Each working day 500 million people across the planet experience the miracle & misery of commuting. Whether undertaken by car, bus, train or bicycle, the practice shapes our days & creates a time & a space for a surprisingly diverse range of activities. In RUSH HOUR, Iain Gately traces the past, present & future of commuting, from the age of Dickens to the potential of the driverless car. He examines the contrasting experiences of commuters in Britain & elsewhere in the world: from the crush-loaded salarymen of the Tokyo metro to the road-rage afflicted middle managers of America. Notwithstanding its occasional traumas, commuting emerges as a positive aspect of modern life. It has dictated the growth of cities; been proving ground for new technologies; & given countless people freedom of movement & the opportunity to improve their lives. ...

Each working day 500 million people across the planet experience the miracle & misery of commuting. Whether undertaken by car, bus, train or bicycle, the practice shapes our days & creates a time & a space for a surprisingly diverse range of activities. In RUSH HOUR, Iain Gately traces the past, present & future of commuting, from the age of Dickens to the potential of the driverless car. He examines the contrasting experiences of commuters in Britain & elsewhere in the world: from the crush-loaded salarymen of the Tokyo metro to the road-rage afflicted middle managers of America. Notwithstanding its occasional traumas, commuting emerges as a positive aspect of modern life. It has dictated the growth of cities; been proving ground for new technologies; & given countless people freedom of movement & the opportunity to improve their lives. ...

When Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in Eden, New South Wales, sets out to chronicle the particularly difficult season of 1908, the story she tells is poignant & hilarious, filled with drama & misadventure. It`s a season marked not only by the sparsity of whales & the vagaries of weather, but also by the arrival of John Beck, an itinerant whaleman with a murky past, on whom Mary promptly develops an all-consuming crush. But hers is not the only romance to blossom amidst the blubber.. . Swinging from Mary`s hopes & disappointments, both domestic & romantic, to the challenges that beset their tiny whaling operation, Rush Oh! is a celebration of an extraordinary episode in Australian history when a family of whalers formed a fond, unique alliance with a pod of frisky killer whales
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Rushden East in 1923 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 eastern part of Rushden, stretching from Rectory Road eastward to High Hayden Lodge. Features include UDC Buildings, Boot & Shoe Factories, Newton Road area, Park Road area, etc. On the reverse is an 1898 commercial directory, entries C-Z. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Rushden East in 1923 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 eastern part of Rushden, stretching from Rectory Road eastward to High Hayden Lodge. Features include UDC Buildings, Boot & Shoe Factories, Newton Road area, Park Road area, etc. On the reverse is an 1898 commercial directory, entries C to Z. 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. ...

Rushden West in 1923 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 western part of Rushden, stretching from the High Street westward to Knuston Hall. Features include railway station, Irchester Road area, boot & shoe factories, leather dressing works, High Street area, Church Green, Rushden Hall, Home Farm, Royal Theatre, etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents from an 1898 directory, with the commercial entry, entries A toC. 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. ...

In Ruskin`s Venice: The Stones Revisited, newly published in a revised, extended & re-designed edition, photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin`s The Stones of Venice & has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses Ruskin`s vision of the city with images of the present day. Covering a wide range of subjects from palaces, churches & town houses, to bridges, courtyards & capitals Quill`s glorious photographs illuminate Ruskin`s words & record with skill & precision the fine architectural details described by him: intricate brickwork, coloured marble, carvings & sculpture. This new edition of Sarah Quill`s bestselling book incorporates up-to-date views of buildings which have been cleaned since originally photographed. Several of Ruskin`s watercolours are included, with extracts & reproductions from his Venetian notebooks, now publicly available, & some of his original daguerreotype photographs of Venice. Sarah Quill`s expert editorial annotations & commentary, incorporating extracts from Ruskin`s letters from Venice, enhance our understanding of Ruskin`s text & provide an essential linking thread throughout. The book has been completely re-designed to be even more user-friendly as both a reference book & a guide for travellers to Venice. The result is a beautifully illustrated book that successfully communicates Ruskin`s passion for Venice & his concern for the city`s architectural heritage. Uniting the historical with the present day, Ruskin`s Venice: The Stones Revisited is a unique companion guide for both the seasoned & first-time traveller to Venice, & will undoubtedly leave the reader determined to retrace Ruskin`s footsteps time & time again. ...

` Once upon a time, a mysterious time that exists through a window in your mind, a time that seemed, to those present, exactly like now does to us, except their teeth weren`t so clean & more things were wooden, there was a town called Hamelin.. .` In the first in his series of Trickster Tales, Russell Brand retells the classic children`s story The Pied Piper of Hamelin. You`ll be enchanted & revolted in equal measure by the host of characters you meet along the way: the anarchic rats, the arrogant townspeople, sharp-eyed Sam & of course the Pied Piper himself, all brought to life in Brand`s inimitable style & with the illustrations of Costa Award-winner Chris Riddell. ...

Medium-sized 77x 60cm political map with the country borders in different colours on a white background showing Russia, the other neighbouring countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States, & the Baltic & Scandinavian states. The map also shows provincial borders within Russia. Major roads, railways & water features are marked, along with a large number of towns, & mountain ranges are shown by subtle shading. A small range of symbols depict airports, canals, oil pipelines & oilfields. ...

Russia on a political map at 1:9, 000, 000 from Cartograhia, showing its division into administrative units. Coverage



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