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The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition (Hardcover): Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson The World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition (Hardcover)
Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson
R1,754 R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Save R286 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

2020 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER JANCIS ROBINSON - 2020 JAMES BEARD COOKBOOK HALL OF FAME HONOREE "The most useful single volume on wine ever published... If I owned only one wine book, it would be this one." - Andrew Jefford, Decanter A major new edition of this landmark wine book that has sold 4.7 million copies worldwide. Few wine books can be called classic, but the first edition of The World Atlas of Wine made publishing history when it appeared in 1971. It is recognized by critics as the essential and most authoritative wine reference work available. This eighth edition will bring readers, both old and new, up to date with the world of wine. To reflect all the changes in the global wine scene over the past six years, the Atlas has grown in size to 416 pages and 22 new maps have been added to the wealth of superb cartography in the book. The text has been given a complete overhaul to address the topics of most vital interest to today's wine-growers and drinkers. With beautiful photography throughout, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, the world's most respected wine-writing duo, have once again joined forces to create a classic that no wine lover can afford to be without. "The World Atlas of Wine is the single most important reference book on the shelf of any wine student." - Eric Asimov, New York Times "Like a good bottle of wine, you'll find yourself going back to it again and again... Perfect for anyone who has a thirst for greater wine knowledge." - Edward Deitch, NBC/today.com "The World Atlas of Wine belongs on your shelf... The essential rootstock of any true wine lover's library. A multi-layered snapshot of wine and how it has evolved." - Dave McIntyre, Washington Post A "masterwork" and a "must-have" - Food & Wine Winner Andre Simon Award Best Drinks Book of 2019 Shortlisted for the Louis Roederer Wine Book of the Year 2020

Place-Name Changes, 1900-1991 (Paperback): Adrian Room Place-Name Changes, 1900-1991 (Paperback)
Adrian Room
R1,749 Discovery Miles 17 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

New in paperback! This new and revised edition of Place-Name Changes Since 1900, originally published in 1979, contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries. Much has changed in the world in the 13 years that have passed since the original work appeared, and the new edition takes full account of recent developments in Germany, the former Soviet Union, and other East European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. An appendix gives the official names of countries of the world as of January 1, 1992. The bibliography has been updated and enlarged. Now more than ever, the work will prove an essential reference tool for all those who wish to keep abreast with the latest developments on the world stage. Cloth edition previously published in 1993. Paperback edition available August 2002.

The State of the World Atlas (Paperback, 8th edition): Dan Smith The State of the World Atlas (Paperback, 8th edition)
Dan Smith
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over 50 full-colour world maps and graphics break down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling analysis of all the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night.* The world's car population has grown five times as fast as the human population over the last 50 years.* Wal-Mart's sales revenue exceeds the GDP of 150 countries.* Climate change may put 2.7 billion at risk of armed conflict.* Germany generates more tourists than anywhere else.* Americans use 160 times more water than people in Rwanda.If you want to get behind the headlines and understand the world - from urbanization to globalization, terrorism to tourism, military spending to human rights - The State of the World Atlas is unmatched.

Brutalist Berlin Map - Brutalismus-stadtplan Berlin (English, German, Sheet map, folded): Felix Torkar Brutalist Berlin Map - Brutalismus-stadtplan Berlin (English, German, Sheet map, folded)
Felix Torkar; Photographs by Felix Torkar; Series edited by Derek Lamberton
R272 R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Save R27 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Brooklyn By Name - How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names (Paperback): Leonard Benardo,... Brooklyn By Name - How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names (Paperback)
Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss
R557 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How the places in Brooklyn got their names--complete with vivid photographs and maps From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn By Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough's textured past. Listing more than 500 of Brooklyn's most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, and richly illustrated with photographs and current maps the book captures the diverse threads of American history. We learn about the Canarsie Indians, the region's first settlers, whose language survives in daily traffic reports about the Gowanus Expressway. The arrival of the Dutch West India Company in 1620 brought the first wave of European names, from Boswijck ("town in the woods," later Bushwick) to Bedford-Stuyvesant, after the controversial administrator of the Dutch colony, to numerous places named after prominent Dutch families like the Bergens. The English takeover of the area in 1664 led to the Anglicization of Dutch names, (vlackebos, meaning "wooded plain," became Flatbush) and the introduction of distinctively English names (Kensington, Brighton Beach). A century later the American Revolution swept away most Tory monikers, replacing them with signers of the Declaration of Independence and international figures who supported the revolution such as Lafayette (France), De Kalb (Germany), and Kosciuszko (Poland). We learn too of the dark corners of Brooklyn"s past, encountering over 70 streets named for prominent slaveholders like Lefferts and Lott but none for its most famous abolitionist, Walt Whitman. From the earliest settlements to recent commemorations such as Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn By Name tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint on this polyethnic borough that was once almost disastrously renamed "New York East." Ideal for all Brooklynites, newcomers, and visitors, this book includes: *Over 500 entries explaining the colorful history of Brooklyn's most prominent place names *Over 100 vivid photographs of Brooklyn past and present *9 easy to follow and up-to-date maps of the neighborhoods *Informative sidebars covering topics like Ebbets Field, Lindsay Triangle, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge *Covers all neighborhoods, easily find the street you're on

An Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall - 1:25000 Scale Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised Ed): An Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall - 1:25000 Scale Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised Ed)
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Please note: This product is a map. It was more than just a wall: it was a whole military zone designed to control movement across the northern frontier of the Roman province of Britannia. Great earthwork barriers survive, along with the remains of forts and temporary camps; watch-towers and fortified gates; civilian settlements, temples, cemeteries, bath-houses, roads and bridges. Stretching across the spine of England from the North-East coast to the Irish Sea, the line of the frontier extends for over 100 miles through every type of landscape: from the streets of urban Tyneside, through arable fields; along the crags of the wild Whin Sill; to the sands of the Solway, and down the coast of Cumbria. Drawing upon the extensive expertise and unrivalled archives of English Heritage, and those of its partners, this map depicts the fruits of modern archaeological research: in field survey, geophysics, excavation, and the analysis of aerial photographs. Using Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 data - the ideal scale for walkers - this revised new map shows with great clarity all the elements of Hadrian's Wall, and distinguishes between those features that are visible and those that have been levelled through time. A brief text explains the remains on the ground, and how to use the map to find them - including the museums and the best places to visit. This World Heritage Site is now more accessible than ever before, so see the landscape through new eyes.

The Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge (Paperback, New): MA Zook The Geography of the Internet Industry: Venture Capital, Dot-coms, and Local Knowledge (Paperback, New)
MA Zook
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry. It presents the first accurate map of Internet domains in the world, by country, by region, by city, and for the United States, by neighborhood.
Demonstrates the extraordinary spatial concentration of the Internetindustry.
Explains the geographic features of the high tech venture capital behind the Internet economy.
Demonstrates how venture capitalists' abilities to create and use tacit knowledge contributes to the clustering of the internet industry
Draws on in-depth interviews and field work in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City.

The Geography of the Internet Industry (Hardcover, New): MA Zook The Geography of the Internet Industry (Hardcover, New)
MA Zook
R2,707 Discovery Miles 27 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This groundbreaking book analyses the geography of the commercial Internet industry. It presents the first accurate map of Internet domains in the world, by country, by region, by city, and for the United States, by neighborhood.
Demonstrates the extraordinary spatial concentration of the Internetindustry.
Explains the geographic features of the high tech venture capital behind the Internet economy.
Demonstrates how venture capitalists' abilities to create and use tacit knowledge contributes to the clustering of the internet industry
Draws on in-depth interviews and field work in San Francisco Bay Area and New York City.

Illustrated Ivy (Sheet map, folded): Herb Lester Associates Illustrated Ivy (Sheet map, folded)
Herb Lester Associates
R321 R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Routledge Revivals: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) (Paperback): Michael Freeman, Derek Aldcroft Routledge Revivals: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) (Paperback)
Michael Freeman, Derek Aldcroft
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in diagrammatic form and provide a wealth of information rarely available to the student of railway history. Freeman and Aldcroft provide the basis for a new understanding of the way in which the railways transformed Britain by the scale of their engineering works, by shrinking national space and reorganising the layouts of urban areas. Maps show the evolution of early wagon routes into the first railway routes, the frenetic activity of the 'Railway Mania' years, and the consolidation of these lines into a national network. This exciting presentation of railway development will interest the enthusiast as well as the more general student of British transport history.

The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Martin Gilbert The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Martin Gilbert
R4,493 Discovery Miles 44 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War, Martin Gilbert graphically charts the war's political, military, economic and social history through 257 illuminating maps. The atlas covers all the major events from the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the defeat of Japan in August 1945. Focusing on the human - and inhuman - aspects of the war, The Routledge Atlas of the Second World War includes examination of: military, naval and air campaigns on all the war fronts the war on land, at sea and in the air the economic and social aspects of the war the global nature of the war, in armed combat and in suffering the impact of the war on civilians, both under occupation, and as deportees and refugees the aftermath of the war: post-war political and national boundaries; war graves; and the human cost of the war on every continent. This paperback edition includes several updates to existing maps, as well as ten new maps, specially drawn for this edition. The new maps include examinations of Japanese- American and African- American soldiers serving with the United States Army, British women special agents, Belgium at War, and the German occupation of the Channel Islands.

Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer: Utah (Paperback): Rand McNally Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer: Utah (Paperback)
Rand McNally
R683 R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Save R116 (17%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Atlas of Extinct Countries (Paperback): Gideon Defoe An Atlas of Extinct Countries (Paperback)
Gideon Defoe
R464 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Historical Atlas of Indonesia (Hardcover): Robert Cribb Historical Atlas of Indonesia (Hardcover)
Robert Cribb
R4,400 Discovery Miles 44 000 Ships in 9 - 17 working days


This pioneering volume traces the history of the region which became Indonesia, from early times to the present day, in over three hundred specially drawn full-colour maps with detailed accompanying text. In doing so, the Atlas brings fresh life to the fascinating and tangled history of this immense archipelago. Beginning with the geographical and ecological forces which have shaped the physical form of the archipelago, the Historical Atlas of Indonesia goes on to chart early human migration and the changing distribution of ethnic groups. It traces the kaleidoscopic pattern of states in early Indonesia and their gradual incorporation into the Netherlands Indies and eventually into the Republic of Indonesia.

Atlas of Changing South Africa (Hardcover, 2nd edition): A.J. Christopher Atlas of Changing South Africa (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
A.J. Christopher
R5,843 Discovery Miles 58 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the first edition was published in 1994 as "The Atlas of Apartheid", there has been enormous change in South Africa. Gradually apartheid is being dismantled but in many sectors the effects have not yet been reversed. In this revised edition, A.J. Christopher examines the spatial impact of apartheid during the period of National Government from 1948 to 1994, and the legacy it has left for South Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. Apartheid was about the control of space and specific places. Intent upon maintaining white minority rule, despite local and international resistance, the government thought in terms of drawing lines on maps and on the ground to separate the South African peoples into discrete, legally defined groups in a classic example of divide-and-rule. Segregation operated at many levels and on many scales, from "petty apartheid" exemplified by separate entrances to buildings and residential areas to "grand apartheid" involving separate nation-states.; It is remarkable that those structures associated with petty and grand apartheid have been dismantled very rapidly, but those associated with the ownership and occupation of land have been extremely persist

Handbook of Geographical Nicknames (Paperback): Harold S. Sharp Handbook of Geographical Nicknames (Paperback)
Harold S. Sharp
R1,330 Discovery Miles 13 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

New in Paper Can you identify the "Bride of the Adriatic"?, the "Home of Bock Beer"?, the "Eye of Greece"?, the "Home of the Great Bed"?, the "Sick Man of Europe"? These nicknames and many others appellations of countries, cities, mountains, rivers, capes and places of historical interest are identified in Harold Sharp's concise but thorough volume. Arranged in one alphabetical listing, the book includes nicknames cross-referenced to the official name of each unit, shown as a main entry. Handbook of Geographical Nicknames will be of use to students of geography and reference librarians in both academic and public libraries since it brings together in one volume difficult-to-locate information scattered throughout the voluminous literature of the subject. Cloth version previously published in 1980."

Berlin Intelligence Map (Sheet map, flat): Berlin Intelligence Map (Sheet map, flat)
R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Published specially by After the Battle to coincide with the suspension of Allied occupation rights in Berlin in October 1990, this map was produced in 1944 by the War Office and lists the location and use of all important buildings in Berlin to be used in the occupation of the city. Every building associated with the Reich Government, NSDAP, police, fire service, Reichsbahn, U-Bahn, hospitals, telephone exchanges, embassies, prisons, etc., is numbered and referenced to an index printed on the reverse of the map. This sheet covers the central area at 1:12500.

Mallorca -Tramuntana Sud GR11 Map and Hiking Guide - ALPI.104-E25 (Sheet map, folded): Mallorca -Tramuntana Sud GR11 Map and Hiking Guide - ALPI.104-E25 (Sheet map, folded)
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rhode Island Recreation Map & Guide (Sheet map, folded): Appalachian Mountain Club Books Rhode Island Recreation Map & Guide (Sheet map, folded)
Appalachian Mountain Club Books
R236 R218 Discovery Miles 2 180 Save R18 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding Maps (Paperback, 2nd New edition): J.S. Keates Understanding Maps (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
J.S. Keates
R2,496 Discovery Miles 24 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addresses the fundamental principles of visual perception and map symbolism and critically examines the assumptions behind the theories of psychophysical testing and cartographic communication. This revised and expanded edition includes new sections on the relationship between cartography and art, and the distinction between knowledge and skill.

William Birchynshaw's Map of Exeter, 1743 (Hardcover): Richard Oliver, Roger Kain, Todd Gray William Birchynshaw's Map of Exeter, 1743 (Hardcover)
Richard Oliver, Roger Kain, Todd Gray
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A major re-examination of the history of map-making in Exeter, following on from the recent discovery of a 'new' town map of the city in 1743 This major re-examination of the history of map-making in Exeter, the historic county town of Devon, follows from the recent discovery of a 'new' Georgian town map of the city. That map, by William Birchynshaw (a man not known tohave produced any other), is reproduced in facsimile, along with nearly two dozen other maps from 1587 through to 1949. They are prefaced by an introduction which places the new discovery within the context of four centuries of map-making, demonstrating how Birchynshaw owed a debt both to John Hooker's map of 1587 and to that by Ichabod Fairlove of 1709; and provides an overview of Exeter in 1743, showing that, although was city was basking in economic prosperity due to its cloth trade, it was also still largely confined within its ancient walls. The volume as a whole represents a significant reassessment of Exeter's history. RICHARD OLIVER is a historian and has been a Research Fellow in the History of Cartography at the University of Exeter since 1989. ROGER KAIN CBE is a Fellow of the British Academy and its Vice-President (Research and Higher Education Policy). He is Professor of Humanities in the School of Advanced Study, University of London and was previously its Dean and Chief Executive, 2010-17. TODD GRAY MBE is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and the author of more thana dozen books on Exeter.

Routledge Revivals: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) (Hardcover): Michael Freeman, Derek Aldcroft Routledge Revivals: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) (Hardcover)
Michael Freeman, Derek Aldcroft
R3,414 Discovery Miles 34 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in diagrammatic form and provide a wealth of information rarely available to the student of railway history. Freeman and Aldcroft provide the basis for a new understanding of the way in which the railways transformed Britain by the scale of their engineering works, by shrinking national space and reorganising the layouts of urban areas. Maps show the evolution of early wagon routes into the first railway routes, the frenetic activity of the 'Railway Mania' years, and the consolidation of these lines into a national network. This exciting presentation of railway development will interest the enthusiast as well as the more general student of British transport history.

The Atlas of Climate Change: Based on SEAP-CMIP5 - Super-Ensemble Projection and Attribution (SEAP) of Climate Change... The Atlas of Climate Change: Based on SEAP-CMIP5 - Super-Ensemble Projection and Attribution (SEAP) of Climate Change (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Wenjie Dong, Fumin Ren, Jianbin Huang, Yan Guo
R4,915 Discovery Miles 49 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Atlas of Climate Change-Based on SEAP-CMIP5" is intended to satisfy readers' curiosity: how will our climate system change over the next 100 years? It is the first showcase for the state-of -the-art earth system models that released their CMIP5 simulations for the IPCC AR5.The atlas focuses on both the past climate system change from 1850 and the projection of the future climate system change to 2100 using the RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios based on climate models. This provides the research and application community interested in the impact of climate change on fields such as agriculture, ecosystem, environment,water resources, energy, health, economy, risk governance and international negotiation, etc. with the newest climate change projection information. Additionally, the atlas will show the historical responsibility of the developed/developing countries and possible contributions to the mitigation of climate change according to their pledge of GHG emission reduction after the Cancun Agreement as an extension numerical experiment to CMIP5 with NCAR's CESM1.0. The authors will update this atlas after future releases of CMIP5 model outputs and update the figures in the second edition of the atlas in 2012-2013. Both Prof. Wenjie Dong and Yan Guo work at the Beijing Normal University, China. Prof. Fumin Ren works at the China Meteorological Administration, China. Prof. Jianbin Huang works at the Tsinghua University, China.

Map Projections - A Reference Manual (Paperback): L.M. Bugayevskiy, John Snyder Map Projections - A Reference Manual (Paperback)
L.M. Bugayevskiy, John Snyder
R3,584 Discovery Miles 35 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form, be that two-dimensional paper or two- or three- dimensional electronic representations. The central focus of this book is on the theory of map projections. Mathematical cartography also takes in map scales and their variation, the division of maps into sets of sheets and nomenclature, and addresses the problems of making measurements and conducting investigations which make use of geodetic measurements and the development of graphical methods for solving problems of spherical trigonometry, marine- and aeronavigation, astronomy and even crystallography.

Whisky A Tasting Course - A New Way to Think - and Drink - Whisky (Hardcover): Eddie Ludlow Whisky A Tasting Course - A New Way to Think - and Drink - Whisky (Hardcover)
Eddie Ludlow 1
R535 R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Save R44 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Taste your way to whisky wisdom. The best way to find out about whisky is by drinking it. Perfect for the whisky curious, this truly hands-on handbook helps you to discover your own personal whisky style, opening up a world of new whiskies to enjoy. Tailored tasting sessions steer you through the full spectrum of whisky's aromas and flavours - from the smoky tang of Islay peat to the sandalwood scents of Japanese oak. Take a tasting tour and compare whiskies from the world's finest makers, including iconic Scottish distilleries and trailblazing craft producers. Get the very best from your whisky, with insider tips on smart buying, making perfect food matches and mixing killer cocktails. With 20 step-by-step tastings, and brimming with clear infographics and jargon-busting advice - as a gorgeous gift for any fan of the dram, this book hits the spot.

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