Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning. 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. Contains city maps of Los Angeles & San Francisco. The map scale is 1: 800 000.
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Discover the freedom of the open road. " Napa Valley: Discover the finest wine tours & fresh local food Yosemite: Get back to nature on this stunning wilderness drive Big Sur: Experience the very best of the Pacific Coast Highway "35 amazing road trips inside " Inspirational Trip Ideas. 2-day escapes to week-long adventures See it Like a Local. Packed with regional trips & exciting detours Road Trips Made Easy. Maps detailed directions & expert advice Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is." ...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus the third Roman Emperor is better known by another name: Caligula a name synonymous with decadence cruelty & madness. His reign was marked by excess huge building projects the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see
- men & animals killed in their hundreds
- conspiracies assassination attempts & sexual scandal. Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena. Rufus discovers that he has a natural ability with animals a talent for controlling & schooling them. It is at the arenas that Rufus meets his great friend Cupido one of Romes greatest gladiators. It is his growing reputation as an animal trainer & his friendship with Cupido that attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor. Caligula wants a keeper for the imperial elephant & Rufus is bought from his master & taken to the imperial palace. Life here is dictated by Caligulas ever shifting moods. Caligula is as generous as he is cruel he is a megalomaniac who declares himself a living god & simultaneously lives in constant fear of the plots against his life. But his paranoia is not misplaced intrigue permeates his court & Rufus & Cupido find themselves unwittingly placed at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor.

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The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage & international intrigue Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carre's masterful creation George Smiley published in Penguin Modern Classics. After a routine security check by George Smiley civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death he begins his own investigation meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans
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- know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carre's first book Call for the Dead introduced the tenacious & retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage & deceit. John le Carre was born in 1931 & attended the universities of Bern & Oxford. He taught at Eton & served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last 50 years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London & Cornwall. If you enjoyed Call for the Dead you might like le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold also available in Penguin Modern Classics. Intelligent thrilling surprising.. .makes most cloak-&-dagger stuff taste of cardboard". (Sunday Telegraph). " Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense". (Observer)."

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David Schearl arrives in New York in his mothers arms to begin his new life as an immigrant in the Golden L&. David is hated by his father
- an angry violent man unable to find his niche in the New World
- but is fiercely loved & protected by his Yiddish-speaking mother. An innovative multi-lingual novel Call It Sleep" subtly interweaves the overwhelming love between a mother & son with the terrors & anxieties David experiences as he seeks to find his own identity amidst the cultural disarray of early twentieth-century America."

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Dawn Annandale is bright witty & well educated. But when her marriage began to fall apart she had to face a seemingly insurmountable pile of debts on her own. Determined that her children would not suffer because of their parents mistakes & with no family to turn to for help she searched desperately for a way to make some money & fast. & made the decision to become an escort. CALL ME ELIZABETH offers an insight into the sex industry in the UK today as well as the shocking truth that increasing numbers of women in a similar situation to Dawn are turning to prostitution to make ends meet. It is by turns sad funny frightening & empowering but it is above all honest & compelling. From Emanuelle to Pretty Woman the life of an escort remains deeply fascinating. There will be those who will judge the author but there will be many more who will recognise her dilemma & understand how she reached her decision. This is her story
- decide for yourself.
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Its 1945 & as the troops begin to return home the inhabitants of London attempt to put their lives back together. For 25-year-old Millie a qualified nurse & midwife the jubilation at the end of the war is short-lived as she tends to the needs of the East End community around her. But while Millie witnesses tragedy & brutality in her job she also finds strength & kindness. & when misfortune befalls her own family it is the enduring spirit of the community that shows Millie that even the toughest of circumstances can be overcome. Through Millies eyes we see the harsh realities & unexpected joys in the lives of the patients she treats as well as the camaraderie that is forged with the fellow nurses that she lives with. Filled with unforgettable characters & moving personal stories this vividly brings to life the colourful world of a post-war East London. ...

It's back & it's bigger & more brutal than ever before. There's no better way to navigate the futuristic wars & wastelands of Call of Duty Black Ops II" than with the " Call of Duty Black Ops II Signature Series Guide" from Brady Games. Travelling to the near future for the first time in the franchise's history & with expanded multiplayer gameplay & high-tech weapons as well as the ever popular Zombie mode " Call of Duty Black Ops II" is an unstoppable force. The complete campaign walkthrough takes you from start to finish of the single-player storylines with detail on every mission & enemy encounter. Multiplayer coverage is full of expert tactics for either solo or team-based play. You'll be dominating every game mode
- learn about achieving higher ranks the weapons attachments perks challenges & killstreaks. Failure is not an option. Amazing artwork makes this a real collector's item for any " Call of Duty" fan & exclusive highly detailed maps show you how to get around all of the single & multi-player terrains. A full arsenal guide tells you what you need to know about each weapon & its stats; achievement & trophy rosters reveal how to earn awards & unlock secret features & items."
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As a trained nurse newly married to the son of the Governor of Rhodesia during the UDI years Susan writes compellingly about bringing up a family on their farm in Matabeleland in the midst of the unfolding terror & growing number of atrocities. Above all it is a human story. Sometimes shocking & always moving there is also warmth & humour as Susan creates a gripping picture of the conflict & tells of her familys survival when many of her friends & neighbouring farmers didnt. The book is a testament to the courage displayed by so many people who were tested day after day by almost unimaginable horrors. The Litany Bird is the popular name of the Nightjar a largely nocturnal bird found throughout southern Africa. Its haunting call sounds like Good Lord Deliver Us. ...

For ten years Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America & the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them why they believe the things they believe & to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. Along the way Louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people & considers whether hes learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them. Has he manipulated the people hes interviewed or have they manipulated him? From his Las Vegas base Louis revisits the assorted dreamers & outlaws who have been his TV feeding ground. Attempting to understand a little about himself & the workings of his own mind Louis considers questions such as: What is the difference between pathology & normal weirdness? Is there something particularly weird about Americans? What does it mean to be weird or to be yourself? & do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us? ...