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Australia: Rough Guide Map As with our city map series, Rough Guide Country and Regional Maps are printed on waterproof and «rip-proof» polyart paper, They offer an unbeatable combination of practicality, clarity of design and amazing value. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map Barcelona Designed to be tough and immensely practical, as well as amazingly good value, the new Rough Guide Maps forge a new standard in city maps. Apart from travel information, and the city's sites, monuments and attractions, the Maps show every shop, restaurant, bar and hotel listed in the Rough Guide travel guide to the city in question, together with their opening times and, in many cases, phone numbers. Each map covers the main area of the city on one side and an enlarged downtown city centre map on the reverse. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map Berlin Designed to be tough and immensely practical, as well as amazingly good value, the new Rough Guide Maps forge a new standard in city maps. Apart from travel information, and the city's sites, monuments and attractions, the Maps show every shop, restaurant, bar and hotel listed in the Rough Guide travel guide to the city in question, together with their opening times and, in many cases, phone numbers. Each map covers the main area of the city on one side and an enlarged downtown city centre map on the reverse. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map California The Rough Guide Map of California is the most comprehensive map to this spectacular destination. California is a hugely popular destination for independent travellers and fly-drive packages. The state is blessed with fine weather, sweeping beaches, a dramatically picturesque interior and the best-known coastal freeway in North America, Route 1, connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco along the rugged coastline of Big Sur. The scale of 1:800,000 (1 inch: 12.6 miles) provides enough detail to include even the minor roads whilst being manageable for use in the car or whilst walking. Подробнее

Map Czech Republic An indispensable companion to this country of inspiring landscapes and rich culture. The map covers every corner, taking in the handsome architecture of Prague to the spa towns of West Bohemia and the alpine splendour of the high Tatra mountains. for those travelling by car, there is detail of the road surfaces, distances between towns, road numbers, petrol stations and places of interest from castles to viewpoints. For the visitor reliant on public transport, the map details train lines and stations. The scale of 1:350,000 allows for details of the smallest hamlet and unsurfaced track or path, enabling the visitor to get off the beaten path without getting lost. Подробнее

Egypt: Rough Guide Map As with our city map series, Rough Guide Country and Regional Maps are printed on waterproof and «rip-proof» polyart paper, They offer an unbeatable combination of practicality, clarity of design and amazing value. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map Florida Florida is the most popular holiday destination in North America. The Rough Guide Map of Florida is the perfect companion to any trip whether on foot or driving. The map covers the state in detail, from cosmopolitan Miami to Orlando's theme parks and historic St Augustine to the palm-fringed sands of the Florida Keys. The Rough Guide Map pinpoints all the essential attractions, from John F. Kennedy Space Centre to Universal Studios and transport links, from petrol stations to airports. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map London The 2nd edition Rough Guide Map London combines clear modern mapping and bang-up-to-date research, and is the essential companion to anyone travelling around this vibrant city. The Rough Guide Map pinpoints the best the city has to offer, from the London Eye to St Paul's Cathedral. The useful 'Time Map' charts the opening days and times of all the city's sights. The map's detailed transport information and clear layout will help you make the most of the tubes, buses and taxis which serve the city. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map Madrid The Rough Guide Map Madrid is the indestructible and essential companion to this lively and vibrant city. The map provides a highly legible guide to the city's streets, pinpointing places of note for the first-time visitor as well as hidden gems for frequent visitors. More than just a map, there are listings of the best places to stay, eat and drink, as researched by the Rough Guide to Madrid author. There is also a full street index and a 'Time Map' outlining opening hours to help plan your day and avoid wasted trips to closed attractions. There is also a comprehensive public transport map to help the visitor master the network of metro lines and bus routes. Подробнее

The Rough Guide Map Prague Designed to be tough and immensely practical, as well as amazingly good value, the new Rough Guide Maps forge a new standard in city maps. Apart from travel information, and the city's sites, monuments and attractions, the Maps show every shop, restaurant, bar and hotel listed in the Rough Guide travel guide to the city in question, together with their opening times and, in many cases, phone numbers. Each map covers the main area of the city on one side and an enlarged downtown city centre map on the reverse. Подробнее

The Minotaur

Barbara Vine, 2008

Kerstin Kvist enters crumbling Lydstep Old Hall to live with the Cosways and to act as nurse to John: a grown man fed drugs by his family to control his lunatic episodes. But John's strangeness is grotesquely mirrored in that of his four sisters who roam the dark, mazy Essex country house under the strict gaze of eighty-year-old Mrs Cosway. Despite being treated as an outsider, Kerstin is nevertheless determined to help John. But she soon discovers that there are others in the family who are equally as determined that John remain isolated, for sinister reasons of their own ... Подробнее

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Abbey E., 2008

Audacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece — a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom and commitment that ignited the flames of environmental activism. Throughout the vast American West, nature is being vicitimized by a Big Government / Big Business conspiracy of bridges, dams and concrete. But a motley gang of individuals has decided that enough is enough, A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor and a polygamist join forces in a noble cause: to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise. Подробнее

Motorworld

Clarkson Jeremy, 2006

In a revamped, refreshed and expanded edition, Motorworld appears in paperback for the first time. From Iceland to Australia, Clarkson travels the world exploring car culture. This is comic travel writing at its laugh-out-loud funniest. Подробнее

Mr Maybe

Green Jane

When she meets Nick, lovely, funny, handsome Nick, there has to be a catch. Nick has problems with money and commitment: it seems you can't have everything. Wealthy investment banker Ed, on the other hand, could be the answer and he seems to be crazy about Libby. Can she overlook his irritating habits, and his even more irritating moustache, and find true love? Libby has some serious choices to make. Can she make the right ones? Подробнее

Mr Midshipman Hornblower

Forester C.S., 2006

1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command… As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty’s navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. With a character-forming duel, several chases and some strange tavern encounters, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea. This is the first of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower. Подробнее

Mr Peabody's Apples by Madonna

Madonna, 2006

The second picture book from Madonna with beautiful artwork by American artist Loren Long. Tommy Tittlebottom sees Mr Peabody taking an apple from Mr Funkadeli's fruit market and is very surprised that he doesn't pay. Then Tommy sees it happen again and decides that Mr Peabody is a thief. Word spreads quickly around the town. When Mr Peabody arrives at the baseball ground, ready for the usual Saturday game, only Billy Little turns up and he soon explains what has happened. It is then up to Mr Peabody to teach Tommy about the importance of truth and the power of words. Подробнее

Mrs Dalloway (The Hours)

Woolf Virginia

On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway, the glittering wife of a Member of Parliament, is preparing for a grand party that evening. As she walks through London, buying flowers, observing life, her thoughts are in the past, and she remembers the time when she was as young as her own daughter Elizabeth; her romance with Peter Walsh, now recently returned from India; and the friends of her youth. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is being driven mad by shell shock. As the day draws to its end, his world and Clarissa's collide in unexpected ways. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Dalloway is the central feature in the hugely successful film The Hours starring Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf. The feature film The Hours is three linked stories, each of which takes place in one day in the life of a particular woman: a modern-day Clarissa Dalloway played by Meryl Streep, a wife and mother in Los Angeles just after World War II played by Julianne Moore, and Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) the day she started writing Mrs. Dalloway. Подробнее

The Mummy Diaries

Johnson Rachel

Rachel Johnson's hilarious take on life as a yummy mummy in West London and on Exmoor has been making her newspaper readers chortle for the last couple of years: now they are seamlessly turned into a diary of her year, from the dog's birthday party in January (games of Paws-the-Parcel) to the June sports days (where the mummies turn up at the school sports day in sports bras and running shorts with little back packs containing high energy drinks — and that's just for them) to summer on Exmoor hosting demanding visiting ponies. Подробнее

Music For Chameleons

Capote Truman, 2008

At the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven ‘conversational portraits’ including a touching one of Marilyn Monroe, the ‘beautiful child’ and a hilarious one of a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York. Подробнее

My Family And Other Animals

Durrell Gerald

Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family — acne ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog — take off for the island of Corfu. In a series of colourful villas, the yellow to accommodate friends, the white to avoid having to put up family, the Durrells give a sometimes reluctant home to a trail of local fauna, among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm, this is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. Подробнее

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