Oswestry South in 1900 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: the map shows the southern section of the town. Coverage stretches as far north as St David's Church & Smithfield Cattle Market & as far south as St Anne's Church in Morda & Oswestry Union Workhouse. Other features include the Gas Works, Cemetery, Victoria Works, Our Lady & St Oswald's RC Church & the Cambrian Railway Line. On the reverse is a continuation of a commercial directory (N-Z) from the Oswestry 1901 sheet 12.14. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Oswiecim (Auschwitz) & environs in a series of detailed maps of Poland’s most popular recreational areas, showing waymarked hiking & cycling routes & various types of overnight accommodation, including local hotels, youth hostels, shelters & mountain huts, campsites, camping on local farms, etc. The maps also show various sport & recreational facilities: swimming pools, equestrian & watersport centres, etc. A wide range of other symbols highlight places of interest, local restaurants & bars, fuels supplies & other facilities. The base map is contoured (interval 5m, 10m, or 20m depending on the terrain), with, where appropriate, relief shading & graphic relief to enhance the presentation of the terrain. The maps also indicate various types of vegetation or land use. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced country tracks & railway lines show local stations. The maps have 1km UTM grid. * Map legend

Includes:: English.** In this title*: the valleys of three rivers
- Vistula, Sola & Skawa
- with numerous fish-farming lakes providing an excellent base for bird-watching. The map also

Includes:: what must be the most unusual & heart-rending path, the Evacuation Trail of the prisoners from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.







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Oswiecim, better known outside Poland by its German name of Auschwitz, +3 (Brzeszcze, Chelmek & Libiaz) on a street plan at 1:15, 000 from Demart with an enlargement on the city centre. The plans show bus routes with stops & line numbers. One way streets are marked. The plan is indexed &

Includes:: a list of municipal offices, various services, hotels, etc. with contact numbers. Coverage extends west beyond the city

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Otago
- South Canterbury region of New Zealand`s South Isl&, including Timaru, Oamaru, Wanaka & Alexandra, on a detailed,
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Otago – Southland region of New Zealand`s South Isl&, including Dunedin, Balclutha, Gore & Invercargill, on a detailed, indexed road map at 1:250, 000 from Kiwimaps, with extensive tourist information including a table of facilities in local campsites, a comprehensive index, etc. Maps in a series indicate unsurfaced roads & 4WD tracks, & show names of both major highways (Pacific Coast, Highway, Great Alpine Highway, Southern Scenic Route, etc.) & of minor rural roads. Main hiking tracks, railways & ferry routes are also marked. National parks & nature reserves are highlighted, & an extensive range of symbols indicates places of interest, Lord of the Rings locations, numerous sport facilities, motor home/caravan parks & dump stations, interesting geographical features, etc. Topography is shown by subtle but effective relief shading. The maps have no geographical coordinates. On the reverse each title has an index of both localities & names of rural roads, & lists geographical features such as mountains & passes, motor home & caravan sites, parks & reserves, etc. Also provided is a table showing what facilities are available in the local Department of Conservation campsites. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

This is an unflinching record of devastating loss & human solace in the wake of a devastating tsunami. The night before the wave, I remember that Helene & I talked about separating. It wouldn't be complicated; we didn't live together, hadn't had a child, & were even able to see ourselves remaining friends, & yet, it was sad. It was Christmas 2004. In Sri Lanka, a tsunami sweeps a child out to sea, her grandfather helpless against the onrushing water. In France, a young woman succumbs to illness, leaving her husband & small children bereft. Present at both events, Emmanuel Carrere sets out to tell the story of two families
- shattered, but ultimately restored. What he accomplishes is a heartrending narrative of love, a meditation on courage & decency in the face of adversity, an intimate look at the beauty & nobility of ordinary lives.
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` Brilliant` Guardian ` Fascinating & often delightful` The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science & a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself
- a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind`s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey & acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so
- a journey completely independent from the route that mammals & birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually `think for themselves`? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots & comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind
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` Brilliant` Guardian Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (March) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science & a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself
- a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind`s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey & acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so
- a journey completely independent from the route that mammals & birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually `think for themselves`? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots & comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind
- & on our own.


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What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science & a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself
- a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind`s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey & acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so
- a journey completely independent from the route that mammals & birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually `think for themselves`? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots & comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind
- & on our own.


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Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower & the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic & well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view & virtually extinct today
- the Paris of the working & criminal classes that shaped the city over the past two centuries. In the voices of Balzac & Hugo, assorted boulevardiers, barflies, rabble-rousers & tramps, Sante takes the reader on a vivid journey through the seamy underside of Paris: the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; the flea markets, the rubbish tips, & the hovels. Featuring over 300 illustrations, The Other Paris is a lively tour of labour conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, & popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, serial novelists, & poets who chronicled their evolution. It upends the story of the French capital, reclaiming the city from the bon vivants & the speculators, & lighting a candle to the works & days of the forgotten poor.
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