Category Archives: Maps
Project Rainbow: How British Cycling Reached the Top of the World
Twenty years ago, British road cycling was in the doldrums: today it is at the top of the world thanks to Bradley Wiggins` Tour de France win, Mark Cavendish`s road world title and the dominance of the British squad, Team Sky. Cycling has become that rare beast, a story of British sporting success built from
An Obedient Father
Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city`s slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, ironical, sad, Ram is also a man tortured by a terrible guilty secret. When Rajiv Gandhi, the soon-to-be Prime Minister, is murdered, the country is plunged into confusion and
Ramayana
The Ramayana is one of the great epics of the ancient world, with versions spanning the cultures, religions and languages of Asia. Its story of Rama`s quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld, has enchanted readers and audiences across the Eastern world for thousands of years.
Such a Long Journey: Faber Modern Classics
Such a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent and the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, and his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel
A Long Way to Shiloh
The no. 1 bestseller from the author of Kolymsky Heights. “As significant as …le Carre in bringing a gritty new realism to the thriller.” (Sunday Telegraph). An ancient scroll has been discovered in Israel. Caspar Laing, a young and brilliant professor, is asked to decipher it. It contains the directions to the secret location of
My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs
Delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 2017, My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs is the lecture of the Nobel Laureate in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro. A generous and hugely insightful biographical sketch, it explores his relationship with Japan, reflections on his own novels and an insight into some of his inspirations, from the worlds
Dry: Non-Alcoholic Cocktails, Cordials and Clever Concoctions
THE NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAIL BOOK `Pure genius` The Sunday TelegraphThis book is full of the very best cocktails – the most delicious flavours, the most distinctive combinations and the most adventurous recipes. And they are all made with non-alcoholic ingredients, from exciting new mixers to rich, fragrant syrups and spirits. Most can be created with ingredients
Web Mapping Illustrated
With the help of the internet and accompanying tools, creating and publishing online maps has become easier and rich with options. Many web sites now have map components, and interactive maps are particularly useful in allowing the user to select particular layers or elements of interest in the information presented.Developers who want to publish maps
How to Ride a Bike
An invaluable manual for cyclists of all ages, experience and ability, which will help them achieve peak performance. Full of practical advice, this book includes information on: Strength conditioning to improve your performance Targeted training plans to focus on strengthening weaker areas Bike care and maintenance Riding different terrains and environments Road cycling skills and
The Official Encyclopedia of the Yellow Jersey: The Ultiamte Guide to 100 Years of Le Maillot Jaune
On the occasion of the 2019 Tour de France Yellow Jersey`s centenary, comes `The Official Encyclopedia of Le Maillot Jaune`. Divided into four major parts, this book covers the incredible stories of every Yellow Jersey winner, the Kings of the Kings – the five times winners of the Tour, the Yellow Jersey`s adaptations in books,
North America: Tapestry of Time and Terrain Wall Map
North America: Tapestry of Time and Terrain Wall Map from the USGS provides a stunning, colouful picture of the North American continent, including Central America and the Caribbean (but without Greenland), with bright colours indicating the geology contrasting with black used of the surrounding seas or the Great Lakes. Geological colouring is superimposed on a
Memphis Map for Elvis Fans
Memphis Map for Elvis Fans printed on waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic paper and annotated with 137 locations, either connected with the singer’s life or of other significant interest in the city. On one side is a map of greater Memphis with many of the city’s landmarks illustrated by small drawings. In the margins, further drawings
Richtersveld National Park and Northern Namaqualand
Richtersveld National Park and Northern Namaqualand in a series of double-sided touring maps with GPS coordinates for selected road junctions, villages and accommodation. Rather basic cartography, with bold elevation tinting, spot heights and rivers (often without names), is designed to highlight the road network and the coordinates provided on the maps. Each map gives GPS
Lesotho InfoMap
Lesotho on a road map from South African publishers International Motoring Productions with GPS waypoints for selected small towns or settlements, road junctions and recommended accommodation or campsites.The map, one of a series of similar maps covering countries and selected regions of southern Africa, has rather simple cartography with somewhat basic elevation tinting, spot heights,
Namibia InfoMap
Namibia at 1:1,400,000 on a double-sided, waterproof and tear-resistant road map from South African publishers International Motoring Productions with GPS waypoints for selected road junctions, small towns or settlements, places of interest and recommended accommodation, plus enlargements showing in greater detail Etosha National Park, the Zambezi Region, and the area around the Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings
Night Train to Jamalpur
North East India, 1923. On the broiling Night Mail from Calcutta to Jamalpur, a man is shot dead in a first class compartment. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer was sleeping in the next compartment along. Was he the intended target? Jim should have known that his secondment to the East Indian Railway, with a roving brief
Botswana InfoMap
Botswana on a double-side road map at 1:1,100,000 from South African publishers International Motoring Productions with numerous GPS waypoints for selected road junctions, small towns and settlements, plus lists of tourist accommodation.The map, one of a series of similar maps covering countries and selected regions of southern Africa, has rather simple cartography with somewhat basic
New Mexico Easy to Fold Rand McNally
New Mexico on a laminated and waterproof Easy-to-Fold map from Rand McNally, the country’s leading publisher of road maps and street plans. For clarity of road information Rand McNally state maps present the road network on a plain background, with no or little topographic detail. Driving distances are indicated on all principal highways and on
View From The Summit
The first man to set foot on the summit of Everest, the man who led a team of tractors to the South Pole, the man who jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky has, for the first time, gathered all the remarkable adventures of a long life into one volume. But there
Darkside
It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Holly`s first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job. Taunted by the killer and
