This is chosen 16 times as a ` Book of the Year`
- the top non-fiction pick of 2012. ” The best work of modern history I have ever
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From Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag, comes a major new work of historical & moral reckoning: the story of life behind the Iron Curtain. Once the Nazis were defeated in 1945, the people of Central & Eastern Europe expected to recover the lives they had led before 1939. Instead, they found themselves subjected to a tyranny that was in many ways as inhuman as the one which they had just escaped. This book explains how Communism was imposed on these previously free societies in the decade after the end of the Second World War. Applebaum describes, in calm but devastating detail, how political parties, the church, the media, young people's organisations
- the institutions of civil society on every level
- were all quickly eviscerated. Ranging widely across new archival material & many sources unknown in English, she follows the communists' tactics as they bullied, threatened & murdered their way to power. She also chronicles individual lives to show the rapid choices people had to make
- to fight, to flee, or to collaborate. Within a remarkably short period after the end of the war, Eastern Europe had been ruthlessly Stalinised. Iron Curtain is a brilliant history of a brutal period in European history, but also a reminder of how fragile free societies are, & how vulnerable they can be to the predations of determined & unscrupulous enemies.


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A 1760-km section of the Iron Curtain Cycle Route between Hof in south-eastern Germany & Szeged in southern Hungary presented by Verlag Esterbauer in a German language guide with maps at 1:85, 000 showing the route & its variants. Extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY – the whole of this section of the Iron Curtain Cycle Route plus its continuation to the Black Sea is also covered by an English language guide in this Bikeline series but with mapping at 1:300, 000. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH
- please see our sample image ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: all the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans. To see the list of other titles in the Bikeline series please click on the series link






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This is a powerful story of the shattering effects of the First World War on both a family & a country
- from Hans Fallada, bestselling
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Christopher Clark`s ” Iron Kingdom” looks at the rise & fall of one of the world`s great powers, when Prussia dominated Europe for three & a half centuries. Prussia`s power came from a sequence of notable rulers (most famously Frederick the Great), dynastic marriage & an obsessive focus on military excellence. It was both a progressive, well-run, enlightened country & a huge, threatening barracks. ” Iron Kingdom” is a gripping look at a state which in many ways has shaped our world. ...

Ironville in 1898 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: the map covers the industrial village of Ironville, extending westward to Golden Valley & Knowts Hall. A tiny portion of Nottinghamshire, sheet 32a.08, is also shown. Features include Cromford Canal, Midland Railway Ambergate to Pye Bridge line incl Ironville Junction, Codnorpark Junction, Codnorpark station, Butterley Railway, Jessop Monument, Kennels Farm, Forge Row, Foundry Row, Furnace Row, Codnorpark Reservoir, Oldliving Farm, Newlands House & Farm, St Matthias church, old coal & ironstone shafts, Ironville House etc. On the reverse are 1891 directories of Ironville & Codnorpark, plus an Erewash Valley railway timetable extract. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Ironville in 1898 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 industrial village of Ironville, extending westward to Golden Valley & Knowts Hall. Features include Cromford Canal, Midland Railway Ambergate to Pye Bridge line including Ironville Junction, Codnorpark Junction, Codnorpark station, Butterley Railway, Jessop Monument, Kennels Farm, Forge Row, Foundry Row, Furnace Row, Codnorpark Reservoir, Oldliving Farm, Newlands House & Farm, St Matthias church, old coal & ironstone shafts, Ironville House, etc. On the reverse are 1891 directories of Ironville & Codnorpark, plus an Erewash Valley railway timetable extract. 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. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Irvine North 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 northern half of Irvine, stretching from the High Street & Bank Street northward to Ravenspark, & eastward to Stanecastle. Features include Duntonknoll Quarry, Thornhouse Soap & Candle Works, parts of Cadgers Race Course, Seagate Castle, Academy, Burns Street, Caledonian Forge, Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway branch with terminus, Ballot Road, 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. ...

Irvine South 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 southern half of Irvine, stretching from Bridgegate southward. Features include GSWR railway works way department, station, part of Irvine Harbour Branch, Fullarton, River Irvine, Warrix Fireclay Works, Warrix Coal Pit, Townhead, church & cemetery, Montgomery Street, 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. ...