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Includes:: popular, compact guides for discovering the very best of country, regional & city

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Warsaw in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Warsaw`s northern environs in a series of detailed maps of Poland’s most popular recreational areas, showing waymarked hiking & cycling routes & various types of overnight accommodation, including local hotels, youth hostels, shelters & mountain huts, campsites, camping on local farms, etc. The maps also show various sport & recreational facilities: swimming pools, equestrian & watersport centres, etc. A wide range of other symbols highlight places of interest, local restaurants & bars, fuels supplies & other facilities. The base map is contoured (interval 5m, 10m, or 20m depending on the terrain), with, where appropriate, relief shading & graphic relief to enhance the presentation of the terrain. The maps also indicate various types of vegetation or land use. Road network

Includes:: unsurfaced country tracks & railway lines show local stations. The maps have 1km UTM grid. * Map legend

Includes:: English.** In this title:* popular recreational areas north of the capital
- Jezioro (Lake) Zegrzynskie & Kampinoski National Park. The map extends from the suburbs of the city in the south to Nasielsk in the north & from Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki in the west to Wolomin in the east.




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When a plucky little warthog sets out on an adventure, he meets all sorts of fascinating creatures, from two angry bees, all the way up to nine scared monkeys. All children will love lifting the flaps to count the hidden animals & they will ADORE following the ten muddy footprints which lead to...one rather fierce-looking lion! The funny, rhyming story of an intrepid little warthog who sets off on an ill-advised solo adventure, with a die-cut cover plus flaps & holes to reveal hidden characters on every spread. ...

World War II affected every aspect of life on the British home front. From food rationing to air-raid shelters to war work, those left at home had to make huge changes in their day-to-day lives as Britain mobilised, economised, & saved in the name of Victory. ” Wartime Britain” takes a look at what these changes actually meant for families: how families coped when parents went to fight & children were evacuated; how pets were fed during rationing; the rise in road accidents during the blackout; &, the infamous `shelter cough`. ...

A heart-warming & sensitive story about bullying from the former Children`s Laureate & bestselling author is given a brand new package. Dilly`s got a wart called George on his knee, causing him a lot of grief at school. Everyone laughs at him, his brother calls him ` Wartman`, & he doesn`t know what to do
- until he meets old Mr Ben, that is. Then everything changes! Funny & touching story from a multi award-winning author. Particularly suitable for dyslexic, reluctant & struggling readers
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South Warwick in 1923 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 covers the southern part of Warwick, stretching from the Castle eastward to Henry VIII Farm, & from Priory Road southward to Temple Hill. Features include Warwick Castle, King`s School, Myton Grange, Myton Crescent, Bridge End area, River Avon, St Nicholas church, St Mary`s church (split by east margin), St Nicholas Meadow, East Gate, Smith Street, part of High Street, etc. A section of a 1921 directory 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. ...

North Warwick in 1923 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 covers the northern part of Warwick, stretching from The Priory eastward to Milverton station & northward to Guy`s Cliffe House. Features include LMS station with Milverton station, Guy`s Cliffe House, Warwick & Napton Canal, tramway, Packmores area, Cliff Hill area, Emscote area, Workhouse, The Priory, The Cliff, Emscote Road, tramway depot, GWR railway with Warwick station, power station with siding, All Saints church, Emscote Mills, etc. A section of a 1921 directory 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. ...

Highlights of this fully revised & updated guide are the magnificent medieval fortresses of Warwick & Kenilworth Castles, but this county is also home to some of the most significant developments of England`s postwar modern architecture, notably the rebuilt city center of Coventry destroyed in the Blitz. Leamington Spa has fine terraces of the Regency period but most famous of all is the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born & educated & the houses associated with his family are preserved. Also featured are the area`s greatest country houses, from Tudor Compton Wynyates & the moated Baddesley Clinton to Baroque Stoneleigh, Palladian Ragley, & Arbury Hall, one of the finest mansions of the Gothic Revival. ...

Warwickshire in a series of colourful reproductions of attractive county maps by John Speede from about 1610-1611, printed on thick art paper & ideal for framing. Each title, 58 x 45cm / approx. 23” x 18”, is decorated with additional notes, drawings, coats of arms, street plans, etc. Little drawings are used to show locations of towns, larger villages, hills & woodlands or parks. Rivers & lakes are also drawn, as are boundaries of the administrative subdivisions with the names of the Hundreds. Surrounding the county are decorative panels filled with additional information which differs from title to title: street plans, coats of arms of notable local families, geographical features, notes about local history, etc. ...