Memphis in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...

Memphis in Tennessee on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. An enlargement shows the downtown area in greater detail. Communities covered by this map include Bartlett & Germantown.NEW STREET PLAN CARTOGRAPHY FROM RAND Mc NALLY: Rand Mc Nally are currently changing the cartography of their street plans to a more “ European” style. In many titles streets are now shown by parallel lines, providing a much clearer, easier to read presentation. Better use of colouring indicates different types of land use and/or institutions (parks, shopping centres, academic institutions, etc) &, in most titles, different administrative units. More streets are annotated with block numbers. Some new editions still retain the traditional American presentation of streets by a single line, but with more prominent marking for various institutions, facilities & places of interest. Our cartography sample indicates which style is used in this title.COVERAGE: Rand Mc Nally street plans cover cities with their outer suburbs, prominently highlighting principal traffic arteries & connecting main streets. Railway & subway stations are marked. ...

Memphis in Tennessee on an indexed street plan from Rand Mc Nally in their extensive range of maps covering cities in the United States. Communities covered by this map include Bartlett, Bush Grove, Sunset, Germantown & Lakel&. Rand Mc Nally street plans provide coverage of cities with their outer suburbs, clearly indicating main traffic arteries: highways (distinguishing between free & toll access), plus primary & secondary routes. Road numbers and/or names are clearly displayed & exit numbers are indicated. Locations of service & rest areas are marked & one way streets are shown. Longer streets are annotated with block numbers for easier identification of addresses. The maps show railway, bus &, where appropriate, metro stations. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including cultural & academic institutions, various municipal facilities, golf courses, etc. The plans have extensive street indexes, supplemented by lists of points of interest, parks & recreational areas, shopping malls, stations, schools, etc. ...

It has been said that a shed is to a man what a handbag is to a woman
- both contain all the essentials for surviving in the modern
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Adrian Bell`s travels through East Anglia & lowland Britain capture the character of the countryside before modern agriculture altered the landscape & changed forever the way we eat & live. This new edition restores the original color lithographs & black & white line drawings by John Nash that appeared in the first edition. First published in 1939 by B.T. Batsford. ...

Between 1900 & 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments & historic sites & opened them to the public. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. Of course, collections of paintings, sculptures, & books had been made by governments, but the British created an outdoor museum of national history. This book explains why the extraordinary collecting frenzy took place. It locates it in the fragile & nostalgic atmosphere of the interwar years, dominated by neo-romanticism & cultural protectionism. It dissects a government programme that established a modern state on deep historical & rural roots; in the words of the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, heritage was the rock out of which the nation`s children would be hewn. The government`s activities were mirrored by the establishment of dozens of voluntary bodies, including the Council for the Protection of Rural Engl&, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, & the National Trust. It was during the Second World War when the government realized that its collecting activities could not be sustained but that the National Trust could provide a vehicle for the continued collection of the nation`s heritage. It was the war too that extended for the first time protection to buildings that were occupied & not just ruins. The book sets all this activity, for the first time, in its political, economic & cultural contexts, painting a picture of a country traumatized by war, fearful of losing what was left of its history, & a government that actively set out to protect them. In the last chapter it brings the story up to date. ...

From five distinct cities around the world
- Sydney, Tokyo, Milan, London & New York
- photographer, art director & blogger

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Tom Connolly`s dazzling second novel is a funny, turbulent, & heartfelt study of male relationships, & a glorious love letter to the city of New York. It is April in Manhattan & the destinies of four very different men are about to collide. Nineteen-year-old Finn has just arrived in the city with his irrepressible & volatile girlfriend, Dilly, determined to even the score with his older brother Jack for abandoning him in the UK in the aftermath of their parents` deaths. Across town, successful gallery owner Leo Emerson is haunted by loneliness, unsettled by the contrast between his life & that of his brother-in-law & oldest friend William, who is enviably contented in his faith & his marriage. When Finn wanders into Leo`s gallery, a series of unexpected & interconnected events unfold, changing the lives of all four men, for better or worse. Leo & William`s settled existences are overturned by events outside of their control, while Jack & Finn`s complex relationship reaches its long overdue showdown. Beautifully orchestrated & richly comic, Men Like Air explores the romance & solitude of cosmopolitan life, the transformative power of art, & the impact we have on one another`s lives
- & what happens when the ties that bind us are tested or broken. It is an intense & uplifting story of growth & renewal, mapping the complex workings of the human heart across the streets of New York City.
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When the First World War broke out, the Post Office was the biggest employer in the world, with its own company of volunteer part-time soldiers, The Post Office Rifles. Suddenly catapulted into conflict, ordinary postmen & messenger boys found themselves in the trenches of the Western Front, hoping that their own letters would reach home
- & relying on the letters & parcels they received for comfort & much-needed boosts to morale. By the war`s end, 1, 500 of them had been killed. Using the personal stories, letters & diary entries of the men who joined the Post Office Riffles, this is a moving account of how the war touched the lives of ordinary people
- how it changed communities, how women took up men`s work, &, of course, the vital role the mail played in winning the war.

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Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway`s career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist. Hemingway`s men are bullfighters & boxers, hired hands & hard drinkers, gangsters & gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman`s h&. Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory
- they helped establish him as one of the great literary authors of the twentieth century, & one of the best American authors of all time.
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