Holywell Green 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 village of Holywell Green, on the east side of Stainl&. Features include railway branch with terminus, Brookroyd Mills, Broad Carr, Springwood Mills, Jagger Green, Old Lindley, Haigh House, Broad Carr Mill, Holywell Hall, Burrwood Mill, Brooklands, etc. St Andrew`s church Stainland is at the left margin of the map. On the reverse is an 1889 directory of Stainl&, plus a 1914 timetable for the railway branch. 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. ...

Holywood in 1931 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 is double-sided & covers most of the town of Holywood, east of Belfast. The main map covers the area from Holywood Barracks northward to Shore Street & eastward to Ardmore Terrace. Features include railway with Holywood station & Kinnegar Halt, Holywood House, Demesne Road area, Plas Merdyn, Church Road area, town centre, Town Hall, St Phillip & St James church, St Columbkille`s RC church, Esplanade, Holywood Golf Course, etc. On the reverse is sheet 1.09, continuing coverage northward to Priory Park, Marino House, Clanbrassil Terrace & Tudor Park. 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. ...

Holzkirchen in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Feldkirchen-Westerham, Aying, Miesbach, Otterfing, Sauerlach, Warngau. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Colm Toibin’s Homage to Barcelona celebrates the cosmopolitan hub, vibrant architecture, art scene, culture & nightlife of the Spanish city. Written with knowledge & affection, the book moves from the story of Barcelona’s founding & its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, Casals & Dalí. It also explores the history of Catalan nationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years & the transition from dictatorship to democracy which Colm Tóibín witnessed in the 1970s. ...

` Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism & for democratic Socialism as I understand it`. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in ” Homage to Catalonia”. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion & clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes & cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men & women he fought alongside, the terror & confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound & the vicious treachery of his supposed allies. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author & journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent & influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory ” Animal Farm” was published in 1945, & it was this novel, together with the dystopia of ” Nineteen Eighty-Four” (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels & non-fiction, including ” Burmese Days” (1934), ” Down & Out in Paris & London” (1933), ” The Road to Wigan Pier” (1937) & ” Homage to Catalonia” (1938) are published in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. If you enjoyed ” Homage to Catalonia”, you might like Orwell`s ” The Road to Wigan Pier”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions & treachery of the civil war”. (Anthony Beevor, author of ”D-Day”). ”A war story that is both brutally honest & lyrically beautiful”. (Michael Shelden, ” Daily Telegraph”, Books of the Century). ...

Hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled & delighted by the luminous, tender voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson`s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now comes HOME, a deeply affecting novel that takes place in the same period & same Iowa town of Gilead. This is Jack`s story. Jack
- prodigal son of the Boughton family, godson & namesake of John Ames, gone twenty years
- has come home looking for refuge & to try to make peace with a past littered with trouble & pain. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings & with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton`s most beloved child. His sister Glory has also returned to Gilead, fleeing her own mistakes, to care for their dying father. Brilliant, loveable, wayward, Jack forges an intense new bond with Glory & engages painfully with his father & his father`s old friend John Ames.

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From the author of ” Earth From the Air” comes a moving & beautifully photographed new book. ” Home”, scheduled to release in conjunction with a film of the same name, is a globe-spanning exploration of the planet, complete with Yann Arthus-Bertrand`s unforgettable images & an informative text by the team at Good Planet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development. ” Home” is a celebration of Earth`s beauty & an impassioned call to protect it from destruction. Voyaging through over 50 countries, the book covers topics relevant to the environment`s current condition & factors which will play a role in determining its future: Earth, Agriculture, Cities, Oil, Global Warming, Sea, Water, Forest & Humanism. Compelling & consistently optimistic, the book focuses on practical solutions for today`s environmental challenges. As Arthus-Bertrand says, ` It isn`t the 50 per cent of forest that has disappeared that`s important, but the 50 per cent that`s left`. With vocal support from Luc Besson, who produced the film, ” Home” will have tremendous impact on readers & viewers alike. ...

AS FEATURED ON `THIS TIME NEXT YEAR` on ITV1” Heart-stopping. A need to read novel.” Kit de Waal, author of My Name is Leon A brave, important, heart-breaking book.” Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths Meet Jesika, aged four & a half. The most extraordinary narrator of 2018. She lives in a flat with her mother & baby brother & she knows a lot. She knows their flat is high up & the stairs are smelly. She knows she shouldn`t draw on the peeling wallpaper or touch the broken window. & she knows she loves her mummy & baby brother Toby. She does not know that their landlord is threatening to evict them & that Toby`s cough is going to get much worse. Or that Paige, her new best friend, has a secret that will explode their world. ...

Home might be a house in the country, a flat in the city, or even a shoe. Home resides on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the space where the artist created this book. A soulful meditation on the concept of home & a visual treat that invites many return visits, this loving look at the places where people live marks the picture-book debut of Carson Ellis, famed illustrator of the Wildwood series & artist for the indie folk-rock band The Decemberists. ...

The picture book debut of Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of the Wildwood series & Lemony Snicket`s The Composer is Dead, this is a gorgeous, imaginative celebration of the many possibilities of home. Home might be a house in the country, a flat in the city, or even a shoe. There are clean homes, messy homes, sea homes & bee homes. Home resides on the road or the sea, in the realm of myth, or in the artist`s own studio. This loving look at the places where people live brims with intriguing characters & is a visual treat that demands many a return visit. ...