Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including China, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan & the Galapagos Islands. The collection begins after the Iraq War, when P.J. retired from being a war correspondent because he was too old to keep being scared stiff & too stiff to keep sleeping on the ground. Instead he embarked on supposedly more comfortable & allegedly less dangerous travels
- often with family in tow
- which mostly left him wishing he were under artillery fire again. The result is a hilarious & oftentimes moving portrait of life in the fast lane
- only this time as a husband & father of three. Adventures include:
- The first stag hunt in Britain after hunting had been banned. If the British had been half as caring about Indians & American colonists as they are about animals, they'd still rule the world.
- A month-long tour of mainland China's economic hubs where P.J. learned that the entire Chinese concept of political freedom & individual liberty can be summed up in the words, ' New Buick'.
- A harrowing horseback ride across the mountains of Kyrgyzstan
- no towns, no roads, no people. If something happened to my horse it would be shot. For me, the medical treatment wouldn't be that sophisticated.






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P.J. O` Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe in Holidays in Hell, looking for trouble, the truth, & a good time. After casually sight-seeing in war-torn Lebanon & being pepper-gassed in Korea, P.J. checks out the night life in communist Poland & spends the Christmas holidays in El Salvador. Taking a long look at Nicaragua, P.J. asks, ” Is Nicaragua a Bulgaria with marimba bands or just a misunderstood Massachusetts with Cuban military advisors?”; has a close encounter with a Philippine army officer he describes as ”powerful-looking in a short, compressed way, like an attack hamster”; & concludes, ” Some people are worried about the difference between right & wrong. I`m worried about the difference between wrong & fun.” ...

A fascinating photographic study of the previously overlooked Soviet Sanatoriums & their treatments – stunning eastern bloc ...

Holidaytivity provides all the push-out designs, stencils & creative card components you need to make 25 fun-packed holiday activities. The activities have been specially chosen to complement all-year-round holidays, & include the making of butterfly straws, woven flowers & a jumping frog game. The final project
- a gliding parrot
- is the most ambitious in scope, & is sure to delight fans of card craft of all ages.

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Holkham Hall is a masterpiece of eighteenth-century Palladian architecture set in a large walled park bordered by the marshes & dunes of the North Norfolk coast. Built, owned & occupied by the Coke family since 1612, it is at the centre of a major agricultural estate; a treasure house whose paintings, classical sculpture, books, manuscripts & furniture are of international importance. Using the extensive documents kept by generations of staff & family, recording the daily life of the Hall & estate, Christine Hiskey has traced Holkham`s history through four hundred years, adding considerably to existing knowledge. Surviving vicissitudes & accumulating property, the Coke family were able to establish themselves at Holkham in the seventeenth century. The vision of Thomas Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester, inspired by his exceptionally fruitful Grand Tour, resulted in his spending twenty-five years in the mid-eighteenth century, building & furnishing the Hall, & Christine Hiskey records the work of the staff & craftsmen who brought his ideas to reality: the sourcing of materials, his application of advanced domestic technology, &, after his death, the dedication of his widow to completing his life`s work. During the next 250 years, the Hall adapted to changing fashions, aspirations & economic circumstances in its domestic, social & public life. Fresh light is shed on the attitude towards the Hall of ` Coke of Norfolk`, chiefly celebrated as an agriculturalist, & there are chapters on Victorian & twentieth-century Holkham which explore new areas for research. For the first time, the Hall & its setting are treated as an integrated whole. The creation, development & use of the park are examined, including a neglected area of research: the way in which the process of acquiring land reflected the owners` landscape & farming priorities. The changing fortunes of the two villages of the `town` (subsumed during the eighteenth century but rather later than is often supposed) & the staithe (the origin of the present village) are traced in detail for the first time. New research also reveals the process whereby 350 years of intervention by the Coke family transformed the coastal landscape of marshes, dunes & creeks. A further `overview` chapter discusses the Hall`s relationship with public visitors, from the small groups who came to witness the building work in the 1750s to the tens of thousands who today are welcomed at the Hall by the present generation of the Coke family. ...

Holland & Belgium, an original antique map by S.A. Mitchell, published in Philadelphia, 1846. Copperplate, original colour. Map size 27 x 33 cm, overall mounted size 43 x 48 cm.A detailed map of Holland & Belgium. Samuel Augustus Mitchell's New Universal Atlas.. . comprised finely engraved & delicately h&-coloured maps & plans of all areas of the world. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford ...

Holland Park & Shepherds Bush in 1871 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: three versions of this map have been published to show how the area developed across the years. The maps each cover the same area, stretching from Iffley Road, Hammersmith eastward to Phillimore Gardens, Kensington; & from Royal Crescent & the Uxbridge Road southward to Pembroke Road. The many features include Olympia, Holland Park, Holland House, Shepherds Bush Common, Brook Green, part of Kensington High Street, Shepherds Bush Road, Addison Road. Several railways cross the map & stations include Uxbridge Road & Addison Road (later Kensington Olympia) on the West London Railway; Shepherds Bush, Goldhawk Road & Hammersmith on the Hammersmith & City; Shepherds Bush & Hammersmith on the LSWR Kensington & Richmond line. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Holland Park & Shepherds Bush in 1871 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 versions cover this area, stretching from Iffley Road, Hammersmith eastward to Phillimore Gardens, Kensington; & from Royal Crescent & the Uxbridge Road southward to Pembroke Road. Features include Olympia, Holland Park, Holland House, Shepherds Bush Common, Brook Green, part of Kensington High Street, Shepherds Bush Road, Addison Road. Several railways cross the map & stations include Uxbridge Road & Addison Road (later Kensington Olympia) on the West London Railway; Shepherds Bush, Goldhawk Road & Hammersmith on the Hammersmith & City; Shepherds Bush & Hammersmith on the LSWR Kensington & Richmond line. 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. ...

Holland Park & Shepherds Bush 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 versions cover this area, stretching from Iffley Road, Hammersmith eastward to Phillimore Gardens, Kensington; & from Royal Crescent & the Uxbridge Road southward to Pembroke Road. Features include Olympia, Holland Park, Holland House, Shepherds Bush Common, Brook Green, part of Kensington High Street, Shepherds Bush Road, Addison Road. Several railways cross the map & stations include Uxbridge Road & Addison Road (later Kensington Olympia) on the West London Railway; Shepherds Bush, Goldhawk Road & Hammersmith on the Hammersmith & City; Shepherds Bush & Hammersmith on the LSWR Kensington & Richmond line. 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. ...

Holland Park & Shepherds Bush in 1913 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 versions cover this area, stretching from Iffley Road, Hammersmith eastward to Phillimore Gardens, Kensington; & from Royal Crescent & the Uxbridge Road southward to Pembroke Road. Features include Olympia, Holland Park, Holland House, Shepherds Bush Common, Brook Green, part of Kensington High Street, Shepherds Bush Road, Addison Road. Several railways cross the map & stations include Uxbridge Road & Addison Road (later Kensington Olympia) on the West London Railway; Shepherds Bush, Goldhawk Road & Hammersmith on the Hammersmith & City; Shepherds Bush & Hammersmith on the LSWR Kensington & Richmond line. 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. ...