This is a collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different jacket from Pelican Books, Penguin`s iconic non-fiction series. Covering subjects from socialism to sex, psychoanalysis to atomic physics, & written by great thinkers ranging from Sigmund Freud to Martin Luther King, Pelican brought accessible, intelligent books to a generation, making knowledge everybody`s property. In 1936 Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin, overheard a woman at a King`s Cross Station bookstall asking for `one of those Pelican books`. She meant Penguin, but Lane, concerned a rival might snatch up the name, decided to launch a new range of non-fiction books. Pelican was born. Allen Lane said he `believed in the existence in this country of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, & staked everything on it`. The gamble paid off. Customers queued in the streets for the first Pelican, George Bernard Shaw`s The Intelligent Woman`s Guide to Socialism, which sold a million copies in six weeks. In the years to come Pelican Books
- including H. G. Wells` A Short History of the World, Freud`s Psychopathology of Everyday Life & J. K. Galbraith`s The Affluent Society, as well as guides to everything from jazz to witchcraft, guerrilla warfare to smashing atoms
- would educate a generation. They became, in Lane`s words, `the true everyman`s library for the twentieth century`.

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Published to accompany a BBC2 television series, this is an account, based on archive material & personal recollection, of how Britain's countryside used to be, & how it has altered during the last half-century. The chapters focus on various types of habitat, so that regions rather than specific places are observed. The regions are the Kent Weald, Cornwall, Shetl&, the Yorkshire Dales, Wales, the Tweed, the Norfolk Broads, & the Cairngorms & Knoydart. ...

The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was one of the most important events of the 20th century. It has been studied from many angles, but never before from the visual perspective of postcards, a surprising number of which were published around the event, many in Russia but also France, Engl&, the USA & other countries. This book brings together a collection of these postcards chronicling the events leading up to the Russian revolution, from the murder in 1905 of Grand Duke Alexander by revolutionaries to the first public events commemorating the newly founded Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. It captures the essence of empire in its dying days, the fading splendour of monarchy, the social unrest & the mood of revolution which swept through the country. It also looks at the after-effects of revolution, including the great famine of 1921. There are satirical sketches of Russia`s rulers, royalist & revolutionary propaganda, portraits of the royal family & pictures of ordinary people in the streets. There are also rare images of the leaders of the revolution. This is a unique visual record & provides a fascinating insight into one of the defining events of the 20th century. ...

The First World War was unique in being fought largely in trenches. Men ate, slept, fought, played, sang, prayed, & died in the trenches. This book brings together a collection of postcards which portray this strange subterranean world in its various manifestations. The cards have been selected to show how life progressed from day to day in & out of the trenches. We see wounded men smiling obligingly for the camera; others appear to be suffering from the onslaught of boredom. Some take part in a mock party with very meagre provisions. One image shows a group of men kneeling to receive communion before going into battle. The tone of postcards encompasses the range of human experience, from sombre realism to light-hearted humour. There is also the soldier`s good-natured lightly smutty card. This is a fascinating insight into the everyday lives & behaviour of the men who fought one of the most gruesome wars in history. ...

Map showing the boundaries between the postcode areas
- the first two letters of the postcode (e.g. RG, NR). Size of largest text,
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Great Britain & Northern Ireland in a hardback A4 Postcode atlas from Collins, with the main mapping at 1:263, 000 (4.15 miles to 1 inch). Cartography shows postcode boundaries, with central London mapping showing individual subdistricts & sectors. Road detail is subtly overprinted, including motorways, A & B roads, minor roads, & junctions; railway lines & stops, car ferry routes (with journey times), & airports are also marked. Areas of busy conurbation are enlarged to a scale of 1:100, 000 (1.6 miles to 1 inch), whilst central London is also enlarged to 1:20, 000 (3.2 miles to 1 inch); conurbation maps also indicate roundabouts, with London enlargements displaying DLR, London Underground & National Rail stations, & the congestion charging zone is prominently highlighted. As well as a 70 page index, the back of the atlas also contains information on unitary authorities, including information on population, local airports, rivers, & more. ...

An essential business tool, this postcode atlas clearly shows the postcode boundaries (down to district level) for the whole country on detailed colour mapping. In central London postcodes are shown to sector level. Scale of main maps: 1:263, 000 (4.15 miles to 1 inch). This invaluable atlas shows postcode areas & districts for the whole of the UK & has been updated with all the latest boundary changes.

Includes:: * Postcode areas (e.g. SW) & postcode districts (e.g. SW8) for the whole of the UK. * Postcode sectors (e.g. SW8 4) for Central London. * Busy conurbation areas at an enlarged scale of 1.6 miles to 1 inch. * Information on the structure & uses of postcodes. * Full colour map & a gazetteer listing of the administrative areas incorporating administrative changes that occurred in April 2009. * Full index to place names. * Index to postcode abbreviations. * Comprehensive background map detail which means the atlas can also be used for route planning & navigation. AREA OF COVERAGE Covers the whole of Britain & Northern Irel&. This atlas is a valuable resource for the business user who will find it an invaluable tool for many applications including market analysis, distribution planning & sales territory organisation.

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Postcode Areas wall map of the United Kingdom, 83 x 120cm (33 x 47 approx)
- paper version, from Map Marketing showing postcode
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Postcode Areas wall map of the United Kingdom, 83 x 120cm (33 x 47 approx)
- paper version, from Map Marketing showing postcode
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Poster Hanging Bars with Hooks made from rigid white plastic, can easily be cut to size with a pair of scissors. Slide your poster between the two sides of the hanging strip, use one or both of the semi-transparent hooks clipped on the strip to hang the picture. Available

Sizes: 60 cm & 84 cm. Easy & neat these bars will make sure your poster or wall map displays nicely neat! Each pack contains two hanging strips, one for the top & one for the bottom of the poster, & 2 hanging hooks clipped on one bar.

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