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. ...

Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Children`s favourite, the much-loved naughty puppet Pinocchio, comes to life again in this fun-packed retelling. Crafted by the toy maker Geppetto, Pinocchio learns that to be a real little boy you must be honest, generous & brave. With magical sounds to accompany the story, readers join Pinocchio (and the Blue Fairy who watches over him) as he goes to a puppet show, a circus & even finds himself swallowed by a whale! ...

The perfect gift for all ages, Pinocchio as you`ve never seen him before: telling his own story through the master storyteller & award-winning author of WAR HORSE. ” Now
- there`s no point in pretending here
- I was, & still am deep down, a puppet. Everyone knows Pinocchio is a puppet. I reckon I must be just about the most famous puppet the world has ever known. But the truth is I`m not just a puppet, I`m more than just bits of wood & string. I`m me. So I thought it was about time that I, Pinocchio, told you my story...” So begins this stunningly beautiful interpretation of the classic story. Michael Morpurgo channels Pinocchio`s words to tell the famous puppet`s story in his own inimitable, cheeky & always funny way. Lavishly illustrated throughout in black-&-white by the acclaimed Emma Chichester Clark, this is a must-have for all book lovers, & an utterly charming & surprising adaptation of a much-loved tale.

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Beautifully illustrated retelling of this delightful children`s classic told for children growing in reading confidence & ability. Only good puppets become real boys but, try as he might, Pinocchio just can`t stay out of trouble. Is Pinocchio doomed to be wooden forever? Part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. The audio CD

Includes:: a dramatic listen-along recording with music & sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns.

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In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, was arrested in London. He had been charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate, but over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, equally intriguing questions went unanswered about his links with Britain. Why was Margaret Thatcher so keen to defend the General? Why was Tony Blair`s usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested? & why was Britain the General`s favourite foreign country? Andy Beckett offers a compound of history, investigation & travelogue that unravels this strange story. ...

If you are unsure whether Pinochet should be deported from Britain or not, this account should help you make up your mind. Using interviews, eyewitness accounts & masses of other evidence, veteran journalist Hugh O` Shaughnessy uncovered new evidence of high-level Chilean Army involvement in arms, drug-running, assassinations & torture. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, & available to all: the Global Positioning System (GPS). A network of twenty-four satellites & their monitoring stations on Earth, it makes possible almost all modern technology, from the smartphone in your pocket to the Mars rover. Neither the internet nor the cloud would work without it. & it is changing us in profound ways we`ve yet to come to terms with. Pinpoint tells the remarkable story of GPS, from its conceptual origins as a bomb guidance system to its present status as one of the most important technologies in the world. Yet while GPS has brought us breathtakingly accurate methods of timekeeping, navigation, & earthquake tracking, our overwhelming reliance on it is having unexpected consequences on our culture, & on ourselves. GPS is reshaping our thinking about privacy & surveillance, & brings with it the growing danger of GPS terrorism. And neuroscientists have even found that using GPS for navigation may be affecting our cognitive maps
- possibly rearranging the grey matter in our heads
- leading to the increasingly common phenomenon ` Death by GPS`, in which drivers blindly follow their devices into deserts, lakes, & impassable mountains. Deeply researched, inventive & with fascinating insights into the way we think about our place in the world, Pinpoint reveals the way that the technologies we design to help us can end up shaping our lives. It is at once a grand history of science & a far-reaching book about contemporary culture.

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