Map No. 74, Tipperary South in the Discovery series from the OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Irel&, which presents the country on detailed topographic maps at 1:50, 000, with additional overprint highlighting campsites & caravan parks, youth hostels, etc. Current 4th edition of this map was published in January 2013. Maps in the Discovery series have contours at 10m intervals, with plenty of spot heights & additional altitude colouring. Graphics indicate different types of woodlands. An overprint highlights waymarked or unmarked walking trails as well as cycle routes. National or forest parks & nature reserves are marked & a range of symbols provide tourist information: campsites, caravan parks, youth hostels (An Óige & independent), tourist offices, parking & picnic places, & viewpoints. Golf courses indicate the number of holes. The maps also highlight antiquities & historical sites such as megalithic tombs, standing stones, battlefields, etc. Road network grades third class roads according to their widths &

Includes:: local tracks. Railways are shown with stations & the maps include other details expected of topographic mapping at this scale. Where appropriate, place names are given in both Irish & English. Each map covers an area of 40 x 30km (25 x 19 miles approximately) & has a 1km ITM (Irish Transverse Mercator) grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Irish & English. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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The waterproof Footprint map-guide to the Cumbria Way
- the 73 mile (117km) route between Ulverstone & Carlisle. It generally follows
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D-Day: Tales from the Front Line is the gripping account of the build-up to & aftermath of the single most decisive battle of the Second World War, as told by participants ranging from generals to frontline soldiers, statesmen & civilians. Compelling first-hand accounts in the form of interviews, letters & diaries, make this a superlative “living history” of a seminal day, & a homage to the bravery & skill of the extraordinary participants – most of them no more than high school age boys – who through their actions shaped modern history, many at the forfeit of their lives. D-day took place almost exactly four years after the date of Churchill’s famous “ We shall fight them on the beaches” speech, & has, as Bastable points out, to this day maintained its ‘mythic resonance’ in the catalogue of military victories: “ For the peoples of the many nations who took part – not just Britons & Americans & Canadians, but Frenchmen, Belgians, Poles, Norwegians, Dutchmen, Danes & some free Germans – D-Day says something meaningful about who they are as a nation, & about what they are capable of at their best.” It is this singular status in modern history that this book pays testament to. A victory which took place in the teeth of the worst storm in thirty years raging across the south of England & which saw nearly 3000 men killed on the three-mile strip of Omaha Beach alone. Bastable’s narrative is chock full of poignant human interest as well as fascinating historical details, such as the M15 visit to a bemused physics teacher who compiled the Daily Telegraph crossword in his spare time, only to be told that he had been inadvertently drawing public attention to highly sensitive military code words, or the fact that Churchill & King George VI initially planned to watch the invasion from a cruiser squadron (much to Eisenhower’s disapproval), before the King had second thoughts & managed to persuade Churchill only after a couple of personal, pleading letters: “I am a younger man than you, I am a sailor, & as King I am the head of all these Services. There is nothing I would like better than to go to sea, but I have agreed to stay at home; is it fair that you should then do exactly what I should have liked to do myself? You said yesterday afternoon that it would be a fine thing for the King to lead his troops into battle, as in the old days; if the King cannot do this, it does not seem to me right that his Prime Minister should take his place.” The book vividly brings to life its cast of modern historical heroes, men as flawed & as great as their classical forebears & certainly as, if not more, eccentric. One such was Lord Lovat who would ‘walk calmly with his head held high while all the rest of us would be ducking & diving to avoid shells’, commanding his personal piper to play Highland Laddie as they stepped off the ramp (“ Whenever I hear that song I remember walking through the surf”, Bill Mullin the piper remarked in later years). Yet another was General Hobart, who Churchill had brought out of obscure demotion to design what became known as “ Hobart’s funnies” – decidedly odd-looking but astonishingly innovative & effective new tanks, such as a the Duplex Drive, which looked “like a strange dinghy” but could function on both land & water, & the Crab, which crawled slowly along flogging the ground with chains on either side, thus setting off any mines in its path. (The Americans, perturbed by the appearance of these innovations, widely disdained their use, & suffered higher casualties as a result.) & lest the British claim all the eccentricity for themselves, what about Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former President & distant cousin of the serving one, who insisted on being present despite having suffered a heart attack & walking with a stick, & refused to wear a helmet because he thought they were uncomfortable? But Bastable’s book gives equal weight, equal value, to the experiences of the ordinary, non-decorated soldiers for, as General Bradley is"ed as saying, anyone who was on the beach on D-Day was a hero. From the heartrending words of a young boy’s letter to his mother written on the 5th of June, surely written not knowing if they would be the last she would ever receive from him, to the responses of civilians as they heard the news of the invasion broken to them – in the middle of school lessons, church sermons or on the radio at work in the factories, Tales From the Front Line does honour to the full spectrum of actions & reactions on that stormy day in the summer of 1944. Thanks to what must surely be the most annoying darkroom assistant’s error anywhere, ever, only eight of Robert Capa’s 106 pictures of the invasion (he was in the first wave of American arrivals) survived, & while these remain an extraordinary visual record of the conditions endured by the allied forces on D-Day, in the absence of any other form of documentary footage of the battle, Jonathan Bastable’s book must surely be the closest thing we can have to a collection of first-hand & eye-witness accounts, & thereby command the awed attention of anybody at all with any interest in the events of that day. As Joan Carr-Jones, a Wren in Southampton, whose fiancé returned that evening from his naval duty of transporting troops across the Channel, remarked, “A sense of living with destiny, & a fierce & joyful pride. There never was a day like it.” ...

The Frog in Your Throat original strong lozenges for immediate refreshment, tried & trusted since 1921. Made with natural ingredients by Simpkins, the supplier of glucose products to Hilary & Tenzing`s team on the ascent of Mount Everest, nowadays the company still uses the same recipe & techniques, ensuring the confection continues to be the finest available. ...

Hornsey is a generally prosperous part of north London. The Highgate & Hornsey village sections are mainly Victorian, but much of the rest is well-built late Victorian or Edwardian, which appealed to people who wanted to escape overcrowded central London. They also found that they had marvellous views out over the capital, all the way to the Thames & beyond. ...

Toxteth in 1906 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 an area of south Liverpool, largely comprising the western half of Toxteth. Coverage of the main map stretches from the docks eastward to Maud Street & Park Hill Road, & from Parliament Street southward to Beresford Road. Features include Coburg Dock, Brunswick Dock, Toxteth Dock, part of Harrington Dock, Overhead Railway with several stations, Brunswick Goods station, South Docks Goods station, Brunswick Docks goods station, engine sheds & many sidings etc, tramways, countless streets of terraced houses, City Hospital, section of Cheshire Lines Railway, public baths, South End Mills, schools & chapels, Royal Southern Hospital, Mersey Brewery & bottling stores, etc. On the reverse is the adjacent sheet 113.06, extending coverage southward to include Herculaneum Dock, Park Hill Hospital, Petroleum Stores & Dingle Bank. A street directory for Caryl Street & Grafton Street is also included. 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. ...

The Coast Near Livorno at 1:50, 000 in a series of hiking maps from Edizioni Multigraphic covering Tuscany, parts of Umbria, & the adjoining areas. The cartography is rather old fashioned & sometimes not as clear as in the other map series but for many areas, especially for parts of Tuscany, these are the only hiking maps available. Most maps have contours at 25-metre intervals, with some relief shading & colouring for forests. An overprint highlights hiking paths, including all the popular hiking routes such as the Grandi Sentieri della Provincia di Siena, etc. The overprint also shows campsites &, where appropriate, mountain refuges & other types of alpine accommodation. Some of the maps indicate latitude & longitude at the map corners, but with longitude sometimes based on Rome rather than Greenwich. Map legends vary, most maps include English. Many maps include street plans & additional notes on the region. For more details see individual descriptions.* In this title: double-sided map covering the coast of Tuscany from north of Livorno to Piombino & Follonica & extending about 35km inl&, The map has contours, although no interval is given, & spot heights. Local footpaths & towns & villages of particular interest are highlighted. Geographical coordinates at the map corners have longitude based on Greenwich. Map legend

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Texas in the Countries & Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides aimed at independent travellers & serving a large range of international destinations. Frank & informal in style, the guides explore an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants & nightlife & are designed for practical use while travelling on the road. Written & researched by a team of experts, each book is independent in its recommendations & suggestions, often offering individual takes on individual destinations. Widely recognised for their reliability, each Lonely Planet country & region guide has the same layout. Introductory sections profile the destination with individual chapters on particular highlights, getting started, (including when to go) itineraries, history, culture, arts, food & drink & the environment. Each guide is organised geographically by region, with individual sections detailing an extensive range of sights, places of interest, attractions, restaurants, nightlife, accommodation & any local activities. The guides have detailed explanations of historical context where relevant. There is also practical guidance on ‘getting there & around’, allowing visitors to plan their trip accordingly. Information boxes throughout the text give insights into local culture & customs as well as offering suggestions for restaurants & bars & notable shopping opportunities. There are dedicated sections on major cities & towns within each region, with relevant information on orientation, sights, activities, eating & drinking, tours, courses, festivals & events. Accommodation is divided into budget, mid-range & top-end in order to cater for a wide range of budgets. All places highlighted in the text are cross-referenced to black & white overview maps showing their respective locations. ‘ Don’t Miss’ information boxes give bullet-pointed lists of notable local attractions & their relevant page numbers in the guide. An extensive Directory section gives important practical guidance on accommodation, activities, business hours, children, climate charts, customs, dangers & annoyances, embassies, insurance, internet access, maps, money, photography, shopping, solo travellers, transport, travellers with disabilities, visas, volunteering & women travellers, among other useful information. ...

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