No empire in history built so variously as the British empire in India: the buildings there attest to the richness of an imperial presence that lasted
- from the first trading settlement to the end of the Raj
- some three hundred years. The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of arrogance, but partly also of homesickness, & it shows in their constructions. Georgian terraces were adapted to tropical conditions, Victorian railway stations were elaborately orientalized, seaside villas were adjusted to suit Himalayan conditions, & everywhere the fundamental ambivalence of the British empire, a baffling mixture of good & evil, was mirrored in the imperial architecture. This book, now reissued with a new introduction by Simon Winchester, was the first to describe the whole range of British constructions in India. The text & photographs illustrate these buildings not simply as physical objects, but as reflections of an empire`s mingled emotions. Stones of Empire charts an enterprise in architecture, engineering, & social adaptation unique in human history.

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The Stones of Venice has been described as the greatest guidebook ever written. Read by all who went there & thousands who did not, it opened Victorian eyes to the glories of a city even then under threat, & transformed the study & practice of architecture forever. It took Ruskin almost half a million words to launch this devastating attack on the Renaissance, & to explain how to see & make true architecture. They were ”glorious words, but too many, ” as J.G. Links put it while preparing this edition. Links, himself the greatest exponent of Venice of the 20”th” century, designed this abridgement to convey all the excitement, urgency, & love of Venice to a new generation of readers. ...

Stony Stratford & Old Wolverton in 1898 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 split between two counties, Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire. On the west side of the River Ouse is Old Stratford, historically part of Northants, including the Swan Inn & Furtho House; a major feature is the Buckingham Branch of the Grand Junction Canal. On the east of the river is the much larger Stony Stratford, which developed as a major town on Watling Street, later the A5. Features include St Paul`s College, Market Square, High Street, Corn Mill, Ousebank, St Giles` church, St Mary`s church, Watling Works, Calverton End (in the south-eastern corner of map). There is also the tramway depot of the steam trams to Wolverton. On the reverse is a good section of the adjacent sheet 9.11 which extends coverage eastward to Old Wolverton, with Holy Trinity church, Wolverton Mill, Wolverton House, Locomotive Inn & Old Wolverton Wharf on the Grand Junction Canal. The tramway is shown along the main road. ` New` Wolverton & the railway station area are covered on a separate Wolverton map. 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. ...

If war can be reduced to a competition over money & control over the l&, people, & the resources that produce it then it should be possible to pay in advance to prevent it. Author Shepherd Iverson uses this underlying premise to provide an alternative to every book written about the North Korean nuclear threat & growing East Asia militarism. Far less permeable to economic sanctions than Iran has been, North Korea requires a different sort of economic approach to peace. Taking a cultural as well as a geoeconomic approach, Stop North Korea: A Radical New Approach to Solving the North Korea Standoff proposes that reunification is the best, possibly only, way to denuclearize North Korea, end its government`s oppressive regime & create a fruitful, sustainable peace. The book further proposes that the way to achieve reunification is, essentially, to buy it while there is still a chance to prevent war & repair the damage already done. It is business-as-peace-crafting in a way that has never been imagined before. It all begins with this basic scenario: Imagine that you control a multi-billion dollar capital fund & North Korea is a large underperforming corporation. You see it is undervalued & want to take it over, but it is controlled by an old-fashioned board of directors the Kim family & a small number of ultra-elites who will not negotiate a deal. In this regressive situation it is logical to offer shareholders the larger number of political & military elites, government managers & bureaucrats, & the general population a higher price for their shares to convince them to overrule their board of directors. How to create & utilize a fund for offering such incentives; how to incentivize a nation that has become culturally ready for this sea change; why these incentives will succeed where coercion & diplomacy have failed; & how they will result in a healthy & prosperous reunified Korea are the brilliantly treated in this fascinating & hopeful work. Academics & students, strategists, policymakers & anyone interested in the possibility of a peaceful resolution to the North Korea problem should read this book. ...

Dr Mike Dilkes `the patron saint of snorers` Daily Telegraph Does your wife snore? Does your husband snore? Does your partner or housemate snore? Does their snoring keep you awake at night? Does your snoring keep them awake at nightstop Snoring the Easy Way & the Real Reasons You Need To will give you back control of your life, & explain why stopping snoring is not just desirable
- it is essential. Dr Mike Dilkes has spent years developing this simple 5-minute exercise. His tried & tested method will cure your snore &... -Boost your mood -Strengthen your relationships -Improve your performance at work -Save you money -Make you look & feel younger -Reduce your risk of developing sleep apnea (a common disorder associated with impotence, loss of concentration, poor memory, diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure & heart attacks) Snoring is no joke, & a lack of restful sleep can seriously damage your health & relationships! So join the army of people taking small steps each & every day to Stop Snoring the easy way!
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This series of books introduce children to environmental issues in a simple & fun way. Each book looks at a particular issue such as saving energy, & fighting pollution with the aim of relating to a young child's world, starting in the home, progressing to school & working outward to the local community. Each title

Includes:: 'before & after' illustrated spreads depicting both the current & ideal environmental situation, as well as photographic spreads that explain the issues.

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In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams. Why should you stop what you`re doing & read a book? People have always needed stories. We need literature
- novels, poetry
- because we need to make sense of our lives, test our depths, understand our joys & discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of an overcrowded daily life. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure & no-one should live without it. In the ten essays in this book some of our finest authors & passionate advocates from the worlds of science, publishing, technology & social enterprise tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, & how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time & attention
- make books one of them. Carmen Callil, Tim Parks, Nicholas Carr, Michael Rosen, Jane Davis, Zadie Smith, Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson, Blake Morrison, Dr Maryanne Wolf & Dr Mirit Barzillai.


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Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Made of a hard-wearing fabric, the Moleskine Storage Panel is designed to be placed inside the Moleskine Messenger, Utility, Backpack & Tote bags, (please see individual descriptions in the Moleskine ' Travelling' Collection for more details), as well as other large or medium-sized bags. The Storage Panel helps organize & protect the objects we carry with us every day & facilitate transfers from one bag to another. External features include: 6 pockets of various sizes, all with zippers, handles for both vertical & horizontal use & an embroidered Moleskine logo. Both sides are also detachable, allowing them to be used separately. Internal features include: a lightly padded black lining, the ability to hold any laptop with a screen size up to 15 & an In case of loss label sewn inside the bag. The Storage Panel is made from hard-wearing, black, polyester fabric. ...

Stord Fitjar area in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. 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 or ski 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 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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