The classic novel of `villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting & dancing`, soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria & And Then There Were None. William Makepeace Thackeray`s witty literary classic Vanity Fair is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, & follows anti-heroine & ruthless social climber Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty & scale the heights of English Society. Her story takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking heart & fortunes as she goes.ITV`s new adaptation of will be one of the biggest drama series of 2018: its script comes from BAFTA-nominated writer Gwyneth Hughes, the series is co-produced by leading production companies Mammoth Screen & Amazon Studios, & Olivia Cooke
- star of Steven Spielberg`s hit blockbuster Ready Player One
- plays Thackeray`s timeless heroine Becky Sharp. Read the book before you see the series, then devour it all over again.

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Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

Street plan of Vannes at 1:10, 000 in an extensive series of street plans of French towns from Blay-Foldex, the country’s largest, oldest & most experienced publisher of urban mapping. Blay plans include outer suburbs &, where appropriate, adjoining localities forming part of the urban agglomeration & provide brief descriptions of the town’s main sights, contact details for hotels & other places of interest, etc. The plans show one way streets, car parks & pedestrian zones. Important public buildings are clearly marked & identified. Blay street maps are usually double-sided & include an enlargement for the town centre & a street index with separate lists of “edifices publics”: main public buildings, places of worship, schools, sport facilities, stations, etc. Each of the outer suburbs or the adjoining localities, identified with its postcode, has a separate index. Many titles also provide a road map of the environs. All the text is in French only.PLEASE NOTE: to see the list of Blay-Foldex street plans of French towns & cities please click on the series link – the series description also

Includes:: a comparison between Blay & IGN street plans.

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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Vanoise Massif & the National Park in a series of GPS compatible, contoured TOP75 maps at 1:75, 000 from the IGN, highlighting GR routes, cycling trails & sites for other recreational activities. Enlargements at 1:25, 000 are included in each map. Cartography of the main map at 1:75, 000 is a direct enlargement of the mapping used in the IGN ...

Vanoise National Park & the Beaufortain Massif in the French Alps at 1:60, 000 on a contoured & GPS compatible map from Didier Richard with a base derived from IGN’s topographic survey, highlighting both local hiking routes & the GR network of long-distance paths, gîtes & mountain refuges, interesting natural & cultural sites, etc. The map covers the whole of the Tour de la Vanoise along the GR5 & GR 55. Coverage extends west to beyond Moûtiers & St-Michel du-Maurienne & south beyond Modane, &

Includes:: several popular summer & winter resorts: Tignes, Val d’ Isère, Les Arc, La Plagne, Méribel, Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Aussois, Valmeinier, Station du Val Cenis, Station du Val Fréjus, Bessans, etc. Relief is portrayed by contours at 50m intervals with additional hill shading & colouring for different types of vegetation. An overprint highlights local hiking trails, indicating difficult sections & routes which are part of the GR network. Bold symbols show gîtes accessible by car, mountain refuges accessible only on foot, via ferrata sites, mountain bike centres, interesting cultural or natural sites, etc. The map has a UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Paul Henderson’s Cicerone guide to Vanoise Ski Touring provides an instruction to ski touring in the French department of Savoie & covers the Vanoise national Park & surrounding area. Despite the massive development of ski resorts, including some of the biggest & best in the world, many areas remain untouched & have become the reserve of ski tourers; it is in these areas that you will find the fabled ‘white gold’ of Savoie. The guide is aimed at skiers who find the magnificent, unspoilt scenery & peace & quiet of the mountains as exhilarating as the thrill of a perfect descent. The guide covers all of the main areas of the region – the Lauziere, Belledonne, Beaufortain, Valloire, a tour of the Mont Thabor, the north Vanoise, Glaciers de la Vanoise, Val d’ Isere, Ambin valley, Averole & Carro/ Evetters as well as a separate chapter dedicated to ski mountaineering. All levels of difficulties are catered for & the tours range from one day trips to multi-day, hut to hut journeys. As many of the tours start from resorts, they can also be combined with a resort based ski holiday. Eleven routes describe 63 days of skiing & over 100 additional alternatives & variations & has been chosen to reflect the variety of landscape & skiing that makes ski touring in Savoie so special. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by colour diagrams mapping the route as well as gradient profiles & colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. ...

Tour of the Vanoise is accomplished trekker Kev Reynolds’ Cicerone guide to trekking in the Vanoise. The trekking circuit explores the 3000m peaks of the Vanoise National park in 11 main stages & there are also 4 shorter tours included for those seeking individual or more leisurely challenges. Many of the trekking sections are accompanied by factual information on the various peaks, valleys & characteristics of the route. The guide is structured in three main parts
- an introduction, route descriptions of the tour of the Vanoise in two parts (from Modane to Bonneval-sur-Arc, Maurienne & Bonneval-sur-Arc to Modane, Tarantaise) & Short Tours in the Vanoise. The comprehensive introduction provides practical guidance on accommodation, how to get there, when to go, equipment, & recommended maps, as well as useful information on Vanoise National Park & wildlife & Alpine flowers. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by sketch diagrams mapping the route in addition to colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region.
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It's Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call ' Milk Sickness'. ' My baby boy.. .', she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire. When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, 'henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study & devotion. I shall become a master of mind & body. & this mastery shall have but one purpose.. .' Gifted with his legendary height, strength, & skill with an axe, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House. While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union & freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, & became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years. ...