijk van Dommel en Aa” map covers an area of Approx. 12 x 20 km in North Brabant. The maps in this series feature a very detailed topography (landscape information is provided by colouring for woodlands, canals, hills, etc ) & specific information such as the distance in kilometres between junctions, the long distance footpaths & one-day walking tours with description. The paths of walking network are marked with a number. A wide range of symbols shows various accommodation options, bars & restaurants, & various places of interest. Map legend

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

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Rijk van Nijmegen area of the Netherlands in a series of walking & cycling maps at 1:25, 000 – 1:35, 000, published by Falk BV in cooperation with Staatsbosbeheer – Dutch government’s organization for forestry & the management of nature reserves. Colouring indicates different types of vegetation or terrain: woodl&, pastures, heath or sand dunes. Given the topography of most of the country, the maps have no contour lines. The maps show local hiking trails, indicating their waymarking & include cycle paths & horse riding. Many local crossroads are annotated with the numbers of ANWB signposts & ‘mushrooms’ – a useful aid when navigating in Dutch countryside. Symbols indicate various tourist facilities & places of interest, including different types of accommodation, cafes, windmills, etc. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Dutch only. On the reverse each title has supplementary information, in Dutch only, about the region`s attractions. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Excellent & comfortable to use here is the map of the mountains, the highest & most interesting, Rila & Pirin, in the south-west of Bulgaria. The map was created especially for active people who go trekking in this region. Like all terra Quest maps, it boasts an ultra-convenient & unalterable folding & is covered with a laminate that allows it to be used in the most difficult weather conditions that prevail on the trails. Legend in six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian & Polish. The map is characterized by:
- rich tourist content, traces of hiking trails, natural attractions, accommodation facilities,
- artistic shading showing the terrain,
- GPS compliance
- geographical coordinates in the WGS-84 system.



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Rila Mountains at 1:50, 000 on a large, double-sided, contoured map with GPS waypoints for shelters & chalets, peaks, etc. & highlighting hiking routes. Topography is shown by contours at 50m intervals with additional relief shading & graphics & colouring for scree, single rocks over 5m high, marshlands & pine scrub & forests. An overprint highlights hiking routes indicating their waymarking. Also marked are different types of tourist accommodation including campsites, mountain shelters & chalets, restaurants, drinking fountains & springs, etc. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’ & an additional list of GPS waypoints. Names of towns & larger villages as well as of main geographical features are in are shown in Cyrillic & Latin alphabets. Map legend

Includes:: English. Also included is a list of phone numbers of chalets & shelters. Maps in the Domino series can be used to follow local sections of the E3, E4 & E8 trans-European long-distance routes, although these routes are not specifically named on them. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) criss-crossed Europe; he visited Russia & sailed on the Nile. & over & over again, he went to Venice: St Mark`s Square & the Lido, the Doge`s Palace & the Grand Canal were his intimate friends. He visited the city ten times; the first was a weekend in March 1897, the last, 13 July 1920. Venise, as he called her amorously, enthralled & provoked him: for a long time I have been unable even to glance casually at a magazine or book without reading the word Venice; wherever I look, it appears before my eyes at the last moment`. ...

Rimini on an indexed street plan at 1:8, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Global Map imprint. 28 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Car parks in & around the city centre are prominently marked. On the reverse two insets extend the coverage along the coast north to Viserba & south to Miramare. Also provided is a road map of the environs at 1:65.000 including Riccione & indicating access from A14. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Rimini Province at 1:50, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...