Ainsworth in 1908 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. The map covers the village of Ainsworth, midway between Bolton & Bury. Features include Christ Church, Hey Club Row, chapels, Moorside Mill, quarry, Ainsworth Hall, Anthony Fields, Ainsworth Hospital & various outlying houses. Coverage extends eastward to Cockey Moor & westward to Breightmet Fold (in the south-westrn corner of map) on the outskirts of Bolton; features there include Breightmet Bleach Works, Red Bridge Mill. Harwood Lodge is in north-west corner of map. On the reverse is a directory of Ainsworth, plus portraits & information on John Miles, Mayor of Bolton, & John Battersby, Mayor of Bury, & their wives. 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. ...

Aintree in 1906 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. The map covers much of Aintree, north of Liverpool, & is dominated by the famous racecourse. Coverage stretches from Warbreck Moor eastward to Moss Pits Lane, & northward to Aintree House. Features include Aintree Racecourse with Grandst&, Greenwich Park Athletic Ground, much of City Hospital, Kirkdale Cemetery, stretch of Cheshire Lines Railway with Aintree station; stretch of LYR Liverpool-Accrington line with Aintree station, Aintree North Curve, engine shed, Fazakerley & North Mersey Branch, Race Course station, carriage & wagon works, signal works, Liverpool & Bolton line, Fazakerley station; St Peter`s church, tramways, short stretch of Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Moss Pits, Greenwich House, Stag Farm, Sefton Arms Hotel, Melling Road, etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Aintree Village, Eastbourne Road, Fifth Avenue, Greenwich Road, Helsby Road, Hooton Road, Kingswood Avenue, Longmoor Lane, Melling Avenue, Melling Road, Warbreck Moor & Wyresdale Road. 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. ...

Fold realistic paper models of some of the most astonishing aircraft & spacecraft ever designed! The Smithsonian`s National Air & Space Museum hosts seven million visitors annually; a testament to our enduring fascination with flight. Noted origami artist John Szinger has created this unique collection of 14 paper models inspired by real-life flying vehicles; from commercial jetliners to single- & multi-stage rockets, a re-entry space pod & even a UFO! Each model comes complete with a set of interesting facts about the vehicle as well as detailed step-by-step instructions showing you how to fold it. This box contains everything you need: a full-colour instruction book, 48 sheets of high-quality folding paper plus over 100 stickers to add the finishing details. Let your imagination soar with 14 original designs, including: A Supersonic Transport recalling the golden age of commercial hypersonic travel! The Space Pod, designed to safely return astronauts to earth through the intense heat of re-entry! A graceful Hot Air Balloon;make several to create your own miniature ballooning festival! An elusive Flying Saucer;try as they might, the government can`t conceal this one! A sci-fi inspired Art Deco Rocket with exaggerated fins & sleek lines! & many other thrilling origami air & space models! This kit
Includes:: A colourful 64-page step-by-step origami instructions book 14 exciting air & space origami projects 48 sheets of double-sided, custom designed folding paper 100+ colourful Stickers
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Every night across the country, viewers tune in to their evening news to glimpse the next day`s weather. They are treated to graphic images of invading air masses, colliding fronts, & growing tropical storms. This book is the story of this tool, the weather map, which in its many forms has made the atmosphere visible, understandable, & at least moderately predictable. No other maps are so spontaneously timely, so widely & frequently consulted, & so central to the daily activities of so many. The singular history of the weather map developed around the twin poles of weather`s many facets & the public`s varied needs. Mark Monmonier traces the contentious debates among scientists eager to unravel the enigma of storms & global change, explains the strategies for mapping the upper atmosphere & forecasting disaster, & exposes the efforts to detect & control air pollution. He introduces Karl Theodor, a Bavarian politician who devised one of the first weather-tracking networks in the late-18th century, & Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes, who drew the first maps of European weather in 1819
- for the year of 1783. Monmonier also explores the interaction between technology
- from the telegraph to the Internet
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Heard the one about the airline that has introduced `corpse cupboards` on new planes to cope with the number of people who die in the air? Heard the story about the First Class air hostess who got fired for sitting on the face of a passenger during a long haul flight? Heard about the amount of knickers & false teeth that are left behind in the body of the plane? Heard how pissed-off stewards put laxatives in your drinks? Heard about the pilot who ran out of runway? Heard of the disabled passengers who miraculously walk again? No? Then you haven`t read Air Babylon. Do you know the best place to have sex on a plane? Do you know how to dress for an upgrade? Do you know that one drink in the air equals three on the ground? Do you know who is checking you in? Who is checking you out? Do you know exactly what happens to your luggage once it leaves your sight? Is it secure? Are you safe? Do you really know anything about the business that you entrust your life to several times a year? Air Babylon is a trawl through the highs, the lows, & the rapid descents of the travel industry. It catalogues the births, the deaths, the drunken brawls, the sexual antics, & the debauchery behind the scenes of the ultimate service industry
- where the world is divided into those who wear the uniform & those who don`t...
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In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence
- the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory. Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF`s identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was innovative, flexible & comparatively meritocratic, advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background. The Air Force went into the war with inadequate machines, training & tactics, & the early phase was littered with setbacks & debacles. Then, in the summer of 1940, in full view of the population, Fighter Command won one of the decisive battles of the struggle. Thereafter the RAF was gilded with an aura of success that never tarnished, going on to make a vital contribution to Allied victory in all theatres. Drawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, & interviews, Air Force Blue captures the nature of combat in the skies over the corrugated wastes of the Atlantic, the sands of the Western Desert & the jungles of Burma. It also brings to life the intensely lived dramas, romances, friendships & fun that were as important a part of the experience as the fighting. Air Force Blue portrays the spirit of the RAF
- its heart & soul
- during its finest hours. It is essential reading for the millions in Britain & the Commonwealth whose loved ones served, & for anyone who wants to understand the Second World War.


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In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence
- the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age, requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF`s identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was innovative, flexible & comparatively meritocratic, advancing the quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than background. The Air Force went into the war with inadequate machines, training & tactics, & the early phase was littered with setbacks & debacles. Then, in the summer of 1940, in full view of the population, Fighter Command won one of the decisive battles of the struggle. Thereafter the RAF was gilded with an aura of success that never tarnished, going on to make a vital contribution to Allied victory in all theatres. Drawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, & interviews, Air Force Blue captures the nature of combat in the skies over the corrugated wastes of the Atlantic, the sands of the Western Desert & the jungles of Burma. It also brings to life the intensely lived dramas, romances, friendships & fun that were as important a part of the experience as the fighting. Air Force Blue portrays the spirit of the RAF
- its heart & soul
- during its finest hours. It is essential reading for the millions in Britain & the Commonwealth whose loved ones served, & for anyone who wants to understand the Second World War.


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” If this country were ever at war the target of the enemy`s bombers would be the staunchness of the people at home. We all hope & work to prevent war but, while there is risk of it, we cannot afford to neglect the duty of preparing ourselves & the country for such an emergency”.
- Samuel Hoare, March 1938. During the late 1930s it was finally realised that war with Hitler`s Germany was a major possibility. As the armed forces began their re-arming, the Home Front was not neglected. In the intervening twenty years since the end of the First World War, war had changed for the worst. Aircraft had progressed & had become potent fighting machines, capable of flying huge distances with large payloads of bombs. The realities of ` Total War` & of the ` Blitz` were almost upon Britain & ” Air Raid Precautions” was sent out to almost every home in the l&. Filled with useful advice, much of which was to become second nature to those in our industrial heartland & large cities, ” Air Raid Precautions” became a classic of wartime reading, so much so that Britain`s ” Air Raid Precautions” was printed in its entirety, with no changes, for the American, New Zealand & Australian householder too.
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Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging & changing the atmosphere. Water & dust spin & rise, make clouds & fall again, fertilising the earth. Twenty thousand fungal spores & half a million bacteria travel in a square foot of summer air. The chemical sense of aphids, the ultraviolet sight of swifts, a newborn's awareness of its mother's breast
- all take place in the medium of air. With the passionate narrative style & wide-ranging erudition that have made William Bryant Logan's work a touchstone for nature lovers & environmentalists, Air is
- like the contents of a bag of seaborne dust that Darwin collected aboard the Beagle
- a treasure trove of discovery.


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17 September 1944: the Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36, 000 troops by parachute & glider to the Dutch-German Border. In what will become known as the Battle of Arnhem, half of them will fall as casualties of war. Among their number is Theo Trickey, a young paratrooper so dreadfully injured he is not expected to survive. Under the care of Medical Officer Captain Daniel Garl&, Trickey is shipped to Germany as a Prisoner of War. As Garland slowly nurses him back to health, he discovers that there`s much that is unusual about Trickey, starting with a chance meeting he had with Erwin Rommel before the War... From the bestselling author of Under an English Heaven, Airborne is the first in an unforgettable trilogy that tells the story of a young soldier, of a new regiment & how, together, they altered the course of a war. ...