Populated by urbane Jewish merchants & professionals as well as new arrivals from the shtetl, Imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities for education, culture, employment, & entrepreneurship but cursed for the often pitiless persecution of its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of Kiev Jewry from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the outbreak of World War I. It explores the Jewish community`s politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic & demographic shifts, religious & cultural sensibilities, & relations with the city`s Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, the local press, memoirs, & belles-lettres, Natan M. Meir shows Kiev`s Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, & engaged in the activities of myriad Jewish organizations & philanthropies. ...

Street plan of Kiev from the locally based Kartografija in an English language edition presenting the whole city at 1:35, 000, with a more detailed enlargement for the city centre, a 3-D pictorial plan of the central area including the Maidan Square, lists of sights, hotels, etc. All place names are in the Latin alphabet & map legend

Includes:: English. On one side is a plan of the city at 1:35, 000. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & metro stations are prominently marked. Streets are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Symbols show hotels (with names), shopping centres, various monuments & cultural institutions, places of worship, etc. The map has both present day administrative boundaries but also old historical names of various parts of the city. Insets present the city centre, from the Dnieper to the Solomianskyi railway terminal, in greater detail at 1:17, 000, plus a map of the metro network. On the reverse Kiev’s historic heart is shown on a pictorial stylel street plan with all the buildings & monuments drawn in 3-D, with 25 best sights cross-reference to brief descriptions. Street index is supplemented by a list of hotels, cultural institutions, transport terminals & places of worship.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: supplies of all titles published in the Ukraine are irregular & we cannot guarantee a firm delivery time. When a title is out of stock, it may be advisable to choose an alternative publication.


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The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

This journal features striking gold embellishment combined with the look of an old leather journal that has been lovingly used for at least a century. It is made from paper & thick cardboard & the back cover comes up to wrap itself on the front cover with the help of an invisible magnet, thus protecting the pages inside. It has 144 ruled pages, a memento pouch, & a grey ribbon marker. 13x 18cm. ...

This journal features striking gold embellishment combined with the look of an old leather journal that has been lovingly used for at least a century. It is made from paper & thick cardboard & the back cover comes up to wrap itself on the front cover with the help of an invisible magnet, thus protecting the pages inside. It has 144 ruled pages, a memento pouch, & a grey ribbon marker. 13x 18cm. ...

A lined journal, in an ingeniously printed faux leather cover which captures the flavour of finely wrought Renaissance-style leather bindings. It is intricately embellished with one of three designs to reproduce the delicate gold tooling which was brought to Europe via the flourishing trade routes with the east. Closes with a fold-over cover flap. Smythe sewn with 144 pages, plus memento pouch & ribbon page marker. 18x 23cm ...

This Kikkerland Travel Accessories series presents one of the most successful collections from Kikkerland Design. Kikkerland is always on the cutting edge with their innovative & fun products. They travel the world searching for original designs for items that can make life more enjoyable & for smart things that make everyday tasks easier. Kikkerland offers one of the world`s largest collections of ingenious items combining form, function, & delight in equal parts. ...

In February 2018, Kiko Matthews set out to row solo & unsupported, 3000 miles across the Atlantic. She not only added her name to the handful of women who had successfully made the crossing solo, but did so in a world record time of 49 days, 10 hours & 13 minutes
- more than five days less than the previous record. She had never rowed before deciding on this challenge. But following brain surgery after being diagnosed with a rare life-threatening condition, she set herself goals that pushed her mental & physical boundaries to the limit. In her book she vividly describes her epic voyage & what drove her to attempt it.
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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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Kilburn is an old village straddling the Roman Watling Street to St Albans. West Hampstead was a tiny & remote outpost of Hampstead parish. But the construction of Finchley Road encouraged development in both places, & the invasion of a complex of railway routes was influential in the area`s layout. After a period of decline Kilburn is recovering much of its old importance & vitality & once again is an important commercial & shopping district. ...