This exquisite photo collection showcases awe-inducing moments from around the world, including stunning sights such as the ...

Lifting the lid on London, Spectacular Vernacular reveals the stories behind its 100 strangest & most enigmatic buildings. Some are open to the public, if you know who to ask. Others remain strictly off-limits, thus heightening the sense of mystery surrounding them. But many are so familiar that few of us ever stop to consider just how curious they are. In the heart of Kensington, for example, a 300ft tower attracts few glances that even most locals don`t know it`s there. South of the river the city`s widest building at nearly 1, 000ft has been favourably compared to the Winter Palace at St Petersburg. & in Chelsea a medieval hall, once home to a king & moved brick by brick from the City to excape demolition, is now being remodelled as London`s largest private house. Elsewhere one finds an arts centre built of old shipping containers, a Victiorian explorer lying dead in a tent, literally acres of secret undergound government offices, even a private tunnel used for running cable-cars under the Thames. Think you know London? Well, it`s time to reconsider. ...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, & from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets & politicians, rebels & tyrants, soldiers & statesman, placing them in historical context. With over a million copies already sold, this revised & updated edition

Includes:: speeches that have shaped the modern world: from Aung San Suu Kyi on freedom to Al Gore on the environment & from Malala Yousafzai on the education of women to Pope Francis on peace. A biography of each speechmaker reveals how they came to stand at the crossroads of history, & each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context & how it influenced the momentous events of the day
- as well as those that followed. New speeches include Malala Yousafzai`s speech to the UN Youth Assembly on access to education (2013), Vladimir Putin`s address regarding the annexation of Crimea (2014), Xi Jinping`s Communist Party General Secretary`s speech in Beijing (2012), Pope Francis`s First Easter ` Urbi et Orbi` Message (2013) & Al Gore`s address to the UN Bali Climate Change Conference (2007). Moving & thought-provoking, this new edition will continue to inspire & enlighten readers, offering them a fascinating perspective on historical milestones through the power of the spoken word. Contents include: Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, General George S. Patton, Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Vaclav Havel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi & Winston Churchill to name a few.


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In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as `the one genuinely modern pleasure`, & one of the fastest & most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. Exotic, exciting & above all dangerous, it was by far the most popular event at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. It required an abundance of skill & bravery. & the four men who triumphed at those Games lived the most extraordinary lives. Billy Fiske was an infamous daredevil, blessed with a natural talent for driving. He would later become the first American airman to die in the war
- flying for the RAF. Clifford Gray was a notorious playboy & a player on both Broadway & Hollywood. Or was he? His identity was a mystery for decades. Jay O` Brien was a gambler & a rogue who, according to one ex-wife, forced women to marry him at gunpoint. & Eddie Eagan, a heavyweight boxer & brilliant lawyer, remains the only man to win gold at both the Summer & Winter Olympics. This is their story, of loose living, risk-taking & hell-raising in an age of decadence, & of their race against the odds to become the fastest men on ice. We will never see their like again. Especially after the world did descend into that second, terrible global conflict.
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Speed-Time-Distance Calculator with NATO Pattern Simple to use slide rule which calculates the third variable given the other two (distance covered, given speed & elapsed time). Outer sleeve manufactured from high impact plastic. Standard size also available. For more information or to enquire about Blundell Harling products, please email us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk. ...

Speke & Garston Docks in 1905 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 is double-sided. The main map covers much of Garston Docks, stretching from the Old Dock southward & inland to Bank's Road. Features include the Old Dock, part of the New Dock, Garston Rocks, Cornholme Bobbin Works, Garston Relief & Labour Test Yard, Hamilton Iron Works, Graving Dock, ship yard, railway connections. The adjacent sheet 114.13 extends coverage eastward to the village of Speke. This map is altogether more rural, & features include All Saints church, Greyhound Farm, Speke Town Farm, many fields & the northern tip of Speke Hall. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Speke & Garston Docks in 1905 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 is double-sided. The main map covers much of Garston Docks, stretching from the Old Dock southward & inland to Bank`s Road. Features include the Old Dock, part of the New Dock, Garston Rocks, Cornholme Bobbin Works, Garston Relief & Labour Test Yard, Hamilton Iron Works, Graving Dock, ship yard, railway connections, etc. The adjacent sheet 114.13 extends coverage eastward to the village of Speke. This map is altogether more rural, & features include All Saints church, Greyhound Farm, Speke Town Farm, many fields & the northern tip of Speke Hall. 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. ...

This is a unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities. Why is there an `h` in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press & his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign cars, & it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, & in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused & curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, & explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French & Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution & the internet. By learning the history & the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right. ...