`A fabulously rich, anecdotal & gripping account of those men & women who ventured out from Britain into the swamps & jungles of the tropics in search, knowingly or not, of the missing link. Through their stoical-sometimes crack-brained-voyages, the shape of the world, geographically & biologically, was elucidated. Never have more significant journeys been made... Enthusiastic, informed & racy, this is one of the most invigorating accounts of the exploits of people from an age whose intrepidity is staggering`. ` Peter Raby`s book follows a disparate crew of botanists, scientists & collectors, who tried to order the earthly paradise which unfolded around them. Entrepreneurs they may have been
- many were dependent on selling their specimens to finance their trips
- but they were also scrupulous & sensitive observers... Raby finds some shimmering, personalities... His book is excellent`
- ” Daily Telegraph”.


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In Bright Particular Stars, David Mc Kie examines the impact of twenty-six remarkable visionaries on twenty-six unremarkable British locations. From Broadway in the Cotswolds, where the Victorian bibliomaniac Sir Thomas Phillipps nurtured dreams of possessing every book in the world, to Kilwinning in Scotl&, where in 1839 the Earl of Eglinton mounted a tournament that was Renaissance in its extravagance & disastrous in its execution, he has created a vivid patchwork of arresting narratives that together illuminate some of the most secret
- but most extraordinary
- byways of our national & local history. Some figures, including Mary Macarthur, who helped the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath win the right to a fair wage in 1910, were good to the point of saintliness; others mixed the admirable with the morally dubious: the composer Peter Warlock rented a cottage in the Kentish village of Eynsford where he composed a gentle song cycle, but set net curtains twitching by his hard drinking & naked motorbike riding. In Bright Particular Stars quiet, unassuming streetscapes are transformed in to beguiling, eccentric & uproarious sites of action which
- through the eyes of David Mc Kie
- are once more filled with the great triumphs & failures of the visionaries that have each, in their own way, helped shape our island`s rich & chequered history.



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Welcome to LA. City of contradictions. It is home to movie stars & down-&-outs. Palm-lined beaches & gridlock. Shopping sprees & gun sprees. Bright Shiny Morning takes a wild ride through the ultimate metropolis, where glittering excess rubs shoulders with seedy depravity. Frey`s trademark filmic snapshots zoom in on the parallel lives of diverse characters, bringing their egos & ideals, hopes & despairs, anxieties & absurdities vividly to life. Some suffer, like the otherworldly wino who tries to save a spoilt teenage runaway. Others gain, like the canny talent agent who turns sexual harassment to blackmailing advantage. Some are loaded, or grounded, & have luck on their side. Others, like the countless actresses-turned-hookers, or schoolboys-turned-gangsters, are doomed. ...

Bright Underground Spaces: the Railway Stations of Charles Holden, written by David Lawrence & published by Capital Transport in association with the London Transport Museum, looks at the first period of radically new architecture on the London Underground, between the mid-1920 & the start of the Second World War, & in particular at the work of Charles Holden. Holden brought light & space to Underground stations on a scale that went far beyond the designs of his predecessors & even some of his contemporaries, & all of his structures still serve the people of London decades later. The book is illustrated with numerous photos, mostly contemporary black & white ones, original sketches used to prepare the designs, & even detail such as examples of brick types & patterns of brick bonding. ...

` Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project.` They`re in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university & working dead-end jobs, they are all bored to tears with their lives & looking for a way out. When a mysterious job is advertised in the newspaper, they all apply. What they least expect is to find themselves prisoners on a deserted isl&. There`s food in the fridge & they have a bedroom each, but there`s no telephone, no television, & no way to escape. ...

Navigate the Underground from your sofa or just pay homage to Londons iconic transit system with this unique 12-color reproduction. The cover, printed using archival inks to get the brightest finish possible, with a super soft cotton linen mix, & comes complete with the cushion pad washable at 30º. To see other cushion designs in this series please lick on the series link. ...

Brightlingsea 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. STthe map covers the centre of Brightlingsea & the area east & north. Features include the High Street, Lower Green, New Street, Sidney Street, Water Side, Queen Street, Spring Grove Farm, Park Road, Park Chase, St James`s church, Station Road (but only the eastern end of the station), Hurst Green, Eastend Green, windmill, saltings & many oyster pits. On the reverse are extracts from an 1895 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. ...

Jay Mc Inerney's Brightness Falls takes place in the most iconic location of the 1980s New York & the pulsating heart at its very midst: Wall Street. Corrine Calloway is a young stockbroker on Wall Street, her husband Russell is an underpaid but ambitious publishing editor. Together the happily married couple head into New York ...

A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Lewes, Burgess Hill & Newhaven (showing part of the South Downs Way). Edition B2 with minor changes; Publication date December 2010 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Brighton & Hove area of Sussex on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 122, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. Coverage extends along the coast from Newhaven westwards to Lancing, inland to beyond Burgess Hill, &

Includes:: Peacehaven, Portslade-by-Sea, Shoreham-by-Sea, Lewes, Ringmer, Glyndebourne Opera House, Hickstead, Ditchling Beacon, a section of the South Downs Way National Trail, the Sussex Ouse Valley Way, the Downs Link, etc.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.



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