Wildstrubel area, map No. 263T, at 1:50, 000 in a special hiking edition of the country’s topographic survey, published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. Coverage extends from Saanen & Gstaad in the west to Kandersteg in the east &

Includes:: Adelboden & on the eastern edge Kandersteg. Cartography, identical to the standard version of the survey, is 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.

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Detailed ski map at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, the country’s national survey organization, showing routes for skiing and/or snowboarding, access by public transport, recommended itineraries, lists of mountain huts, etc. The series uses the cartography of Switzerland’s topographic survey, with additional colouring to show slopes steeper than 30°. An overprint highlights ski routes, indicating suggested direction, difficult passages & sections which must be covered on foot. Also marked are areas where it is forbidden to leave the routes shown on the map. The maps also highlight roads with bus routes, indicating individual bus stops, show ski lifts & funiculars, plus mark locations of refuges or other mountain accommodation. Each title has the Swiss national grid at intervals of 1km, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’. Some titles cover a larger area, with a part of an adjoining sheet printed on the reverse of the main map as indicated on our series grid. Where appropriate, ski information extends across the border to France & Italy. On the reverse are itineraries of routes recommended by the Swiss Alpine Club, indicating the degree of difficulty, plus lists of alpine huts with contact details. Map legend for the overprint

Includes:: English. The text about the routes & accommodation is in the main language of the area covered by the map. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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‘ Wildwood’ is about the element of wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture & our lives.” So said Roger Deakin of this, his last book, that was published posthumously; a marvellous piece of natural history & cultural writing, it is an unmatched exploration of our relationship with trees. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia & Australia, in search of what lies behind man’s profound & enduring connection with wood & with trees. Meeting woodlanders of all kinds, he lives in shacks & cabins, travels in search of the wild apple groves of Kazakhstan, goes coppicing in Suffolk, swims beneath the walnut trees of the Haut-Languedoc, & hunts bushplums with Aboriginal women in the outback. Part autobiography, history, traveller’s tale & also an incisive work of natural history, it will take you into the heart of the woods, where we go ‘to grow, learn, & change’. ...

Wilfred & Olbert are wildlife explorers! Grab your boots & join them on a race through colourful coral reefs, wild grasslands & secret tropical jungles. Will you be the first to discover a new animal...? Let`s go! Packed full of puzzles, activities & fascinating animals on every page, Wilfred & Olbert`s Totally Wild Chase is the perfect book for budding explorers & adventurers. With bright & lively illustrations from new talent, Lomp, this utterly riotous storybook brings the natural world to life! ...

Wilfred & Olbert are wildlife explorers! Grab your boots & join them on a race through colourful coral reefs, wild grasslands & secret tropical jungles. Will you be the first to discover a new animal...? Let`s go! Packed full of puzzles, activities & fascinating animals on every page, Wilfred & Olbert`s Totally Wild Chase is the perfect book for budding explorers & adventurers. With bright & lively illustrations from new talent, Lomp, this utterly riotous storybook brings the natural world to life! ...

' One of the very few people who in our time could be put on the pedestal of the great explorers of the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries' David Attenborough An exquisite pictorial record, charting the career & outstanding achievements of one of the country's most distinguished travel writers & photographers, & the twentieth century's greatest explorer. Sir Wilfred Thesiger was born in 1910 at the original British Legation -- a collection of wattle-&-daub tukuls -- in Addis Ababa, & spent his early years in Abyssinia. He was educated at Eton & Oxford & at the age of twenty attended the coronation of HIM Haile Selassie at the emperor's personal invitation. Three years later he made his first expedition into the country of the murderous Danakil tribe. He joined the Sudan political service in 1935 & served in the War in Abyssinia & the Middle East with Special Operations Executive & the Special Air Service under David Stirling. After that, he traversed the Empty Quarter twice whilst living among the Bedu, & spent several years with the Marshmen of Iraq. He made many mountain journeys in the awesome ranges of the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, Ladakh & Chitral. Following these varied & often dangerous adventures among fast-disappearing cultures, Thesiger settled down to spend over twenty years living among the pastoral Samburu in Kenya, until returning to England in 1994. He died in Surrey in August 2003. Over the years Thesiger's experiences provided rich material for several books, all received with great acclaim. His always loved to record his exploits on film, & his nationally recognized collection of photographs now resides at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. This beautifully produced, coffee-table book contains 250 of his most stunning images, which capture the spirit of a bygone era. These are accompanied by Thesiger's own recollections, his vivid prose expressing a romantic but austere vision. ...

Alexander Maitland’s Wilfred Thesiger in Africa is a unique hardback collection of essays & personal photographs of the explorer on what was known in his time as the ‘ Dark Continent’. The book is a worthy testament to an exceptional life
- & as an authorised biography it is also the last cry of Thesiger himself, someone who vividly evoked complete worlds of brutal majesty from bygone eras & dying cultures.
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A legend in his own lifetime, the explorer & traveller Wilfred Thesiger journeyed for 60 years in some of the remotest most dangerous places on Earth. His books are widely acclaimed, yet his character & motivations have remained an enigma. Maitland was Thesiger`s close friend & literary executor, & this biography which had Thesiger`s support before he died in 2003, has been written with exclusive access to the rich Thesiger archive
- vivid, intimate family correspondence & his own letters, diaries & notebooks which are far more confiding than his scrupulously edited published accounts.
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Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship. She knows what she thinks & she acts according to her principles. Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on renowned artist Hugo Rask. The man himself sits in the audience, spellbound, & when the two meet afterwards, he has the same effect on her. From now on Ester`s existence is intrinsically linked to that day, & the chain of events that unravels will change her life forever. Bitingly funny & darkly fascinating Wilful Disregard is a story about total & desperate devotion & about how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love. ...

Ester Nilsson is a sensible person in a sensible relationship. She knows what she thinks & she acts according to her principles. Until the day she is asked to give a lecture on renowned artist Hugo Rask. The man himself sits in the audience, spellbound, & when the two meet afterwards, he has the same effect on her. From now on Ester`s existence is intrinsically linked to that day, & the chain of events that unravels will change her life forever. Bitingly funny & darkly fascinating Wilful Disregard is a story about total & desperate devotion & about how willingly we betray ourselves in the pursuit of love. ...