Human Geography of the UK


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`Using up-to-date data, modern cartographic methods, and an approach that addresses students' everyday lives, Danny Dorling has produced an engaging introduction to the contemporary geography of the UK. It will be the focus of many lively discussions of patterns and trends’ - Ron Johnston, School of Geography, University of Bristol Using statistics from many sources in an engaging and accessible way, Human Geography of the UK is written from the perspective of a beginning undergraduate, it's objective is to define the key elements of population geography and show how they fit together. Highly visual – with maps and figures on every page – the text uses different data to describe the social landscape of the United Kingdom. Organized in ten short thematic chapters, explaining the nuts and bolts of population, including: birth, inequality; education; mobility; work; and mortality. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UK in global context. Human Geography of the UK features practical exercises, and clear summaries in tables and specially drawn maps.




Great Britain A-Z Super Scale Road Atlas 2022 (A3 Spiral)


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Large scale, spiral bound road atlas at A3 size has been fully revised and updated. It contains 176 pages of clear detailed road mapping at a mainland map scale of 2.5 miles to 1 inch. This large format road atlas includes the following; - 11 pages of main route mapping covering Greater London, Birmingham and Manchester - Route planning map - Mileage chart with average journey times - Information on motorway junctions with limited interchanges - 70 city and town centre street plans - 16 port and airport plans - Channel Tunnel terminus maps - Index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets, major destinations and selected places of interest with postcodes for sat-nav use - Map reference information also in French and German Instantly recognizable and easy to use, A-Z road mapping includes the following features: Clear standard road classification colors for easy identification, Full motorway junction detail, Under construction and proposed roads, Primary route destinations, Service areas Selected truckstop locations, National and county boundaries and A wide range of tourist and ancillary information, including Blue Flag Beaches.A combination of a great map scale, large book size and a spiral binding makes this a popular choice for those wanting superb map clarity in an easy to keep open publication.




Philip's Navigator Scotland


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Philip's Navigator Scotland is part of a series of Navigator regional road atlases. The Navigator maps provide highly detailed coverage of the region's road network, including minor country lanes and rural tracks. In this atlas, much of the Central Lowlands and Scottish Borders are shown at 1.5 miles to 1 inch, while the rest of Scotland is shown at 3 miles to 1 inch. There is an abundance of other detail, including hundreds of individually named farms, houses and hamlets. Also shown are airports, airfields, stations, ferries, canals, marinas, and a wide range of places of interest. There are also useful details of many services that may be needed while travelling, such as tourist information centres. The atlas has a comprehensive index and includes indexed town plans of major regional centres. The front of the atlas contains a 15-page guide to regional leisure with full details of places of interest, such as castles, houses, cathedrals and museums, plus guides to nature reserves, parks and gardens, and listings of a wide variety of activities from abseiling to yachting. The atlas is designed with the leisure user particularly in mind, and is ideal for touring with its large scale and wealth of travel information. The exceptional detail also makes the atlas ideal for local business use, such as planning and delivery driving.




The Lost Continent


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"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series of horrific burgs, which he renamed Smellville, Fartville, Coleslaw, Coma, and Doldrum. At best his search led him to Anywhere, USA, a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by obese and slow-witted hicks with a partiality for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost: lost to itself because he found it blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country.




Concise Atlas of the World


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The newest concise atlas, conveniently sized and remarkably affordable, is the same exceptional map quality as seen in Oxford's larger Atlas of the World. This second edition features hundreds of changes in boundaries and place names, with full-color maps of every corner of the globe. A 48-page U.S. map section, world statistics and survey data, and more are also included.




2022 Large Scale Road Atlas


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Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. This updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset and national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction and conditions contact information for every state conveniently located on map pages. Contains mileage chart showing distances between 77 North American cities and national parks with driving times map. Tough spiral binding allows the book to lay open easily. Other Features: Rand McNally presents The National Parks by Decade, a review of park history that begins more than a century ago, with the first wild and wonderful place to achieve park status---Yellowstone. Tourism websites and phone numbers for every U.S. state and Canadian province on map pages. Spiral Binding. Dimensions: 10.375 x 15.375




Philip's Navigator Camping and Caravanning Atlas of Britain


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THE MUST-HAVE ATLAS OF BRITAIN FOR CAMPING, CARAVANNING AND MOTORHOMES 'A map that beats all others' - The Daily Telegraph 'Scale, accuracy and clarity are without parallel' - Driving Magazine 'No. 1 in the UK for clear maps' - Independent research survey The lure of the open road and British countryside has never waned and the appeal of independent exploration has surely grown in recent years. However, the adventurous need practical information about what lies ahead - from bridge heights, widths and weights to places to stop and enjoy. Philip's Navigator Camping and Caravanning Atlas of Britain is the No. 1 Choice of Road Atlas for the independent travelling motorist and camper van owner. * Scale: 1.5 miles to 1 inch = 1:100,000 (Northern Scotland: 3 miles to 1 inch = 1:200,000) * Over 1,880 approved campsites located, plus essential advice from The Camping and Caravanning Club * Includes essential information for caravanning motorists: 6000 bridge height limits, 1500 bridge weight limits and 260 bridge width limits - No other road atlas of Britain offers this level of detail and clarity - Britain's best road mapping in a great spiral format - Every street in Britain is marked on the maps - Over 3000 main roads named - 100 indexed town-centre maps plus approaches to 12 major urban areas - Super-detailed 6-page route-planning section - Exceptional road detail, from motorways to country lanes, with every junction, roundabout and slip-road shown - Thousands of individually named farms, houses and hamlets Philip's Navigator Camping and Caravanning Atlas of Britain includes a special feature by The Friendly Club, which is packed with essential camping and caravanning information.










Philip's Navigator Britain


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PHILIP'S NAVIGATOR ROAD ATLASES - THE UK'S BEST-SELLING ROAD ATLASES. 'A map that beats all others' The Daily Telegraph 'Scale, accuracy and clarity are without parallel' Driving Magazine 'No.1 in the UK for clear maps' Independent research survey The No.1 Choice of Road Atlas for the serious motorist. - Scale: 1.5 miles to 1 inch = 1:100,000 (Northern Scotland: 3 miles to 1 inch = 1:200,000) - Britain's best road mapping in a practical spiral format. - No other road atlas of Britain offers this level of detail and clarity - Super-detailed 6-page route-planning section. - Every street in Britain marked on the maps. - Over 3000 roads named. - 100 indexed town-centre maps plus approaches maps to 12 major urban areas. - Exceptional road detail, from motorways to country lanes, with every junction, roundabout and slip-road shown. - Thousands of individually named farms, houses and hamlets. - 412 pages Available in a robust flexiback binding, Philip's Navigator Britain is widely used by professional drivers and the emergency services, including national police training, and is recommended in the motoring press and national newspapers.