New in stock - March 2010

Whether you’re planning to explore the UK more in-depth, or venture further afield, we’ve got new books, guides and maps to desirable destinations all over the globe. From Hackney to Kyrgyzstan, and from the Russian Black Sea Coast to camping in France, we’ve got the latest information and cartography you could need. We can also keep the kids occupied with new picture books, plus perk up your bathroom with our latest shower curtain designs…

The London Underground Map Shower Curtain shows a an up-to-date (as of 2009) plan of London’s tube, DLR and overground network. While the London Photograph Shower Curtain shows an atmospheric black and white image of Whitehall, with a Trafalgar Square lion in the foreground and Big Ben in the background. Each curtain is made from 100% biodegradable PEVA vinyl that can be wiped clean with a damp cloth, measuring 183x183cm/ 72x72in.

Shower Curtain - London Underground Map
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Friuli Venezia Giulia, the north-eastern corner of Italy on a detailed, indexed road map at 1:150,000 from Tabacco with excellent presentation of the topography based on the publishers’ extensive series of hiking maps of the region. The map has contours at 100m intervals enhanced by relief shading, graphic for rock faces and colouring for forested areas, with plenty of peaks and names of valleys, plus boundaries of national parks and other protected areas.

Friuli Venezia Giulia
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Bishkek street plan at 1:20,000 from the Kyrgyzstani State Service of Geodesy and Cartography in an English language edition with an index including extensive lists of various places of interest and services, plus a list of old street names. The plan is very clearly laid out, with principal traffic arteries highlighted and main streets annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses.

Bishkek
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How the World Works is a hands-on guide for pre-secondary school aged children, designed to explain the fascinating mechanics of our amazing planet. The book is action packed, with engaging graphics and illustrations, pop-ups, pull tabs and quirky facts.

How the World Works
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Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair’s personal record of the area of London in which he has lived for forty years. Fusing fact and fiction, Sinclair seeks to document the traditional spirit of Hackney and to capture the essence of the place, as he has known it, before it succumbs to perfidious green papers, eco exaggerations, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park snapping at its heels.

Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire
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France Camping 2010 is Michelin’s French language selection of 2,600 campsites to suit all budgets and styles of camper. Camp site reviews contain details of rates, setting, facilities, recreational options and services. Reviews are in French only, but a thorough explanation of listings symbols and introductory information is also given in English.

Camping France 2010
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The Russian coast of the Black Sea from Anapa to the Georgian border in a 13-page, A5 paperback atlas from the Russian Army Cartographic Unit in Rostov-na-Donu with topographic mapping plus lists of hotels and other tourist accommodation. The atlas has contoured topographic mapping with spot heights and colouring and/or graphics to show different types of woodlands and other vegetation.

Russian Black Sea Coast
£6.95 In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours

Countryside is Time Out’s inspirational guide dedicated to exploring the best of Britain’s natural wonders and beauty spots. Destinations in England, Scotland and Wales are all included, highlighting the very best lakes and mountains, hills and valleys, woodlands and waterfalls, rivers and coastlines and more.

Countryside
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Peru at 1:1,500,000 on a large, indexed, double-sided map from Michelin with very clear presentation of the country’s topography, detailed grading of the road network, places of interest, plus a street plan of central Lima. The map divides the country north/south with a good overlap between the two sides. Coverage of the southern side includes Cordillera Blanca, so all the country’s most visited regions are presented on one side of the map.

Peru
£5.99 In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours

Beyond the Mountain is a personal and reflective account on climbing written by Steve House, the man Reinhold Messner regards as the best high-altitude climber in the world today. It is a window into the process of a man working to be the best he can at a heightened extreme of existence. Boardman Tasker Prize 2009 winner.

Beyond the Mountain
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