This enchanting, juicy history takes us from the pineapple`s origins in the Amazon rainforests to its first tasting by Columbus in Guadeloupe & its starring role on the royal dinner tables of Europe. In the eighteenth-century this spectacular fruit reigned supreme: despite the fact that, at first, to cultivate just one cost the same as a new coach, every great house soon boasted its own steaming pits filled with hundreds upon hundreds of pineapple plants. As the Prada handbag of its day, a real-life, homegrown pineapple was a powerful status symbol, so much so that at first, it was extremely unusual actually to eat the fruit. The image appeared on gateposts, on teapots, furniture & wallpaper. A new phase opened when growers in the Caribbean began supplying pineapples in the 1840s & later the first canning factory was built in Hawaii. As the story rolls on, through the heyday of pineapple chunks & cocktails, right up to the fashions of today, it touches on pineapples & sex, pineapples & empire, pineapples in art. Why is the pineapple so special? In one surprising sense it is indeed ideal. Made up of hundreds of separate fruitlets, its spirals embody the gradations of the Golden Mean
- it is mathematically perfect. But it is more than that
- for years a focus of traveller`s tales, it is a treasure of sight & scent & taste. Packed with fascinating illustrations, this delicious book sees Fran Beauman explore the life & lore of the king of fruits: scholarly, witty & fun, it is a true hamper of delights.

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Pinerolese
- Val Sangone area of the Italian Alps presented at 1:25, 000 in a series of large, contoured & GPS compatible walking
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It was one of the most significant developments of the post-war era: China finally abandoning its close relationship with the Soviet Union to begin detente with the USA. Astonishingly, the man who helped make it happen was a British aristocrat, Ivor Montagu, a Soviet spy who knew Stalin & dined with Trotsky. Even more remarkably, the means to this rapprochement was table tennis, a sport loved by both Chairman Mao & Montagu. For years, Montagu had lived a dual life, working to spread communism & also table tennis around the world. Surprisingly, the two strands of his career would come together in an event of global significance. Nicholas Griffin weaves a compelling story to reveal the background to the famous occasion in 1971, when the USA`s Glenn Cowan, a 19-year-old hippie, befriended China`s world champion Zhuang Zedong, who was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. Within days, the Americans would be playing the Chinese in front of 18, 000 fans in Beijing, with the whole world watching. It was the beginning of a thaw in Sino-US relations that forced the Soviets into a crippling arms race that acted as a catalyst to pressuring them into errors that would draw the Cold War to an end. Sometimes sport truly can have the biggest consequences. ...

Pingo, map no. 9, in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant topographic maps of popular coastal areas of southern & central Greenl&. Countours are shown at 25-metre intervals, with additional altitude colouring. The maps show settlements, farms, shepherds' huts, water supply areas, roads & tracks, fords, rivers & streams, etc. Tourist information

Includes:: marked or partly marked hiking routes, recommended kayak routes, information centres, hotels, campsites, youth hostels, general stores, places of interest, etc. A grid gives UTM co-ordinates plus latitude in steps of 5' & longitude in 10'. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse of selected titles there are notes, in English, with advice on hiking in Greenl&, as well as descriptions of the area, including plans of main settlements highlighting important buildings & institutions.



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Pingo, map no. 9, in a series of topographic maps of popular coastal areas of southern & central Greenl&. Countours are shown at 25-metre intervals, with additional altitude colouring. The maps show settlements, farms, shepherds` huts, water supply areas, roads & tracks, fords, rivers & streams, etc. Tourist information

Includes:: marked or partly marked hiking routes, recommended kayak routes, information centres, hotels, campsites, youth hostels, general stores, places of interest, etc. A grid gives UTM co-ordinates plus latitude in steps of 5` & longitude in 10`. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse of selected titles there are notes, in English, with advice on hiking in Greenl&, as well as descriptions of the area, including plans of main settlements highlighting important buildings & institutions.



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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:100, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 50m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 64 x 40km (40 x 25 miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals, plus show UTM coordinates for the map corners. Map legend is in Portuguese only.PLEASE NOTE
- EDITION DATES: some sheets at this scale date back to the 1950s or 1960s. For more recent editions please see IGP’s 1:25, 000 series where each 50K map is divided into four quarters. To see all the titles in the 1:100, 000 series please click on the series link.
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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

This fashionable notebook is adorned with Breton stripes in Hot Pink. With a real cloth cover & beautiful contrasting ribbon marker, this notebook is a must have accessory. The Breton stripes Notebook is also available in Sunny Yellow, Navy Blue & Sky Blue. Originally worn by French Sailors, Breton stripes are now worn by people of all ages, genders & nationalities. This timeless fashion staplenow adorns our notebooks to make the perfect accessory. ...

Pinner North in 1935 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 northern half of Pinner, stretching from the parish church northward to Hillside Road & Pinnerwood Park, & from Hazlewood Drive eastward to Anselm Road. Features include the Pinner Green, Pinnerwood Park & Woodridings areas; St John the Baptist church (at foot of map), Little Common, U.F. Church, cemetery, East End, Pinnerhill Farm, The Old Hall, Grim`s Ditch, Woodridings Farm. On the reverse is a list of private residents from 1890 & 1933 directories. 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. ...

Pinner South in 1940 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 southern half of Pinner, stretching from the High Street southward to Chestnut Drive, & from Field End Road eastward to Melrose Road. Features include stretch of Metropolitan railway with Pinner station, Pinner Village Gardens, The Grove, Pinner House, West End area, Bennetts Park, West House, Eastcote House, Fieldend Farm, Hornend, Nower Hill, River Pinn, etc. On the reverse is a commercial directory for Pinner in 1933. 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. ...