Thrace, the European part of Turkey, at 1:320, 000 in a series of regional maps from Mepmedya Yayinlari also covering the Mediterranean coast & the region around Ankara. The map is published in a handy double-sided format of 98 x 33cm when opened, easy to use when travelling. The map emphasizes main road connections but also

Includes:: local roads. Railway lines are shown with stations. Rather basic relief shading with a few spot heights is used to present the topography. Symbols highlight various places of interest. Also marked are internal administrative boundaries. The map is indexed & has no geographical coordinates. Map legend

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Thrace & Eastern Macedonia at 1:200, 000 in a series of regional road maps of Greece from Terrain Editions, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is double-sided, with a small overlap between the sides, & included the islands of Thasos & Samothrace (Samothraki) as well as part of the Khalkidhiki Peninsula with Mt Athos & Sithonia. Topography is shown by relief shading with light altitude colouring & plenty of names of mountain ranges. All place names are in both Greek & Latin alphabets. Presentation of the road network differentiates between smooth & rough dirt roads, & shows driving distances on many local roads plus locations of petrol stations. Scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including campsites & mountain refuges, archaeological sites, churches & monasteries, skiing areas, etc. The map has a 10km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks & crosshairs at 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. The index, separate for the Greek & Latin alphabet place names & with lists of monasteries & archaeological sites, is on the map itself &, unlike in most other titles in this series, no street plans are included.

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Thrapston in 1899 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 gives good coverage of Thrapston, extending from the town centre southward to the Midland Railway station. Features include St James church, Thrapston House, LNWR railway with station, Midland Railway with station, ironstone quarry with tramway, Workhouse, Nene Side Iron Works, Cattle Market, Thrapston Bridge, St Nicholas church Islip (at top edge of map), Thrapston Mill etc. An 1898 directory of Thrapston is also included. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Thrapston in 1899 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 gives good coverage of Thrapston, extending from the town centre southward to the Midland Railway station. Features include St James church, Thrapston House, LNWR railway with station, Midland Railway with station, ironstone quarry with tramway, Workhouse, Nene Side Iron Works, Cattle Market, Thrapston Bridge, St Nicholas church Islip (at top edge of map), Thrapston Mill etc. An 1898 directory of Thrapston is on the reverse. 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. ...

The enthralling novel from Victoria Hislop, the million-copy bestselling author of THE ISLAND & THE RETURN. Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the thriving Greek city where Christians, Jews & Muslims live side by side. Five years later, Katerina Sarafoglou`s home in Asia Minor is destroyed by the Turkish army. Losing her mother in the chaos, she flees across the sea to an unknown destination in Greece. Soon her life will become entwined with Dimitri`s, & with the story of the city itself, as war, fear & persecution begin to divide its people. Thessaloniki, 2007. A young Anglo-Greek hears his grandparents` life story for the first time & realises he has a decision to make. For many decades, they have looked after the memories & treasures of the people who were forced to leave. Should he become their next custodian & make this city his home? ...

In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a city within a city has arisen. This new town, known as the Jungle, is the home of thousands of refugees, mainly from the Middle East & Africa, all hoping, somehow, to get to the UK. Into this squalid shantytown of shipping containers & tents, full of rats & trash & devoid of toilets & safety, the artist Kate Evans brought a sketchbook & an open mind. Combining the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of comic-book storytelling, Evans has produced this unforgettable book, filled with poignant images by turns shocking, angering, wry, & heartbreaking. Weaving into the story hostile comments about the migrants from nativist politicians & Internet trolls, Threads addresses one of the most pressing issues of modern times making a compelling case, through intimate evidence, for compassionate treatment of refugees & the free movement of peoples. Evans`s creativity & passion as an artist, activist, & mother shine through. ...

Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 & in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill. For the rest of his life he kept moving in & out of what was described as `a stuporous state`. In 1923 he started making paintings of the sea & boats & the coastline seen from the sea, & later, when he was too ill to stand & paint, he turned to embroidery, which he could do lying in bed. His embroideries were also the sea, including his masterpiece, a huge embroidery of The Evacuation of Dunkirk. Very few facts about Craske are known, & only a few scattered photographs have survived, together with accounts by the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner & her lover Valentine Ackl&, who discovered Craske in 1937. So
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- Julia Blackburn`s account of his life is far from a conventional biography. Instead it is a quest which takes her in many strange directions
- to fishermen`s cottages in Sheringham, a grand hotel fallen on hard times in Great Yarmouth & to the isolated Watch House far out in the Blakeney estuary; to Cromer & the bizarre story of Einstein`s stay there, guarded by dashing young women in jodhpurs with shotguns. Threads is a book about life & death & the strange country between the two where John Craske seemed to live. It is also about life after death, as Julia`s beloved husband Herman, a vivid presence in the early pages of the book, dies before it is finished. In a gentle meditation on art & fame; on the nature of time & the fact of mortality; & illustrated with Craske`s paintings & embroideries, Threads shows, yet again, that Julia Blackburn can conjure a magic that is spellbinding & utterly her own.


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At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to die... Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor`s house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions & died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison
- just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive...
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The three billy goats gruff are hungry for the sweet green grass on the other side of the stream. To get there, they must pass the big hairy troll who lives underneath the bridge & wants to eat them for dinner. Will the billy goats reach the safe side before the hungry troll makes them his next meal? Latest addition to Barefoot storybook with CD range joining The Gigantic Turnip (978-1-90523-672-5) & Jack & the Beanstalk: (978-1-90523-642-8), this title is now available with a story CD beautifully packaged with French folds. ...

Three Bridges in 1909 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 dominated by the railway which runs north-south through it, with branches running off west & east at Three Bridges Junction. Railway detail

Includes:: tracks, signal posts, turntables, engine sheds. West of the station are High Street, Hazelwick Road & North Road, & the map extends eastward to Blackwater Wood, Pound Hill, Burleys Wood, Crabbet Park &, at the foot of the map, part of the village of Worth, including the church. On the reverse is a directory of Worth in 1905, together with a railway timetable for the London
- Three Bridges
- Tunbridge Wells line in 1908. 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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