This bulging compendium is loaded with jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts & bright, bold photography! Based on the popular National Geographic Weird but True! Series, this new annual pairs the planet`s quirkiest, wackiest facts with the coolest & strangest true stories. Ranging from geographical curiosity to animal wonders, gross inventions to weird food, the Weird but True! Annual 2018 sparks children`s natural curiosity about the world around them. Features include:* Facts & stories about geography, biology, the animal kingdom, social sciences, human achievement & innovation (Did you know the world`s biggest passenger jet weighs as much as 100 hippos?)* Infographics & fact files* Bright, bold photography & illustration* A fact-finding index ...

This bulging compendium is loaded with jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts & bright, bold photography! Based on the popular National Geographic Weird but True! Series, this new annual pairs the planet`s quirkiest, wackiest facts with the coolest & strangest true stories. Ranging from geographical curiosity to animal wonders, gross inventions to weird food, the Weird but True! Annual 2019 is filled with the most entertaining facts! Features include:* Facts & stories about geography, biology, the animal kingdom, social sciences, human achievement & innovation* Infographics & fact files* Bright, bold photography & illustration* A fact-finding index ...

This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food! Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can`t get enough of.” ...

When it comes to weirdness, England beats the U.S., hands down. After all, the Sceptr'd Isle has had a few more centuries to master the art of the bizarre. & no one's better to chronicle Britain's decidedly odd features than Matt Lake. Join him as he visits the town where it rained frogs, the Highgate Vampire, Fauxhenge, the Bleeding Tombstone of Hinckley, the Yorkshire Methusaleh, the Rude Man of Cerne Abbas & much more. ...

Florida is renowned for sun, surf, sand & senior citizens, & is a favourite holiday destination for more than a million Brits each year. But it is also one of the best places to chart your weirdest travel destinations. Charlie Carlson, a tenth-generation Floridian, has travelled the length of Florida looking for the odd & the offbeat, & he found them everywhere, from the Skunk Ape to the Devil`s Chair of Cassadaga, from the She-Man of the Caloosahatchee River to the Wizard of Central Florida. This latest addition to the ” Weird US” series is packed with info about the Sunshine State that they don`t include in the regular guidebooks. Venture beyond Disney World, if you dare... ...

As the Imperial War Museum prepared their First World War galleries for 2014, they scoured their archives for the best materials of every kind
- & that included the curious, the confusing & the amazing. From bizarre propaganda posters to cunning fake cities, from pigeon parachutes to the ventriloquist`s dummy that saved his master`s life, from tickle sticks to fly swats, this is proof that, as ever, the truth is stranger than fiction.
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Weird World from Bradt takes a look at the more unusual things the world has to offer the traveller, highlighting some of the stranger sites to be found on this planet we call home. The book is divided into seven sections: food & shopping, people, art & architecture, transport, wildlife & the natural world, signs & menus, & just plain odd. Photographs taken by Wanderlust magazine readers in over one hundred countries have been compiled with captions & stories that go at least some way to explaining what you see before you! ...

Weißenburg i. Bay in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Spalt, Georgensgmünd, Ellingen, Heideck, Pleinfeld, Nennslingen. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Weißensee (No.060), a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:25, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance footpaths, cycling routes, accommodation, etc, printed on durable, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. KOMPASS HIKING & RECREATIONAL MAPS: This title is part of an extensive series covering Austria, much of Germany & the Slovenian Alps. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of hiking maps; their mapping of other countries, including expanding coverage of Italy, is listed on our website separately.CARTOGRAPHY: The maps are contoured with additional shading, graphic relief & colouring to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10m in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous regions. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Latest editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES: Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. MAP LEGEND: Most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.OTHER
Features: Selected titles include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have a booklet with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage.BOOKLETS: PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING! Many titles come with a booklet describing the area and/or various hiking routes. Unless indicated in the individual description that the booklet

Includes:: English, these booklets are IN GERMAN only. The booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, full English language map legend is provided.


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Weissenstein area at 1:33, 333 on light, waterproof & tear-resistant map No. 3318T published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Cartography is the same as in Swisstopo’s 50K hiking maps, simply enlarged to 1:33, 333 for extra clarity but without additional information. 1:33, 333 editions of Swisstopo’s hiking maps have cartography identical to the standard version of the country’s 1:50, 000 topographic survey, highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link. ...