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82) Terrible Maps
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Ever wondered about the average jean colour across the United States? Or what 'pedestrians' look like in Denmark? What unites Brokenwind, Upton Snodsbury and Crackpot? And have you ever tried to take a train in Antarctica? Well is the book for you! Put together by the creator behind the tremendously popular social media feed, this is the ultimate humour book for the budding geographer in your life. From countries that eat their national animals to...
83) The crimson skew
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Mapmakers volume 3
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
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2016.
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In a world transformed by 1799's Great Disruption--when all of the continents were flung into different time periods, Sophia Tims journeys home to Boston, anticipating her runion with Theo, but he has been conscripted to fight inthe Western War, Prime Minister Broadgirldle's twisted vision of Manifest Destiny.
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Cool Maps and Geocaching makes the great outdoors fun and exciting. Learn the fun of geocaching. What to put in a secret cache, where to hide it. Create your own compass to find a cache and write in an adventure journal. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Plus, it's written just for kids! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
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Del aborto al trabajo sexual y la trata, de la violencia de género a los techos de cristal impuestos para los altos cargos a las mujeres, de la madre trabajadora a la decadencia de la "familia tipo", de la literatura feminista al deporte, la música y el humor, El Atlas de la revolución de las mujeres ofrece, de la mano de las mejores especialistas, una mirada panorámica, profunda y crítica, de un mundo donde la dominación patriarcal sigue estando...
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Travel destinations are best planned with professionals. Professionals will help you plan your events; find the best hotels, places of interest, etc. In addition, travel experts will locate the cheapest packages available to help you save money.Regardless of where you want to go, you can find assistance online to help you plan your trip.Online packages include Africa safaris, Nile River cruises, Australia vacations, paradise vacations, family vacations,...
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This is the tale of an extraordinary adventure, completing the circuit of the Swiss border on foot, by bike and kayak, following the line of the frontier as closely as possible. A total distance of close to 2'500 km, and 120'000 vertical metres (about 13 times the height of Everest!) covered in 115 days in 2015 and 2016, in sometimes dangerous conditions off the beaten track. In this time the author scaled just over a hundred summits and an equivalent...
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The Sky Atlas unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during humankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography-a glorious art often overlooked by modern map books-as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogs, antique instruments, and other curiosities.
This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the...
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Atlas of World Religions is newly, built from the ground up. Featuring more than fifty new maps, graphics, and timelines, the atlas is an immensely helpful companion to any study of world religions. Concise, helpful text written by acknowledged authorities guides the experience and interprets the visuals.
Consciously written for students at any level, the volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses. The atlas...
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World between blinks volume 2
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When Jake and Marisol return unexpectedly to the World Between Blinks, they find that nothing is as they left it. The Administrator is on an unstoppable mission, ordering his Curators to catalog absolutely everyone and everything as if they're exhibits in a museum. With rebels like Amelia Earhart and Queen Nefertiti facing the threat of their hourglasses of memories being flipped, Jake and Marisol, along with Marisol's big brother, Victor, must...
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World between blinks volume 1
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"Whenever Jake and Marisol get together, adventure follows. They have their late Nana to thank for that. Her epic trips and treasure hunts were legendary. With the whole family reuniting for one last summer vacation at Nana's home, the cousins are prepared for an extraordinary trip of their own. Following a map Nana left behind, Jake and Marisol sneak out to a nearby lighthouse--then accidentally slip into another world! The World Between Blinks is...
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Finding your way around the various regions of Japan is a breeze with this handy Tuttle Japan Traveler's Atlas. Designed for the adventurous traveler and containing all the maps you'll need on your explorations, this atlas includes many views that are not available anywhere else.
The atlas is conveniently divided into the major regions of Japan: Tokyo Mt. Fuji & Around Tokyo Central Honshu Kyoto Kansai Hiroshima & Western Honshu Northern Honshu Hokkaido...
96) Osaka Travel Map
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The Osaka Travel Map from Periplus is designed as a convenient, easy-to-use tool for travelers. Created using durable coated paper, this map is made to open and fold multiple times, whether it's the entire map that you want to view or one panel at a time. Following highways and byways, this map will show you how to maneuver your way to banks, gardens, hotels, golf courses, museums, monuments, restaurants, churches and temples, movie theaters, shopping...
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Warfare in the Medieval World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe in the period between the fall of Rome and the introduction of reliable gunpowder weapons during the Thirty Years War. Through an exploration of thirty-three selected battles, military historian Brian Todd Carey surveys the changing tactical relationships between the four weapon systems-heavy and light infantry and heavy and...
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Extrait: "On trouvera sans doute très naturel que l'auteur commence par un appel à l'indulgence, qu'il s'excuse en quelque sorte de s'être occupé des Embellissements de Paris, alors que le canon élève sa grosse vois, qui retentit dans le coeur des mère, et que tous les yeux, fixés sur la carte d'Italie, suivent anxieusement les glorieuses étapes que nos braves jeunes soldats arrosent de leur sang."
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Don't just walk on the wild side - hike, climb, cycle, surf and even parachute. Lonely Planet's Atlas of Adventure is an encyclopedia for thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies, featuring the best outdoor experiences, country-by-country, across the world - making it the ultimate introduction to an exciting new world of adventure. There are numerous ways to explore our planet and the Atlas of Adventure showcases as many of them as possible in over 150...
100) Secret Marvels of the World: 360 extraordinary places you never knew existed and where to find them
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Featuring communist bunkers, burning gas craters and at least one sponge-rock fluorescent grotto built by Polish monks, this book reveals weird and wonderful sights the crowds don't reach. We've all heard of India's Taj Mahal, but what about Karna Mata Temple? It's a building teeming with rats so revered they enjoy A-list treatment with daily offerings of milk and fruit. It's no secret that visitors to Berlin can see parts of its infamous Wall still...
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