Beeston in 1913 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 town of Beeston, south-west of Nottingham. Features include town, St John`s church, Anglo-Scotian Mills, lace factories, iron foundry, small portion of railway but not station, schools, Beeston Fields, etc. On the reverse is a selection of trade directory entries from Wright`s 1902 directory. 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. ...

Beeston & Beeston Hill 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 covers the Beeston area of south Leeds. The right hand third of the map is very built up with the terraces & back-to-back houses of Beeston Hill, extending south to Cross Flatts Park. Coverage then extends west along Elland Road
- with the original football ground
- & Beeston Road, the latter leading to the village of Beeston itself. Here features include Beeston Hall, St Mary`s church, St Anthony`s Padua chapel, station (on the GNR West Yorkshire Railway), Windmill Hill, Crow Nest Farm, Beeston Near Royds, Beeston Royds Mill, Crow Nest Tannery, Manor Pit, Islington, Beggars Hill, Brick & Tile Works, Cross Flats, tramways, Holbeck Cemetery, Baron Close Brick Works, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Beeston Road, Cambrian Road, Malvern Road & Tempest 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.

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This rich story collection will be a reminder to Nadine Gordimer`s countless admirers, & a taster for the uninitiated, of her enduring imaginative power. A woman gauges the state of her marriage by the tone of her husband`s cello; a wife reads her husband`s mood by the scent in the nape of his neck; a newly emigrated couple are divided by visual obsession, he with his native Budapest, she with South African suburbia. With consummate artistry, Gordimer illustrates the show downs, standoffs & highlights of human intimacy while penetrating the nuances of immigration, national identity & race. ...

Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, & now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever. A giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue. But can the two solve the mystery of his dad`s disappearance, especially when links emerge to cruel Lucretia Cutter & her penchant for beetle jewellery? A coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer
- if Darkus & Baxter are brave enough to find it.
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” Jaw-droppingly gorgeous”
- The Bookseller Beetle mania is spreading, thanks to M.G. Leonard`s bestselling Beetle Boy trilogy.
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Beetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world, with nearly half a million beetle species described & catalogued in our museums, more than any other type of living thing. This astonishing species diversity is matched by a similar diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology & behaviour. Beetles occur everywhere, & do everything. & yet they form a clearly discrete insect group, typically characterised by their attractively compact form, with flight wings folded neatly under smooth hard wing-cases. Almost anyone could recognise a beetle, indeed many are intimately associated with human society. Groups like ladybirds are familiar to us from a very young age. Large stag beetles & handsome chafers are celebrated for their imposing size & bright colours. The sacred scarabs of the ancient Egyptians were given iconic, if not god-like, status & even though the exact religious meanings may be fading after three millennia, their bewitching jewellery & monumental statuary inspire us still. Despite this ancient & easy familiarity with beetles, the Coleoptera remains tainted by the notion that it is a `difficult` group of insects. The traditional routes into studying British natural history, through birdwatching, butterfly-collecting & pressing wild flowers, now extend to studying dragonflies, bumblebees, grasshoppers, moths, hoverflies & even shieldbugs. These are on the verge of becoming popular groups, but beetles remain the preserve of the expert, or so it seems. So many British beetles are easy to find & easy to identify by the non-expert, but that bewildering background diversity, & the daunting numbers of species in the Coleoptera as a whole, have been enough to dissuade many a potential coleopterist from grasping the nettle & getting stuck in. Richard Jones` groundbreaking New Naturalist volume on beetles encourages those enthusiasts who would otherwise be put off by the, to date, rather technical literature that has dominated the field, providing a comprehensive natural history of this fascinating & beautiful group of insects. ...

An enticing collection of before-&-after scenarios, created by master artist & acclaimed author of This Is Not A Book Graphic artist Jean Jullien insightfully & comically depicts a set of clever & surprising before-&-after two-frame narratives, each progressed by a page turn. From pale skin to sunburned skin, dirty to clean, long hair to short hair (to long again), Jullien masterfully builds anticipation & a satisfying resolution with each pairing. Striking the perfect balance of predictability & unexpectedness, this book will leave readers in wonder as they flip back & forth.

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In the late 1970s, a pyromaniac runs amok in rural Norway. As homes are burnt to cinders, panic spreads as neighbours wonder who amongst them could cause such fear & anguish. Born in to this chaos, Gaute Heivoll is indelibly linked to this disturbing time, & to the arsonist intent on such destruction. Before I Burn is a fictional exploration of the true events of Norway`s most dramatic arson case. By juxtaposing the pyromaniac`s story with his own, Gaute Heivoll lays bare the insanity that lies just beneath the surface of the human psyche, & the triggers that may flip any of us into madness. Written in fluid, vivid prose, & with a shattering honesty & humanity, Before I Burn is a literary sensation. ...

They say `live every day as if it`s your last`
- but you never actually think it`s going to be. At least I didn`t. The thing is,
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Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love
- all forgotten overnight. & the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine`s life.
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