Ella Fitzgerald sang the blues & she sang them good. Ella & her fellas were on the way up! It seemed like nothing could stop her, until the biggest club in town refused to let her play...and all because of her colour. But when all hope seemed lost, little did Ella imagine that a Hollywood star would step in to help. The inspiring, true story of how a remarkable friendship between Ella Fitzgerald & Marilyn Monroe was born
- & how they worked together to overcome prejudice & adversity.
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Elland 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. The map covers the town of Ell&, just south-east of Halifax. Coverage stretches from the town of Elland eastward to Elland Upper Edge & Elland Lower Edge. The hamlet of Old Earth is in the centre. Features include Elland station, Calder & Hebble Navigation, River Calder, Elland Hall, Briggate, Northgate, Southgate, Whitwell Mill, Perseverance Brass Works, Broad Lea Mill, Rose Mount Iron Works, All Saints church, Albion Mill, St Mary`s church, Copperas Mount, New Hall Fireclay Works, Blue Ball Delf, Lower Edge Bottom, Holme Green, Shaw Laithe Farm, Calder Fire Clay Works, etc. On the reverse is 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. ...

Discover or rediscover Paris with Elle Paris & its sumptious selection of secretive, new, or landmark addresses in the City of Lights! Categorised under different headings such as beauty, fashion, design, culture, cooking or travelling, this book is a smart & snappy pocket companion that will guide you around the French capital, as you`ve never seen it before. Open it up & step into Elle`s Paris! ...

The magnificent art of origami is brought to life in this beautiful book, adorned with Ellen Giggenbach`s very own animal designs. With the spiral-bound instructions & a wallet full of origami sheets, you have everything you could possibly need to create animal models from nothing but paper! Whether an elephant, penguin, bird or fish, the magic of origami is that you can create so many exciting things from just a single square of paper
- & this book will help show you how.
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Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

A fantastic rhyming picture book story from Roald Dahl Prize award-winning Amy Sparkes & the illustrator behind the hugely successful Goodnight series for children, including Goodnight Tractor & Goodnight Spaceman. Ellie Pengelly is fed up & bored, until she gets a pair of MAGICAL new wellies! When Ellie goes out to explore in her new wellies she jumps into a puddle but... Something jumps out! When the strange Flibberty-Gibberty starts juggling with jam, guzzling & gobbling food & squeezling toothpaste he makes quite a mess! Will Ellie manage to clean up all the mess before mum gets home? Action-packed storytelling is perfectly paired with Nick East`s high-energy illustrations in this fantastic picture book that fizzes & whizzes with fun! Children will love the Flibberty-Gibberty
- a wonderful character who is similar to Dr Seuss`s Cat in the Hat & the Psammead from Five Children & It
- & the rollicking, rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud & ideal for children 3 years of age & up. Amy Sparkes is a talented storyteller & is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize nominated Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. She lives in Devon with her husband & five young children. Amy enjoys having adventures & writing stories about other people having adventures. She is a passionate supporter of baby charities & 5% of author royalties from Ellie`s Magic Wellies is being donated to baby charity ICP Support. Nick East has worked as a museum designer for many years but his love of children`s books has always been a huge part of his life. He illustrated The New Royal Baby, The Mouse Who Sailed the Seas, & Do Not Wash This Bear for Egmont, & has also worked with publishers including Little Tiger Press, Puffin, Penguin & QED. He loves using his drawings to communicate his ideas & passions & has always used them to tell stories. He lives near York with his wife & children.

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For centuries, Rome has exerted a magnetic spell on inhabitants & travelersalike. Elliott Erwitt delves into the heart of this enduring magnetism. With carefulprecision, he lays bare the unflagging spirit of a magnificent metropolis. Undaunted by history, Erwitt portrays the distinctive mix of ancient glory andcasual indifference which is uniquely Roman. With a blend of science andartistry, Erwitt captures forms, textures andathe mark of the true artistaatmospheres.A wonderful addition to the Elliott Erwitt series by te Neues. ...

Map No. 2326, Ellisras, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Ellon, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum & Pitmedden area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 418, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Ellon, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum & Pitmedden area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 421, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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