On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia`s most illustrious institutions into scandal. Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russia`s lengthy artistic legacy & to mirror its neo-imperial ambitions. As renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows in his tour-de-force account, the attack, & its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, & to the world. With exclusive access to state archives & private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the ballet, tracing the political ties that bind the institution to the varying Russian regimes, & detailing the birth of some of the best-loved ballets in the repertoire. From its disreputable beginnings in 1776, the Bolshoi became a point of pride for the tsarist empire after the defeat of Napoleon in 1812. After the revolution, Moscow was transformed into a global capital; meetings of the Communist Party were hosted at the Bolshoi, & the Soviet Union was signed into existence on its stage. Recently, a GBP450 million restoration has returned the Bolshoi to its former glory, even as prized talent has departed. The Theatre has been bombed, rigged with explosives & reinforced with cement. Its dancers have suffered unimaginable physical torment to climb the ranks. But, as Morrison reveals, the Bolshoi has transcended its own fraught history, surviving 250 years of artistic & political upheaval to define not only Russian culture but also ballet itself. ...

On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, dragging one of Russia`s most illustrious institutions into scandal. In Bolshoi Confidential, renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows how the attack, & its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, & to the world. With exclusive access to state archives & private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the ballet, from its disreputable beginnings in 1776 to the recent GBP450 million restoration that has returned the Bolshoi to its former glory, even as its prized talent has departed. As Morrison reveals, the Bolshoi has transcended its own fraught history, surviving 250 years of artistic & political upheaval to define not only Russian culture, but also ballet itself. ...

Bolsover in 1897 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: two maps have been published for Bolsover to give good coverage of the town. Sheet 26.06, Bolsover, is the principal map & covers the town itself, including the Castle, St Mary's church, Market Place etc. Coverage extends north to Limekiln Field & Over Woodhouse, & westward to New Bolsover, including the tramway to the houses. An 1891 directory is on the reverse. Sheet 26.05, Bolsover West, extends coverage westward to Bolsover Colliery & a complicated railway system that

Includes:: the Midland Railway Bolsover station & Markham Junction. Coverage also

Includes:: Longcourse Farm & Long Duckmanton as well as extracts from Bulmer's History & Topography of Derbyshire 1895. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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Bolsover in 1897 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. Two maps have been published for Bolsover to give good coverage of the town. This title, Sheet 26.06
- Bolsover, is the principal map & covers the town itself, including the Castle, St Mary`s church, Market Place, etc. Coverage extends north to Limekiln Field & Over Woodhouse, & westward to New Bolsover, including the tramway to the houses. An 1891 directory is on the reverse. Sheet 26.05
- Bolsover West, extends coverage westward to Bolsover Colliery & a complicated railway system that

Includes:: the Midland Railway Bolsover station & Markham Junction. Coverage also

Includes:: Longcourse Farm & Long Duckmanton as well as extracts from Bulmer`s History & Topography of Derbyshire 1895. 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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Bolsover West in 1897 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: two maps have been published for Bolsover to give good coverage of the town. Sheet 26.06, Bolsover, is the principal map & covers the town itself, including the Castle, St Mary's church, Market Place etc. Coverage extends north to Limekiln Field & Over Woodhouse, & westward to New Bolsover, including the tramway to the houses. An 1891 directory is on the reverse. Sheet 26.05, Bolsover West, extends coverage westward to Bolsover Colliery & a complicated railway system that

Includes:: the Midland Railway Bolsover station & Markham Junction. Coverage also

Includes:: Longcourse Farm & Long Duckmanton as well as extracts from Bulmer's History & Topography of Derbyshire 1895. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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Stunning photographs of two adorable cats
- Instagram stars who hike, paddle & snowshoe through the wilderness. Two kittens were
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Map No. 1226, Boltigen, in the topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:25, 000 from Bundesamt für Landestopographie (swisstopo), covering the whole country on 247 small format sheets, with special larger maps published for popular regions including some titles now available in hiking versions. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 10 m intervals, with 20m intervals in the mountainous areas. All the maps have a 1-km grid for Swiss national coordinates (datum CH 1903). * Small format sheets (Nos. 1011
- 1374)* Map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. Additional margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 2`. The area covered by each map is 17 x 12 km (11 x 7 miles approx). * Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – STANDARD editions:* No map legend is included but a separate leaflet can be provided instead. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).* Special larger sheets (Nos. from 2501 onwards) – HIKING editions:* An overprint highlights hiking, mountain & alpine paths, including regional & national long-distance trails. The maps also show bus routes with bus stops, plus inns in remote locations. The area covered by each map is 25 x 17 km (15 x 11 miles approx).
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Street by Street Bolton Midi has been fully updated for 2008 with a stylish new cover design, in a handy glovebox size. The maps clearly show AA recommended restaurants, pubs, hotels, one-way streets, 24-hour petrol stations & car parks. Quick to navigate & 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. ...

Bolton & Bury Street Atlas from the Geographers` A-Z Map Company in an A5 paperback format at 1:15, 840 (4” to a mile), with enlargements showing the two town centres in greater detail at 1:7, 920 (8” to 1 mile). Coverage

Includes:: Adlington, Atherton, Farnworth, Horwich, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Walkden, Westhoughton & Whitefield. Current edition of this title was published in 2014. To see other titles in this series of A-Z street atlases of towns & cities please click on the series link. A-Z also publish a series of County Street Atlases, for a list of titles in that series please search for SI00000917.A-Z street atlases present motorways plus A & B roads highlighted by colouring & shown with route numbers. One way or restricted access streets & car parks are marked, as are in more recently published titles locations of speed cameras. Also shown are selected cycleway routes. Where appropriate, A & B roads are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Railway lines are shown with stations & level crossings. Colouring indicates different types of buildings: educational, hospitals & healthcare, industrial, leisure & recreational, shopping centres & markets, public buildings, & places of interest. Symbols mark locations of facilities usually indicated on street mapping: post offices, emergency services, public toilets, etc. Also marked are postcode & local authority boundaries. Each page has the lines & coordinates of the British National Grid. The indexes list streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, blocks of flats on housing estates, railway stations, & selected places o interest; the latter are printed in contrasting colouring to make them easier to find.

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