Taking his inspiration from Dylan Thomas` Under Milk Wood, Louis de Bernieres chose to celebrate his ten years of life in the south London suburb, living above a small shop that had been by turns an outlet for oversized naughty clothes for transvestites, a West Indian hairdressers & a junk shop, by writing of the people that he had known & come to love in his time there. Brilliantly capturing the myriad voices of modern Britain, with their different rhythms of speech & accents, their humour & their tragedy, jokes & gossip, de Bernieres` tour de force takes us to the heart of a community & its spirit
- the lives & loves, the tears & the laughter of its people.
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This guide combines league tables of the best primary & secondary schools (both independent & state) in the UK with detailed profiles of over 1000 schools. Each year The Sunday Times publish two Parent Power supplements with Schoolsnet. The guide draws upon & expands the information available in these two supplements. The first part of the book covers the process of selecting a school, both in terms of a school's performance in league tables & how to undertake the selection process. It
Includes:: / The Sunday Times ranking tables for the top state primary schools, the top preparatory schools, the top state secondary schools & the top independent schools. / More specialized tables based, for example, best GCSE results, best A-level results, best boarding schools, best single-sex schools, best for dyslexic children, highest & lowest fees, best Sixth-form colleges, best schools for added value, best schools for languages, for arts, for technology, etc. / Advice on how to choose, looking both at the state & independent sector, from factors such as geography, examination performance, day or boarding. / Explanation of the application process./ Explanation of educational terms & advice on good websites to visit. / Introduction to the basic structure of secondary schools. The second part contains an alphabetical listing of profiles of around 350 primary/preparatory schools, 650 state & independent secondary schools & 10 sixth form colleges. The profiles for each school will contain contact details, staff & pupil numbers, performance indicators (such as examination performance), entrance details, school policies (on uniform, for example), & a 250-word profile of the school, including comments from Inspection reports.
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Austin Palmer & his wife Kay had come, full of dreams & aspirations, to a school deep in the rain-forest of a newly independent West African state. But things had not worked out as they had hoped. When Kay returns to Engl&, Palmer moves away from the school compound into the nearby town of Ogun-Adoubia. Here he is confronted by a power far older than any government, & by his own inner darkness. When that confrontation is over nobody cares to talk about the Sunday Whiteman. ...

The Sunderbans, the world`s largest mangrove expanse, are nothing less than a hub for naturalists & scientists
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Sunderland Central in 1895 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. Coverage stretches from Sorley Street & the Workhouse eastward to Suffolk Street, & from Monkwearmouth station southward to Belvedere Road & Park Road. Features include Central station, Wearmouth Bridge, Monkwearmouth station, Millfield, Millfield station, Wear Flint Glass Works, Workhouse, Hospital, St Mark`s church, St Mary`s church, Trimdon Iron Works, Wear Glass Works, The Green, St George`s Square, Mowbray Park, section of the NER Painshaw Branch, section of Hetton Colliery Railway, Infirmary, tramways, museum, reformatory, etc. A section of the River Wear is included & along it are Lambton Drops, Hetton Staiths, Wear Dock, Palmers Hill Engine Works, Strand Shipbuilding Yard & Wearmouth Drops. A portion of Deptford is in the north-western corner, including St Andrew`s church, Lambton Railway. Part of Monkwearmouth around the station is on this map, including St Peter`s church. Street directory entries for Charles Street, Chester Road, Clanny Street, Hylton Road, John Street & John Candlish Road are on the back. Family historians should note that much of the historic Bishopwearmouth parish is on this map. 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 new edition in the AA's ground-breaking series of street atlases covering Sunderland in a handy glovebox size; fully updated with a stylish new cover design. The atlas uses the latest digital data for Britain from Ordnance Survey & the AA & also

Includes:: National Grid Referencing as used by the emergency services. Plus, unique to Street by Street, district names head each page for easy reference. All of the maps clearly show recommended restaurants, hotels, one-way streets & car parks, with 24-hour petrol stations now highlighted. Featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting, these maps are all you need to keep you on the move.

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Sunderland Pallion in 1895 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 western part of Sunderland extending from Pallion westward to Ford Paper Works. Features include Hylton Lane, Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, St Luke's church, St Luke's Engine Works, Pallion station, Ford Hall, Claxheugh Rock, cement works. A directory of Ford (or South Hylton) Parish is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Sunderland South in 1895 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 area of Sunderland around Ashbrooke Hall, including part of Hendon. Coverage stretches from Mowbray Road southward about a mile to Moor Hill & Tunstall Hills Farm. The Hetton Colliery Railway runs through the map & a tramway is shown along Gray Road. 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 wooden-boxed brass sundial is a completely self-contained portable instrument, inspired by a design from the 18th century instrument maker Peter Dollond, founder of a great optical empire. The original is in the London Science Museum. Instruments like this were once used by explorers & navigators to tell the time anywhere in the world. For this to be possible, the gnomon, which casts the shadow, can be set for latitude on a sliding scale & the whole instrument oriented for direction by means of a magnetic compass in the base. A spirit level & height adjustable legs ensure that the instrument is used upright. Supplied in a box measuring 4” square, 2½” tall. ...

Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:100, 000, the Vägkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 79 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:100, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 75 x 80km. The maps have contours at 10 metre intervals, plus relief shading & colouring for different types of landscape: open l&, forests, alvar, marshes, etc. Boundaries of national parks & nature reserves, areas prohibited to cross-country vehicles, & restricted entry military zones are marked. The maps indicate privately maintained local roads, cycle paths with wind shelters, footpaths, etc, & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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