The OS Landranger Active Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps perfect for day trips & short breaks Tough durable & weatherproof covered in a lightweight protective plastic coating that can be written on so that your favourite routes can be easily highlighted Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales OS Landranger Active now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps



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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling The OS Explorer range now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways

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Hereford Locomotive Shed is the first in a series of in-depth studies to look closely at the changing engine allocations & operational responsibilities of motive power depots during the latter days of steam In Herefords case this was a varied mixture of main line passenger freight trip working branch line passenger station pilot duties & yard shunting Unusually the latter remained a steam preserve until months before depot closure in November 1964 Not forgotten are the depots small sub-sheds which had varying responsibilities over the years as the district boundaries changed at Ledbury Leominster Ross-on-Wye & Craven Arms Their very different duties were inevitably a reflection of a bygone age & an all too rapidly changing future The author personally recorded the Hereford railway scene from the late 1950s until depot closure He made shed visits several times a week & at other times observed the ever-changing locomotive scene from the elevated Bulmers Sidewalk behind the depots coaling stage Details carefully kept from those far-off days has proved a valuable cross reference with present-day research into Herefords role from official records at The National Archives Kew & other railway research sources Having spent almost forty years working in the industry the author is able to sympathetically unravel & interpret the story of this hard-working mixed traffic depot Hereford is strategically located on the North & West route from South Wales & the West of England to the North West as well as being an important junction for Worcester & the West Midlands Branch lines to Brecon & Gloucester radiated from this Border Counties railway junction & freight trips radiated out to serve the surrounding area All of this made Hereford a fascinating rail centre & a locomotive shed worthy of its story for posterity which is meticulously recorded in this book ...

A vivid & gripping historical thriller set in Elizabethan England introducing Giordano Bruno philosopher scientist & spy for all fans of CJSansom & The Name of the Rose In Elizabeth's England true faith can mean bloody murder Oxford 1583 A place of learning & murderous schemes The country is rife with plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth & return the realm to the Catholic faith Giordano Bruno is recruited by the queen's spymaster & sent undercover to expose a treacherous conspiracy in Oxford
- but his own secret mission must remain hidden at all costs A spy under orders A coveted throne under threat When a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life Bruno is compelled to investigate & what he finds makes it brutally clear that the Tudor throne itself is at stake Heretic maverick charmer Giordano Bruno is always on his guard Never more so than when working for Queen Elizabeth & her spymaster
- for this man of letters is now an agent of intrigue & danger

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The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's GRAIL QUEST series in a bright & bold repackage It is 1347 The Hundred Years War has been suspended The truce releases English archer Thomas of Hookton to pursue his arch enemy & resume his quest for the most prized relic in Christendom the Holy Grail Heading south Thomas & his men-at-arms begin lightning raids to draw out his enemy But fate takes an unexpected hand when the plague strikes What had been a landscape of castles monasteries vineyards & villages becomes death's kingdom & the need for the grail as a sign of God's favour is more urgent than ever ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A troubled Catholic priest Father James finds his faith crushed when a young girl he promises to protect commits suicide Months after her death he is forced to return to his old parish & to the scene of her suicide a derelict mansion house Trapped in the house overnight James becomes convinced that he is being haunted by the ghosts of the girl & her dead Stepfather who have risen from the grave to seek retribution for the awful tragedy that he allowed to take place Actors Andrew Squires Michael J Tait & James Zakeri Director Peter Handford Certificate 18 years & over Year 2013 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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An anthology of the three winning plays in the inaugural Heretic Voices competition seeking out the best new writing in monologue form First performed at the Arcola theatre London This volume contains Woman Caught Unaware by Annie Fox
- a searing & bleakly funny debut play which examines of the culture of body shaming Dean Mc Bride by Sonya Hale
- a vivid & poetic story of loss & redemption set on a Croydon council estate A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy
- a thrilling & brave exploration of mortality adolescence & the Arctic


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Hunted by his former allies as a radical & enemy of the Imperium Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn must fight to prove that he remains loyal as he tracks down a dangerous heretic whom the Inquisition believes dead
- the dread former Inquisitor Quixos As he grows more desperate for victory Eisenhorn uses ever darker means to achieve his goals
- but how far can he go using the weapons of the enemy until he becomes that very enemy
- & no different to the traitor he hunts?


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One of England's forgotten heroes is brought back to life in this epic & thrilling high-octane adventure perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell & Conn Iggulden Can he keep his freedom & his life in order to save the land he loves? Hereward is the first book in James Wilde's six book Hereward series 480 pages Wilde James ...

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- under the merciless sun of the east a dark force has risen
- a Norman adventurer who could rival the feared King William

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