It is 1999. Kate Lambert, a grieving, semi-alcoholic film student, invites an elderly woman to take part in an oral-history documentary. The woman, Jean Culver, declines, but makes her a bizarre counter-offer: if Kate can stay sober for four days, she will tell her a story. & if she can stay sober beyond that, there will be another, & then another, amounting to the entire history of one family`s life. Though still shattered by the death of her father, & by the desultory abuse imposed by Laurits, her enigmatic collaborator & erstwhile lover
- Kate is soon drawn into a Scheherazade-like matrix of tales, some painfully final, some still unfinished, in which Jean gradually offers a heartbreaking account, not only of one family, but of the American century itself, from World War II to Vietnam & the Weather Underground. A profound, mysterious, deeply moving novel
- a meeting of love & grief, like water on arid soil
- Ashland & Vine is the story of an unlikely friendship that transcends time, age & the limits of narrative to reveal the unexpected grace that comes of listening to another`s history, while telling, as carefully as we can, what we know of our own.


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India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone Ashoka turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion & set up a new yardstick for government which had huge implications for Asia. But his brave experiment ended in tragedy & his name was cleansed from the record so effectively that he was forgotten for almost two thousand years. But a few mysterious stone monuments & inscriptions survived, & the story of how these keystones to the past were discovered by British Orientalists & their mysterious lettering deciphered is every bit as remarkable as their author himself. Bit by bit, fragments of the Ashokan story were found & in the process India's ancient history was itself recovered. In a wide-ranging, multi-layered journey of discovery that is as much about Britain's entanglement with India as it as about India's distant past, Charles Allen tells the story of the man who was arguably the greatest ruler India has ever known. ...

India`s lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone he turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion, & set up a new yardstick for government. But Ashoka`s bold experiment ended in tragedy & he was forgotten for almost two thousand years. In this beautifully written, multi-layered journey Charles Allen describes how fragments of the Ashokan story were gradually discovered, pieced together by a variety of British Orientalists: antiquarians, archaeologists & epigraphists. In doing so, they did much to recover India`s ancient history itself. The Lost Emperor tells the story of the man who was arguably the greatest ruler India has ever known. ...

One of the titles in a series of maps from the Israeli Survey, in Hebrew
- with some Roman alphabet equivalents, providing coverage
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Ashton & Dukinfield in 1907 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. Two versions have been published for this area: The 1896 map is blank north of the zigzagging county boundary. However, the Cheshire area, covering much of Dukinfield, is full of interest. Features here include Market Place area, Dukinfield Lodge, Cemetery, Oxford Road Mills, Sandy Vale Print Works, Wellington Mills, Tame Valley Mills, stretches of railway crossing & re-crossing the county boundary, two Dukinfield stations, St Mark`s church, Chapel Pits, Bridge Eye Mills, etc. On the reverse is a commercial directory of Dukinfield in 1898. This title, the 1907 version, also

Includes:: much of Ashton under Lyne, with coverage extending northward to Ashton Market Place & westward to St Peter`s church. Features in Ashton include Empire Hippodrome, tramways, numerous mills, St Michael`s church, Albion School, Park Parade station, good stretches of the GCR, LNWR & L&Y railways, Henry Square area, etc. 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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Ashton in Makerfield East & Edge Green 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 the eastern part of Ashton in Makerfield, now part of Wigan MBC. Coverage stretches from Town Green & York Road eastward to Dam Lane & Edge Green Colliery. Features include the eastern part of Ashton, incl Record Cotton Mill, Town Green Farm, Cookson`s Farm, Bolton Road & tramway. Further east the map

Includes:: Golborne Road, Edge Green Colliery, a stretch of the GCR St Helen`s Branch, Garswood Hall Collieries Shaft 9, Harrow Hotel, & several mineral lines around Edge Green. On the reverse is a list of private residents in Ashton from a 1918 directory. 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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Ashton upon Mersey 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. 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. In this title: this detailed map covers much of Ashton upon Mersey, with coverage extending from Park Road & Washway Road westward to the parish boundary, & from Ashton New Hall southward to Woodheys Farm & Hesketh Road. Features include tramway, Oaklee Farm, St Mary Madgalene church, Macum Farm, graveyard of St Martin's church (church itself just off to the north), Ivy Farm, Ingestre, Green Lane area, Ashton Lane, Moss Lane, numerous streets of housing
- terraced, semi & detached
- shown in detail. On the reverse are extracts from a 1906 street directory for Barker's Lane, Beech Grove, Carlton Road, Green Lane, Harboro' Road, Moss Lane, Urban Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25

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Ashton upon Mersey 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 much of Ashton upon Mersey, extending from Park Road & Washway Road westward to the parish boundary, & from Ashton New Hall southward to Woodheys Farm & Hesketh Road. Features include tramway, Oaklee Farm, St Mary Madgalene church, Macum Farm, graveyard of St Martin`s church (church itself just off to the north), Ivy Farm, Ingestre, Green Lane area, Ashton Lane, Moss Lane, etc. On the reverse are extracts from a 1906 street directory for Barker`s Lane, Beech Grove, Carlton Road, Green Lane, Harboro` Road, Moss Lane & Urban 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. ...

Ashton-on-Mersey in 1927 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. 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. In this title: although this map is in the Lancashire series, most of the coverage is actually of Cheshire. The map covers a busy area of Sale & Ashton-on-Mersey, with Washway Road & Cross Street (part shown as an old Roman Road) as the boundary. Coverage stretches from Harboro Road West & Ashton New Hall eastward to Priory Road & Winstanley Road, & from Northenden Road & Charlton Drive northward to the Ousel Brook. North of the Mersey the only feature is a sewage Farm. Within Sale the many features include Sale Town Hall, Sale & Dane Road stations, School Road, Bridgewater Canal & wharf, Broad Road, Tatton Road etc; within Ashton features include Ashton Lane, picture theatres, Friends Meeting House & burial ground, Grosvenor Road, Ashton Park, St Martin's church, Ashton Hall Farm, Rivershill, Mersey Market Garden etc. Several extracts from a 1906 street directory are on the reverse, including entries for Ashton Lane, Broad Road, Cross Street, Mersey Road, Tatton Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Ashton-on-Mersey in 1927 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. Although this map is in the Lancashire series, most of the coverage is actually of Cheshire. The map covers a busy area of Sale & Ashton-on-Mersey, with Washway Road & Cross Street (part shown as an old Roman Road) as the boundary. Coverage stretches from Harboro Road West & Ashton New Hall eastward to Priory Road & Winstanley Road, & from Northenden Road & Charlton Drive northward to the Ousel Brook. North of the Mersey the only feature is a sewage Farm. Within Sale features include Sale Town Hall, Sale & Dane Road stations, School Road, Bridgewater Canal & wharf, Broad Road, Tatton Road, etc; within Ashton features include Ashton Lane, picture theatres, Friends Meeting House & burial ground, Grosvenor Road, Ashton Park, St Martin`s church, Ashton Hall Farm, Rivershill, Mersey Market Garden, etc. Several extracts from a 1906 street directory are on the reverse, including entries for Ashton Lane, Broad Road, Cross Street, Mersey Road & Tatton 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. ...