When Biografi was first published, it was met first with enormous critical acclaim
- only to become the centre of a heated controversy.
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Biography of British Train Travel is a collection of mainly previously unpublished articles & short stories, covering a lifelong interest in railways. It spans a wide spectrum over the years, from the early days in Kent in 1960, through the many hours on the lineside on the Surrey Hills line & the South Western main line, to the last frantic years of steam on the Southern, & the current steam scene, as well as the privileged & exciting times spent riding on the footplate of steam locomotives. It majors on the author`s main railway passions of steam locomotives, train running performance, including modern motive power & all matters Southern. Locomotive performance in Europe & a tramway are also included, as is a fascinating minor- & little-visited narrow gauge railway in southern Engl&, plus heritage traction on the London Underground. The book comprises Approx. 350 illustrations, many in colour, as well as contemporary timetable extracts & copies of notebook pages, which cover shed visits in Scotl&. Fifty train running logs are included, together with some detailed records of days spent by the line sides of railways when steam was still the predominant motive power in parts of the south. ...

Read the extraordinary story of Elizabeth I`s life, from her troubled childhood to her remarkable adult life as queen of Engl&. Following the execution of her mother & disownment by her father, Elizabeth was never expected to sit on the throne. She rose above her imprisonment in the Tower of London & rejected several marriage proposals to emerge triumphant as England`s most powerful queen. Pushing the boundaries of the British Empire ever further through exploration, patronage of the arts, & strengthened trade, Elizabeth became a glorious monarch, loved & celebrated by her people. ...

Biokovo Mountains on the Adriatic coast of Croatia on a contoured & GPS compatible, double-sided map at 1:25, 000 from the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service. Coverage

Includes:: the resorts of Baška Voda, Makarska, , Tucpi & Podgora. Contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading provide excellent presentation of the terrain, with markings for various topographic features. Waymarked hiking paths are highlighted & the map also indicates which local roads & tracks are suitable for cycling or mountain biking. Symbols show various facilities & places of interest, including different types of tourist accommodations (hotels, apartments, campsites, mountain refuges), restaurants, beaches, paragliding locations, etc. The map has a 1km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. This map is printed on dem&, & if it`s out of stock it could take 3
- 4 months waiting time. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.




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Birch Vale in 1896 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 an area east of New Mills, stretching from Watford Lodge eastward to Birch Vale. Features include Print Works (Calico), Hayfield Union Workhouse, Sheffield & Midland Jt railway with Birch Vale station, Garrison Bleach Works, Pleasant View, High Hill Farm, Ravensleach Quarry, Birch Vale print works, colliery, Thornset, etc. On the reverse is a large extract of the 1919 map, showing the Birch Vale & Thornset area at a later stage, together with directory entries for Birch Vale & Thornset. 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. ...

An ornithological quiz book packed with challenging questions for birders, based on the popular ` Bird Brain of Britain` contest at the annual Bird Fair. The British Birdwatching Fair, held every August at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, attracts over 30, 000 visitors every year. One of the most popular attractions in the events marquee is the ` Bird Brain of Britain` contest. Each of the four contestants must answer a set of questions on their nominated specialist subject, & a second set on general (ornithological) knowledge. The participants have included popular presenters & experts throughout the years, including Stephen Moss, Chris Harbard, Mark Andrews, Nigel Redman, Mike Dilger & David Lindo, among many others. The book will feature the questions asked in the contest over its 30-year lifespan. Many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers, & some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. The questions are difficult & varied enough to test any birder`s knowledge, & will provide many hours of challenging entertainment. Be they trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling or strange, the varied bird trivia included makes this compilation as entertaining & enlightening as it is educational. ...

Annie Proulx, one of America`s finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie & her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. ` Bird Cloud` is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands & prairie & 400 foot cliffs plunging down to the North Platte River. On the day she first visited, a cloud in the shape of a bird hung in the evening sky. Proulx also saw pelicans, bald eagles, golden eagles, great blue herons, ravens, scores of bluebirds, harriers, kestrels, elk, deer & a dozen antelope. She knew she had to purchase the l&, then owned by the Nature Conservancy, & she knew what she would build on it
- a house in harmony with her work, her appetites & her character
- a library surrounded by bedrooms & a kitchen. Proulx`s first non-fiction in more than twenty years, Bird Cloud is the story of building that house
- solar panels, a Japanese soak tub, a concrete floor, elk horn handles on kitchen cabinets
- & an enthralling natural history & archeology of the region, inhabited for millennia by Ute, Arapaho & Shoshone Indians. It is also a family history, going back to nineteenth century Mississippi river boat captains & Canadian settlers, & an illuminating autobiography. Proulx, a writer with extraordinary powers of observation & compassion, turns her lens on herself. We understand how she came to be living in a house surrounded by wilderness, with shelves for thousands of books & long worktables on which to heap manuscripts, research materials & maps, & how she came to be one of the great American writers of her time.



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I want to find out how they behave when they`re free. Len Howard was forty years old when she decided to leave her London life & loves behind, retire to the English countryside & devote the rest of her days to her one true passion: birds. Moving to a small cottage in Sussex, she wrote two bestselling books, astonishing the world with her observations on the tits, robins, sparrows & other birds that lived nearby, flew freely in & out of her windows, & would even perch on her shoulder as she typed. This moving novel imagines the story of this remarkable woman`s decision to defy society`s expectations, & the joy she drew from her extraordinary relationship with the natural world. ...

Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide
- the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts
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Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide
- the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts
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