Beautiful German map of the Gibraltar peninsula showing all the fortifications, gun emplacements, etc. The Bay of Gibraltar (called the Bay of Algesiras on this map) is shown with anchorages & sea depths. An index in German shows the locations of important buildings like hospitals, arsenals, churches, etc. ...

For over three & a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged & blockaded, on land & at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain & France. It became the longest siege in British history, & the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence. Located between the Mediterranean & Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions & social classes. During the siege, thousands of soldiers, civilians & their families withstood terrifying bombardments, starvation & diseases. Very ordinary people lived through extraordinary events, from shipwrecks & naval battles to an attempted invasion of England & a daring sortie out of Gibraltar into Spain. Deadly innovations included red-hot shot, shrapnel shells & a barrage from immense floating batteries. This is military & social history at its best, a story of soldiers, sailors & civilians, with royalty & rank-&-file, workmen & engineers, priests, prisoners-of-war, spies & surgeons, all caught up in a struggle for a fortress located on little more than two square miles of awe-inspiring rock. Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History is an epic page-turner, rich in dramatic human detail
- a tale of courage, endurance, intrigue, desperation, greed & humanity. The everyday experiences of all those involved are brought vividly to life with eyewitness accounts & expert research.
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Grab something tasty. Uno, dos, tres. No time to clean up. Got to scram from this place. Yahoo! Two little cowboys are running riot. Watch out! Caramba! Mum the sheriff is out to catch them. Holler & hoot as you chase the naughty cowboys through their house & garden
- & have yourself some rootin` tootin` fun! Celebrating imaginary play & dressing up, this cheeky rhyming picture book is perfect for story time. Teach your children some Spanish words too with a Spanish vocabulary dotted throughout the text & a handy glossary & pronunciation guide. With bright, funny illustrations from Tom Knight, this hilarious, tongue-in-cheek book is perfect for fans of Aliens Love Underpants.
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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the British Automobile Association publishes an extensive series of street plans which provide detailed high-quality mapping of all the major towns & cities, including their outer suburbs. The plans name all the individual streets & indicate all the main landmarks & public buildings. All public transport facilities are shown: buses, trams, underground & overland rail lines. One way streets & car parks are indicated. Plans of larger cities include an enlargement for the city centre. The plans also show the administrative & postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. On the reverse, each plan has a road map at 1:100, 000, covering a very wide area around the city. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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What is the fitting wrapping for which gift? This book gives the answer
- & even provides the wrapping material at the same time.
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A poet is a rock star without the sex`n`drugs, or the rock`n`roll. But that never stopped Simon Armitage dreaming, & in ” Gig”, he explores how music & the muse intertwine in work & in life. Crammed with stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls & pratfalls (not all the author`s own), Yorkshire life & death, ” Gig” is about the dream & reality of what you are, & what you might have been. ...

All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout whenever they go into the jungle to play. Unfortunately, he is the original boy-dinosaur who cried wolf, or in this case, GIGANTOSAURUS! Finally, Bonehead`s friends refuse to believe his warnings & the Gigantosaurus really turns up! In a vertical gatefold surprise, it looks like Bonehead has got crunched
- but in a hilarious reveal we discover this annoying little dinosaur is safe after all.
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All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout whenever they go into the jungle to play. Unfortunately, he is the original boy-dinosaur who cried wolf, or in this case, GIGANTOSAURUS! Finally, Bonehead`s friends refuse to believe his warnings & the Gigantosaurus really turns up! In a vertical gatefold surprise, it looks like Bonehead has got crunched
- but in a hilarious reveal we discover this annoying little dinosaur is safe after all.
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All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout whenever they go into the jungle to play. Unfortunately, he is the original boy-dinosaur who cried wolf, or in this case, GIGANTOSAURUS! Finally, Bonehead`s friends refuse to believe his warnings & the Gigantosaurus really turns up! In a vertical gatefold surprise, it looks like Bonehead has got crunched
- but in a hilarious reveal we discover this annoying little dinosaur is safe after all.
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