Excellent World War I commemorative map from the IGN presenting an overview of the Western Front supported by three more detailed enlargements of the main battlefields including the Somme area, & highlighting 15 special Remembrance Trails, remaining trenches, numerous memorial sites, museums, cemeteries, etc. Prepared by the IGN in collaboration with the Mission du Centenaire programme set up by the French Government, the map has a far more detailed base for presenting all the WWI-related information than found on other maps of the Western Front. Road map of the northern France at 1:410, 000 shows the whole of the front line in October 1914 from the Swiss border to coast of Flanders, also indicating the limit of the German advance & the eventual Armistice line of 11.11.1918. Three panels provide more detailed enlargements at 1:290, 000: the B ...

With a network covering much of the West Country, Wales & the West Midlands, & a history & tradition stretching back more than a century, the Great Western has been seen by many railway historians & enthusiasts as the most famous railway in the world. The history of the GWR was marked by an independence & swagger match by few other railways, its foundations laid by the flamboyant engineer I. K. Brunel who designed famous structures like Paddington Station & Saltash Bridge which still survive today. This book summarises Great Western Railway`s place in British history, one secured by a nostalgic fondness for a bygone era. ...

The Great Western Railway Map 1924: Paddington to Penzance, folded version, from The Old Book House presents the whole 305 miles long route divided into two separate panels, printed side by side on one, over two metres long strip. All stations along the route are marked & annotated with distances from Paddington & to Penzance. The map also shows tunnels & other railway lines connecting to or crossing the route, indicating sections closed since 1924. All along its course the route is annotated with comments on various features of the line & local sights, etc, including text describing changes since 1924. The map is presented in an elegant paper envelope & comes with a separate small booklet providing more historical background. This title is also available as a wallmap. ...

The Great Western Railway Map 1924: Paddington to Penzance, folded version, from The Old Book House presents the whole 305 miles long route divided into two separate panels, printed side by side on one, over two metres long strip. All stations along the route are marked & annotated with distances from Paddington & to Penzance. The map also shows tunnels & other railway lines connecting to or crossing the route, indicating sections closed since 1924. All along its course the route is annotated with comments on various features of the line & local sights, etc, including text describing changes since 1924. The map is presented in an elegant paper envelope & comes with a separate small booklet providing more historical background. This title is also available as a wallmap. ...

American wine
- once an object of ridicule
- now holds its own against the world`s best. In ” The Great Wines of America”,

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NOW A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated & lonely as she strives to adjust to the realities of married life. Woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream. & not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot, waiting to come in. His name is Alec, & his powerful presence both disturbs & excites her. Her initial alarm soon fades, & they begin an intense affair. But nothing has prepared her for the truth about Alec's life, nor the impact it will have on hers.. . ...

In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated & lonely as she strives to adjust to the realities of married life. Woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream. & not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot, waiting to come in. His name is Alec, & his powerful presence both disturbs & excites her. Her initial alarm soon fades, & they begin an intense affair. But nothing has prepared her for the truth about Alec`s life, nor the impact it will have on hers... ...

The Greater Journey focuses on the period between 1830 & 1900, when hundreds of Americans--many of them future household names like Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, Samuel Morse, John Singer Sargent & Harriet Beecher Stowe--migrated to Paris. Mc Cullough shows first how the City of Light affected each of them in turn, & how they later moved back to America to help shape American art, medicine, writing, science, & politics in profound ways. The Greater Journey is filled with wonderful descriptions of the old Paris before it was re-made by Haussmann's grand boulevards, & of the city's great places, especially the Louvre, the Tuileries, & Notre Dame, which never failed to inspire visitors & expatriates. ...

Civilizations have been fighting each other for thousands of years. Some mighty civilizations have left few traces except descriptions of their greatest martial endeavours & some ancient conflicts remain unresolved today. The Greatest Battles in History is an authoritatively written & brilliantly illustrated reference work to the key wars & battles fought from ancient times up to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Arranged in chronological order from the early Middle Eastern conflicts such as Megiddo & Kadesh through to the Napoleonic Wars, each entry

Includes:: full-colour illustrations either maps or artworks as well as information boxes containing key facts & figures & a description of the context, the course of battle & the conflict`s aftermath. An easily accessible guide to more than 160 battles & campaigns, The Greatest Battles in History is essential reading for enthusiasts & general readers alike.

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From a creative crisis to a dissatisfied editor, & from a bizarre twist of fate to an untimely death, behind each unpublished book lies a unique & compelling story. One of the giants of modern literature, Ernest Hemingway, saw three years of work, including a novel & several short stories, vanish when his wife`s suitcase was stolen in the Gare de Lyon in Paris. Evelyn Waugh, on the other h&, burned the manuscript of his first novel & attempted to drown himself after a friend gave it a bad review. Covering an eclectic range of international authors, both living & dead, The Greatest Books You`ll Never Read unearths an alternative literary history that is fascinating & heartbreaking in equal measure. Each ill-fated book, from Karl Marx`s comic novel Scorpion & Felix to Stephenie Meyer`s Twilight spin-off Midnight Sun, is examined in an in-depth essay, with selected entries featuring manuscript extracts. Specially commissioned covers by acclaimed designers illustrate each entry, bringing to life these lost literary wonders. At once entertaining & enlightening, The Greatest Books You`ll Never Read will be loved by bookworms everywhere. ...