In this wonderfully readable book, Alistair Horne tells the huge & romantic story of Paris through seven ages of turmoil & change: the Middle Ages, the 100 years war, the Paris of Louis XIV, the age of Napoleon, the Commune, the Empire days of Louis-Napoleon & Eugenie, & the First World War & De Gaulle. Interweaving historical narrative with telling detail, this is a fluent & definitive work of social & cultural history. ...

Seven Days is a story of adventure & spirituality as father & son travel the ” Rue du Bonjour” across the pilgrim route of the high Pyrenees. It is a journey with a writer grappling with some of the questions of modern life, his love for the mountains, his beliefs & aspirations & examples set both by his father & the enigmatic fellow traveller they meet in a remote auberge who comes to symbolise & shadow their sojourn, a man he nicknames Hemingway, although he is neither a writer nor an American.A wonderfully engaging work of travel, discovery, & contemplation by an exciting new voice. ...

Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven House is no ordinary country home. While hunting for silverware to steal, Ted stumbles upon a locked room containing seven dead bodies. Detective Inspector Kendall takes on the case with the help of passing yachtsman Thomas Hazeldean. The search for the house`s absent owners brings Hazeldean across the Channel to Boulogne, where he finds more than one motive to stay & investigate. Seven Dead is an atmospheric crime novel first published in 1939. ...

When Lance Armstrong fought back from life-threatening cancer to win the 1999 Tour de France
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Humans have put the Earth's resources to extraordinary use. Carbon provides us with heat, light & mobility at the flick of a switch. From silver came photography, the preservation of memories, & a task which for centuries was confined to painters, sketchers & our imaginations. Silver in turn was eventually replaced by silicon, an element which enables us to communicate & transmit information across the globe in an instant. But our use of the Earth's resources is not always for the benefit of humankind. Our relationship with the elements is one of great ambivalence. Uranium produces both productive nuclear power & destructive atomic bombs; iron is the bloody weapon of war, but also the economic tool of peace; our desire for alluring gold is the foundation of global trade, but has also led to the death of millions. This book vividly describes how seven key elements have shaped the world around us
- for good & for bad. Seven Elements takes you on an adventure of human passion, ingenuity & discovery. This journey is far from over: we continue to find surprising new uses for these seven elements. Discover how titanium pervades modern consumer society; how natural gas is transforming the global energy sector; & how an innovative new form of carbon could be starting a technological revolution. Seven Elements is a unique mix of science, history & politics, interwoven with the author's extensive personal & professional experience.
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The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip & orchid: seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises & secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle yet powerful ways. But what is the nature of their power & how did it develop? Why have these particular plants become the focus of gardens, literature & art? In order to find the answers, author & horticultural historian Jennifer Potter tracks this septet of flowers across the globe as she examines the influence they have had on civilizations through the ages. These are both histories & detective stories, full of incident & unexpected revelations. Here are the flowers of life & death; of purity & passion; of greed, envy & virtue; of hope & consolation; of the beauty that drives men wild. All seven demonstrate the enduring ability of flowers to speak metaphorically
- if we could only decode what they have to say. Please click on this link to view the full reference notes to Seven Flowers: http://atlantic-books.co.uk/content/notes-seven-flower
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Romantics, adventurers, sensualists, melancholics & dreamers inhabit the bizarre & exotic world conjured up in these seven intricately interwoven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany & Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. Proclaimed a masterpiece on its publication in 1934, this collection is shot through with themes of love & desire
- from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time, to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels, & Lincoln Forsner, an Englishman whose search for a woman he met in a brothel leads him into many strange adventures.
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5 Seven Kings in 1894 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. Two versions have been published for this area to show how it developed across the years
- the two maps are from different series, Essex Old & New Series, & so the sheetlines are somewhat different The Seven Kings 1894 map covers an area from Queen`s Road & Sams Green eastward to Goodmayes Lodge & Goodmayes Lane; & from Ilford Cemetery northward to Wards Lane & Stump Cross. Newbury Park branch has not been built & Seven Kings station has not been opened. Features include Seven Kings Farm, Aldborough Cottages, St Mary`s church, Cauliflower Road, Ash Grove. The map show an area somewhat to the north, although overlapping with the later 1915 map. The Goodmayes 1915 map captures the eastern side of Ilford, extending to Goodmayes: an area that stretches from Sunnyside Road & Connaught Road eastward to Hazeldene Road & Colinton Road at Goodmayes, & from Cambridge Road & Seven Kings station southward to Mortlake Road & Longbridge Road. Features include the GER main line & Newbury Park Junction, St Mary`s church, Ilford Cemetery, South Park, All Saints church Goodmayes, Goodmayes Farm. The southern half of the map is still quite rural, with Goodmayes Lane winding its way across the map, but the northern half is already lined with streets. This version links more conveniently with the London series. 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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`I had been commissioned to go anywhere in the world I wished & write whatever pleased me. My only orders were to move fast, visit strange places, to meet whomever was interesting
- & to start at once, ` Richard Halliburton`s fifth & last book, Seven League boots illustrates how he followed these orders with passion & abandon. America`s favorite adventurer dined with Haile Selassie & rode the Rhinoceros Express in Ethiopia; he had an audience with King Ibn Saud outside the gates of Mecca (which he had tried to sneak into) & finally rode an elephant over the Alps in the tracks of another great adventurer, Hannibal. This is Halliburton at his best: reckless & romantic. It is also the last chapter of a life that had, at its end, grown tragic. Nearing forty, physically exhausted, & in financial trouble, Halliburton thought to roll the dice once again, hoping that the charm which had always saved him in the past would materialize one more time. But it was not to be. His last journey was fatal. Soon after finishing this book, he attempted to sail a junk across the Pacific, but never returned.
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In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples & case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific principles. She examines seven widely-held beliefs which are holding back pupils & teachers:
- Facts prevent understanding
- Teacher-led instruction is passive
- The 21st century fundamentally changes everything
- You can always just look it up -We should teach transferable skills
- Projects & activities are the best way to learn
- Teaching knowledge is indoctrination. In each accessible & engaging chapter, Christodoulou sets out the theory of each myth, considers its practical implications & shows the worrying prevalence of such practice. Then, she explains exactly why it is a myth, with reference to the principles of modern cognitive science. She builds a powerful case explaining how governments & educational organisations around the world have let down teachers & pupils by promoting & even mandating evidence-less theory & bad practice. This blisteringly incisive & urgent text is essential reading for all teachers, teacher training students, policy makers, head teachers, researchers & academics around the world.





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