The enthralling biography of the shepherd boy who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering & whose genius we still benefit from today Thomas Telford`s name is familiar; his story less so. Born in 1757 in the Scottish Borders, his father died in his infancy, plunging the family into poverty. Telford`s life soared to span almost eight decades of gloriously obsessive, prodigiously productive energy. Few people have done more to shape our nation. Thomas Telford invented the modern road. A stonemason turned architect turned engineer, he built churches, harbours, canals, docks & the famously vertiginous Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Wales. He created the backbone of our national road network. His bridges are some of the most dramatic & beautiful ever built, most of all the Menai Bridge, a wonder then & now, which spans the dangerous channel between the mainland & Anglesey. His constructions were the most stupendous in Europe for a thousand years, &
- astonishingly
- almost everything he ever built remains in use today. Telford was a complex man: a shepherd`s boy who loved the countryside but helped industrialise it; an ambitious man who cared little for accolades; highly sociable & charming, but peculiarly private about his personal life; & an engineer who was also a poet. He cherished a vision of a country connected to transform mobility & commerce: his radical politics lay not in ideas but the creation of useful, solid things. In an age in which economics, engineering & national identity came together, Thomas Telford`s life was a model of what can be achieved by persistence, skill & ambition. Drawing on contemporary accounts, this, the first full modern biography of Telford, at once intimate & expansive, is an utterly original portrait. It is a book of roads & landscapes, waterways & bridges, but above all, of how one man transformed himself into the greatest engineer Britain has ever produced.

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The enthralling Sunday Times-bestselling biography of the shepherd boy who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering & whose genius we still benefit from today Thomas Telford`s name is familiar; his story less so. Born in 1757 in the Scottish Borders, his father died in his infancy, plunging the family into poverty. Telford`s life soared to span almost eight decades of gloriously obsessive, prodigiously productive energy. Few people have done more to shape our nation.A stonemason turned architect turned engineer, Telford invented the modern road, built churches, harbours, canals, docks, the famously vertiginous Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Wales & the dramatic Menai Bridge. His constructions were the greatest in Europe for a thousand years, &
- astonishingly
- almost everything he ever built remains in use today. Intimate, expansive & drawing on contemporary accounts, Man of Iron is the first full modern biography of Telford. It is a book of roads & landscapes, waterways & bridges, but above all, of how one man transformed himself into the greatest engineer Britain has ever produced.

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Jamie Johnson starts the season on fire. He`s playing for his beloved Hawkstone
- & he`s the top scorer in the country. But when
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In his brilliant first book, ”150 Things Every Man Should Know”, Gareth May instructed the young man about town in vital life lessons such as how to undo a girl`s bra with one h&, & how to down a pint without being sick. All is well & good. But there comes a time in most young men`s lives when, their education completed, they decide to spread their wings & travel to foreign climes. From international dining etiquette to the safe ascension of Kilimanjaro, & surviving a shark attack to cooling cans of beer in the Savanna sun, Gareth`s simple & brilliantly executed new book is a must-have for the modern man setting off, passport in h&, for the first time. Covering every possible travel scenario
- from must-visit nudist colonies, to tips on how to organise the ultimate stag weekend abroad; from where to experience the most exhilarating white water raft run in the world, to how to get married by an Elvis-lookalike in Vegas
- never before has a book listed how to read global currency rates on one page, & how to drink snake blood in Cambodia on the next. With comprehensive cool city guides for the young dude & the most unexpected travel tips you`re likely to read anywhere, armed with Man of the World in their backpack, blokes everywhere will be able not only to woo their woman in Paris but also tip the bellboy accordingly. This is the ultimate tailored for testosterone travel guide.

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A powerful & touching novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of Pigeon English `A writer of considerable talent` Financial Times I was beating the life out of Bibhuti with a baseball bat when my first monsoon broke... John Lock has come to India to meet his destiny. He has fled the quiet desperation of his life in England to offer his help to a man who has learned to conquer pain, a world record breaker who specialises in feats of extreme endurance & ill-advised masochism. In answering Bibhuti`s call for assistance, John hopes to rewrite a brave end to a life poorly lived. But as they take their leap of faith together, & John is welcomed into Bibhuti`s family, & into the colour & chaos of Mumbai, he learns more about life, & death, & everything in between than he could ever have bargained for. ...

It`s an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks & teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire & weak bitter won a world war; &, of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket & a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. It`s also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thous&-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government & misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism & an awful lot of hangovers. `a pleasant antidote to more pro-faced histories of beer`
- ” Guardian”. ` Like a good drinking companion, Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies & pub-related urban phenomena`
- ”TLS”. ` Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts & entertaining digressions, this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip`
- ” Express”.


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One of the titles in the topographic survey of the coastal part of French Guiana, published as an extension of IGN’s survey of France to its overseas departments. Contours are at 5m intervals & the maps indicate 13 different types of vegetation & land use, including rain forest, brushwood, savanna, high & low mangrove, rice fields, orchards & plantations, etc. The extent of changes in the coastline in the recent decades is indicated. The maps have a UTM grid & latitude/longitude lines at intervals of 5’. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Topographic coverage of the Balearic Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Collision avoidance as a vital element of ship safety should be recognised in company instructions & Masters’ standing orders. Safe strategies are outlined with case studies to help improve collision avoidance practice at sea by examining the ways watchkeeping officers make decisions.

Includes:: managing navigational risk, collision avoidance measures for effective control, applying the COLREGS, ship manoeuvring & collision avoidance.

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Produced in partnership with Human Rights at Sea & psychological health consultancy March on Stress, this booklet provides toplevel guidance for senior management to help improve the mental health of seafarers. It will be of particular value to ship managers/operators, HR departments & all involved with seafarers’ welfare around the world. Untreated post-traumatic stress disorder can lead to poor decision-making & may have legal & financial consequences for a maritime organisation. This concise guidance, which stresses the importance of early detection & prevention of mental health issues at sea, is essential reading for all responsible maritime organisations in supporting their most important asset – their people. ...