` It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people` Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundl&, & London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There are newlyweds Ian & Sophie, who disagree about the future of the country &, possibly, the future of their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, & his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, & his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote in the European referendum. & within all these lives is the story of modern England: a story of nostalgia & delusion; of bewilderment & barely-suppressed rage. Following in the footsteps of The Rotters` Club & The Closed Circle, Jonathan Coe`s new novel is the novel for our strange new times. ...

When Canadian brothers Colin & Ryan Pyle set out from Shanghai on a motorcycle journey that had never previously been attempted, they thought they had some idea of what lay ahead of them. It was a misconception that had become evident by the end of Day 1. But, despite the many challenges they faced, 65 days & 18, 000 km later they'd succeeded in circumnavigating China. In an expedition of extremes, Colin & Ryan visited the third lowest point on Earth & slept at Everest Base Camp beside its highest mountain. They travelled off-road through deep desert sand in suffocating heat, traversed mountain passes in freezing temperatures that turned the moisture in their clothes to ice, & rode in torrential rain through mudslides beside rapidly rising flood waters. At the end of their remarkable journey, the brothers has strengthened the bond between them, gained a Guinness World Record, tested their endurance to its limits, & shared an adventure that most of us will only ever dream of having. In this book Colin & Ryan take us with them as they travel through the diverse & extraordinary landscapes of China, from its border with North Korea, to the ancient Muslin city of Kashgar, across the vast empty spaces of the Mongolian grasslands, over the mountains & into the monasteries of Tibet. ...

Four kids on a quest to find the legendary Mines of King Solomon...and their parents. Bick, Beck, Storm & Tommy are navigating their way down the Nile, from hot & dusty Cairo to deep dark jungles, past some seriously bad guys along the way. They`ll need all their survival instincts just to make it out alive... ...

In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, where he`s now being forced to take `special` classes... He also finds himself joining the school`s football team
- alongside his main tormenter, Miller the Killer! But Rafe has grand plans for a better year: First, he decides to start a super-secret art project that`s sure to rock the school. Then, if Rafe manages to make a play to save his team, he might have to deal with something completely new: popularity!
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Middle Tamar & Caradon in 1894 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. Coverage stretches from Smallacoombe Downs & St Clether eastwards to Tavistock & Brent Tor, & from St Stephen & Launceston southwards to St Cleer & Viverdon Down. Other locations include: in CORNWALL Callington, Calstock, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Laneast, Lawhitton, Lewannick, Linkinhorne, North Hill, Pensilva, South Hill, South Petherwin, St Dominick, Stoke Climsland & Trewen; plus in DEVON Bradstone, Coryton, Dunterton, Kelly, Lamerton, Lewtrenchard, Lifton, Marystow, Milton Abbot, North Brentor & Sydenham Dameral. On the reverse is an extract from Cornwall Sheet 30.09 showing Calstock in 1905, with directory extracts. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Dorothea is bright, beautiful & rebellious & has married the wrong man. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town & has married the wrong woman. Both of them long to make a positive difference in the world. But their stories do not proceed as expected & both they, & the other inhabitants of Middlemarch, must struggle to reconcile themselves to their fates & find their places in the world. ” Middlemarch” contains all of life: the rich & the poor, the conventional & the radical, literature & science, politics & romance. Eliot`s novel is a stunningly compelling insight into the human struggle to find contentment. ...

Middlemarch is a complex tale of idealism, disillusion, profligacy, loyalty & frustrated love. This penetrating analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 is told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke & Dr Tertius Lydgate &

Includes:: a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century. Henry James described Middlemarch as a `treasurehouse of detail` while Virginia Woolf famously endorsed George Eliot`s masterpiece as `one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.

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Map No. 93, Middlesbrough, in the Ordnance Survey Landranger series at 1:50, 000, including Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Bishop Auckl&, Spennymoor, Brandon, Wheatley Hill, Hesleden, Trimdon, Hart, Sedgefield, Greatham, Mordon, Shildon, Newton Aycliffe, Stillington, Billingham, Walworth, Piercebridge, Sadberge, Hurworth-on-Tees, Egglescliffe, Thornaby-on-Tees, Wilton, Seamer, Low Worsall, Barton, Dalton-on-Tees, Scotch Corner, Scorton, Great Smeaton, Ingleby Arncliffe, Great Broughton, Great Ayton & Seave Green, with part of the North York Moors National Park, the Cleveland Way & E2 European Long Distance Path. Edition C2; Revised for selected changes 2004; Reprinted with minor change 2006; Copyright date 2007 This title is also available on our website in a waterproof & tear-resistant version. Maps in this series are only published folded. Stanfords can also print flat versions of Ordnance Survey maps through the OS Select system, centring the map on a location of your choice & with a picture provided by you on the cover. For more information please click on the link at the bottom of this description. About Ordnance Survey ...

A detailed topographic map of Middlesbrough & Hartlepool from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Stockton-on-Tees & Redcar. Edition A2; Publication date June 2007 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees & Redcar area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 306, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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