Sonoma Valley in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...

Indexed, double-sided road map covering these provinces in north-western Mexico, with basic plans of central Hermosillo & Chihuahua included. Altitude tinting represents the general relief, with spot heights for major peaks, swamp areas, desert regions & national parks marked. Road detail

Includes:: some minor roads & tracks, & shows intermediate distances on major routes. Main railways & province boundaries are drawn & a range of symbols indicate petrol stations, border crossings, airports, airfields, archaeological sites & antiquities, places of interest, selected campsites, spas, beaches, watersport sites, tourist information offices, etc. Lines of latitude & longitude are at 1° intervals. The Hermosillo & Chihuahua street plans show streets only; no other landmarks or tourist features are marked. This title is part of a series of detailed touring maps of Mexico published by ITMB.

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One of the titles in a series of road maps of the administrative states of Mexico, highlighting places of interest. The maps show four different grades of roads, with intermediate driving distances on main routes, railways, local airports, ferry connections & administrative boundaries. Topographic information is limited to names of main mountain ranges, spot heights for main peaks, rivers & lakes. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Spanish only. On the reverse each title has a black & white version of the same map, highlighting places of interest with brief notes in Spanish only. ...

Road maps of Mexico’s states from Ediciones Independencia highlighting numerous places of interest & tourist facilities, with each title also providing a large street plan of the provincial capital plus maps of other local towns, popular tourist resorts and/or archaeological sites. The state maps show the road & rail networks on a clear base, with topography indicated by rivers & areas liable to inundation, plus names of main mountain ranges & peaks (no heights). National parks & other protected areas are brightly highlighted. A range of symbols provides information for tourists: accommodation including campsites & trailer parks, historical & archaeological sites, beaches & spas, sport & leisure centres, natural curiosities, etc. The maps show latitude & longitude as margin ticks & crosshairs, mostly at 30’ or 1° intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. Most maps have no index. Each title

Includes:: a large street plan of the provincial capital, plus plans of selected other towns. In addition to street names, the plans also show names of local districts. Plans of the state capital usually have a list of various locations, facilities and/or places on interest highlighted on it, & some include an enlargement showing the town centre in greater detail. Each title also has a table of distances, plus a table showing various facilities & places of interest in the main towns of the state.



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This semi-autobiographical novel explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, & the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother & two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love & possessiveness. ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Sons & Lovers by D. H. Lawrence`” She was a brazen hussy.” She wasn`t.
- & she was pretty,
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In this unique personal Cairo diary kept during the October 1973 war with Israel Alan Mackie analyses Egypt`s present attitude to the West, the legacy left by the colonial era & the West`s unconditional support for Israel which still poisons relations with the Arab world. ...

Alan Villiers (1903-82), the Australian sailor & maritime historian, first made a name for himself as an adventurer in the 1920s & 1930s by combining his seafaring skills with his talent as a pioneering photojournalist. He visited Arabia in 1938 because he was certain that he was living through the last days of sail, & was determined to record as much of them as he was able. At Aden, Villiers found an Arab dhow master prepared to take on a lone Westerner as a crewman. Ali bin Nasr el-Nejdi & his Kuwaiti crew were making the age-old voyage from the Gulf to East Africa, coasting on the north-east monsoon winds, with a cargo of dates from Basra. The return voyage would be made in the early summer of 1939, on the first breezes of the south-west monsoon, from East Africa to Kuwait. From this voyage, Villiers fashioned Sons of Sindbad. First published in 1940, it is the sole work of Arabian travel to have at its centre the seafaring Arabs. In a real sense the Thesiger of the Arabian Sea, Villiers voyaged with his companions as an equal, while deferring to their toughness & fortitude, & to their superior knowledge of their trade. This great classic of Arabian travel & maritime adventure is reprinted for the first time since 1969, with a new introduction by William Facey, Yacoub Al-Hijji & Grace Pundyk. As in the original 1940 edition, 50 of Villiers' many photographs are published here
- images that complement the text with strikingly vivid depictions of the life & skills of the Arab dhow sailors, of the ports along the route, of Kuwait itself, & of the pearl divers of the Arabian Gulf.
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Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire following World War I & the subsequent founding of the Turkish Republic by Ataturk, Turkey has played a prominent, albeit dependent, role in international affairs, as a vital ally to NATO & as a secular Islamic democracy. In this major new work, Hugh Pope provides a vivid picture of the Turkish people, who today encompass a region much larger than the political boundaries of the nation of Turkey
- from China, to Iran, Iraq, the Netherlands, Germany, & all the way to the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. Pope has travelled the world to encounter & assimilate the many facets of this extraordinarily complex & fascinating ethnic group. Rich with stories & legends stretching back centuries, ” Sons of the Conquerors” is an account of a profoundly neglected subject that brings readers into closer contact with a culture that has shaped history.
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`A fool couldn`t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, & it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.`
- Hunter S. Thompson Sons of Thunder, Neil Bradford`s exhilaratingly high-octane collection of motorcycle writing, makes a persuasive case for the unique excitement & emotional experience offered by one of mankind`s greatest inventions. Featuring full-throttle tales by T.E. Lawrence, Roald Dahl, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Robert Hughes & many others, & ranging from Hunter S. Thompson`s rip-roaring prose to lyrical contributions from Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn & Robert Pirsig, the groundbreaking Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author, Sons of Thunder is a thrilling tribute to the pleasures & perils of riding this awesome machine.
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