Cheadle North in 1916 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 parts of both Lancashire & Cheshire, to include the northern part of Cheadle. Coverage stretches from Cheadle High Street & Stockport Road northward to Cheadle Bridge & ` The Towers` at Didsbury. Features include the River Mersey, stretches of the Cheshire Lines Railway & LNWR, both with Cheadle stations; & a stretch of the LNWR Wilmslow-Levenshulme line; Cheadle Hall, tramways, St Chad`s RC church, Abney Hall, Heaton Mersey Bleach Works, Cheadle Bleach Works, Barnes Convalescent Hospital, Broad Oak Farm, etc. A selection of street directory entries is on the reverse, including High Street, Lime Grove & Stockport 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. ...

Cheam, Ewell East & Nonsuch Park in 1910 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: the map covers the western part of Cheam & extends west to Ewell, with Nonsuch Park in the centre. Features include St Dunstan's church Cheam, Cheam House, Cheam Park, Harefield House, stretch of railway but no stations, site of Nonsuch Palace, St Mary's church Ewell, Nonsuch Pottery, Spring Hotel, portion of Ewell High St (in bottom left corner), Warren Farm. On the reverse is a 1903 directory of Cheam. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Cheam, Ewell East & Nonsuch Park in 1910 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 western part of Cheam & extends west to Ewell, with Nonsuch Park in the centre. Features include St Dunstan`s church Cheam, Cheam House, Cheam Park, Harefield House, stretch of railway but no stations, site of Nonsuch Palace, St Mary`s church Ewell, Nonsuch Pottery, Spring Hotel, portion of Ewell High St (in bottom left corner), Warren Farm. On the reverse is a 1903 directory of Cheam. 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. ...

Finding cheap accomodation is always a headache when you`re travelling around Europe on a budget. But there are in fact plenty of clean, safe & comfortable options
- it`s just a matter of knowing where to find them. In her best-selling, definitive guide to budget travel in Europe, Katie Wood provides the insider information necessary to locate a near inexhaustible supply of accommodation ideas in 31 European countries, including hotels, pensions, student halls & campsites. Totally revised & updated for this new 2004 edition. ` Cheap Sleeps Europe` has developed a strong reputation, & alongside its sister volume ` Europe by Train (186105713X), is the market leader.
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In nature, trickery & deception are widespread. Animals & plants mimic other objects or species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure prey to their death, & deceive potential mates for reproduction. Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host`s own clutch. Harmless butterflies mimic the wing patterning of a poisonous butterfly to avoid being eaten. The deep-sea angler fish hangs a glowing, fleshy lure in front of its mouth to draw the attention of potential prey, while some male fish alter their appearance to look like females in order to sneak past rivals in mating. Some orchids develop the smell of female insects in order to attract pollinators, while carnivorous plants lure insects to their death with colourful displays. In this book, Martin Stevens describes the remarkable range of such adaptations in nature, & considers how they have evolved, & become increasingly perfected as part of an arms race between predator & prey or host & parasite. He explores the work of naturalists & biologists from Alfred Russel Wallace to current research, showing how scientists find ways of testing the impact of particular behaviours & colourings on the animals it is meant to fool, as opposed to our human perceptions. Drawing on a wide range of examples, Stevens considers what deception tells us about the process of evolution & adaptation. ...

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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In Chechnya: A Small Victorious War Carlotta Gall & Thomas de Waal tell the full story of how the Kremlin came to embark on such an ill-judged military adventure & how the Chechen fighters fought back. Switching between Chechnya & Moscow, the authors cover the whole sweep of the war from the horrendous destruction of the Russian invasion to the Chechens' dramatic retaliation to force the Russian army out. The book traces the roots of the conflict: the Chechens' history of resistance to the Russian empire, the rogue state set up by the eccentric general-turned-president Jokhar Dudayev as the Soviet Union fell apart, & the Kremlin court politics that precipitated the decision to invade Chechnya. With its exclusive material & eye-witness reporting, Chechnya: A Small Victorious War is the definitive account of the most tragic & extraordinary story to emerge from the end of the Soviet Union. It is also the story of the flamboyant, anarchic & unyielding Chechens & their struggle for survival. ...

This book illuminates one of the world`s most troubled regions from a unique perspective--that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov, a leading ethnographer who has also served in several important political posts, examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths, the long-held resentments, & the ideological manipulations that have fueled the crisis. In particular, he explores the key themes of nationalism & violence that feed the turmoil there. Forceful, original, & timely, his study combines extensive interview material, historical perspectives, & deep local knowledge. Tishkov sheds light on Chechnya in particular & on how secessionist conflicts can escalate into violent conflagrations in general. With its balanced assessments of both Russian & Chechen perspectives, this book will be essential reading for people seeking to understand the role of Islamic fundamentalist nationalism in the contemporary world. ...

The war between Russia & the Chechen separatist forces, from December 1994 to August 1996, was a key moment in Russian & even world history, shedding a stark light on the end of Russia as a great military & imperial power. Anatol Lieven, a distinguished writer & political commentator, was a correspondent for the London Times in the former Soviet Union from 1990 to 1996 & was commended for his coverage of the Chechen War by the British Press Association. In this major new work of history & analysis, Lieven sets Russia`s humiliation at the hands of a tiny group of badly organized guerrillas in a plausible framework for the first time. He offers both a riveting eyewitness account of the war itself & a sophisticated & multifaceted explanation for the Russian defeat. Highlighting the numerous ways in which Russian society & culture differ today from the simplistic stereotypes still current in much of Western analysis, he explores the reasons for the current weakness of Russian nationalism both within the country & among the Russian diaspora. In the final part of the book Lieven examines the Chechen tradition, providing the first in-depth anthropological portrait in English of this extraordinary fighting people. In his representation of the character of the Chechen nation, Lieven contributes to the continuing debate between ”constructivist” & ”primordialist” theories of the origins of nationalism & examines the role of both historical experience & religion in the formation of national identity. ...

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