Horwich North in 1907 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 northern part of Horwich extending north-eastward to Wilderwood. Features include station, Gorton Fold, Grundy Hill, Holy Trinity church, Foxholes Mill, Lee Lane, Winter Hey Lane, Albert Mill, bleach works, tramways & depot, Lee Mill, Lever Park, Knowle House, site of Anderton Old Hall, Wilderswood Mill, Marklands Reservoir, Old Lord`s Quarries, Old Lord`s Height, etc. On the reverse are edited extracts from a 1907 directory. 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. ...

Horwich South in 1908 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 southern part of Horwich, an area dominated by the railway works. The works stretch over much of the map, & carriage sheds are also shown. Other features include tramways, Gibb Farm, Red Moss with industrial tramways, Victoria Brick Works, Eatocks Farm, Mechanics Institute, Vale Hall, Recreation Ground. On the reverse is the list of private residents from a 1918 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Horwich South in 1908 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 southern part of Horwich, an area dominated by the railway works. The works stretch over much of the map, & carriage sheds are also shown. Other features include tramways, Gibb Farm, Red Moss with industrial tramways, Victoria Brick Works, Eatocks Farm, Mechanics Institute, Vale Hall, Recreation Ground, etc. On the reverse is the list of private residents from a 1918 directory. 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. ...

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Michio Hoshino traveled from his native Japan to Alaska in 1972 for what was intended to be a short two-week visit. He stayed for three months. Having found a deep affinity with the region, he returned to live in Alaska in 1978, undertaking a lifelong career as a naturalist & photographer (his first book was Grizzly, published in 1986 by Chronicle Books.) For his images & his deep commitment to & curiosity about Alaska, he is still widly considered the preeminent photographer of the Alaskan wilderness. This book is a welcome & long overdue collection of his best photographs, as well as a dozen short excerpts from his writing. The book is divided into regional chapters tracing his travels, &

Includes:: a foreword by Lynn Schooler (who wrote the classic book The Blue Bear his friendship with Hoshino & their engagement with the alaskan wilderness), an introduction by Karen Colligan-Taylor (Hoshino's friend & translator), & an afterword by his widow, Naoko Hoshino.

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Hossa area at 1:25, 000 on a double-sided map in a series of beautiful & informative maps covering Finland’s most popular outdoor leisure areas with cartography from Karttakeskus, the country’s topographic survey. Maps in this series have excellent use of colours, shading & symbols to provide a very detailed picture of the terrain & vegetation. Extensive overprint highlights routes for hiking, and/or other outdoor pursuits, a wide variety of accommodation, from hotels & holiday villages to Lapland tepees, food & fuel supplies, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude. Map legends include English. ...

On 23 October 2009, British couple Paul & Rachel Chandler were kidnapped from their sailing boat in the archipelago of the Seychelles. Their yacht, Lynn Rival, was recovered six days later by naval forces, abandoned off the central Somali coast. After the attack, Paul & Rachel were taken first onto a previously hijacked merchant ship & then to Somalia, where they were held for over a year, enduring threats & intimidation while their captors tried to extort millions of dollars from their family. In this remarkable book, the Chandlers recount their terrifying ordeal, revealing the inspiring & poignant story behind the dramatic headlines. At the heart of their survival was their unshakeable belief in each other & their determination to survive, making Hostage an unlikely love story; for Paul & Rachel, death, at times, seemed preferable to being separated. ...

On 23 October 2009, British couple Paul & Rachel Chandler were kidnapped from their sailing boat in the archipelago of the Seychelles. Their yacht, Lynn Rival, was recovered six days later by naval forces, abandoned off the central Somali coast. After the attack, Paul & Rachel were taken first onto a previously hijacked merchant ship & then to Somalia, where they were held for over a year, enduring threats & intimidation while their captors tried to extort millions of dollars from their family. In this remarkable book, the Chandlers recount their terrifying ordeal, revealing the inspiring & poignant story behind the dramatic headlines. At the heart of their survival was their unshakeable belief in each other & their determination to survive, making Hostage an unlikely love story; for Paul & Rachel, death, at times, seemed preferable to being separated. ...

Hostel Room 131 begins in the winter of 1978, when Siddharth, twenty-three, meets Sudhir, twenty, in a friend's friend's room in Pune's Engineering College Hostel. He falls instantly in love.A man of unconventional views-he believes, for instance, that the two heroes in Sholay have the hots for each other rather than for the heroines-Siddharth becomes a full-time lover over the next seven years & stubbornly pursues the object of his lust & affection, despite his job as a college lecturer in Bombay. There are many obstacles along the way, including Sudhir's family, against whom Siddharth files a police complaint, & Sudhir's classmates from Belgaum, led by the homophobic Ravi Humbe, who start an anti- Siddharth association. But Siddharth gets support from Gaurav & Vivek, a militant gay pair keen to ambush the enemy. Deadpan humour & farce come together in this entertaining love story. ...

The book covers the whole of the USA & the Canadian states of Ontario, Quebec, & British Columbia. Each hostel is described with practical information at the beginning such as the cost, number of rooms, opening hours, & extras. There follows a brief summary/background of each hostel. This is followed by travel information including how to get there by bus & foot. A few of the entries have an accompanying b/w photograph of the hostel. The book is divided into regions with a simple map, showing main surface routes, at the beginning of the section with each hostel indicated by a number on the map. The index at the front of the book is a city listing only, & the index at the back is collection of short lists by the authors along the lines of ' Great value Hostels', ' Best Hostels for Skiers', & ' Strange-but-True Hostels' etc. ...