This book should be in the library of every transportation researcher. Ronald Sheck Intermodal & guideway research program director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of Florida There is no escape from transport. By sea, air, road or rail, we rely on transport to connect individuals, businesses & cities. At a time when deregulation & privatization are becoming global trends & concerns grow about sustainability, what is the future of transport for the 21st Century? The best-selling first edition of Modern Transport Geography provided a topical transport textbook, based on geographical theory & focused on contemporary issues. This new, expanded, updated & revised edition builds on the strengths of the earlier text by taking a more international & global perspective. The book brings together an unparalleled range of contributors, reflecting the international expertise of the Transport Research Groups of both the Royal Geographical Society & the Association of American Geographers. Modern Transport Geography takes a principles & practice approach which enables students to develop their own ideas on the basis of the contextual, analytical & case material provided. from reviews of Edition I This book has all the ingredients of a successful textbook... The presentation is both stimulating & thought provoking. There is a lot of up to date information on current & case studies from all parts of the world. &, finally, there are plenty of references for further reading. What more could one ask? Journal of Environment & Planning A Geography / Transport Studies / Planning / Social Science Contents Transport Geography: an Introduction Transport & Development: Conceptual Frameworks The Role of Transport in the Development Process: Case Studies from Quebec, Indonesia, Zimbabwe & China Transport Deregulation & Privatization Transport & the Environment Urban Travel Patterns Urban Transport Problems & Solution Inter-Urban Transport Rural Areas: the Accessibility Problem Transport for Recreation & Tourism Ships, Ports & Bulk Freight Transport Intermodal Transportation International Surface Passenger Transport International Air Transport Sustainability of Transport ...

DVD of the international conference held in Delhi in December 2008. An essentialinformation source & training aid for all those interested in issues such as the quality ship, bridge procedures, accident avoidance & all human factors in operations & training. ...

Modern Women is a celebration of some of the- influential & inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work & actions. From suffragettes to scientists, activists to artists, politicians to pilots & writers to riot grrrls, the women included have all paved the way for gender equality in their own indomitable way. Find out about extraordinary women including writer & teacher Maya Angelou, computer scientist Ada Lovelace, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, film star Katharine Hepburn & pioneering musician Bjork. Their lives also enable bigger stories to be told: the suffrage movement with Sophia Duleep Singh; the civil rights struggle & Audre Lorde; advances in science made by Rosalind Franklin; the push for artistic freedom in the work of Frida Kahlo & Louise Bourgeois; & the importance of equality in all sections of society advocated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. ...

Encapsulated version of the Modern World Antique-Style Map from Ray & Co. (136 x 92 cm / 3’5” x 3” approx.) which offers a combination of current political information presented in the style of old antique maps, with ships & monsters on the high seas, old style italic typefaces, etc. Country, city & other place names are given in English. Plenty of names of geographical features are provided to supplement the lovely drawings of mountain chains. On oceans names and/or directions of currents & trade winds are marked, with the prevailing wind directions also indicated over some of the land masses. The Equator & the Greenwich Meridian are indicated by colourful lines, with other latitude & longitude lines drawn at 15° intervals & presented with clocks indicating approximate time zones. A rosette gives the points of the compass & panels presents the old flag alphabet with the Morse code & different types of knots.PLEASE NOTE: This is not a reproduction of an antique map, just lovely way to present the modern world in a good old-fashioned way! This map is also available on paper.LAMINATED & ENCAPSULATED WALL MAPS:- laminated wall maps have a thin layer of plastic usually applied to the printed side only. They can be written on with suitable marker pens without any damage to the map but, unless laminated on both sides, they are not damp-proof.- encapsulated wall maps are sealed between two sheets of plastic. They are more rigid & heavier than laminated maps of the same size. They are damp-proof & do not crinkle in humid conditions. Encapsulation gives the map a shiny surface, similar to being displayed behind glass.- please note: many publishers & retailers often use these two terms interchangeably. Our map titles & descriptions follow the definitions provided above. ...

Modern World Antique-Style Map from Ray & Co. (136 x 92 cm / 53” x 36” approx.) offers a combination of current political information presented in the style of old antique maps, with ships & monsters on the high seas, old style italic typefaces, etc – a lovely way to present the modern world in a good old-fashioned way! Country, city & other place names are given in English. Plenty of names of geographical features are provided to supplement the lovely drawings of mountain chains. On oceans names and/or directions of currents & trade winds are marked, with the prevailing wind directions also indicated over some of the land masses. The Equator & the Greenwich Meridian are indicated by colourful lines, with other latitude & longitude lines drawn at 15° intervals & presented with clocks indicating approximate time zones. A rosette gives the points of the compass & panels presents the old flag alphabet with the Morse code & different types of knots. ...

David Kynaston`s history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour governments of the late 1940s in Austerity Britain & through the growing prosperity of Family Britain`s more placid 1950s. Now Modernity Britain 1957-62 sees the coming of a new Zeitgeist as Kynaston gets up close to a turbulent era in which the speed of social change accelerated. The late 1950s to early 1960s was an action-packed, often dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain began to take shape. These were the `never had it so good` years, when the Carry On film series got going, & films like Room at the Top & the first soaps like Coronation Street & Z Cars brought the working class to the centre of the national frame; when CND galvanised the progressive middle class; when `youth` emerged as a cultural force; when the Notting Hill riots made race & immigration an inescapable reality; & when `meritocracy` became the buzz word of the day. In this period, the traditional norms of morality were perceived as under serious threat (Lady Chatterley`s Lover freely on sale after the famous case), & traditional working-class culture was changing (wakes weeks in decline, the end of the maximum wage for footballers). The greatest change, though, concerned urban redevelopment: city centres were being yanked into the age of the motor car, slum clearance was intensified, & the skyline became studded with brutalist high-rise blocks. Some of this transformation was necessary, but too much would destroy communities & leave a harsh, fateful legacy. This profoundly important story of the transformation of Britain as it arrived at the brink of a new world is brilliantly told through diaries, letters newspapers & a rich haul of other sources & published in one magnificent paperback volume for the first time. ...

David Kynaston`s history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour governments of the late 1940s in Austerity Britain, through the growing prosperity of Family Britain`s more placid 1950s, to the very cusp of the 1960s & the coming of a new Zeitgeist in Modernity Britain. The first part, Opening the Box, 1957-59, plotted the main themes of the new spirit of the age. Now, in part two
- A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62
- through a rich haul of diaries, letters, newspapers & many other sources, Kynaston gets up close to a turbulent era as the speed of social change accelerated. By 1959 consumerism was inexorably taking hold (stripes for Signal toothpaste, flavours for potato crisps), relative economic decline was becoming the staple of political discourse (entry into Europe increasingly seen as our salvation), immigration was turning into an ever-hotter issue (the controversial coming of controls), traditional norms of morality were perceived as under serious threat (Lady Chatterley`s Lover freely on sale after the famous case), & traditional working-class culture was changing (wakes weeks in decline, the end of the maximum wage for footballers) even as Coronation Street established itself as a national institution. The greatest shake of the dice, though, concerned urban redevelopment: city centres were being yanked into the age of the motor car, slum clearance was intensified, & the skyline became studded with brutalist high-rise boxes. Some of this transformation was necessary, but too much would destroy communities & leave a harsh, fateful legacy. This profoundly important story of the period of transformation from the old to the brink of a new world is now told brilliantly & in full for the first time.

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Modica on an indexed street plan at 1:7, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Global Map edition. Monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

The silent, snow-covered streets of Oslo are a perfect scene of Christmas tranquillity. But as the bells toll for the last Sunday of Advent, a boy`s -body washes up near the shoreline of the city`s Aker Bridge. His corpse is unrecognisable. Nobody has bothered to report him missing. One week later Eva Karin Lysgaard, the bishop of Bergen, is found stabbed to death on a deserted street. Eva is a popular public figure, a sixty-two year-old grandmother: why was she on a lone errand in the deserted city, on the night before Christmas? Johanne Vik, criminal researcher & police profiler, is called in to untangle the motivation behind the bishop`s murder. But with her husband at the head of this increasingly high-profile investigation, Vik`s association with the case is under intense scrutiny. & why does Lysgaard`s shocking death lead her towards the sad death of an unknown boy? ...

Map No. 684, Moena & the Surrounding Area, from Kompass in a series providing detailed coverage of the Dolomites & Lake Garda area & supplementing their main series of walking maps of Italy at 1:50, 000. Maps in this series have a more detailed base & smaller contour interval than coverage at 1:50, 000. Cartography: maps at 1:25, 000 have contours at 25-m intervals. An overprint shows local & long-distance footpaths, including all the high level routes (Alte Vie). The maps also show the via ferrata paths along the iron rails & ladders fitted into the rock faces. Other information

Includes:: various types of accommodation (campsites, alpine huts & refuges, etc.), recreational facilities, places of interest, local bus stops, etc. Many titles also have mountain bike trails or ski routes. Selected titles include on the reverse panorama drawings of the area, as indicated in the individual descriptions. Geographical coordinates: this title has no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English.PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING! Booklets: many titles come with booklets describing the area and/or various hiking routes. These booklets are in Italian & German only, apart from a handful of titles where an English language booklet is specifically indicated in the individual description. So, unless English language booklet is actually mentioned, the map can only be supplied with an Italian/ German booklet. These booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, full English language map legend is provided.



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