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Strange Maps

Spanning many centuries, all continents and the realms of outer space and the imagination, this collection of 138 unique graphics combines beautiful full-colour illustrations with quirky statistics and smart social commentary. The result is a distinctive illustrated guide to the world. Brimming with trivia, deadpan humour and idiosyncratic lore, Strange Maps is a fascinating tour of all things weird and wonderful in the world of cartography.

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- Welsh: The Biography
  
  A popular and “unashamedly pro-Welsh” history of Wales, with a strong focus on the pre-modern era. A lively and opinionated narrative is peppered with liberal quotation Read More »
- An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltaire De Cleyre
  
  `An American Anarchist` marked the trail historians of American anarchism are still following today: above all else, to understand anarchists as human beings. Narrative-driven like all Read More »
- Lonely Planet Best of Japan
  
  Lonely Planet Best of Japan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Read More »
- Sequoia – Kings Canyon National Parks CA
  
  Map No. 205, Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, CA, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national and state parks or forests Read More »
- Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon: Footsteps in the Forest
  
  Alfred Russel Wallace is justly famous for his discoveries in Southeast Asia, from where he wrote to Charles Darwin outlining his theory of evolution by natural Read More »
- Lago d`Iseo – Valle Trompia – Franciacorta Kompass 106
  
  Lago d`Iseo – Valle Trompia – Franciacorta area on a GPS compatible hiking and recreational map at 1:50,000 from Kompass on durable, waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic Read More »
- Atlas of the First World War
  
  From its origins to its terrible legacy, the tortuous course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 174 fascinating maps. Together Read More »
- Admiralty Chart 1001 – Rade and Port of Dakar
  
  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 »
- The Widow of Bath
  
  `There are a dozen clever deceptions in the book, twice as many as most writers would have given us.` – Julian Symons in Bloody MurderHugh Everton Read More »
- Brecon Beacons & Glamorgan Walks
  
  Pathfinder Brecon Beacons covering the Maen Madoc, Carn Goch and Carreg Cennen. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Brecon Beacons Read More »

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- Manchester: A Pocket Miscellany
  
  This is not a guide book. This little book brings together past and present to offer a taste of Manchester. Learn more about the movers and Read More »
- Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices from History
  
  Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, to Read More »
- Treasures
  
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- Poseidon`s Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality
  
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- The Most Beautiful Villages of Brittany
  
  This is one of the titles in the series The Most Beautiful Villages. The series celebrates the beauty of regional France through stunning colour photography. There Read More »

Our Picks
- How to Live Japanese
  
  From Miyazaki to mountains, sake to sparking joy, find your Zen and make time to learn about how to live Japanese. Whether it`s the cutting edge Read More »
- The Undercover Economist
  
  Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the Read More »
- Penguin`s Big Adventure
  
  One day, Penguin had a big idea. He wanted to do something no penguin had ever done. He wanted to be the first penguin ever to Read More »
- Casanova`s Return to Venice
  
  “His yearning for Venice, the city of his birth, grew so intense that, like a wounded bird slowly circling downwards in its death flight, he began Read More »
- NOAA Chart 13200 – Georges Bank and Nantucket Shoals
  
  NOAA maintains the nautical charts and publications for U.S. coasts and the Great Lakes. Over a thousand charts cover 95,000 miles of shoreline and 3.4 million Read More »

Monthly Choice
- Laguna Dalga CNIG Topo 232-1
  
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- Himalaya ITMB
  
  Himalayas at 1:1,300,000 from ITMB, providing coverage from Kabul and the Hindu Kush to the north-eastern states of India and eastern Tibet. The map is double-sided, Read More »
- Olanchungola
  
  Olanchungola, sheet no. 2787-08, in the topographic survey of Nepal at 1:50,000 published by the Nepali Government in the late 1990s and early 2000s and produced Read More »
- Cornwall Pevsner Architectural Guide
  
  Cornwall is a land apart, one which has had a strong sense of its separate identity throughout history. Here are some of the richest and best Read More »
- The Literature Book
  
  From Fitzgerald`s The Great Gatsby to Shelley`s Frankenstein, the Literature Book documents the greatest literature ever written. Featuring over 100 best-selling books, plays and poetry from Read More »