Meadowfield in 1897 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 a colliery area south-west of the Durham. Three collieries are shown, each with its coke ovens: Littleburn Colliery stands alongside the NER main line which runs down the eastern part of the map. A short spur leads to Brownhey Colliery. To the west the large Brandon Colliery, with A, B & C Pits, stands alongside the NER Bishop Auckland Branch. Part of the pit villages of Brandon Colliery & Littleburn are also shown (they continue north onto the Langley Moor map) & two small villages are shown complete: Meadowfield, on the main road with its St John`s church, & Browney Colliery village which had three chapels next to each other. On the reverse is the Brandon Parish entry from an 1894 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. ...

Winner of the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize. What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique & intimate account of an English meadow`s life from January to December, together with its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer & grazing in autumn, &

Includes:: the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass & the soil beneath: the badger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren, the skylark brood & the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, & deaths are stories that thread through the book from first page to last.

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A collection of recipes to suit the relaxed nature of holidays interspersed with evocative stories of a life at a remote beach location away from the convenience of shops & markets. The recipes are pared down & adaptable, some with a seaside focus, such as those featuring several different ways to prepare crayfish, & they cover all seasons. The author outlines her beach food philosophy which

Includes:: improvising ingredients with whatever is to hand & simplifying recipes to work with less. A `waste not` approach to cooking is paramount where the nearest shops are an hour`s drive away. Combining nostalgia for the simple life with the skills of a trained Cordon Bleu chef this is a book to be savoured
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The course of the Meander is so famously indirect that the river`s name has come to signify digression
- an invitation Jeremy Seal
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A collection of Penelope Fitzgerald`s short stories. Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the most highly-regarded writers on the English literary scene. Apart from Iris Murdoch, no other writer has been shortlisted so many times for the Booker. Her last novel, ` The Blue Flower`, was the book of its year, garnering extraordinary acclaim in Britain, America & Europe. This superb collection of stories, originally published in anthologies & newspapers, shows Penelope Fitzgerald at her very best. From the tale of a young boy in 17-century England who loses a precious keepsake & finds it frozen in a puddle of ice, to that of a group of buffoonish amateur Victorian painters on a trip to Brittany, these stories are characteristically wide ranging, enigmatic & very funny. They are each miniature studies of the endless absurdity of human behaviour. ...

Meanwood & Far Headingley 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 covers the Meanwood area on the north side of Leeds. The northern part of Headingley, around St Chad`s church, Otley Road & Moor Road, is in the bottom left corner & coverage extends north to Meanwood Hall, eastward to Carr Manor. The scattered communities across the map include Weetwood, Meanwood, Myrtle Square & Hill Top, Bentley. Features on what was still a semi-rural landscape include Holy Trinity church, Meanwood Tanneries, Weetwood Dye & Print Works, Bardon Hill, Bardon Grange, tramways terminating at Far Headingley & Bentley, Meanwood Quarry. Carr Manor & Meanwood Hall stand in extensive grounds. On the reverse is a good selection of street directory entries for the area. 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. ...

Travel back into the measly Middle Ages, where the world was full of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights & crazy kings & qeens! Discover a genuine jester`s joke, why chickens had their bottoms shaved & what ten-year-old treacle was used for. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans Revised by the author to make Horrible Histories more accessible to young readers. 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary. ...

At the end of the eighteenth century, two brilliant & eccentric young scientists set out to measure the world. Alexander von Humboldt swashbuckled his way across the globe: navigating ocean & jungle, eating with cannibals, swimming with electric eels, lowering himself into volcanoes & scaling the highest mountain known to man. Carl Friedrich Gauss, on the other h&, stayed at home, using the power of thought to battle his way into exotic mathematical realms & the landmark realization that space is curved. Measuring the World brings these two geniuses to life, capturing their balancing act between loneliness & love, absurdity & greatness, failure & success. ...

In the small Nigerian village of Keti live Mamo & La Mamo, twin sons of a domineering father. When one day the boys try & escape the village, only La Mamo succeeds
- & in time becomes a soldier well-versed in the ways of life & death. Mamo, too sickly to leave, remains in Keti finding solace in the arms of Zara while watching impotently as his detested father grows powerful & corrupt. Unable to wield a weapon, Mamo instead reaches for a pen & soon begins to write the true history of Keti & its people
- all the time awaiting the return of his beloved brother, La Mamo.. .

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Meat London: An Insider`s Guide from Black Dog Publishing is an essential book for the meat-lover living or visiting the capital. Divided into concise chapters listing restaurants & pubs, street food & butchers, Meat London covers all budgets & tastes, whether you are intending to eat out on the run, settle into a four-course meal, or barbeque a piglet in your back garden! The choice of entries took into account considerations such as ethical supply of meat, provenance & seasonality. The entries give the full address, phone number & website, & are accompanied by photos of the premises and/or typical dishes or meat cuts. The table of contents for two of the sections, restaurants/pubs & butchers, lists entries with their postcodes, making it easy to find if three are any recommendations near you. ...