A spectacular pop-up celebration of trains & railways from a bestselling creator. Get right on track with this train book filled with lots of fun facts & pop-up surprises. Look inside a steam engine to see how it works, pull the tabs to race trains over bridges & through tunnels, & open up the last page to discover a model of a train station. All aboard! ...

In the words of Alexander Mc Call Smith: ` You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. & sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself & know well, the journey between Edinburgh & London. It is best read on a train, preferably that one.` ...

Imagine you`re on a train. Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are or have been, & the different experiences you`ve all had. But there is one more thing that you undoubtedly all share: you have all been in love at one time or another. In this surprising & poignant story, four strangers meet on a journey from Edinburgh to London. Each has a tale of love & of railways: for Mark, a brief encounter on a railway platform leads to an impulsive & possibly dangerous decision; Kay recounts the long journey back to her childhood home in Australia & the love that was there; David remembers a teenage friendship that faded into love; & Michael makes a discovery that art & people may not be what they seem to be at first glance. These are very different experiences, but throughout them all runs a deep current of love. & loving others, as one of the characters observes, is the good thing we do in our lives. ...

Imagine you`re on a train. Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are or have been, & the different experiences you`ve all had. But there is one more thing that you undoubtedly all share: you have all been in love at one time or another. In this surprising & poignant story, four strangers meet on a journey from Edinburgh to London. Each has a tale of love & of railways: for Mark, a brief encounter on a railway platform leads to an impulsive & possibly dangerous decision; Kay recounts the long journey back to her childhood home in Australia & the love that was there; David remembers a teenage friendship that faded into love; & Michael makes a discovery that art & people may not be what they seem to be at first glance. These are very different experiences, but throughout them all runs a deep current of love. & loving others, as one of the characters observes, is the good thing we do in our lives. ...

Conrad de Lancey has seen enough of evil: the shadow of fear on the faces of innocents; the roar of tanks through empty streets; the sudden lull before the slaughter begins. Franco`s bloody insurrection taught this Englishman all about hell. Arriving in his mother`s country, the now Nazi Germany, Conrad is sick at heart. Even Berlin
- infamous haven of decadence & vice
- salutes fascism. Himmler`s black-shirted troops rule the city, & every German arm bears a Swastika. But does every German heart belong to Hitler? When Conrad is arrested by the Gestapo on suspicion of spying, he is rescued by Theo, an old friend from university, now a lieutenant of the Wehrmacht. Together they are drawn into a world of danger & deceit, of plots, paranoia & intrigue where the brave few are united by a single ambition: to free the fatherland from the Fuhrer.

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Trakai Historical National Park at 1:100, 000 in a series GPS compatible regional maps of Lithuania from Alma Littera prominently highlighting each area’s best sights & showing a wide range of other places of interest including campsites. Main roads are graded according to the speed limit; regional & local roads indicate asphalted or gravel routes. Driving distances are marked on main & selected regional routes, & locations of petrol stations & border crossings are marked. Railway lines are shown with stations. Important sights are prominently highlighted & a very wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest, including campsites, historical & industrial heritage, archaeological & natural sites, etc. The maps also indicate hiking, cycling & kayaking routes. Topography is shown by contours & spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of the terrain & vegetation, e.g. swamps, peat bog, orchards, forests, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 5’ & 10’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title comes with a booklet attached to the map cover providing descriptions of places of interest, but the text here is in Lithuanian only.

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In an African city in secession land tourists of all languages & nationalities. They have only one desire: to make a fortune by exploiting the mineral wealth of the country. They work during the day in mining concession &, as soon as night falls, they go out to get drunk, dance, eat & abandon themselves in Tram 83, the only night-club of the city, the den of all the outlaws. Lucien, a professional writer, fleeing the exactions & the censorship, finds refuge in the city thanks to Requiem, a friend. Requiem lives mainly on theft & on swindle while Lucien only thinks of writing & living honestly. Around them gravitate gangsters & young girls, retired or runaway men, profit-seeking tourists & federal agents of a non-existent State. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the atmosphere of a gold rush as cynical as, it is comic & colourfully exotic. It`s an observation of human relationships in a world that has become a global village, an African-rhapsody novel hammered by rhythms of jazz. ...

Tramping in New Zealand in the Walking Guide series from Lonely Planet; profiling in comprehensive detail the walking opportunities, from day walks to long distance hikes, available in a range of international destinations. Frank & informal in style, the guides introduce readers to a selection of walks in each country & are designed to be practical for use while travelling on the road. Each walk has been researched by a team of independent experts & is fully independent in its recommendations & suggestions, often offering individual takes on particular walks or treks. Widely recognised for their reliability, each Lonely Planet walking guide has the same layout, covering an extensive list of walks geographically by region. Introductory chapters provide facts about the country, including history, geography, geology & climate, as well as important facts for the walker such as suggested itineraries, when to walk, responsible walking, accommodation, food & drink, maps & weather information. There is also a dedicated clothing & equipment section, providing practical advice on what take, including relevant navigation equipment. A Health & safety section advises on pre-departure planning, staying healthy & safety on the walk or trek. Each guide is organised geographically by region, with further sub-regions also considered in each chapter. There is a selection of local stories, history & fact boxes about particular features of some of the routes throughout each guide. Each regional section gives general advice on relevant books & maps, climate, accommodation, places to eat & getting there & away. Individual walks or treks are described in extensive detail & fact boxes gives practical information on duration, distance, difficulty rating, start & finish points, the nearest town, local transport & a short summary of the route. Black & white sketch maps also provide an overview of the location of the walks in the region. A Travel Facts section at the back of each guide provides useful guidance & practical information on tourist offices, visas & documents, embassies, customs, money, post & communication, time, electricity, business hours, public holidays, getting there & away as well as getting around between each walk or trek. ...

Tramping in New Zealand is a highly innovative new tramping guide, that has been developed around the latest generation of 'bird's eye' computer-generated maps. These completely accurate panoramic overviews are constructed from map data, but because they can recreate a view of the landscape from any angle or height they provide a remarkably readable & clear way of understanding the lie of the l&. For trampers, these bird's eye maps offer a superb way of showing a tramping route in three

Dimensions, which cannot be done with a conventional topographical map. In this book the 40 most popular tramps in New Zealand are featured, each illustrated with at least one bird's eye map. These have been created by Wellington company Geographx, whose cutting-edge maps feature in the acclaimed New Zealand Geographic Atlas. The maps are also supported by relevant route information & photographs from one of New Zealand's most respected tramping authors, Shaun Barnett. The tramps covered include our best known Great Walks, such as the Milford Track, the Routeburn & the Tongariro Crossing, & many others from both islands, such as the Queen Charlotte Track, the Rees Dart near Queenstown, & the Pinnacles Hut on the Coromandel. With such a high degree of readability & visual appeal combined with the highest quality information & photographs, Tramping in New Zealand creates a new benchmark for this kind of guidebook, & is set to become a classic in this popular genre.

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