Speke & Garston Docks 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. 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 is double-sided. The main map covers much of Garston Docks, stretching from the Old Dock southward & inland to Bank's Road. Features include the Old Dock, part of the New Dock, Garston Rocks, Cornholme Bobbin Works, Garston Relief & Labour Test Yard, Hamilton Iron Works, Graving Dock, ship yard, railway connections. The adjacent sheet 114.13 extends coverage eastward to the village of Speke. This map is altogether more rural, & features include All Saints church, Greyhound Farm, Speke Town Farm, many fields & the northern tip of Speke Hall. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Speke & Garston Docks 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. The map is double-sided. The main map covers much of Garston Docks, stretching from the Old Dock southward & inland to Bank`s Road. Features include the Old Dock, part of the New Dock, Garston Rocks, Cornholme Bobbin Works, Garston Relief & Labour Test Yard, Hamilton Iron Works, Graving Dock, ship yard, railway connections, etc. The adjacent sheet 114.13 extends coverage eastward to the village of Speke. This map is altogether more rural, & features include All Saints church, Greyhound Farm, Speke Town Farm, many fields & the northern tip of Speke Hall. 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. ...

This is a unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities. Why is there an `h` in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press & his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign cars, & it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, & in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused & curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, & explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French & Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution & the internet. By learning the history & the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right. ...

The long awaited sequel to SPELLBOUND, which was listed by Kirkus Reviews among the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2011. ` Blake Charlton has created one of the few truly original magical systems we`ve seen in fantasy fiction` Tad Williams ` An absorbing read` Robin Hobb Leandra Weal has a bad habit of getting herself in dangerous situations. While hunting neodemons in her role as Warden of Ixos, Leandra obtains a prophetic spell that provides a glimpse one day into her future. She discovers that she is doomed to murder someone she loves, soon, but not who. Leandra`s quest to unravel the mystery of the murder-she-will-commit becomes more urgent when her chronic disease flares up & the Ixonian Archipelago is plagued by natural disasters, demon worshiping cults, & fierce political infighting. Everywhere she turns, Leandra finds herself amid conflict. As chaos spreads across Ixos, Leandra & her troubled family
- her misspelling wizard father Nicodemus Weal & dragon-of-a-mother Francesca De Vega
- must race to uncover the shocking truth about a prophesied demonic invasion, human language, & their own identities-if they don`t kill each other first.

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This title presents an accessible & beautifully illustrated introduction to the Books of the Dead the collections of magical spells on papyrus that the Egyptians believed would help them safely reach their afterlife. It presents a concise introduction to the perennially fascinating subject of ancient Egyptian attitudes to death & the dead. The British Museum holds an unequalled collection of Book of the Dead manuscripts on papyri. New photography captures the exquisite detail of the painted vignettes that accompany the spells. It is published to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, 4 November 2010 6 March 2011. For most ancient Egyptians, life on earth was short. But death was not an end; it was merely the entering of a new phase of being. They believed that the afterlife was a real place, but various obstacles, torments & judgements had to be overcome to reach it. To ensure a safe passage, wealthy Egyptians took with them specially commissioned compilations of spells, written on papyrus rolls. There was a large number of spells to choose from: spells for obtaining air, food & water; for transforming your body into another form, such a bird or lotus; for warding off hostile snakes & crocodiles; for preventing your heart from disclosing all your sins; for not permitting others to steal your body parts & soul; for not doing work in the realm of the dead; &, so on. Through these fragile papyrus texts & vignettes & a selection of other funerary objects, this book reveals what the ancient Egyptians believed lay between life & the afterlife. The Author John H. Taylor is a curator at the British Museum specializing in ancient Egyptian funerary archaeology. ...

Map No. 763, Spessart, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage. Kompass are Europe ...

Spessart
- Main – Odenwald on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner
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Map No. 832, Spessart (2-map set), in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of walking maps, with extensive coverage of hiking areas in other countries, all listed on our website. Many titles in this series are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage.* Cartography:* all the maps are contoured with additional shading & graphic relief to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10 metres in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous parts of the two countries. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. New editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.* Geographical coordinates:* maps in this title have a UTM grid for GPS. * Map legend:* most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.* Other
Features:* some titles now include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have booklets with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names.*PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING!* * Booklets:* many titles come with booklets describing the area and/or various hiking routes. These booklets are in * German only*, apart from a handful of titles where an English language booklet is specifically indicated in the individual description. So, unless English language booklet is actually mentioned, the map can only be supplied with a German booklet. These booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, most titles now include * full English language map legend.*
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Spessart – Rhön – Western Franconia ” Top 10 Tips” Map in Freytag & Berndt’s series of detailed road maps at 1:150, 000 covering Germany’s popular holiday areas, each with a booklet with street plans, an index & descriptions of 10 selected places of interest, all prominently highlighted on the maps. Relief is portrayed by hill-shading without distracting from other detail. Although these maps are using the same cartography as the publishers’ 1:200, 000 regional series, better scale & colouring make minor local roads & motorway junctions stand out more clearly. Road information

Includes:: intermediate driving distances, toll routes, scenic roads & tourist routes, steep gradients, caravan traffic restrictions, seasonal closures on mountain roads, etc. Railways, cable cars, ferries & airfields are also shown. Selected cycle routes & long distance hiking trails are included. Picturesque towns are highlighted & in each title 10 selected places of interest are prominently marked & briefly described in the index booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also provides street plans main towns in the region. Symbols mark various landmarks, places of interest & facilities, e.g. selected hotels, campsites, historical & architectural sites, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals.* Map legend & the descriptions include English.** In this title:* street plan of central Würzburg.

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The northern part of the Spessart Regional Park, map no. 50-6, in a series of special GPS compatible recreational editions of the German topographic survey at 1:50, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. The map covers an area around Aschaffenburg, Hanau, Karlstadt, & Sinngrund. All the maps in this series, published by the state survey of Bavaria, have cartography identical to the standard topographic survey of Germany, plus extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Many of the titles include on the reverse photos of fauna & flora & descriptions of the area covered by them. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...