Reading, Wokingham & Pangbourne area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 159, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Geoplan Postcode Sector maps provide high-detail local mapping of the UK overlaid with postcode sectors, country boundaries & larger postcode groupings. They are durable & laminated, so you can draw on them in non-permanent markers & wipe them clean. They are the market-leader postcode maps for marketing, statistical display, route-planning, strategy & many other business uses. The base map uses the latest Ordnance Survey Landranger cartography, which provides detailed geographic data including motorways, A & B roads, streets, & detailed feature types such as airports, railway stations, cities, towns, geographic names, heights (using contour lines), information centres, parking facilities & much more. The base map is light & subtle but clear, readable & now in colour. Postcode/county boundaries & labels are overlaid in a bold red. The Postcode system divides the UK into Areas, Districts & Sectors. Geoplan publish maps covering all of these levels. These Sector maps cover 37 small areas of the UK, showing postcode Sectors (like HG3 1, B10 9, WC2 9 etc), their larger Districts (HG3, B10, WC2 etc) & the even larger Areas (HG, B, WC etc) ...

A comprehensive textbook on how to prepare a yacht for extended cruising as well as for living aboard. The author considers the equipment, systems & modifications that will transform a basic yacht into a long-range cruiser. He covers a range of topics, from the bare essentials to improvements on deck & below deck, safety afloat, electronics & more. There is also a section on integrated energy systems for offshore cruising yachts. ...

It`s the year 2044, & the real world has become an ugly place. We`re out of oil. We`ve wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, & disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live & play & fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. & like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS
- & his massive fortune
- will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. & then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world

Dimensions
- & that will leave both Wade & his world profoundly changed.




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From Olympic gold medal winner, national treasure & father of four Mo Farah, bestselling author Kes Gray, & illustrator Marta Kissi comes Ready Steady Mo! The must-read picture book debut. With bright vibrant illustrations & rhyming text
- this is a fun & action-packed book that will get kids reading, & running too! So, what are you waiting for? Warm up, do the MOBOT, & then.. . Run on the pavement Run on the grass Run in the playground Perhaps not in class! The nation watched with bated breath as Mo Farah seized Olympic gold in London for the 10, 000m & 5000m & he`s been a national treasure ever since. In June 2016, he broke the British 3, 000metres record. Mo`s Rio Olympic preparations are firmly on track. & do look out for more children`s books by Mo Farah in 2017.
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This title features cool gardening projects for kids, with the experts at the RHS. Get your child in the garden, get sowing & harvesting & they will learn to grow all kinds of plants, vegetables & fruits quickly & easily! No need to wait months for results: they`ll be able to follow the simple instructions to raise fantastic plants in twelve weeks or much less. Soon they`ll have tasty tomatoes & delicious strawberries, pretty marigolds & sprouting seeds ready to eat in a week. There are fun projects, too: from making a pizza garden & growing a fairy ring, to designing a wildlife windowbox. & you don`t even need a garden: there are lots of ideas for using containers, baskets & boxes. So get ready, get steady & get growing! ...

Cask ale, real ale, bitter...whatever you want to call it, it`s thriving & this book is the perfect drinking companion. Written by acclaimed beer expert Adrian Tierney-Jones, this is an accessible & interactive guide to Britain`s finest beers with reviews of over 150 ales & 40 perfect pubs in which to try them. The unique journal format will help you record & rate every tasting as you work your way through beers of every hue & flavour from the nine regions of the British Isles; from the malty milds of the Midlands to the sweet, fruity golds of the South-West. With guides to beer tasting & styles, plus top ten lists of essential beers for every region, this is a must-have interactive guide to the greatest pints in Britain. ...

Cider is a quite delicious drink which has been known for thousands of years & which has enjoyed a fashionable makeover in recent years. This practical book by Michael Pooley & John Lomax, both cidermakers of national repute for more than 20 years, explores both modern & traditional approaches, & has been designed to enable the enthusiast using any type of apples to make real cider with skill & confidence. The book covers the history of cidermaking, techniques for preserving apple juice for drinking, washing & crushing the apples, pressing the pulp, fermentation, blending & storing, cider-based recipes, the making of perry from pears & also

Includes:: instructions & a set of superb scaled plans for building an inexpensive cider press using hardwood or good quality softwood.

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' Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler?' Not Colonel Rodney Foster, a platoon commander of the Kent Home Guard. Dad's Army, the iconic comedy series is as well-known today as it was forty years ago. But the reality of life in the Home Guard was often very different. Here, for the first time, is the full inside story of the Home Guard, the ragtag volunteer army that defended the coast of Britain from German invasion during the Second World War. Colonel Rodney Foster, who retired to Hythe in the south of England after a military career in British India, joined the Home Guard in 1940 & kept a diary every day
- a highly illegal act at the time
- & in it meticulously chronicled his service in the real Dad's Army. Living directly beneath the Battle of Britain on the Kent coast, Foster commanded a company of men in the face of constant aerial bombardment & the ever-present threat of death from above
- the Home Guard were the first barrier to Hitler's crack parachutists. Writing from the village hall, abandoned barns, churches & makeshift officers' messes, he records with a unique wit & wisdom the everyday details of family life during the war: the domestic routine dogged by air raid warnings, the antics of soldiers stationed nearby taking every chance to improve their lot, the quiet strength of a small community faced with great adversity.


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This book offers a rousing & inclusive call to arms for anyone who would identify themselves as ” English” against the forces of globalisation. We see the signs around us every day: the chain cafes & mobile phone outlets that dominate our high streets; the disappearance of knobbly carrots from our supermarket shelves; & the headlines about yet another traditional industry going to the wall. For the first time, here is a book that makes the connection between these isolated, incremental, local changes & the bigger picture of a nation whose identity is being eroded. As he travels around the country meeting farmers, fishermen, & the inhabitants of Chinatown, Paul Kingsnorth will refract the kind of conversations that are taking place in country pubs & corner shops across the land
- while reminding us that these quintessentially English institutions may soon cease to exist.
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