German state of Saxony on an indexed road map at 1:200, 000 in the Mair Dumont’s Marco Polo series, prominently highlighting interesting locations & protected areas. A 95-page index booklet

Includes:: city centre street plans plus enlargements at 1:100, 000 showing in greater detail the environs & road access to Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig & Zwickau. Also included are plans of the Dresden & Leipzig-Halle airports, plus of the two cities’ Messe exhibition grounds. Maps in this Mair Dumont Marco Polo series indicate topography by light relief shading & the series is particularly good for identifying geographical

Features: mountain & hill chains, valleys, national/natural parks, etc. The maps boldly stress main roads & motorways in strong colours & selected towns in large letters, but also show minor roads & villages in considerable detail. Road information

Includes:: toll roads, traffic restrictions & seasonal closures, gradient marking for steep roads, etc. Motorway services clearly indicate types of facilities available there, & driving distances are marked on many small local roads. Scenic roads & special tourist routes are highlighted. Railway network

Includes:: narrow gauge & tourist lines, cable car lines, & chair lifts. Where appropriate, ferry connections are shown. Locations worth visiting, both town/villages & natural sites, are highlighted & graded; 15 best sites are prominently marked & cross-referenced to their descriptions in the accompanying booklet. Other tourist information

Includes:: campsites & youth hostels, landmarks, recreational facilities etc. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at intervals of 10`. Each title comes with a booklet attached to the map cover containing street plans & maps at 1:100, 000 showing in greater detail road access to main cities. The booklet also provides an index listing towns/villages with their postcodes as well as rivers & landscape features, plus a table with distances/travelling times, & for route planning an overview of the whole area covered by the main map indicating the 15 special places of interest. Map legend & the descriptions include English. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.









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A serial killer is on the loose in a sleepy, Welsh seaside town, picking off victims like some people pick cockles... The year is 1947 & three young men have recently been demobbed & are back at home in north Wales. It`s the start of good weather & they`re enjoying being alive. They share the favours of Lilian Ridetski, who runs more than a high class hair salon in the town. When she & others are found brutally strangled, suspicion falls on all of her customers. Blackmail & murder make Say Goodbye to the Boys both a dark comedy & a quick-witted thriller. It`s also surprisingly tender, a portrait of old friendships lived to the gentle rhythms of a sleepy, wave-lulled town in the warm face of summer. Written by Mari Stead Jones & based on notes she discovered in a wooden box belonging to her author father, Stead Jones, it proves that writing is a gift one can inherit, & introduces Mari as a comic writer of the first order. ...

Hilarious tongue-in-cheek guide to the Danish hygge lifestyle. Let Dr Magnus Olsensen be your guide to finding hygge in every area of your life
- from the office to the bedroom. Hygge is derived from the Old Norse words hig, meaning cosy, & ger, meaning fire hazard. It is, in essence, a state of mind. (One that is heavily dependent on candles.) For some, achieving hygge will come easily. Others may have to work a little harder. But if you put in the hours
- & follow the guidance in Say Ja to Hygge!
- you will find your own hygge-topia. You will have become, in spirit, Danish. &
- as the old song goes
- there is nothing like a Dane! This truly hilarious send-up of hygge culture is a work of timely comic genius.




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We`ve reached an environmental crisis point with plastic, & it`s time to take action. But is it possible to make positive changes without radically changing your lifestyle? Absolutely! This practical book suggests eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, including budget options, high-street substitutes & DIY ideas to help you drastically reduce your plastic consumption. With 101 simple ways to use less plastic, you`ll find it easy to take the first step & make a difference. ...

` Nothing interests Maman today, not even Jean, her favorite child.. . She acts dumb, bewitched, like a goat that the neighborhood children have fed sorghum beer.` These extraordinary stories centre on African conflicts as seen through the eyes of children & describes their resilience & endurance in heartbreaking detail. From child trafficking to inter-religious conflicts, Uwem Akpan reveals in beautiful prose the resilience & endurance of children faced with the harsh consequences of deprivation & terror. ...

São Paulo City Map in a series of light, laminated & waterproof concertina street plans of Latin American capitals & main cities from the Buenos Aires –based de Dios, designed to present each city’s most visited areas. The plans are indexed & include diagrams of metro networks. The plan of São Paulo is at 1:15, 000 presents the central part of the city in two sections, providing overall coverage from the Luz district & the Museu de Arte Sacra to Paraiso & Itaim Bibi. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & metro stations are clearly marked. On the reverse is a street index plus a map of the metro network.PLEASE NOTE: de Dios also publish a more tourist-oriented Map/ Guide of São Paulo, covering roughly the same area & highlighting 100 attractions, all with brief descriptions, plus providing extensive other information, tourist tips, etc. ...

São Vicente Island in the Cape Verde Archipelago on a detailed map at 1:35, 000 with recommendations for 20 hiking trails, plus on the reverse side an indexed street plan of the island’s main town of Mindelo. The map of São Vicente shows the island’s topography by contours at 100m intervals, with altitude colouring & numerous spot heights. Classification of road network indicates enhanced roads & tracks. Local footpaths show which routes are waymarked; 20 locations are cross-referenced to a list of trails showing the degree of difficulty, approximate duration, etc. Symbols indicate locations of diving sites & medical facilities. The map has latitude & longitude grid at 1’ intervals. The most of the reverse side is taken by an indexed street plan of Mindelo at 1:7, 500. Map legend & the text include English. ...

Map No. 810, Sächsische Schweiz
- Westlische Oberlausitz, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage
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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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