It was the war to end all wars, the global struggle that would finally make the world safe for democracy
- at any cost. But one
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Johnny Kingdom is the English countryside made flesh. He has lived his whole life on Exmoor, from his childhood catching moles to sell their skins, to his early wild days of adventure as a poacher, to today, when the demands of wildlife photography make extraordinary patience rather more useful than the ability to run fast... He embodies a way of life that may soon be gone for ever. His life story is both highly entertaining & completely enchanting. In Johnny Kingdom
- A Wild Life on Exmoor, we see how integral the both the landscape & the creatures of Exmoor have been to Johnny`s often hair-raising life story. When a horrific accident made him change his lifestyle & seek less physically demanding work, Johnny found solace in wildlife photography & has never looked back. His book is full of hilarious & captivating stories of his escapades, from how he spent the night in a jail cell with a red deer, to how he persuaded the local badger population to run along a mini assault course, turning wheels & tilting up & down on see-saws. Johnny is a wonderfully charismatic raconteur. This amazing book & new ITV series are already conferring on him the title of national treasure.
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There are few people better acquainted with the West Country than Johnny Kingdom. His knowledge of local wildlife is second to none, but he's also a fount of knowledge when it comes to all the old stories that get passed down from generation to generation. West Country Tales is a charming collection of these local myths & legends, interwoven with many more anecdotes from Johnny himself & his forbears & friends. The atmospheric West Country landscape lends itself perfectly to dramatic tales of eerie hauntings & ghostly happenings, daring smugglers & dashing highwaymen, & many have heard of
- or might even have seen
- the modern-day legend that is the Beast of Exmoor. But what about the Flying Fish of Exmoor, a slippery catch of Johnny's that sailed up & over a bridge into the back seat of a passing open-top car, never to be seen again? Gently humorous & wonderfully evocative, it's only a matter of time before some of Johnny's own tales weave their way into West Country lore.

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There are few people better acquainted with the West Country than Johnny Kingdom. His knowledge of local wildlife is second to none, but he`s also a fount of knowledge when it comes to all the old stories that get passed down from generation to generation. ” West Country Tales” is a charming collection of these local myths & legends, interwoven with many more anecdotes from Johnny himself & his forbears & friends. The atmospheric West Country landscape lends itself perfectly to dramatic tales of eerie hauntings & ghostly happenings, daring smugglers & dashing highwaymen, & many have heard of
- or might even have seen
- the modern-day legend that is the Beast of Exmoor. But what about the Flying Fish of Exmoor, a slippery catch of Johnny`s that sailed up & over a bridge into the back seat of a passing open-top car, never to be seen again? Gently humorous & wonderfully evocative, it`s only a matter of time before some of Johnny`s own tales weave their way into West Country lore.

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`A delight` Stephen Fry BLUNDERTo mistake, grossly, to err very widely.` Someone has blundered` (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ` Charge of the Brexit Brigade`)EUTHANASIAAn easy death. Strangulation by EU regulations, according to Brexiters.` Brexit` seems to mean many things, but none of them is clear. Fortunately, help is at hand from Harry Eyres & George Myerson, who offer us pithy & incisive definitions of the key terms associated with this momentous process. From `COCK-UP` to `WRETCHED` via `BUFOON` & `MAY`, Johnson`s Brexit Dictionary is a delightful, witty & essential compendium inspired by Dr Johnson`s original, & updated for our turbulent times. ...

The southern part of Peninsular Malaysia on a double-sided map from the Singapore based Periplus, combining detailed road maps with of the region with street plans of central Johor Bahru & Melaka. On one side is a more general map of the whole region at 1:500, 000 extending from north of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. The map shows the region’s road & rail network & highlights various places of interest. The map is accompanied by a distance table, an enlargement showing the Melaka area in greater detail at 1:75, 000, plus a street plan of Melaka Town at 1:15, 000. In addition to places of interest the street plan also indicates locations of several hotels. On the reverse is a detailed road map at 1:70, 000 covering the Johor Bahru area with the northern part of the Singapore Isl&. Also included here is a street plan of central Johor Bahru, with hotels, sights, etc. Only the street plan of Johor Bahru is indexed. ...

The southern part of Peninsular Malaysia on a double-sided map from the Singapore based Periplus, combining detailed road maps with of the region with street plans of central Johor Bahru & Melaka. On one side is a more general map of the whole region at 1:500, 000 extending from north of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. The map shows the region ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Danny Wallace was bored. Just to see what would happen, he placed a whimsical ad in a local London paper. It said, simply, ` Join Me`. Within a month, he was receiving letters & emails from teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren & pensioners
- all pledging allegiance to his cause. But no one knew what his cause was. Soon he was proclaimed Leader. Increasingly obsessed & possibly power-crazed Danny risked losing his sanity & his loyal girlfriend. But who could deny the attraction of a global following of devoted joinees? A book about dreams, ambition & the responsibility that comes with power, Join Me is the true story of a man who created a cult by accident, & is proof that whilst some men were born to lead, others really haven`t got a clue.
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...