Turin Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The 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. This title is now published with digital cartography. ...

Turin Province at 1:150, 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 published with the traditional style LAC cartography.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. ...

Central Turin street plan on light, waterproof & tear-resistant pocket map with Touring Club Italiano’s excellent, clear cartography; indexed, with a diagram of the metro network, information about main sights, useful addresses, etc. The plan, printed on light, waterproof & tear resistant plastic paper, has clear, elegant cartography. An inset extends the coverage further south to include the Millefonti district. Metro stations are clearly marked. Main traffic arteries are highlighted, but one way street are not indicated. Public buildings, including museums, churches, etc. are named. Street index is on the reverse. The plan is accompanied by a diagram of the metro network, a small map of the city’s environs, plus lists of main sights with opening hours, etc., & contact details of other useful institutions. Map legend & all information are in Italian & English. ...

Turin in a series of street plans of Italian cities from Touring Club Italiano, with exceptionally clear & beautiful cartography. The plan is printed on very light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper &

Includes:: a detailed road map of the city’s environs at 1:125, 000. The plan covers Turin with the outer suburbs. Main traffic arteries across the city are highlighted & car parks in the city’s historic centre are marked. The metro line is clearly marked & stations are shown with their names. Churches & other important historic or municipal buildings are prominently coloured & named. For those wanting to venture outside the city centre, coverage

Includes:: both Juventus’s Stadio delle Alpi & the Fiat Mirafiori complex. Unusually for street plans, outside the built-up area of the eastern suburbs there are contour lines at 50m intervals. Street index is on the reverse &

Includes:: lists of useful addresses, etc. Map legend & all the text include English. An inset at 1:125, 000 shows the environs of the city with access onto motorway connections to other parts of Italy.





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Turin in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world & with the life of one man, the brilliant but troubled Alan Turing. How did the computer come to structure & dominate our lives so totally? In Jon Agar`s enlightening story of the `universal machine`, we discover how Turing`s groundbreaking work not only helped break German codes during the Second World War but also founded the beginnings of the modern computer. Persecuted by the authorities for his homosexuality, & ultimately hounded to suicide, Turing`s personal tribulations are as relevant to the modern world as his work on computing, as indicated by his posthumous royal pardon of 2013 & the recent film The Imitation Game, which focuses on Turing`s turbulent life. ...

In 1932, long before travelling in Central Asia became fashionable, Ella Maillart travelled to Russian Turkestan, bordered by China, Tibet, Pakistan, & Afghanistan. Her dream was to see the mountains that lay on the fringes of China & the Takla Makan desert. She travelled like a nomad
- slowly, by camel & on foot. Setting out from Moscow, she crossed Kyrgyzstan as far as the Tien Shan range (the Celestial Mountains). She climbed the 5, 000 metre-high Sari Tor on makeshift skis, explored the legendary cities of Tashkent, Samark&, Khiva & Bukhara, travelled down the Amu Daria river & crossed, solo, the freezing & hostile wastes of the Kizil Kum, the Desert of Red Sands. Her companions are drawn from both past & present
- Mongolian princesses rub shoulders with Trotskyist exiles, whilst pilgrims & dervishes ride alongside emperors & kings. Even today, a trip like this would be considered daring. That Ella Maillart did it, largely alone & more than 70 years ago, makes her journey all the more remarkable.

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Turkey at 1:1, 000, 000 from Michelin on a double-sided road map with street plans showing locations of main tourist sights in Istanbul & Ankara, a distance table, a comprehensive index, plus basic rules for motorists. The map is double-sided, with a good overlap between the sides, & provides coverage of the whole of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey on its western half. Topography is presented by subtle relief shading, with peak heights, names of mountain ranges, colouring for the main forested areas & boundaries of national parks or other protected zones. Road network is graded into six types, including selected local tracks. Driving distances are shown on main & many secondary roads. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. Also shown are ferry & shipping routes, both between Turkish ports & to the Greek islands of the eastern & southern Aegean. The map prominently shows the country administrative boundaries with names of the provinces. Symbols highlight various places of interest, including UNESCO World Heritage sites & archaeological remains. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1 ...

Turkey at 1:1, 000, 000 on a waterproof & tear-resistant road map with topographic & tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet, with a good overlap between the two sides. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base which presents topography by altitude colouring with contours, spot heights, mountain passes, names of mountain ranges, & graphics for marshl&. National parks are marked. Road network

Includes:: local roads & selected tracks, & shows driving distances on main routes. Scenic roads are highlighted. Symbols indicate various places of interest, including campsites, UNESCO World Heritage sites, archaeological remains, viewpoints, spas, beaches, etc. The map has a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1

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Double-sided sheet with the west of the country on one side & the east on the reverse. Six types of roads & railways are marked & named with distances between major centres given in kilometres. Relief is shown through colour shading. It

Includes:: an index of placenames.

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