Mirfield North West: Battyeford & Roe Head in 1905 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 north-western area of Mirfield, extending from Cooper Bridge station eastward to Water Royd Lane, & from Nab Lane northward to Roe Head Mill. Features include Roe Head, where the Bronte sisters went to school, the College of the Resurrection & House of the Resurrection, Nab, Christ Church Battyeford, Bracken Hill, the Three Nuns Inn, sections of the Calder & Battye Ford Cut, West Riding Flour Mills, Nun Brook Print Works, Kitson Hill, Mirfield Moor, Three Nuns Pit with tramway, Mirfield Moor Colliery, Westroyd, Taylor Hall Brickworks, etc. On the reverse are a Battyeford directory & a commercial directory for Mirfield. 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. ...

Mirfield South West in 1930 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 western part of Mirfield, stretching from St Paul`s church westward to Heaton Lodge, & from Frances Street southward to Hopton Brow. The Lower Hopton, Littlemoor, New Scarbro`, Snake Hill, & Stocks Bank areas are also covered. Features include Ledgard Bridge, Ledgard Bridge Mills, Butt End Mill, Fold Head Mill, Clive Mills, Wellington Mill, Bankfield Mills, railway lines with engine depot, Battyeford station, Midland Huddersfield Branch, Bog Hall, Heaton Hall, Tib Netherend Wood, Boyfe Hall, Ings Grove, River Calder, Battye Ford Lock with boatbuilding yard, Knowl, etc. On the reverse is a 1927 Commercial 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. ...

A unique retelling of the classic fairytale, Snow White by the internationally bestselling author of WICKED The year is 1502, & seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills & valleys of Tuscany & Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm
- & the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia & his sister, the lovely & vain Lucrezia
- decadent children of a wicked pope
- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care
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- of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well...A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, MIRROR MIRROR gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White
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Described by the author as simply `a work of love`, Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling & fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well as being a charming & witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial layers of culture & tradition, Colin Thubron explores the historical, artistic, social & religious inheritance of the Damascenes in an amusing & perceptive manner, whilst interspersing the narrative with innumerable anecdotes about travellers of bygone days. Mirror to Damascus is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable & popular of travel writers. ...

Drawing on three years of travel & research, Mirrors of the Unseen offers a rare & timely portrait of Iran, introducing us to the sublime architecture of Isfahan, the forests of the north, the bleak landscapes of Kurdistan & the urban contradictions of the capital, Tehran. An exploration of Iran`s immensely rich heritage & a personal enquiry into the nature of Persian & Islamic art, it is a book rich in detail, wit & discovery. ...

British artist Henry Hemming set out in a pick-up truck called Yasmine to begin an extraordinary journey through the Middle East post-9/11. Unsure how he’d make enough money to even stay on the road, where he was going or what he would find, he uses art as his passport to gain access to areas closed off to any other traveller. He travels to the drug-fuelled ski slopes of Iran, the souks, mosques, palaces, army barracks, secret beaches, police cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels & artists’ studios until he reaches Baghdad for a Fourth of July party with American GIs in one of Saddam’s former palaces. On his way he meets he meets the Middle East’s youth, discovers their dreams, doubts & passions to reveal a young & unpredictable region that escapes the nightly news radar. & he begins to understand what he represents too
- whether it’s a British spy, Muslim extremeist, jihadi, tramp, bohemian, street-cleaner, Baghdadi, or just possibly an artist. It’s a unique tale & highly original journey.
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Misadventures in the English Language looks at some of the controversial aspects of English usage
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ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES & EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 Shortlisted for the Financial Times & Mc Kinsey Business Book of the Year Award From the renowned & entertaining behavioural economist & co-author of the seminal work Nudge, Misbehaving is an irreverent & enlightening look into human foibles. Traditional economics assumes that rational forces shape everything. Behavioural economics knows better. Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the notion that humans are central to the economy
- & that we`re error-prone individuals, not Spock-like automatons. Now behavioural economics is hugely influential, changing the way we think not just about money, but about ourselves, our world & all kinds of everyday decisions. Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases & make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations & their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, & our governments. Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives & market behaviour, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV quiz shows, sports transfer seasons, & businesses like Uber. When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers & policy makers are both profound & entertaining.
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Mischabel, map No. 284, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. The map covers the southern part of the Mattertal with Zermatt & Randa, the Saastal with Saas Fe, Theodul Pass, Monte Rosa massif, the peaks of Dom & Weisshorn, etc. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...

The Michabel range, map No. 284T, at 1:50, 000 in a special hiking edition of the country’s topographic survey, published by Swisstopo in cooperation with the Swiss Hiking Federation. The map covers most of the Mischabel range with the southern part of the Mattertal including Zermatt & Randa, the Saastal with Saas Fe, Theodul Pass, Monte Rosa massif, the peaks of Dom & Weisshorn, etc. Cartography, identical to the standard version of the survey, is highly regarded for its superb use of graphic relief & hill shading to provide an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. An overprint highlights routes maintained by the SHF, distinguishing between hiking routes, mountain routes requiring proper footwear, & alpine routes where equipment is needed. Paths which are part of the national or regional network of long-distance hiking routes are specially marked & in the more recent editions are annotated with their official numbers. The maps show mountain huts, refuges & in remote areas also inns, plus roads with bus service & the positions of bus stops. All the maps have a 1-km grid of the Swiss national coordinates. For a list of all the titles in this series, please click on the series link. ...