From the wooly mammoth's mighty tusks to the huge fangs of the sabre-toothed big cat, Prehistoric Animals brings lost creatures to life. This title describes how we know about the existence of prehistoric animals & discusses what happened to them. It looks at how they fed, what they ate & how they survived. Small diagrams show just how huge these mighty creatures were, compared to the size of an average man today. Each creature is labelled with the correct scientific name of the animal, complete with a simple pronunciation guide. The World of Wonder Series is a highly visual introduction to exciting topics & important concepts, ranging from the animals of the prehistoric world to spacecraft investigating new planets. Packed with clear information & colourful pictures, these fascinating titles help children to become experts on a whole range of subjects. Magnificent full-colour illustrations almost leap to life off the page, & see-through scenechanging acetate pages give an insider's view of everything from the innner workings of a dinosaur to the construction of a skyscraper. All illustrations & diagrams are clearly accompanied by captions & annotations, & inset boxes provide surprising facts & statistics for the factfinder in a hurry. All titles feature a 'true or false' quiz running through the book, with answers given at the end, to make the book truly interactive, along with a ' Useful Words' page & index, encouraging children to use the book as an educational resource. ...

An account of the prehistoric stone circles at Avebury, which not only date from an earlier era but are also larger than the more famous sarsen stone circle of Stonehenge. Written by an archaeologist, the text considers aspects of Avebury's history & construction & discusses the probable purpose of these massive structures, in the process seeking to create a vivid & moving picture of their creators
- a primitive people whose lives were brief, savage & fearful.
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How & where did Britain's prehistoric ancestors live during the 8000 years between the end of the Ice Age & the arrival of the Romans in AD43? In tracing the variety & development of British settlements from the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic to the tribes of the Iron Ages, the author takes a fresh look at all the key sites. Part of the English Heritage series in which leading archaeologists & historians bring the past to life by interpreting the greatest historic monuments in which Britain is so rich, this book concentrates on two central points
- the close relationship between the individual settlement site & the wider landscape; & the ways in which archaeologists discover, interpret
- & constantly reinterpret
- prehistoric settlements. It

Includes:: information on the causewayed camps of the Neolithic, the recently rediscovered Dartmoor reaves & the hillforts & farmsteads of the Iron Age. Illustrated with plans, photographs (including high-quality aerial shots) & imaginative reconstructions, the book incorporates the most up-to-date archaeological research & lists the sites that are particularly worth visiting.




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How & where did our ancestors live during the 8000 years between the end of Ice Age & the arrival of the Romans in AD 43? In tracing the variety & development of prehistoric settlements from the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic to the tribes of the Iron Age, Dr Bewley takes a fresh look at all the key sites, from Star Carr in Yorkshire & other Mesolithic settlements, the causewayed camps of the Neolithic, the great Bronze Age landscapes to the Dartmoor & other land divisions, & the hillforts & farmsteads of the Iron Age. Throughout he concentrates on the close relationship between the individual site & the wider landscape, & on the ways that archaeologists discover, interpret & constantly reinterpret prehistoric settlements. ...

This little book has become a classic. Re-issued yet again with revisions & colour pictures, it provides an excellent introduction to stone circles, including Stonehenge, & shows how we are gradually coming to an understanding of their significance. ...

Preikestolen area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:25, 000 with cartography based on the country’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. The base map is an enlargement of the standard 1:50, 000 topographic survey series. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle, ski or canoeing routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:25, 000 & links to Turkart series at 50K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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A sex killer haunts the afternoon fog of 1930s London. He is on the prowl, looking for a schoolgirl. This monster, in turn, is being hunted. Detective-Inspector ` Dick` Turpin understands the psychology of his prey, but is more adept at finding habitual criminals than sex murderers. So it is up to formidable do-gooder Miss Asta Thundersley to poke her nose into the investigation. She is a habitue of the Bar Bacchus & believes one of the regulars is the killer, invites them all to a party & laces each one with alcohol to loosen their tongues. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

We are able to source a wide range flags in many sizes, sewn or printed on 100% Ministry Of Defence Standard Woven & Knitted Polyester. Flags are supplied with rope & toggle. If you would like more information, have a custom size request or cannot find a desired product, please email us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk. We will be glad to help! ...

Parents care about keeping their families safe, hydrated, fed, & healthy on a daily basis. Yet, every year families face unforeseen situations that threaten those necessities. It could be a natural disaster like a hurricane or blizzard, or a man-made emergency situation like a power outage or food shortage. Is your family prepared? In Prepare Your Family for Survival, readers learn the basics of water & food storage. Where to start & what to work toward for serious preparation. As well as 72-hour kits & evacuation plans. Readers also get helpful guides to follow once their family is in an emergency, like how to stay clean with a limited water supply, how to cook with emergency cooking devices, & how to survive in the dark. Linda Loosli is the founder of the prepping blog Food Storage Mums. She is an expert on emergency preparedness, as proven by her blog`s growth of followers, media coverage (it`s been featured in the New York Times & Preparedness Radio Network), & the classes she teaches on preparedness. What sets her apart from other preparedness authors is that she is a real, everyday mum with kids & grandkids, so she relates to a large market of parents who simply want to keep their families safe. With this book in their possession, readers will sleep soundly at night knowing that their families won`t be caught unprepared for the next emergency. ...