Alan Root is one of Africa's most bitten. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla & a hippo, & almost lost his life to a deadly puff-adder, which claimed one of his fingers. Root's unmatched experience of East African wildlife & his appetite for risk have made him a world-class naturalist & film-maker. He's one of the great wildlife pioneers. In Ivory, Apes & Peacocks, Alan tells the story of his life's work, from his arrival in Kenya as a young boy (furious at having to leave behind Britain's birds) to the making of his game-changing films. Instead of sticking to the Big Five animals, these looked up close at whole ecosystems
- baobab trees, termite mounds, natural springs
- & involved firsts such as tracking the wildebeest migration from a balloon, then flying it over Kilimanjaro, filming inside a hornbill's nest & diving with hippos & crocodiles. Along the way we meet Sally the pet hippo & Emily the house-proud chimp, watch as Dian Fossey catches sight of her first mountain gorilla & have sundowners with George & Joy Adamson. And here, too, is Joan Root, Alan's wife & collaborator for over thirty years, who was brutally murdered in retaliation for her environmental campaigning. In this extraordinary memoir we look at Africa's wonders through the eyes of a visionary, live through hair-raising adventure & personal sorrow, & also bear witness to a natural world now largely lost from view.

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Alan Root is one of Africa`s most bitten. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla & a hippo, & almost lost his life to a deadly puff adder, which claimed one of his fingers. Root`s unmatched experience of East African wildlife & his appetite for risk have made him a world-class naturalist & film-maker. He`s one of the great wildlife pioneers. In ” Ivory, Apes & Peacocks”, Alan tells the story of his life`s work, from his arrival in Kenya as a young boy (furious at having to leave behind Britain`s birds) to the making of his game-changing films. Instead of sticking to the Big Five animals, these looked up close at whole ecosystems
- baobab trees, termite mounds, natural springs
- & involved firsts such as tracking the wildebeest migration from a balloon, then flying it over Kilimanjaro, filming inside a hornbill`s nest & diving with hippos & crocodiles. Along the way we meet Sally the pet hippo & Emily the house-proud chimp, watch as Dian Fossey catches sight of her first mountain gorilla & have sundowners with George & Joy Adamson. And here, too, is Joan Root, Alan`s wife & collaborator for over thirty years, who was brutally murdered in retaliation for her environmental campaigning. In this extraordinary memoir we look at Africa`s wonders through the eyes of a visionary, live through hair-raising adventure & personal sorrow, & also bear witness to a natural world now largely lost from view.

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Ivrea
- Biela
- Lower Aosta Valley area in a series contoured hiking maps at 1:50, 000 with local trails, long-distance footpaths,

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Ivvavik National Park in Yukon at 1:150, 000 in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at various scales from Go Trekkers highlighting recreational possibilities including trekking and/or snowshoe trails, canoeing & kayaking routes, campgrounds, warden stations, etc. Cartography of each title varies according to the terrain of the national park, but the maps are contoured & have spot heights plus, as appropriate, graphics to show wetlands, relief shading in mountainous areas, etc. All the titles are GPS compatible with either a UTM or latitude/longitude grid. Presentation of trails, recreational facilities such as campgrounds, access to the park by road or air, etc, also varies according to what each park has to offer & where it is situated. Each map also

Includes:: notes about the park.

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Bring your own colour to the story. From colouring book queen Johanna Basford, a lavishly illustrated fable about a girl named Ivy who stumbles upon a secret door leading to the magical world of Enchantia. A charming story that interacts playfully with beautiful, colourable artwork in Johanna`s signature style, Ivy & the Inky Butterfly is a one-of-a-kind adventure for the whole family & readers of all ages to customise, colour & cherish. Johanna has picked a crisp ivory paper that accentuates & compliments your chosen colour palette. The smooth, untextured pages allows for beautiful blending or gradient techniques with coloured pencils, or are perfect for pens, allowing the nib to glide evenly over the surface without feathering. ...

Ivybridge in 1905 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. This detailed map covers most of the small town of Ivybridge, extending westward to Cadleigh House & northward to Henlake Down. Features include Fore Street area, Highlands, St John`s church, Union Corn Mills, Cattle Market, Stowford Paper Mills, GWR railway with station, Woodl&, Langham Hill, Dinnaton, etc. On the reverse is a 1906 directory of Ivybridge. 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. ...

D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, & helped seal the fate of the Third Reich. ”D-Day: The Files” is a unique multimedia archive providing a full account of the planning & execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign which effectively destroyed the German forces in France, opening the way for the Allied advance. This insightful book

Includes:: ”D-Day: The Concise History” by Richard Holmes, a beautifully reproduced photo album with over 100 contemporary photographs, a giant fold-out Overlord campaign map showing 20 separate battlefield situations in colour, a CD of veteran first-hand accounts & 12 facsimile documents.

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The First World War was one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. The savagery of the fighting, the appalling conditions endured by the soldiers, & the sheer scale of the carnage have seared images of the War into the public memory: trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, artillery, & enormous cemeteries. Millions of men fought in the trenches, many died, & many more were maimed in mind or body. This book shows the wide sweep of the conflict, describing the development of the fighting from 1914-1918, spotlighting some of the obscure but important actions as well as the major battles & the soldiers who fought them. ...

Published with Imperial War Museums (IWM), The First World War 1914-1918 shows the wide sweep of the conflict, spotlighting some of the obscure but important actions as well as the major battles & the soldiers who fought them. Combining a vivid narrative informed by up-to-date research with an array of original documents & memorabilia, including photographs, propaganda, newspapers, letters & military orders, The First World War brings to life one of the most terrible periods of warfare the world has ever known. ...

Ixtapa & Zihuatanejo in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...