There`s nothing like this book! Bold, charming artwork enlivens a hugely enjoyable game of compare-&-contrast for curious kids & puffin-lovers alike. A puffin is an amazing creature. It`s completely unique & one of a kind. A ladder is nothing like a puffin. A house is nothing like a puffin. A newspaper is nothing like a puffin... But wait! Who would have guessed? Could these things be more alike than you think? Young children will love following this mischievous puffin in an entertaining exercise in creative classification
- & are guaranteed to start looking at everyday things in a whole new way. This is a hilarious exercise in comparing & contrasting. It encourages kids to use their imagination to identify similarities in the world around them. It features a lively graphic illustration in a brilliant colour palette.
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This book contains further stories of members of the Drones Club & several adventures related by the Oldest Member of the golf club. Many old friends reappear
- Bingo Little & Mrs Bingo, Freddie Widgeon, Ambrose Gussett, Agnes Flack, Horace Bewstridge & many more. It
Includes:: ” The Shadow Passes”, ” Bramley is so Bracing”, ” Up From the Depths”, ” Feet of Clay”, ” Excelsior”, ” Rodney Has a Relapse”, ” Tangled Hearts”, ” Birth of a Salesman”, ” How`s That, Umpire?” & ” Success Story”.

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North Korea is Orwell`s 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country`s great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended: people stumbled over dead bodies in the street & ate tree bark to survive. Nothing to Envy weaves together the stories of adversity & resilience of six residents of Chongin, North Korea`s third largest city. From extensive interviews & with tenacious investigative work, Barbara Demick has recreated the concerns, culture & lifestyles of North Korean citizens in a gripping narrative, & vividly reconstructed the inner workings of this extraordinary & secretive country. ...

Nothing To See Here is a guide to the unusual places in Scotland overlooked by glossy brochures & coach parties. Step inside for illuminating writing & photographs of odd museums, quirky cafes, art-deco factories & Victorian public conveniences. Based on the website at `nothing to see here` which has been cataloguing unusual places to go worldwide since 2006, the book features material from its much loved country of origin. ...

Notranjski Kras, Brkini, Dolenjska & Bela Krajina regions of southern Slovenia on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:75, 000 from the Ljubljana-based Kartografija. The map is double-sided &

Includes:: bilingual English/ Slovenian descriptions of the region’s best sights. Maps in this series from Kartografija, covering most of Slovenia at 50K or 75K, have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & plenty of spot heights, names of peaks, mountain chains, etc. Local hiking routes are highlighted & also marked are recommended cycling routes. Symbols indicate various types of accommodation including mountain huts, campsites, inns with lodgings, tourist farms or apartments, hotels & motels, as well as recreational facilities (golf, horse riding, swimming pools, etc), vineries, cultural & historical sites, etc. Road network shows locations of petrol stations. Railway lines are shown with stations & various types of mountain transport (gondolas, chair lifts, etc) are marked. The maps have a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 2’30’’. The reverse side is covered by bilingual notes on the area’s places of interest. Map legend & all the text include English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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This is the story of Notting Hill, from its beginning in the Ladbroke Estate to its current incarnation as one of the most cosmopolitan & fashionable London neighbourhoods. The spacious crescents, stuccoed houses & leafy communal gardens that give Notting Hill its charm were developed during the 19th century. This elegance existed cheek by jowl with the Potteries, one of London`s worst slums, where in the mid-19th century average life expectancy was 11 years & 7 months. After the First World War many buildings fell into disrepair, houses were converted into flats & bed-sits, & the area went into decline. During the 1950s there was an influx of immigrants from the Caribbean, who were exploited by unscrupulous landlords. The race riots of 1958 marked a low point for Notting Hill. But the incomers inspired the Notting Hill Carnival, which has become a popular tourist attraction, as has the Portobello Road with its antiques & fruit & vegetable market, while the area has been regenerated by new wealth (not to mention a starring role in the film Notting Hill). All contribute to the cosmopolitan, fashionable area Notting Hill is today. ...

There are a multitude of ` London Calling` cards in the collection at Rocket 68. This lively illustrated range of London themed prints & cards aims to portray the vibrancy & beauty of London`s architecture, areas, life & communities. Each card is supplied with quality Gunpowder grey envelope in a cellophane wrapper. These cards are all illustrated by Jill White & printed in the UK on a lovely soft Calisto FSC accredited board. ...

In the convenient A-Z format, the author, a Blue Badge Guide, describes this fascinating melting pot of London. Renowned for recreation, & fashion, this diverse area was the birthplace of Norland Nannies, the Left Book Club & Britain`s first purpose-built car factory. Home to Chesterton, Orwell, & Herbert Hoover, it also numbered amongst its residents China`s most renowned 20th-century writer. Notting Hill is synonymous with Carnival, & Holland Park with its genteel origins. ...

Notting Hill in 1871 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. Three versions of this map cover the area from White City eastward to Pembridge Square & St Stephen`s Square, & capture the part of Kensington known as Notting Hill. In the north-east is a portion of the Paddington parish, including Westbourne Park station; to the west is a part of Hammersmith parish, rural in the early map but later developed to include White City. The 1871 map (actually largely surveyed in 1863-5) shows the Ladbroke Estate already largely developed around Ladbroke Grove, Lansdowne Crescent, Ladbroke Square, Kensington Park Road & other well set out streets. The area was previously known as Notting Dale or ` The Kensington Potteries`. Further west development is less complete & beyond Latimer Road there are still farms. Several railways run through the map: the West London Junction Railway, the Hammersmith & City Railway, with Notting Hill station, & a small section of the GWR with Westbourne Grove station & engine sheds. At the north of the map is more countryside with Portobello Farm & Notting Barn. Extreme top right is Paddington Workhouse. 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. ...

Notting Hill in 1893 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. Three versions cover the area from White City eastward to Pembridge Square & St Stephen`s Square, & capture the part of Kensington known as Notting Hill. In the north-east is a portion of Paddington parish, including Westbourne Park station; to the west is a part of Hammersmith parish, rural in the early map but later developed to include White City. The 1893 map shows Notting Hill entirely built up, with streets & houses as far as Latimer Road, which now has a station. Features include Mary Place Workhouse, Phoenix Brewery, Avondale Park, Kensington Public Baths, St Charles RC College, Franciscan Convent, Carmelite Convent, St Quintin Park, St Quintin & Wormwood Scrubbs station. Beyond the West London Railway is an area of brickfields & (apparently) piggeries. On the reverse are street directories for Ladbroke Grove, Ladbroke Square & Lancaster Road. 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. ...