Organized by everyday themes for easy access, ” Dip Into French” is the ideal companion for language learners or travellers who want to build their vocabulary in French. The book features the most important 1, 000 words used in everyday language. Each word has simplified pronunciation & sample sentences to give the learner the correct context. The book is full of extra tips on language usage & a bilingual glossary at the back enables quick reference
- it`s the perfect pocket-sized complement to any self-study or tutorial language course.
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In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. He leads us to rivers, lakes, waterfalls & hidden pools, into untamed landscapes that have the potential to surprise & move us in unexpected ways. Following in the wake of great writers such as Richard Jefferies & Edward Thomas, Dip combines meditations on place, history & myth with sharp observation & a poet`s eye. As he takes the plunge & immerses himself in the elements, Andrew also begins to surface from a deep depression, making Dip at once a personal journey & about the many ways in which wild water & nature can restore us to ourselves. ...

The 80cm (32) Antique Diplomat is exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat's uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world's most detailed globe; a perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

The Blue Ocean Diplomat is a 80cm (32) globe, & exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat's uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world's most detailed globe. A perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

The 80cm (32”) Diplomat Antique globe is exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat`s uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world`s most detailed globe; a perfect blend of aesthetics & function. ...

Diplomatic Baggage
- The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse is Brigid Keenan’s memoir of her life as a diplomat’s wife. When Brigid
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Cherry Denman has spent her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the world`s most remote outposts & can ask for the lavatory in eleven languages. While some aspects of living abroad will always puzzle her
- saunas, tofu & circumcision, to name just three
- she wouldn`t have missed it for anything. Lessons learnt range from the practical (possessions belong either in the suitcase or the skip: storage is for wimps), to the truly useful (how to avoid the drinks party bore) & the truly bizarre (the episode with the goat.. .). Charming & witty, these hilarious tales of global misunderstandings are illustrated with over seventy original line drawings.

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Dipton in 1916 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 the village of Dipton, historically made up of three parts: Pontop, Collierley & Dipton. Features include South Medomsley Colliery (traditionally called High Stables), Delight Colliery, Dipton Colliery, Pontop Hall, Mary Pit, Coronation Drift, Main Coal Drift, Brass Thill Drift, tramways to the drifts, St John's church, High Collierley, Pontop Quarry, Pontop & Jarrow Railway, Curry's Square, St Patrick's RC church, site of Lily Colliery, Harelaw Quarry, two picture theatres, old pits etc. On the reverse are directories of Dipton in 1894 & 1906. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Dipton in 1916 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 village of Dipton, historically made up of three parts: Pontop, Collierley & Dipton. Features include South Medomsley Colliery (traditionally called High Stables), Delight Colliery, Dipton Colliery, Pontop Hall, Mary Pit, Coronation Drift, Main Coal Drift, Brass Thill Drift, tramways to the drifts, St John`s church, High Collierley, Pontop Quarry, Pontop & Jarrow Railway, Curry`s Square, St Patrick`s RC church, site of Lily Colliery, Harelaw Quarry, two picture theatres, old pits, etc. On the reverse are directories of Dipton in 1894 & 1906. 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. ...

Part of the ” Directory of World Cinema” series, this title

Includes:: contributions from some of the leading

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