Compstall in 1907 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 most of the village of Compstall, extending southward to Conmpstall Road, east to Lane Ends. About half the map is in Derbyshire. Features include the River Goyt, small stretch of the railway with Marple Wharf Junction, Aqueduct Mill, small stretch of Peak Forest Canal with locks, Redbrow Wood, Compstall village, Compstall Print Works, Compstall Mills, Compstall Bridge, St Paul's church, Ernocroft Wood, Ludworth Houses, Ernocroft Hall etc. On the reverse are directories of Compstall, Mellor & Werneth. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Compstall in 1907 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 most of the village of Compstall, extending southward to Conmpstall Road & east to Lane Ends. About half the map is in Derbyshire. Features include the River Goyt, small stretch of the railway with Marple Wharf Junction, Aqueduct Mill, small stretch of Peak Forest Canal with locks, Redbrow Wood, Compstall village, Compstall Print Works, Compstall Mills, Compstall Bridge, St Paul`s church, Ernocroft Wood, Ludworth Houses, Ernocroft Hall, etc. On the reverse are directories of Compstall, Mellor & Werneth. 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. ...

For over a decade Tony Kitous has been Britain`s most passionate provider of contemporary Lebanese & North African food. His restaurants were the first in London to merge traditional Arabic cooking with easy contemporary eating. There are now five Comptoir Libanais restaurants in London with six more planned in the next 18 months. The success of Comptoir Libanais restaurants centres on an easy, relaxed cafe-style of food: light Arabic home cooking mixed with familiar bistro flavours & techniques. Tony Kitous` recipes combine fresh vibrant vegetable dishes with simple grills, flat breads, grains, herb salads & dips. Pastries are richly flavoured & delicate, made with syrups & spices. Absolutely the menu for today & adaptable for the home cook. Containing eighty recipes, each one with a full-page photograph, Comptoir Libanais makes achieving a great result easy at home. Tony Kitous` approach & shortcuts inspire new ways to prepare readily-available ingredients: big on spices, fresh herbs & bright citrus flavours drawn from traditional Arabic cooking. The book is strong on vegetarian & vegan dishes, alongside simple grilled or poached meats, fish & beautiful sauces that are quick to prepare or make in advance. If you want a quick snack for yourself, or an extraordinary celebration feast, all the how-to you`ll need is here. Bringing together the passion of owner Tony Kitous, the extraordinary designs of award-winning graphic artist Rana Salam, & bestselling author & photographer Dan Lepard, the Comptoir Libanais cookbook blends a vibrant culinary tradition with modern flavours & cooking methods. ...

` Comptoir Express is about those times when I need to race around the kitchen & prepare great food in a hurry. Inspired by the best dishes & ingredients I`ve eaten in the Lebanon & at Comptoir Libanais, it`s about simple ingredients & preparing in advance to take the hassle out of cooking delicious meals.` Tony Kitous is a rising star in the culinary world. Screen-tested for a series on BBC & appearing in ` Food & Drink` he is tipped to be one of the new faces of 2014. Pages on everyday key ingredients, like aubergines or yoghurt, with ideas that transform them from their shopping-bag state into easily prepared components of a fantastic meal. Filled with simple ideas & dishes, you can combine as you like, making relaxed meals that are endlessly variable each time you cook them. ...

Fresh from saving the universe, Compton & Bryan are whisked off to the future to become trainee Time Crime Agents. But when a notorious criminal mastermind escapes from a maximum security prison & kidnaps Bryan, Compton must race against time to save his best friend
- & the world
- from evil...using only a slimy sandwich.

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` The book stands comparison with A.L. Morton`s ` People`s History` & G.D.H. Cole`s ` Common People`. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times.` John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland ` This book is ideal for its purpose. I only wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses.` Jim Fryth, Labour History Review ` At last a readable & accessible general history of the labour movement.. . Highly recommended.` Manchester TUC Newsletter --A revised, updated & expanded edition of this classic feminist account of British labour history-- Critical & iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society, up to the end of the twentieth-century. Written by a leading activist in the labour movement, the book redresses the balance in much labour history writing. It examines the place of women & the influence of racism & sexism as well as providing a critical analysis of the rival ideologies which played a role in the uneven development of the labour movement. ...

Murcia & the Valencia region at 1:400, 000 in a series of indexed touring maps of Spain from Michelin with street plans of main cities. Topography is indicated by bold relief shading with spot heights & colouring for forested areas. Detailed road information, characteristic of Michelin ...

Fortore commune in the mountains along the north-eastern corner of Campania on a detailed, countered map at 1:50, 000 from Ed. Abies, with notes about the area & other tourist information. The map is centered on the villages of Molinara, Montefalcone di Valforte & Foiano di Valfortre, with the town of Benevento in its south-western corner. Contours at 25m intervals, with relief shading & colouring for different types of woodlands, present the topography. The map shows local country roads & tracks without specifically highlighting any waymarked hiking routes. Overprint indicates agritourismo farm accommodation, caravan parks, outlets for local products & picnic sites. The map has no geographical coordinates. On the reverse are notes of the area & other tourist information including dates of local religious festivals. Map legends & all the text include English. ...

One of the titles in a series of topographic maps covering much of north-west Africa, produced as part of the IMW* project in 1960’s. Each map covers an area spanning 6° in longitude & 4° in latitude. There is some variation in colouring & the depiction of terrain, but hill-shading, spot heights & contours are used to show the general relief. Additional graphics show features such as dunes, rock outcrops, cliffs, sand areas, escarpments, marshes, seasonal lakes & watercourses, & areas liable to flooding. Bathymetric contours are also included. Communications detail

Includes:: roads, major trails & railways, although there is some inconsistency in colouring & the extent of classification, e.g. not all maps distinguish seasonal roads. On most maps intermediate road distances are indicated on main routes. Symbols show airports, mosques, mines, oil & gas fields, lighthouses, ruins & significant isolated buildings. Administrative boundaries are marked & latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1° intervals, with further margin ticks at 1’ intervals. The map legend is in French only on some sheets, & in English & French on others.* The International Map of the World was a project conceived in the early 20th century to compile a world map series at 1:1, 000, 000 through the efforts of participating nations. The value of the program has declined since 1970 & the IMW is no longer regarded as an active international series.

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Topographic survey of Catalonia at 1:50, 000 from the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, with vivid presentation of the terrain & an overprint for long-distance GR hiking trails. The series provides an excellent alternative to the much smaller sheets in the civilian or military surveys produced for the whole of Spain. The Catalan 50K series has not only a much larger area per sheet (each map covers one comarca, an administrative division of a province) than the maps from the national surveys, but also has more colourful, elegant & clear cartography with contours at 20m intervals, hill shading & fine graphics to portray the relief, vegetation types & landmarks. Most maps also have more tourist-related information, with an overprint highlighting long-distance GR trails & the Via Verde routes. Mountain refuges are marked & a range symbols indicate various places of interest including historical monuments, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Four different types of interesting locations are highlighted: picturesque towns or villages, individual isolated building or monuments, natural sites, & hydrographic features such as waterfalls. The maps have a 5km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude values shown for the map corners. Map legend is in Catalan only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...