First flown in 1969, Concorde was the first supersonic aircraft to go into commercial service in 1976 & made her final flight in 2003. She was operated primarily by British Airways & Air France. British Airways` Concordes made just under 50, 000 flights & flew more than 2.5m passengers supersonically. A typical London to New York crossing would take a little less than three & a half hours compared to around eight hours for a `subsonic flight`. In November 1986 a Concorde flew around the world, covering 28, 238 miles in 29 hours, 59 minutes. Today, Concordes can be viewed at museums across the UK & in France, including at IWM Duxford, Brooklands & Fleet Air Arm Museum, as well as at Heathrow, Manchester & Paris-Orly airports. However, there have been recent reports suggest that a Concorde may start operating commercially again. Through a series of key documents the book tells the story of how the aircraft was designed & developed as well as ground-breaking moments in her commercial history. ...

For over thirty years, Concorde aroused a passion in people from all over the world. This book catalogues the iconic planes last summer in c.100 photographs, capturing the intriguing & sometimes amusing behaviour that Concorde could invoke in people, & the pathos of the end of an era. ...

” In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent & hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, & a dream of a Dan Dare future never quite realized. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material & archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain & France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, & faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future. This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.” ...

A visual exploration of the world`s most extraordinary & inspiring concrete architecture
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No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe & so much ire as Brutalism. This global survey profiles 50 brutalist beasts around the world (built between the 1950s to 1970s), & demonstrates how Brutalism infected popular culture. This is architecture at its most assertive: compelling, distinctive, sometimes terrifying. But, as Concrete Concept shows, Brutalism can be about love as well as hate. ...

Was Britain`s postwar rebuilding the height of midcentury chic or the concrete embodiment of Crap Towns? John Grindrod decided to find out how blitzed, slum-ridden & crumbling `austerity Britain` became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel & glass. On his journey he visits the sleepy Norfolk birthplace of Brutalism, the once-Blitzed city centre of Plymouth, the futuristic New Town of Cumbernauld, Sheffield`s innovative streets in the sky, the foundations of the BT tower, & the brave 1950s experiments in the Gorbals. Along the way he meets New Town pioneers, tower block builders, Barbican architects, old retainers of Coventry Cathedral, proud prefab dwellers & sixties town planners: people who lived through a time of phenomenal change & excitement. What he finds is a story of dazzling space-age optimism, ingenuity & helipads -- so many helipads -- tempered by protests, deadly collapses & scandals that shook the government. Concretopia is an accessible & eye-opening history of an aspect of Britain often ignored, insulted & misunderstood. It will change the way you look at Arndale Centres, tower blocks & concrete forever ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

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The trustworthy reference for the independent traveller. Each property in this Guide has been approved by one of our Local Experts so you can feel confident you`ll have an amazing experience. Our Local Experts tirelessly scour the globe to uncover smart, new hotels & fresh holiday ideas year-on-year. For romance & relaxation: book a glamorous country house retreat, rural luxury resort or urban escape & enjoy exceptional food, superb service & spa pampering. For sports & adventure: check out our beautiful coastal & jungle hideaways & test your skills on their challenging greens, wild landscape & crystal-clear waters. For the family: look out for our ” Family Friendly” feature & enjoy more informal dining options, babysitting services & kids` clubs. For keeping on-trend: stay at an eco-friendly hotel or exclusively hire a property. Going green has never been so luxurious & hosting a party has never been so easy! ...

Conde Nast Johansens has an unequalled collection of luxury hotels, inns, resorts & spas from castles in Scotland to exotic ...