Before Francoise Sagan the literary icon there was Francoise Queiroz, an eighteen-year-old Parisian girl, who wrote a novel & needed a publisher for it. This intimate narrative charts the months in 1954 leading up to the publication of the legendary Bonjour Tristesse. We encounter Francoise, her family & friends close-up, in a post-war world that is changing radically; & Mlle Queiroz, in her new guise of Francoise Sagan, will be at the heart of that social change. Sagan was always focused on her writing, though at times the fame of her books was to be eclipsed by her wild-child reputation. Yet, as Anne Berest herself testifies, Sagan`s fearless approach to life lived on her own terms remains an inspiration even now. ...

The extraordinary debut of a classical pianist turned novelist, ” The Sage of Waterloo” is a playful retelling of a key turning point in human history-and a slyly profound reflection on our place in the world. William is a white rabbit living at Hougoumont, the historic farm on the site of the Battle of Waterloo. Under the tutelage of his grandmother Old Lavender, William attunes himself to the echoes & ghosts of the battle, & through a series of adventures he comes to recognize how deeply what happened at Waterloo two hundred years before continues to reverberate. ” Nature, ” as Old Lavender says, ”never truly recovers from human cataclysms.” Brimming with the wonder & narrative power of Andrea Barrett or Anthony Doerr & full of vivid insights about Napoleon, Wellington, & the battle itself, The Sage of Waterloo is a beguiling tale of fate, human folly, & the wisdom of the natural world. ...

Map No. 10134, Sagfjorden, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Map No. 237, Saguaro National Park, AZ, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Of all Michael Palin’s epic voyages around the world, his Sahara trip was perhaps the most challenging. Shrugging aside the perils of camel stew & being run over by the Paris-Dakar rally, Palin discovers that, far from being an empty wastel&, the vast & merciless Saharan desert is, in fact, home to a wonderful diversity of cultures & some of the most spectacular landscapes on earth. ...

Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, travel from the North to the South Pole & circle the countries of the Pacific Ocean, but perhaps the greatest challenge facing an intrepid explorer is crossing the vast & merciless Sahara desert. There is no easy way to do it, & Palin's experiences are like nothing he has encountered before. As the journey unfolds, the Sahara reveals not the emptiness of endless sand dunes, but a huge & diverse range of cultures & landscapes & a long history of civilisation, trade, commerce & conquest stretching from the ancient Egyptians to the oil-rich Islamic republics of today. ...

The Sahara Desert at 1:3, 400, 000 on an indexed, double-sided map from ITMB. Coverage extends southwards from approx. 30ºN within Morocco (Agadir) & 33ºN elsewhere (Ourgla in Algeria, Tripoli in Libya & Alexandria in Egypt) to approx. 16ºN (Timbuktu in Mali & Agadez in Niger). West / east the map covers the region from the coastline of Western Sahara & Nouakchott in Mauritania to the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt & the bend of the Nile in northern Sudan. Elevation colouring indicates the topography, with landscape features such as seasonal rivers & lakes, salt flats, & marshes/swamps. Oases & numerous wells/waterholes are also marked, most of them with names. International boundaries are shown with, where appropriate, border crossings. Road network

Includes:: selected desert tracks & shows distances on main routes; the map also shows domestic airfields. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 5° intervals. Each side has a separate index. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, travel from the North to the South Pole & circle the countries of the Pacific Ocean, but perhaps the greatest challenge facing an intrepid explorer is crossing the vast & merciless Sahara desert. There is no easy way to do it, & Palin's experiences are like nothing he has encountered before. As the journey unfolds, the Sahara reveals not the emptiness of endless sand dunes, but a huge & diverse range of cultures & landscapes & a long history of civilisation, trade, commerce & conquest stretching from the ancient Egyptians to the oil-rich Islamic republics of today. ...

Published for the first time in one volume, Sven Lindqvist`s uncategorizable, beautiful & angry books about the African continent & the legacy of colonialism. Exterminate All the Brutes takes us on an intellectual trip to `the heart of the darkness` of the European mind & its attitude towards Africa, tracing the legacy of European explorers, missionaries, politicians & historians in Africa from the late eighteenth century onwards. Its sequel, Desert Divers, describes Lindqvist`s journey through Algeria & Morocco, & explores the way European writers of the early twentieth century plunged into the stony, baking expanse of the Sahara, drawn by their own strange dreams. ...