Alejandra, why do you never listen to me? Women have never been accepted in the world of bullfighting. So many have tried. Where I'm from, a closed door is an invitation to knock. Alejandra wants nothing more than to be a matador, like her famous Spanish grandfather. But she's a girl. She's American. & she's picked a really bad time. Bullfighting is on the decline in contemporary Spain, thanks to a controversial bullfighting ban & the worst recession in living memory. Undeterred, Alejandra turns to Roberto, a famous matador her age, for help. Alex y Robert is a witty, engaging story of an unlikely transatlantic friendship that challenges assumptions of culture & identity in a changing world. ...

The 30cm (12) Alexander globe will complement & enhance any home, office or school environment; showing physical relief cartography; when illuminated it displays political colours. A special, steel half-meridian allows this globe to be rotated on both axes & it has an attractive, real wood base. ...

Map No. 2816, Alexander Bay, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington`s aide-de-camp & the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political & economic greatness of America today is the result of Hamilton`s willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe & Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; & the famous & mysterious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804. The book was adapted into a hugely successful Broadway musical
- nominated for a record 16 Tony awards
- which opens in London`s West End in September 2017.

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Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington`s aide-de-camp & the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history are more controversial than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political & economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton`s willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe & Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; & the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804. This book was adapted into a hugely successful Broadway musical
- nominated for a record 16 Tony awards & winner of 11
- opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre in November 2017.

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Alexandra Park & South Friern in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three maps have been published for this area, extemding from Coppetts Road eastward to Prince`s Avenue, & from Cromwell Road southward to Muswell Road. Part of Alexandra Park is in the south-eastern corner, & the Palace is split by the sheetlines. Features include Bounds Green Pottery, St Saviour`s church, St Peter`s Mission Church, St Peter-le-Poer church, Isolation Hospital, Colney Hatch Lane, etc. The 1911 version

Includes:: a list of Private Residents from an 1890 directory for Colney Hatch; the 1935 version has a selection of Friern Barnet street directory entries. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Alexandra Park & South Friern in 1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three maps have been published for this area, extemding from Coppetts Road eastward to Prince`s Avenue, & from Cromwell Road southward to Muswell Road. Part of Alexandra Park is in the south-eastern corner, & the Palace is split by the sheetlines. Features include Bounds Green Pottery, St Saviour`s church, St Peter`s Mission Church, St Peter-le-Poer church, Isolation Hospital, Colney Hatch Lane, etc. The 1911 version

Includes:: a list of Private Residents from an 1890 directory for Colney Hatch; the 1935 version has a selection of Friern Barnet street directory entries. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Alexandra Park & South Friern in 1935 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Three maps have been published for this area, extemding from Coppetts Road eastward to Prince`s Avenue, & from Cromwell Road southward to Muswell Road. Part of Alexandra Park is in the south-eastern corner, & the Palace is split by the sheetlines. Features include Bounds Green Pottery, St Saviour`s church, St Peter`s Mission Church, St Peter-le-Poer church, Isolation Hospital, Colney Hatch Lane, etc. The 1911 version

Includes:: a list of Private Residents from an 1890 directory for Colney Hatch; the 1935 version has a selection of Friern Barnet street directory entries. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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When Peter Stothard, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, finds himself stranded in Alexandria in the winter of 2010 after his flight to South Africa has been cancelled, he sets out to explore a nation on the brink of revolution. Guided by two native Egyptians, Stothard traces his own life-long interest in the history of Cleopatra, & his repeated failure to write the book about her that he had always wanted to. In Alexandria, part memoir & part travel literature, Stothard was the sights & sounds of the ancient city to reconnect with the formative experiences of his childhood education, & his literary career. Melancholy & sometimes humorous, Alexandria offers a first-hand glimpse into the fracturing police state of Hosni Mubarak, before the uprising in Tahir Square changed everything. ...

Created 2, 300 years ago at the wish of Alexander the Great, Alexandria is still the largest city in the Mediterranean world. It evokes a succession of images
- the Tomb of Alexander, the Pharos, the Library, Antony & Cleopatra, Cavafy & Durrell, all reminders of its magnificence & cultural influence. Over the centuries it has known many setbacks. In 1820, with the advent of Mohammed Ali, it began to reawaken, & became a model of cosmopolitanism of which many still regret the passing. Today, with the building of the great new library, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the city is again looking to the future.
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