Philip's Driver's Atlas Britain 2007


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An excellent value atlas featuring fully updated cartography from Philip's digital database, which has been voted Britain's clearest and most detailed mapping in an independent consumer survey and now includes speed camera locations. This atlas includes all the mapping features normally included only in more expensive road atlases.The front section includes route-planner, distance table, legend, London street map, chart of motorway junctions with restricted access, and key map.The road map section includes 96 pages of large-scale mapping covering Britain at 3 miles to 1 inch (north Scotland at 4 miles to 1 inch), marking all fixed speed cameras as well as full road network and town and village details.The town plan section includes 53 town centre maps, marking car parks and places of interest.The comprehensive index includes 28,000 namesMain map scale: 3 miles to 1 inch




Philip's Road Atlas Britain 2007


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A new mid-format atlas featuring fully updated cartography from Philip's digital database, which has been voted Britain's clearest and most detailed mapping in an independent consumer survey.The 176 pages of road mapping are at the large scale of 3 miles to 1 inch (Scottish Highlands and Hebrides at 4 miles to 1 inch), and now includes speed camera locations. The mapping clearly marks service areas, roundabouts and multi-level junctions, and in rural areas distinguishes between roads above and below 4 metres wide - a boon for drivers of wide vehicles. Across the channel, a full page map shows Calais and Boulogne, and a double page map shows the full extent of the northern French coast including all ferry ports.The atlas also includes route-planning maps, M25 and M60 maps, full listings of fixed location speed cameras, distance table, 12 large-scale city approach maps with named arterial roads, 55 extra-detailed town and city plans, airport and port plans, and unique cross-Channel maps of Northern France.Main map scale: 3 miles to 1 inch




Multiscale Europe 2007


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A fully revised and improved new edition of Philip's ultra-clear best-selling road atlas of Europe. The continental road network is shown at four different scales from 1:250,000 to 1:4,000,000, with ultra-clear detailed mapping for urban areas.Now with scenic routes highlighted, theme parks and World Heritage sites shown, and larger-scale mapping of Scandinavia, Greece and western Turkey.This atlas gives more for leisure travellers than any comparable product, plus a unique fact-finder giving key statistics, currency and recent events for each country. Up-to-date driving regulations, including speed limits, for every country in Europe Listings for ski resorts and top visitor attractions, country by country 15 pages of route-planning maps which enable journeys of over 1,200 miles to be planned without turning a page. 103 pages of clear, detailed road maps, with scenic routes highlighted and toll, toll-free and pre-pay motorways all clearly marked. 24 large-scale urban area maps for Europe's largest cities 41 city centre plans marking historic buildings and tourist attractions as well as car parks, head post offices and other facilities.Main map scale: 1: 1 000 000




Drivers of Change


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The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor.




How to Get More from Your Satnav


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Do you use a satnav or smartphone satnav app? If so, How to Get More from Your Satnav is for you? This unique exploration of the satnav, by an experienced professional driver, provides a penetrating analysis of the difficulties and problems associated with using it. In addition, a wealth of practical advice is offered and many fascinating insights. The 'bells and whistles' associated with satnavs are avoided and instead author Bob Scanlon concentrates on straightforward road navigation. The problem of arriving at the wrong destination is given an in-depth consideration and a simple practical solution offered. Route planning is explored and a range of techniques are proposed to help. Pointers are provided to advanced routing. How you use your satnav on the move is a much neglected area of concern and guidance and advice is provided here too. A review of a high specification satnav with HD live traffic is included and lastly, the satnav as a concept is evaluated. This is a sorely needed contribution to the practice of road navigation and provides an invaluable guide to getting more from your satnav.




Handbook of Forensic Medicine


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Forensic Medicine encompasses all areas in which medicine and law interact. This book covers diverse aspects of forensic medicine including forensic pathology, traumatology and violent death, sudden and unexpected death, clinical forensic medicine, toxicology, traffic medicine, identification, haemogenetics and medical law. A knowledge of all these subdisciplines is necessary in order to solve routine as well as more unusual cases. Taking a comprehensive approach the book m.oves beyond a focus on forensic pathology to include clinical forensic medicine and forensic toxicology. All aspects of forensic medicine are covered to meet the specialist needs of daily casework. Aspects of routine analysis and quality control are addressed in each chapter. The book provides coverage of the latest developments in forensic molecular biology, forensic toxicology, molecular pathology and immunohistochemistry. A must-have reference for every specialist in the field this book is set to become the bench-mark for the international forensic medical community.







Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland: 2nd edition


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The fully revised and expanded second edition of the ground-breaking book that made the fascinating micro-moth group accessible to the general naturalist. Written by a team of moth experts under the editorship of Phil Sterling, this is a complete guide to all the micro-moth families found in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Channel Islands. Species descriptions include field characters, similar species, flight season, habitat, larval foodplants, status and distribution. The introduction covers identifying, studying and finding micro-moths, including field techniques. Also included are innovative keys to families and genera. The second edition covers a total of 1,300 species, with more than 1,500 detailed photographs and artworks, and 900 updated species distribution maps. Names and species order have been revised to reflect the latest published taxonomy and common names have also been added, making this a must-have introduction to British microlepidoptera.




Tourism: The Key Concepts


Book Description

Tourism: The Key Concepts offers a comprehensive collection of the most frequently used and studied concepts in the subject of tourism. Within the text key terms, concepts, typologies and frameworks are examined in the context of the broader social sciences, blending together theory and practice to explore the scope of the subject. Terms covered include: Ethical Tourism LGBT Tourism Hospitality Mobility Authenticity Quality Management Destination Management Geographies of Tourism Planning Sociology in Tourism Society and Culture Tourism Strategy Each entry contextualises, defines and debates the concept discussed, providing an excellent starting point for those studying tourism for the first time, and a quick reference for those who are more experienced. With case studies, examples and further reading throughout, this text will be invaluable for all undergraduate and postgraduate tourism students.




Criminology


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The new edition of Criminology: A Sociological Introduction builds on the success of the first edition and now includes two new chapters: Crime, Place and Space, and Histories of Crime. More than a collection of orthodox thinking, this fully revised and updated textbook is also ground in original research, and offers a clear and insightful introduction to the key topics studied in undergraduate criminology courses, including crime trends, from historical overview to recent crime patterns criminal justice system, including policing and prisons ways of thinking about crime and control, from the origins of criminology to contemporary theories research methods used by criminologists new topics within criminology including terrorism, cybercrime, human rights, and emotion The book is packed with contemporary international case studies and has a lively 2 colour text design to aid student revision. Specially designed to be accessible and user-friendly, the new edition is also supported by a fully interactive companion website which offers exclusive access to British Crime Survey data, as well as other student and lecturer resources.




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