Derry/ Londonderry in 1905 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. Coverage stretches from Brooke Park southward to Carlisle Bridge, & from the Cemetery eastward to Glendermott Road. Major features include the city centre, St Columb`s Cathedral, St Columb`s College, Distillery, Custom House, city walls, St Eugene`s RC Cathedral, Christ Church, lunatic asylum, museum, shirt & collar factories, transit sheds on quayside, Queen`s Quay, Prince`s Quay, Abercorn Quay, St Augustine`s church, bacon curing establishment, The Diamond, Butter Market, Nazareth House, tramways, Great Northern Railway with terminus, Guildhall, etc. On the east side of the River Foyle features include Donegal Railway with part of terminus (southern margin of map), Midland Railway with terminus, Waterside area, St Columb`s RC church, Waterside Distillery, workhouse, Ebrington Barracks, St Columb`s chapel, etc. On the reverse the map has a selection of street directory entries. 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. ...

Derrygonnelly & District in 1899 in the Alan Godfrey Edition of historical Ordnance Survey mapping at one inch to one mile. The map covers part of south-western Co. Fermanagh, with a smaller section of Co Leitrim. Coverage stretches from Garrison & the eastern end of Lough Melvin, eastward to Rossclare Bay on Lough Erne, & from Drumreask & Church Hill southward to Belcoo. Features include part of Lower Lough Erne, Lough Macnean Upper, a stretch of the Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway, Belmore Mountain, Tullybrack etc. On the reverse is a detailed village plan for Derrygonnelly, showing the houses lined along the main (only) street; also St Michael`s RC chapel, Fair Green, ruined church, creamery, plus a short directory of the village. The introduction by Séamas Mac Annaidh is in both English & Irish. * About Alan Godfrey Editions of OS 1” to 1 mile maps of Ireland:* The maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. All the maps include historical notes & all, unless indicated in the individual description, also include a large scale map of a small town or village in the area. ...

Des Moines in Iowa on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. Additional insets provide coverage of Ames plus a road map of Des Moines & vicinity. Communities covered by this title include Altoona, Ankeny, Carlisle, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, West Des Moines & Windsor Heights. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. Descriptions of individual titles indicate if an enlargement of the downtown area or any other additional features are also provided. ...

Des Moines in Iowa on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. Additional insets provide coverage of Ames plus a road map of Des Moines & vicinity. Communities covered by this title include Altoona, Ankeny, Carlisle, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, West Des Moines & Windsor Heights. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. Descriptions of individual titles indicate if an enlargement of the downtown area or any other additional features are also provided. ...

Young Nour is a North African desert tribesman. It is 1909, & as the First World War looms Nour`s tribe
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Hyper Arid is the first comprehensive photographic book on all of the world`s extreme deserts (defined for the purposes of this book as those that receive no ore than 4 inches of precipitation per year), the most remote & inhospitable places on earth. It is also a visual adventure story by one of the world`s top expedition photographers who has spent the last 15 years on this epic body of work. The stunning & surreally beautiful photographs are enriched with stories from his adventures in the world`s most difficult places: smuggling his aircraft into Libya, getting arrested fro spying in Iran, crashing into a tree in Western China, & into the ocean off the coast of Mexico. The book is a comprehensive exploration of virtually every dune field & patch of barren ground that add up to the last great class of wilderness left on our planet. To visualize these remote places in a unique way, Steinmetz learned how to fly the world`s lightest & slowest aircraft, a motorized paraglider. This experimental foot launched aircraft consists of a backpack motor & a parachute style wing that lets him fly low & slow, to take pictures of places that have never been seen before. Together, these extraordinary places are like a disparate family of co evolved landscapes each similar but uniquely beautiful. ...

Fashion model, UN ambassador & courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story
- enduring, at five years old, the ancient & savage custom of female circumcision; running away at twelve on foot through the desert in order to escape an arranged marriage; being discovered by Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London; & becoming a top fashion model
- in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower. Although Waris Dirie fled her homel&, she never forgot the country & culture that moulded her. The very world that nearly destroyed her also gave her the tools to survive. She traces the roots of her courage, resilience & humour back to her motherl&, & most particularly to her mother. Desert Dawn is the story of that return. Desert Dawn is about coming home.

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Officially about the hold the Sahara has over the western psyche, Sven Lindqvist’s short book continually evokes the starkness, harshness & loneliness experienced there. He also intertwines a memoir of his childhood & youth, remembered while he’s out in the sun-drenched wastel&, as well as examining the tragicomic aspects of colonialism. Lindqvist, who also wrote Exterminate All The Brutes, has lovingly written an impression of life in the Algerian & Moroccan s&-dunes, happily drawing on its consistent contradictions
- where there’s trading in both date fruits & oil, & where you’ll meet ancient, traditional Bedouins & hi-tech falconers. The desert divers of the title are the people that used to clean the deep wells, & he uses them in a fantastic metaphor for his efforts to bring to the surface the stories of colonial slaughter & exploitation that came before him
- & as a metaphor for his own examination of his childhood memories. superb.

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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life
- by day she is a famous model & UN spokeswoman on women`s rights
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Ex-slave. Philosopher. Chosen one. Taita has risen from nothing to become the most trusted man at the Pharaoh`s side. Only he can plot a mission that will return Egypt to its former glory. Only he can muster the force that can break the back of Egypt`s greatest enemy. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. Not only is he the close advisor to the Pharaoh, but he is guardian to Pharaoh Tamose`s two teenage sisters, the young beauties Tehuti & Bekatha. But the kingdom is not at peace. They have been fighting Southern Egypt`s constant & historic enemy, the Hyksos people in the north, since time began. To finally crush them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend. Taita, philosopher, poet & expert strategist, has a plan that will see Egypt destroy the Hyksos army & form a coveted alliance with Crete in one move. This plan will take him, his expedition commander Zaras, & their mighty warriors on a perilous journey up the Nile, through Arabia to the magical city of Babylon, then across the open seas to Crete. The many dangers will cost lives & time, & they will meet battle & betrayal head on. But Taita must not forget his two charges, the spirited young princesses, whose attraction to the very warriors who lead the fight threatens Taita`s meticulous plan & the future of Egypt itself. ...