Wayne Mc Lennan tells the story of his utterly extraordinary life through a series of adventures after he leaves his home town in Australia, desperate to avoid following his father & grandfather into the mines. Travelling from the Australian outback to London, to Spain, Mc Lennan has skippered a fishing boat off the coast of Nicaragua, become a professional boxer, mined for gold in Costa Rica & made a gruelling six-month journey
- by rowing boat
- along the 1, 000 miles of coast from Seattle to Alaska. He tells the stories of the compelling characters he encounters along the way: men who refuse to give in to the conformity & comforts of modern life, choosing instead lonely &, often, dangerous occupations. A wonderfully vivid, ` Hemingway-esque` memoir by a talented & honest writer.

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Rowlands Gill in 1895 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. 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. In this title: the map covers the village of Rowlands Gill, today at the southern end of Gateshead Borough. In 1895 this was scarcely a village & there was little here other than a row of houses, a station on the NER Consett Branch, & the Towneley Arms. To the north is the Lily Drift mine. The River Derwent meanders through the map & to the east is Gibside with its grounds & mausoleum chapel, by James Paine. The map stretches east to Gibside Hill Head. On the reverse is part of sheet 5.12, extending coverage west to Victoria Garesfield & its colliery, with the Victoria Garesfield Colliery Railway. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Rowlands Gill in 1895 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 village of Rowlands Gill, today at the southern end of Gateshead Borough. In 1895 this was scarcely a village
- there was little here other than a row of houses, a station on the NER Consett Branch & the Towneley Arms. To the north is the Lily Drift mine. The River Derwent meanders through the map & to the east is Gibside with its grounds & mausoleum chapel, by James Paine. The map stretches east to Gibside Hill Head. On the reverse is part of sheet 5.12, extending coverage west to Victoria Garesfield & its colliery, with the Victoria Garesfield Colliery Railway. 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.
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Rowley Regis & Blackheath in 1902 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 part of Rowley Regis together with Blackheath & coverage extends eastward to Cakemore Brick Works & Colliery. Features include GWR Stourbridge Extension with Rowley Regis station, Bellend Colliery, Bell End area, Ross, Hawes Hill, St Paul`s church, Cakemore Farm, Hurst Green area, Lower Holt Farm, part of Causeway Green Canal, Cakemore Brick Works, etc. 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. ...

A Photographic Explosion from the ROXY club that changed the face of music. Features Photos of The Clash, The Heartbreakers, The Police, The Damned, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Generation X, The Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex, The Vibrators, The Rejects, The Stranglers, The Slits, Johnny Moped & many extreme dressers of punk styles. ...

Rainbow- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

True Green- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

True Red- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

True Yellow- Real woven reed basket with a hard surface hollow balloon that never needs inflation & won`t deflate. Hand applied balloon strips. Wooden toggles & sand bags. Balloons combine color, décor & science, all-in-one. They’re as fascinating today as they were a century ago. Imagine viewing the earth from above, free as a bird, holding onto a balloon basket. 32cm diameter x 56cm height If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is one of Scotland`s most visited tourist attractions & has been cultivating & studying plants for over three centuries. Across its four garden sites, the Royal Botanic Garden`s living plant collection contains over 13, 500 species from 156 countries, including some that are extinct in the wild & others new to science. The ever-growing Herbarium currently contains over three million dried specimens & the Library houses Scotland`s national collection of botanical & horticultural literature, including manuscripts dating back to the fifteenth century. The highlights illustrated in this book provide a personal insight into one of the world`s greatest botanic gardens & reveals the invaluable contribution that it makes to the ongoing documentation & conservation of the world`s diverse plant life. ...