Tyneside & Wearside in 1878 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. The map is double-sided. Sheet 20 is on one side & covers the area from Corbridge eastward to Newcastle, & southward to Consett; on the reverse sheet 21 covers the area onward to Sunderl&, Seaham & the coast. Each map has a brief introduction. Other locations covered by this title includ: in Co. DURHAM Annfield Plain, Bishopwearmouth, Blaydon, Boldon, Burnopfield, Chester-le-Street, Dalton-le-Dale, Dipton, Ebchester, Gateshead, Hebburn, Herrington, Houghton le Spring, Jarrow, Leadgate, Monkwearmouth, Pelton, Ryton, South Shields, Stanley, Tanfield, Washington, Whickham, Whitburn & Winlaton; plus in NORTHUMBERLAND Bywell, Edmondbyers, Heddon on the Wall, Newburn, Ovingham, Prudhoe, Shotleyfield, Throckley, Walbottle, Walker, Wallsend & Wylam. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

In these four stories, written between 1900 & 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea & began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In ” Typhoon” Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain & the imaginative readiness of his young first mate, the differences between instinct & intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival. ” Falk”, the companion sea-story, contrasts, as Conrad once put it, `common sentimentalism with the frank standpoint of a more or less primitive man`, a man with a conscience, however, about the girl he desires. In one of the `l&-stories` Conrad explores the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England; in the other, the plight of a woman ironically trapped by the unwitting alliance of two retired widowers
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In Tyrannosaur, military vet & amateur fossil hunter Monty Fitzgibbon follows his dream & sets off in the footsteps of Barnum Brown, palaeontologist & discoverer of the first T. Rex remains. Preparing a journal of his adventures, Monty illuminates the history of the early fossil hunters & makes some incredible discoveries of his own. Find inside Monty’s ready-to-build full-colour Tyrannosaur model! ...

Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big & scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur`s egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he`s so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed.. . ...

Aptanagramy, antigrams, acronyms, bacronyms, palimdromes, paraprosdokians, semordnilaps, paradoxical statements, oxymora, pangrams, malapropisms, eggcorns, oronyms, mondegreens, homophones, grammagrams, chemograms, piano words, euonyms, pleonasms, alternades, kangaroo words, tautonyms, portmanteau words, beheadments, contronyms, heteronyms, capitonyms, & much, much more! This unusual, interesting, fascinating, informative, perplexing book of words has thousands of tricks & words you may, or perhaps may not, already know: how to change black to white in a word chain, what are the longest words in common use, or in Shakespeare, or in the Guinness Book of Records, etc. James Joyce’s two 100-letter words from Finnegans Wake are, of course, there, as is the official 1, 185 letter name of the molecule Carbon 785 Hydrogen 1220 Nitorgen 212 Oxygen 248 Sulfur 2 (sorry, we can`t do subscript!). & why is couscous unusual. & what are the 112 different spellings according to the US Library of Congress and/or used by the New York Times & the Associated Press for the name of the late & unlamented Libyan dictator. Words useful & some maybe not so, words weird & wonderful, words short & very, very long – every page has something for you to discover, unless you are, of course, Rod L. Evans, the book’s author. ...

One of the titles in a series of provincial topographic maps derived from generalising the cartography of the 1:50, 000 survey. Topography is shown by contours at 100m intervals, spot heights, hill-shading & graphic relief. Colours & graphics distinguish landscape types e.g. forests, vineyards, swamps. The attractive, finely-drawn detail

Includes:: minor roads, tracks, railways, chairlifts, water features, national parks, & administrative boundaries. Small symbols show many landmarks e.g. towers, castles, refuges, isolated buildings. Some of the place names are in very small print. The maps have a UTM grid, with latitude lines at intervals of 12' & logintude at 20'. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each title also

Includes:: a small map with administrative sub-divisions of the province.





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This is a road map of the region that spreads south of Munich & north of Venice. Five different types of roads are marked. Road numbering & distance between towns are highlighted. Colour shading provides an idea of altitude. Latitude & longitude ticks are given. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse a panorama map of the same region is framed by small photos of major attractions of the regions.

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Tyrol & Vorarlberg provinces at 1:200, 000 in a series of road maps of Austria from Freytag & Berndt, the country’s leading publishers, with a separate index attached to the cover. Information

Includes:: sightseeing routes & long-distance hiking trails. The maps have clear, effective relief shading to show the topography & indicate steep roads with gradient marks, show traffic restrictions & seasonal closures on mountain roads, etc. Tourist information

Includes:: scenic roads & special tourist sightseeing routes, places of interest, campsites & youth hostels, etc. An overprint highlights the national network of the long-distance footpaths indicating, where appropriate, their European numbers. A grid in steps of 10` indicates latitude & longitude. * Map legend

Includes:: English.* A separate index attached to the cover gives the postcode for each locality.





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rol Province ” Top 10 Tips” on an indexed road map at 1:150, 000 from Freytag & Berndt, with highlighting for cycle routes, scenic roads & tourist routes, places of interest, etc, plus descriptions of sights & routes & 11 street plans. An index booklet attached to the map cover provides brief multilingual descriptions of the region’s 10 main sights, plus of descriptions of 8 cycling trails including the Mozart Route, Via Claudia Augusta, etc. City centre street plans cover 11 towns: Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol, Imst, Jenbach, Kitzbühel, Kufstein, Landeck, Reutte, Schwaz, Telfs & Wörgl. Map legend & all the text include English. Maps in F&B’s “ Top 10 Tops” series have relief portrayed by hill-shading without distracting from other detail, & plenty of names of topographic

Features: mountain chains, valley, peaks, etc. National Parks & other protected areas are prominently highlighted. Road network

Includes:: minor local roads & selected cart tracks, shows driving distances are main & selected local, & indicates toll routes, steep gradients, caravan traffic restrictions, seasonal closures on mountain roads, etc. Scenic roads are highlighted, as are cycle routes & special tourist routes. Also marked are the country’s long-distance hiking trails. Railway lines are shown with stations. Picturesque towns & other locations are highlighted & in each title 10 selected main sights are prominently marked & are briefly described in a booklet attached to the map cover. Symbols depict various landmarks, places of interest & facilities, including campsites, youth hostels, viewpoints, historical buildings, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals. In addition to the descriptions, accompanying booklets also provide an index listing all locations with their postcodes & street plans main towns in each region – please see individual descriptions for more details. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.



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A 1000-km long mountain bike trail in the very heart of the Austrian Alps in a 172-page German language guide from Verlag Esterbauer. The route, which can be divided into shorter circuits, takes in many of the region’s top tourist destinations including Innsbruck, Kitzbühel, Mayrhofen, Kufstein, Landeck, Ischgl, St. Anton, etc. IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH (please see our sample image) & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German. Detailed maps at 1:35, 000 show the route & its variants & extensive information is conveyed by symbols indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. In addition to gradient markings along the route, the base map has contours at 50m intervals & route profiles are provided for each stage. Descriptions of each stage are accompanied by details of recommended accommodation & cycle repair facilities. All the pages are removable from the ring-binder cover, waterproof & tear-resistant. presented by the Verlag Esterbauer in guide with maps at 1:50, 000 showing the route & its variants. Extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: all the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans. To see the list of other titles in the Bikeline series please click on the series link.





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