Kids Company, a leading London charity supported by Prince Charles, Helen Mirren & Stephen Fry, presents the voices of some of London`s children, in partnership with the charity`s founder Camila Batmanghelidjh
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. ”A powerful, heartbreaking read”. (The Times). ”A moving exposition of why the work Kids Company does is necessary, complete with first-person testimony from those the charity has helped”. (Evening Standard). ”[ Mind the Child is] impossible to read without being moved to tears.. . Every Londoner should read this book for a glimpse into a side of the capital too many of us turn a blind eye towards.. .`”. (Londonist). ” Authors include the masterly John Lanchester, the children of Kids Company, comic John O` Farrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical, the personal to the societal, they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually they`re delightful small reads, pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city. (Evening Standard). ” Exquisitely diverse”. (The Times). ” Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed”. (Tom Cox, Observer). ”A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent, as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books”. (A Common Reader blog). ” The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw”. (Londonist). ”A series of short, sharp, city-based vignettes
- some personal, some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected, full of wit, & just the right amount of grit”. (Fabric Magazine). ”A collection of beautiful books”. (Grazia). Camila Batmanghelidjh founded Kids Company in 1996. In 2009 The Women in Public Life Awards named her businesswoman of the year. Kids Company`s services reach over 36, 000 children & young people every year & they provide intensive support for over 18, 000. These include the most deprived & at risk whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical & emotional challenges. For many, the roles of adult & child are reversed &, despite profound love, both struggle to survive. The children are assisted through a recovery programme which is assessed, designed & delivered according to the individual service user which helps them achieve their full potential. Their supporters include Prince Charles, Richard Branson, Stephen Fry & Helen Mirren.

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Victoria Park in 1889 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. STwo versions have been published for this area. The maps cover south Manchester around & to the north of Victoria Park, including part of Chorlton upon Medlock & the northern part of Rusholme. Coverage stretches from Lloyd Street eastward to Longsight station & from Dover Street southward to Rusholme Grove. Features on the 1889 map include Park Crescent, St John`s church, St Joseph`s Boys Industrial Schools, Holy Name RC church, tramways & depot, Atlas Brewery, Longsight Sidings with engine sheds, Oxford Street, Hulme Hall, St Saviour`s church, etc. On the reverse are extracts from an early street directory. By the time of the 1915 map the area was largely built up & features also include Victoria University, Whitworth Park, Art Gallery, Royal Infirmary, St Chrysostom`s church, St Mary`s Hospital, eastern part of Greenheys, etc. The 1916 map

Includes:: a selection of street directory extracts for Anson Road, Birch Lane, Denison Road, Denmark Road, Chorlton on Medlock High Street & York Place. 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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Victoria on a waterproof & tear-resistant “ State & Cities” map from UBD Gregory’s providing coverage of the whole state at 1:975, 000 with an index of places, plus a city centre street plan of Melbourne & plans of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Albury– Wodonga, Sale, Mildura & Warrnambool. Maps in this series from UBD Gregory’s present Australia’s states as “ State & Suburban” titles with a map showing suburbs of the state capital, or as “ State & Cities” title, each with a city centre street plan of the state capital plus plans of other local towns. Some states are currently covered by only one of these two versions, others are available in both. Certain titles, as indicated in the individual description, are waterproof & tear-resistant. The state map is indexed & shows the road & railway networks. Topography is indicated by names of deserts, mountain ranges & selected peaks, with national parks, reserves & protected areas, aboriginal lands, & World Heritage sites highlighted. Symbols provide tourist information, highlighting places of interest & information centres, etc. Each map has a grid showing latitude & longitude at 1º intervals. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Victoria at 1:1, 900, 000 in a series of double-sided maps, combining coverage of the whole state with more detailed mapping of the suburbs & environs of main cities. The state maps are indexed & show the road network including unsurfaced roads & tracks, plus railways. Topography is indicated by names of deserts, mountain ranges & selected peaks, with national parks, reserves & protected areas, aboriginal lands, & World Heritage sites highlighted. Symbols provide limited tourist information, highlighting places of interest & information centres, & mark locations of gas & oil fields, hydroelectric power stations, lighthouses, etc. The maps have a grid showing latitude & longitude at 1 ...

Victoria Street Atlas from the Canadian Cartographics Corporation in an A4 paperback format with coverage including, Colwood, Cowichan Valley, Duncan, Esquimalt, Langford, Metchosin, North Cowichan, Saanich & Sooke. The atlas is part of an extensive coverage of Canadian cities & towns from the country ...

Map No. 3122, Victoria West, in South Africa’s official topographic survey at 1:250, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, the Chief Directorate of Surveys & Mapping. The maps have altitude colouring & contours at 50m or 100m intervals, depending on the map edition, plus spot heights. Deserts, marshes, dry pans, perennial & seasonal water features, etc, as well as protected areas are shown. The maps present the country’s road & rail networks & include the usual information expected on topographic mapping at this scale, although in more rapidly developing areas road information may not necessarily be up to date. Also indicated are magisterial district & provincial boundaries. Latitude & longitude values are shown in the margins at 5` intervals together with South African grid co-ordinates. Typically, each sheet covers an area of one degree of latitude & two degrees of longitude. The projection used is Gauss Conformal. The legend is in English & Afrikaans. ...

Victoria Wine Map by Max Allen is a comprehensive, double sided, indexed mapping & listing of Victoria’s 900 plus cellar doors, wineries & vineyards, with an enlarged map of the Port Philip region filling up one side of the sheet. Descriptions of the area’s wine regions & sub regions have been written by leading Australian wine writer Max Allen & additional regional wine maps of Victoria’s topography, climate & most widely-planted grape varieties. Vineyards, wineries & cellar doors open & not open to the public are marked on the map which features key motoring navigation information such as the divided highways, primary, secondary, & minor sealed & unsealed roads, as well as trails. As well as town names, National Parks, Wilderness Parks, State Parks, Forests & Conservation Reserves are indicated. Some colour relief shading is shown & the locations & names of significant peaks are given. Administrative boundaries are marked. Lines of latitude & longitude are given at 15’ intervals. ...

Victoria's irreverent pilgrimage will feature in a major BBC1 series which will take her to key places around the world that also share her namesake, from Fort Victoria in Ghana, to Victoria, Nova Scotia, & finishing at Zambia's Victoria Falls. Victoria's adventure will be fuelled by her fascination with the Queen Victoria
- both her public & private persona. She will explore how Victoria felt about the colonisation being forged in her name & what she was like as a wife & mother. In her inimitable fashion, Victoria Wood will record her adventure tracing a nation's colourful history
- blending the outrage & eccentricity with a celebration of the ordinary. We definitely will be amused.

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hen Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine & grandmother of forty-two, & the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the marriages of her children. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth & mystique
- an aging, stiff widow, paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. But in truth, Britain`s longest reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous & unconventional women who ever lived, & the story of her life continues to fascinate. A. N. Wilson`s exhaustively researched & definitive biography

Includes:: a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, to show us Queen Victoria as she`s never been seen before. It explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria`s coronation, her strange & isolated childhood, her passionate marriage, Prince Albert`s pivotal influence, her widowhood & subsequent intimate friendship with John Brown, set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britain
- & Europe`s
- history. Victoria is a towering achievement; a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.




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” When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine & grandmother of forty-two, & the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the marriages of her children. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth & mystique
- an aging, stiff widow, paraded as the figurehead to an all-male imperial enterprise. But in truth, Britain`s longest reigning monarch was one of the most passionate, expressive, humorous & unconventional women who ever lived, & the story of her life continues to fascinate. A. N. Wilson`s exhaustively researched & definitive biography

Includes:: a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, to show us Queen Victoria as she`s never been seen before. It explores the curious set of circumstances that led to Victoria`s coronation, her strange & isolated childhood, her passionate marriage, Prince Albert`s pivotal influence, her widowhood & subsequent intimate friendship with John Brown, all set against the backdrop of this momentous epoch in Britain
- & Europe`s
- history. Victoria is a towering achievement; a masterpiece of biography by a writer at the height of his powers.”




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