Brockmoor & Bromley in 1901 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 Brockmoor & Bromley area, east of Kingswinford. Coverage stretches from Standhills House eastward to Bank Street & from Broad Street southward to Brockmoor High Street. Features include Standhills Colliery (disused), Ketley Colliery (Disused), Stourbridge Extension Canal, GWR Kingfswinford Branch, The Lays, Lays Iron Foundry, Cookley Works, Gill`s Fold, canal branches, The Dell area, Bromley area, Himley Colliery (pits 15-16), Grove Pool, Tiledhouse Colliery, New Bromley Colliery, Corbyn`s Hall Colliery (disused), Bromley Iron Works, etc. On the reverse is a 1912 directory of Brockmoor. 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. ...

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, ”the other”, & tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much more than the bare facts: it becomes the story of a community coming to terms with the legacy of enemy occupation. In a powerful narrative of exceptional fascination, Brodeck`s Report explores the very limits of humanity. ...

During the summer of 1998, Peter Mortimer set off on the 500-mile journey from Plymouth to Edinburgh, accompanied only by his King Charles spaniel. He took no money & had no transport or pre-arranged accommodation. Bereft of the basics necessary for human existence, such as food & shelter, he was dependent for his survival on his own wits, the generosity of others & good fortune. ...

Set in Albania, from the moment that Gjorg`s brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother`s murderer & then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother`s killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days` grace
- not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride`s heart goes out to Gjorg, & even these `civilised` strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta.
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” We hadn`t always lived on an island.. .why would anyone dream of such a thing if they had a house with its own path & a gate at the end of it?” When Suresh & Sandeep run away from home to escape their abusive & bullying father, they do so with the hope that they are going to find something better. However, soon Sandeep & Suresh find themselves working to collect rubbish (broken glass) in the big city
- & their new home is a traffic island in the middle of a busy road. Is this their future forever, or can the brothers change their fates to something much more hopeful?
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Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, ...

Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, ...

This title features three new essays by India`s fiercest, most outspoken & fearless political activist. War has spread from the borders of India to the forests in the very heart of the country. Combining brilliant analysis & reportage by one of India`s iconic writers, ” Broken Republic” examines the nature of progress & development in the emerging global superpower, & asks fundamental questions about modern civilization itself. In three incisive essays Roy lays bare the corruption at the centre of government & industry, explores life with the Maoist guerrilla movement & reveals the thwarted search for justice & democracy in India. ...

Welcome to a `perfect` world. Where war is illegal, where harmony rules. & where your date of birth marks your destiny. But nothing is perfect. & in a world this broken, who can Amity trust? From the bestselling author of the Angel trilogy comes Broken Sky
- an exhilarating epic set in a daring & distorted echo of 1940s America & first in a new trilogy.
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By the acclaimed author of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018 Fourteen years ago Aasmaani`s mother Samina, a blazing beauty & fearless activist, walked out of her house & was never seen again. Aasmaani refuses to believe she is dead & still dreams of her glorious return. Now grown up & living in Karachi, Aasmaani receives what could be the longed-for proof that her mother is still alive. As she comes closer to the truth she is also irresistibly drawn to Ed, her ally & sparring partner, & the only person who can understand the profound hurt
- & the profound love
- that drives her.

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