Halesowen East in 1913 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 eastern part of Halesowen, extending eastward to Lapal Farm & Carter`s Lane. Features include Halesowen & Northfield railway with Halesowen station, Dudley Canal, Heywood Bridge, Hagley Street & Cornbow area of Halesowen town, The Grange, St Mary`s Abbey, Furnace Hill, Lapal House, The Leasows, Webb`s Green, etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents for Halesowen in 1896, plus a railway timetable for the Halesowen-Rubery line. 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. ...

Halesowen West in 1901 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 western part of Halesowen & part of Hasbury, including Lower Hasbury & the suburbs of Town's End, Spring Hill & Short Cross. Features include St John the Baptist church, Otterbourne Court, Spring Villas, Grammar School, Newfield House, Hasbury Farm, Lower Hasbury, St Margaret's Well, Sampson & Lion pub, Witley Colliery, Lutley Mill, Bassnage Farm. On the reverse is a commercial directory of Halesowen in 1896. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Halesowen West in 1901 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 western part of Halesowen & part of Hasbury, including Lower Hasbury & the suburbs of Town`s End, Spring Hill & Short Cross. Features include St John the Baptist church, Otterbourne Court, Spring Villas, Grammar School, Newfield House, Hasbury Farm, Lower Hasbury, St Margaret`s Well, Sampson & Lion pub, Witley Colliery, Lutley Mill, Bassnage Farm, etc. On the reverse is a commercial directory of Halesowen in 1896. 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. ...

Halewood in 1904 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 what was, in 1904 a rural area south-east of Liverpool, including the village of Halewood. Features include St Nicholas church, Halewood Lane Ends, The Hayes, a strecth of the Cheshire Lines Railway but no stations, Lyons House, Halewood Farm, Weston House, North End, Georgeson's Farm. On the reverse are directories of Halewood for 1889, 1905 & 1918 About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Halewood in 1904 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 what was in 1904 a rural area south-east of Liverpool. Features include St Nicholas church, Halewood Lane Ends, The Hayes, a strecth of the Cheshire Lines Railway but no stations, Lyons House, Halewood Farm, Weston House, North End, Georgeson`s Farm, etc. On the reverse are directories of Halewood for 1889, 1905 & 1918. 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. ...

From one of twentieth-century China`s greatest writers & the author of Lust, Caution, this is an unforgettable story of a love affair set in 1930s Shanghai. Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love & begin to dream of a shared life together
- until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime? This affectionate & captivating novel tells the moving story of an enduring love affair, & offers a fascinating window onto Chinese life in the first half of the twentieth century. Eileen Chang was born in Shanghai in 1920. She studied literature at the University of Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, where she established her reputation as a literary star. She moved to America in 1955 & died in Los Angeles in 1995. Karen S. Kingsbury taught & studied in Chinese-speaking cities for nearly two decades, & currently lives in Pennsylvania, USA. She has translated Love in a Fallen City for Penguin Classics, as well as other essays & stories by Chang. `A giant of modern Chinese literature` The New York Times ` Eileen Chang is the fallen angel of Chinese literature` Ang Lee `A dazzling & distinctive fiction writer` New York Times Book Review ` Chang`s world is a stark & mysterious place where people strive to find their way in love but often fail under the pressures of family, tradition, & reputation` New Yorker
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Former children`s laureate Michael Morpurgo remembers the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching & deeply poignant tale of the physical & mental scars of war. From a young age, Michael is both fascinated by & afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa`s ship was torpedoed during the Second World War, leaving him with terrible burns. Every time he comes to stay, Michael is warned by his mother that he must not stare, he must not make too much noise, he must not ask Grandpa any questions about his past. As he grows older, Michael stays with his grandfather during the summer holidays, & as he finally learns the story behind his injuries, he gets to know the real man behind the solemn figure from his childhood. Michael begins to see beyond the burns, & this gives him the power to begin healing some of the scars that have divided his family for so long. ...

Charming & talented Alex dreams of becoming a professional saxophonist while working long hours in the family bakery. Detlef, lonely, repressed, & a small-time Stasi informer, develops an obsessive love for him. But Alex has eyes only for Nicky, an English woman visiting East Berlin as an au pair. With no natural outlet for his feelings, Detlef`s passion becomes destructive, his need for approval enmeshed with the latent homophobia of the regime. As Alex`s band becomes more successful, he moves closer to influences considered subversive by a state that has eyes & ears everywhere, & Detlef`s passions threaten to endanger all of them all. ...

Half Bad by Sally Green is a breathtaking debut novel about one boy`s struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You can`t read, can`t write, but you heal fast, even for a witch. You get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one. You`ve been kept in a cage since you were fourteen. All you`ve got to do is escape & find Mercury, the Black Witch who eats boys. & do that before your seventeenth birthday. Easy. ”A book about witches with no owls & not a pair of round spectacles in sight. The new Hunger Games, I suspect... Brilliant & utterly compelling
- I loved it”. (Kate Atkinson, author of Life after Life & Behind the Scenes of the Museum). ” Teens rejoice: the inheritor to Stephenie Meyer`s crown has arrived”. (Fiona Wilson, The Times). ” Edgy, arresting & brilliantly written, Half Bad grips you from the first page & doesn`t let go”. (Michael Grant, author of Gone). ”A brilliant debut that is both deeply unique & unsettling, one that chilled me to the bone & broke my heart even as I sped through its pages. This will haunt you”. (Marie Lu, author of Legend).” Take our word for it, this book is going to be huge”. (Stylist). ” Brilliantly paced with more than a few nasty surprises, Half Bad is a wickedly addictive read that will capture the imagination of any fan of YA fiction”. (Starburst). ” Not since the Harry Potter books
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- have I felt so fully immersed in an author`s creation...I couldn`t be more stoked over Half Bad, & this launch novel of a trilogy truly deserves all the hype surrounding it
- & much more...” (Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books). Sally Green lives in north-west Engl&. She has had jobs (paid & unpaid) & even a profession but at last has found the time to write down the stories she used to only be able to daydream about. She likes to read, walk in the country & would like to drink less coffee. Half Bad is her first novel.



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This is a new part of an old story: 1930s Berlin, the threat of imprisonment & the powerful desire to make something beautiful despite the horror. Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it's been one brawl of a night, I tell you. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe & never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. & he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate & the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought when Chip shares a mysterious letter, bringing to the surface secrets buried since Hiero's fate was settled. In Half Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan weaves the horror of betrayal, the burden of loyalty & the possibility that, if you don't tell your story, someone else might tell it for you. & they just might tell it wrong... ...