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Desert Adventures

This title includes four new editions in the popular “True Stories” series, each with an arresting new cover. Each book contains thrilling stories of heroism, bravery and battling the odds to provide young readers with a truly compelling read. It contains maps, line drawings and notes on sources and further reading. It is perfect for fact-fans and reluctant readers: a must-have series during the 2008 Year of Reading.

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- Libya Gizi Road Map
  
  Libya at 1:1,750,000 on an indexed road map from Gizi Map with exceptionally fine and detailed presentation of its physical geography, oil and gas wells and Read More »
- Winnie-the-Pooh`s Sticker Activity Book
  
  Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends are ready for a day of fun in the Hundred Acre Wood. Help Piglet search for Heffalumps, visit Eeyore`s gloomy place and Read More »
- Karlsborg
  
  Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50,000, the Terrรคngkartan, from the Lantmรคteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of Read More »
- The Hunt Washington DC
  
  Instead of indiscriminately featuring everything and the kitchen sink, The Hunt team have carefully selected 100 or so unique, authentic local Washington DC businesses that range Read More »
- Admiralty Chart 1111 – Punta de la Estaca de Bares to Cabo Finisterre
  
  Admiralty standard nautical charts comply with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations and are ideal for professional, commercial and recreational use. Charts within the series Read More »
- Glow Solar System
  
  Use the clear string to hang planets from your ceiling and recreate the Solar System in your own room. Expose planets to a light source for Read More »
- The Snow Leopard
  
  This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Read More »
- You Can`t Make Me Go to Witch School!
  
  Daisy Wart, a Shakespearean actress with grand ambitions, is FURIOUS at being left at Toadspit Towers School for Witches by her grandmother. SHE IS NOT A Read More »
- Grantown-on-Spey & Hills of Cromdale – Upper Knockando & Tomnavoulin OS Explorer Active Map OL61 (waterproof)
  
  Grantown-on-Spey and the Hills of Cromdale area of the Scottish Highlands on a detailed topographic and GPS compatible map OL61, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s Read More »
- Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
  
  **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Where are you really from?Youโ€re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in Britain. Your partner, your children and most of your Read More »

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- France, Belgium & the Netherlands Philip`s Road Atlas
  
  Philip`s Road Atlas France, Belgium and The Netherlands shows the national road networks at a scale of 1:1 million, with ultra-clear, detailed mapping for urban areas. Read More »
- SEMAR Chart 300 – Punta San Pablo to Mazatlan, including south of California Gulf
  
  Official Mexican Hydrographic Office charts (SEMAR – Secretarรญa de Marina Armada de Mรฉxico) for the coast waters of Mexico offer a great range of scales. General Read More »
- Ernest ET Celestine: LA Grande Peur
  
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- Herbes CNIG Topographic Map 520-IV
  
  Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25,000 published by the Centro Nacional de Informaciรณn Geograficรก, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m Read More »
- Turkish Awakening: A Personal Discovery of Modern Turkey
  
  Born in London to a Turkish mother and British father, Alev Scott moved to Istanbul to discover what it means to be Turkish in a country Read More »

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- Admiralty Chart 697 – Dominica
  
  NEW EDITION DUE 28/11/2019Admiralty standard nautical charts comply with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations and are ideal for professional, commercial and recreational use. Charts Read More »
- Lifeboat arrow diagonally down right (2019)
  
  Photoluminescent Vinyl – 200mm x 600mm.Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to source a full range of their products Read More »
- Istria: Recipes and Stories from the Hidden Heart of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia
  
  “`Istria` is testament to the idea that recipes are so much more than instructions, that they are accumulated layers of stories and histories, both personal and Read More »
- Syria: The Desert and the Sown
  
  “You may rely upon one thing – I`ll never engage in creating kings again; it`s too great a strain.”Gertrude Bell – traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy – Read More »
- The Lost Homestead: Mahatma Gandhi, my family and the legacy of empire
  
  On 3 June 1947, as British India descended into chaos, its division into two states was announced. For months the violence and civil unrest escalated. With Read More »

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- CHS Chart 4140 – Avon River and Approaches
  
  The official Canadian charts provide an excellent range of scales for the whole length of Canada`s coastline as well as the Grat Lakes and comply with Read More »
- Swimming: Vintage Minis
  
  Is there anything quite so exhilarating as swimming in wild water? This is a joyful swimming tour of Britain, a frog`s-eye view of the country`s best Read More »
- An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin`s Master Agent
  
  `The most formidable spy in history` IAN FLEMING`His work was impeccable` KIM PHILBY`The spy to end spies` JOHN LE CARREBorn of a German father and a Read More »
- Billionaire Boy`s Tremendous Times Tables Games
  
  A collection of fun and educational number games that will help children with their times tables. Read More »
- Queensland Hema
  
  Queensland at 1:2,500,000 in a series of road maps from Hema covering Australia’s states. On the reverse four map panels provide more detailed coverage, plus a Read More »