The Blue Ocean Diplomat is a 80cm (32) globe, & exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat's uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world's most detailed globe. A perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

The 80cm (32”) Diplomat Antique globe is exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat`s uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world`s most detailed globe; a perfect blend of aesthetics & function. ...

The Diplomat Blue Globe is a 80cm (32”) globe, & exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat`s uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world`s most detailed globe. A perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

Diplomatic Baggage
- The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse is Brigid Keenan’s memoir of her life as a diplomat’s wife. When Brigid
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Cherry Denman has spent her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the world`s most remote outposts & can ask for the lavatory in eleven languages. While some aspects of living abroad will always puzzle her
- saunas, tofu & circumcision, to name just three
- she wouldn`t have missed it for anything. Lessons learnt range from the practical (possessions belong either in the suitcase or the skip: storage is for wimps), to the truly useful (how to avoid the drinks party bore) & the truly bizarre (the episode with the goat.. .). Charming & witty, these hilarious tales of global misunderstandings are illustrated with over seventy original line drawings.

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Dipton in 1916 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 Dipton, historically made up of three parts: Pontop, Collierley & Dipton. Features include South Medomsley Colliery (traditionally called High Stables), Delight Colliery, Dipton Colliery, Pontop Hall, Mary Pit, Coronation Drift, Main Coal Drift, Brass Thill Drift, tramways to the drifts, St John`s church, High Collierley, Pontop Quarry, Pontop & Jarrow Railway, Curry`s Square, St Patrick`s RC church, site of Lily Colliery, Harelaw Quarry, two picture theatres, old pits, etc. On the reverse are directories of Dipton in 1894 & 1906. 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. ...

Part of the ” Directory of World Cinema” series, this title

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With high-profile Academy Award nominations & an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films have been at the forefront in recent years like never before. But the roots of such critical & commercial successes as The Hurt Locker & Precious can be traced to the first boom of independent cinema in the 1960s, when a raft of talented filmmakers emerged to capture the attention of a rapidly growing audience of young viewers. A thorough overview of a thriving sector of cultural production, the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent chronicles the rise of the independent sector as an outlet for directors who challenge the status quo, yet still produce accessible feature films that find wide audiences & enjoy considerable box office appeal, without sacrificing critical legitimacy. Key directors are interviewed & profiled, & a sizeable selection of films are referenced & reviewed. More than a dozen sub-genres
- including African American cinema, queer cinema, documentary, familial dysfunction & exploitation
- are individually considered, with an emphasis on their ability to exemplify & engage with tensions inherent in American society. Copious illustrations & a range of research resources round out the volume, making this a truly comprehensive guide. At a time when independent films are enjoying considerable cultural cachet, this easy-to-use yet authoritative guide will find an eager audience in media historians, film studies scholars & movie buffs alike.

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This title is a part of ” Directory of World Cinema” series. This addition to Intellect`s ” Directory of World Cinema” series turns the spotlight on Australia & New Zeal&. This ambitious volume offers an in-depth & exciting look at the cinema produced in these two countries since the turn of the twentieth century. Though the two nations share considerable cultural & economic connections, their film industries remain distinct, marked by differences of scale, level of government involvement & funding, & relations with other countries & national cinemas. Through essays about prominent genres & themes, profiles of directors, & comprehensive reviews of significant titles, this user-friendly guide explores the diversity & distinctiveness of films from Australia & New Zealand from Whale Rider to The Piano to Wolf Creek. ...

From the revered classics of Akira Kurosawa to the modern marvels of Takeshi Kitano, the films that have emerged from Japan represent a national cinema that has gained worldwide admiration & appreciation. ” The Directory of World Cinema: Japan” provides an insight into the cinema of Japan through reviews of significant titles & case studies of leading directors, alongside explorations of the cultural & industrial origins of key genres. As the inaugural volume of an ambitious new series from Intellect documenting world cinema, the directory aims to play a part in moving intelligent, scholarly criticism beyond the academy by building a forum for the study of film that relies on a disciplined theoretical base. It takes the form of an A
- Z collection of reviews, longer essays, & research resources, accompanied by fifty film stills highlighting significant films & players. The cinematic lineage of samurai warriors, yakuza enforcers, & atomic monsters take their place alongside the politically charged works of the Japanese new wave, making this a truly comprehensive volume.
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