Folded map of Stuttgart from Archimap Publishers highlighting significant architecture in the city, with an architectural guide on the reverse; it focuses on contemporary architecture, urban developments & public spaces. The cartography is designed to show clearly the buildings included in the guide, with only street names & train stations indicated; certain areas have been enlarged for easier navigation, although the level of map detail remains the same. The map also has architectural walking tours marked on it that are described in greater detail in boxes surrounding the map itself. The guide on the reverse gives you a short description & history of the building & the relevant architects involved; a small colour photo of the building is shown next to the description. ...

Folded map of Potsdam from Archimap Publishers highlighting significant architecture in the city, with an architectural guide on the reverse; it focuses on contemporary architecture, urban developments & public spaces. The cartography is designed to show clearly the buildings included in the guide, with only street names & train stations indicated; certain areas have been enlarged for easier navigation, although the level of map detail remains the same. The map also has architectural walking tours marked on it that are described in greater detail in boxes surrounding the map itself. The guide on the reverse gives you a short description & history of the building & the relevant architects involved; a small colour photo of the building is shown next to the description. ...

Folded map of Venice from Archimap Publishers highlighting significant architecture in the city, with an architectural guide on the reverse; it focuses on contemporary architecture, urban developments & public spaces. The cartography is designed to show clearly the buildings included in the guide, with only street names & train stations indicated; certain areas have been enlarged for easier navigation, although the level of map detail remains the same. The map also has architectural walking tours marked on it that are described in greater detail in boxes surrounding the map itself. The guide on the reverse gives you a short description & history of the building & the relevant architects involved; a small colour photo of the building is shown next to the description. ...

Folded map of Vienna from Archimap Publishers highlighting significant architecture in the city, with an architectural guide on the reverse; it focuses on contemporary architecture, urban developments & public spaces. The cartography is designed to show clearly the buildings included in the guide, with only street names & train stations indicated; certain areas have been enlarged for easier navigation, although the level of map detail remains the same. The map also has architectural walking tours marked on it that are described in greater detail in boxes surrounding the map itself. The guide on the reverse gives you a short description & history of the building & the relevant architects involved; a small colour photo of the building is shown next to the description. ...

This book showcases nearly forty of the most beautiful homes in Malaysia, Japan, Thail&, China, Cambodia, Java, Burma, Indonesia, Singapore & Bali, all captured through the lens of the exceptional architecture & interiors photographer Massimo Listri. From the sumptuous decoration of the Ming dynasty to the simplicity of feng shui design, few design styles reference such a rich range of cultures; but whatever their style, wherever their location, all the featured houses have a distinctive air of visual excitement & vibrancy. ...

New Bailey & Ordsall Lane area of Manchester in 1848 in a series of exceptionally detailed reproductions of old Ordnance Survey street plans for areas of larger cities which have undergone substantial redevelopment in the late 19th or the early 20th century, published in the Alan Godfrey Editions. The plans, printed in back & white, have been taken from the original Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:1, 056 & reproduced at 1:1, 760 – the equivalent of 36 inches (or one yard) to a mile. The maps provide an unrivalled, house-by-house picture of streets & individual buildings with inner courtyards, outbuildings, pavements, covered passages, etc. Many important institutions are named; within the National Galley on Trafalgar Square even the individual rooms (the map is from 1871, so no French Impressionists as yet!). On the reverse are historical notes about the area covered by the map, plus extracts from contemporary street directories. These maps provide a fascinating addition to Alan Godfrey’s huge series of some 2, 000 titles presenting reproductions of street plans at taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping at 1:2, 500 (25” to 1 mile) & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). ...

New Barnet in 1896 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 focus of this map is New Barnet, a classic example of a suburb developing around a railway station” says Pamela Taylor in her introduction. New Barnet station was built on part of the Lyonsdown estate, the rest of which was then resold to the British Land Co for development. The map captures the suburb that was the result, streets spreading out from the GNR railway & its station. Coverage extends south to the smaller East Barnet community, & west to Barnet Vale & to High Barnet terminus (then still a GNR branch). Other features include Underhill, Greenhill Park, Willenhall Park. 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. ...

Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat’s son Osei knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day – so he’s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can’t stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy & the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school & its key players – teachers & pupils alike – will never be the same again. The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard in Tracy Chevalier`s powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying & betrayal. ...

She noticed him before anyone else... Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat`s son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day
- so he`s lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can`t stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy & the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school & its key players
- teachers & pupils alike
- will never be the same again. The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in & out of love with each other before lunchtime, & practise a casual racism picked up from their parents & teachers. Watching over the shoulders of four 11-year-olds
- Osei, Dee, Ian, & his reluctant `girlfriend` Mimi
- Tracy Chevalier`s powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying & betrayal will leave you reeling.




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New Brighton in 1909 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. 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. In this title: two versions of this map have been published & each one

Includes:: a large section of adjacent sheet 7.06, extending coverage westward to Warren Drive & Sea Road. Most of the town centre is included on the main map: the station, Tower Grounds (and Tower on 1909 map), St James church, Vale Park, Bathing Pool, Marine Lake (1935 map), Perch Rock, RC church, etc. The 1935 map also

Includes:: a list of residents from an 1898 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25



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