From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations & related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls & spirits, “ Haunted London” contains new & well-known spooky tales from famous sights & buildings in the centre of London. Drawing on historical & contemporary sources the book contains a chilling range of ghostly phenomena. From the monk ghost who clanks his chains at Buckingham Palace’s terrace every Christmas Day, the phantom horse-bus that occasionally rattles along Bayswater Road to the haunted Pig Tree, a terrifying apparition that frequents Green Park, the colourful tales featured here create a scary selection of ghostly goings-on that is bound to captivate anyone interested in the supernatural history of great London town. ...

London is a historical city full of mysteries & curiosities, & is home to many of England`s oldest & most quirky pubs. It comes as no surprise that these pubs have a great deal more than their fair share of ghosts, phantoms & ghouls or, as the old joke goes, spirits galore! A menacing ghostly soldier lurks in Mayfair`s Grenadier pub; the hooves of Dick Turpin`s Black Bess can be heard galloping up to the Spaniard`s Inn at Hampstead; a scary nun does the rounds at the Horns in Bermondsey; & many people have heard the voices of long-dead drinkers killed when the King`s Arms in Peckham Rye was blitzed. Combining some well-known stories with others that are long-forgotten, this fascinating book delves into the rich tapestry of London`s pub history, with a perfect mix of the past, folklore, popular culture & the supernatural. ...

London`s Underground is associated with a multitude of ghostly stories & sightings, particularly on stations & abandoned lines, many of which are in close proximity to burial sites from centuries ago. This chilling book reveals well-known & hitherto unpublished tales of spirits, spectres & other spooky occurrences on one of the oldest railway networks in the world. The stories of sightings include the ghost of an actress regularly witnessed on Aldywch Station & the ` Black Nun` at Bank Station. Eerie noises, such as the cries of thirteen-year-old Anne Naylor, who was murdered in 1758 near to the site of what is now Farringdon Station, & the screams of children who were in an accident at Bethnal Green Station during Second World War, are still heard echoing. These & many more ghostly accounts are recorded in fascinating detail in this book, which is a must-read for anyone interested in the mysterious & murky history of London`s Underground. ...

The West End of London has long been popular with theatre-goers & tourists to the capital, but this historic area is also home to a multitude of terrifying ghosts. From the theatre where a female spectre cradles a severed head in her lap & the haunted house where two people have died of fright, to the ghostly voices of children heard in a modern office block built over a plague pit, this spine-chilling collection of tales is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Richly illustrated, Haunted West End is sure to appeal to everyone interested in the paranormal & the history of London. Read on
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Take a trip behind the scenes of London`s West End theatres to discover a spooky range of spectres following centuries of performances. With literally hundreds of eye-witness accounts from actors, backstage & front of house staff, this books reveals the most haunted theatres in London. In researching these theatrical ghost stories, the authors have held vigil in dark auditoriums, lonely stairwells & melancholy boxes, behind the scenery & underneath the stages in the search of the theatrical phantoms. From the Lyceum to the Lyric, the astounding results demonstrate the historical links between spirits & the stage. It will captivate anyone who is interested in the shadowy past of London`s West End theatres. ...

” Haunts of the Black Masseur” is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley`s beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller & many more. In lively prose bursting with anecdote, Charles Sprawson leads us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-Gods
- one that has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks & Romans, to Yeats, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald & David Hockney. Original, enticing & dripping with references to literature, film, art & Olympic history, this cult swimming classic pays sparkling tribute to water & the cultural meanings we attach to it.
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Central High Atlas at 1:500, 000 in a regional series published in Morocco by Carima (Societe de Cartographie et d' Imprimerie du Maroc). The cartography & print quality are rather basic, but these maps show more place names than are found on general maps of the whole country. There is no hill-shading or relief contouring, but there are spot heights for significant peaks & many water features shown: rivers, lakes, & wells. Road detail

Includes:: minor routes & tracks, on many roads intermediate driving distances are stated, plus location of petrol stations & car mechanics. Railways & airports are indicated & symbols denote features such as kasbas, ruins, forts, mines, viewpoints, etc. Map legend is in French & Arabic. PLEASE NOTE: Some previously published titles are currently not available from Carima, with no date when they are likely to be return into stock. On the back cover of each map a diagram shows a series of 16 sheets covering the whole of Morocco, including the Western Sahara. However, only six maps were ever published & the remaining maps will not be done.

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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

French Jura in a series of GPS compatible, contoured TOP75 maps at 1:75, 000 from the IGN, highlighting GR routes, cycling trails & sites for other recreational activities. Enlargements at 1:25, 000 are included in each map. Cartography of the main map at 1:75, 000 is a direct enlargement of the mapping used in the IGN ...