Wishaw in 1896 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 centre of Wishaw together with the Iron & Steel Works to the south-west. Features include Main Street, Stewarton Street, Kirk Road, Caledonian Road, Central station, Houldsworth Public Park, Town Hall, Berryhill Rows, Stenton Iron & Steel Works, Heathery Coal Pit, Sunnyside, Clydesdale Distillery, Belhaven Park, Railway Waggon Works, mineral railway, etc. Trade directory extracts are 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. ...

They were outcasts, the forgotten boys of Trinidad & Tobago imprisoned for violent crimes including armed robbery & murder. They had nothing left but a wish for a better life, the feeling that they would need an education to achieve their goals, & a desperate desire to find an English teacher. In 2010 Debbie Jacob entered the gates of the Youth Training Centre (YTC), the remand centre for boys in the Caribbean island of Trinidad
- it would be a move that would change her life & the lives of her young charges forever. Based on a true story, Wishing for Wings recounts Debbie`s challenging journey of preparing seven young men for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) English Language exam. Heartbreaking but also encouraging, Debbie`s story & those of her students, offer an unprecedented look into the lives of troubled teens & boys in prison. The realities of the education & justice systems are brought into sharp focus as are issues such as teaching (formal) English in a Creole speaking environment. It is a story of challenge & triumph; of rebellion & redemption; of loss & of learning, but most of all it is about the Power of Love. Debbie Jacob took a chance with her students, & they took a chance with her. In the end, both teacher & students would discover just how much they had come to need each other. Impossible to put down, Wishing for Wings captures both the fear & the pleasure of one teacher in unchartered territory; & the hope & trust sustaining her students. The story of their journey together will make you cry & make you smile, but most of all, it will remind you of the enduring power of faith & love.
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Wismar
- Klützer Winkel area of northern Germany on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

City boy Deon Maas flees the suburbs in search of adventure & Africa is where he reckons he will find it. Over a period of 15 years he embarks on several journeys, once with his whole family in tow, to discover what it means to be African. He ends up ducking pirates in Madagascar, spending a night with oil thieves in Nigeria & narrowly escaping death at a roadblock in the Congo. Interwoven with his travel stories is his search for local music & the musical legends of the countries he visits. His stories are spiced with fascinating characters, strange sightings &...his cocky attitude! Anything but the typical tourist, Deon sets out to meet the locals & experience the underbelly of every new city. This means that he often ventures to places where he isn't meant to be & he ends up in a tight spot more than once. ...

Goth Girl meets Ghostbusters in this read-in-one-sitting mystery adventure with the perfect spine-tingling balance of fun & scares! Evangeline Clement spends her days learning the ways of magic from her witch grandmother. When they are called to a creepy old mansion to solve an unusual case, Evangeline encounters an enemy unlike any of the terrifying monsters she has faced before. & a secret about her own family that will shake her to the tips of her silver-toed boots. Beware! This is a story to read with the lights on. ...

A chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16th century Essex witch trials. Sadie Asquith has been fascinated by the dark past of Essex`s witch hunts for as long as she can remember. & for good reason: between 1560 & 1680, over 500 women were tried for witchcraft in the county of Essex. But as she researches a book on the subject, Sadie experiences strange, ghostly visions. She hears noises at night, a sobbing sound that follows her, & black moths appear from nowhere. It`s as if, by digging up the truth about the witch hunts, she has opened an unearthly connection to the women treated so cruelly & killed centuries before. & something else in the modern world is after her too: Sadie is sure she`s being followed, her flat is burgled & she finds clues that reveal her own past isn`t all that she believed. Can she find peace for the witches of Essex`s history & can she find a safe path for herself? For fans of Christopher Ransom & Susan Hill. So scary you`ll sleep with the lights on... ...

It`s 1577. When her mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft, Alyce flees to London. But it isn`t just witchfinders she has to worry about. Powerful political forces are also on her trail, dragging her into the feud between Queen Elizabeth I & Mary, Queen of Scots. As Alyce struggles to understand her own powers, she is drawn into a web of secrets, lies & dark magic that will change the fate of England.. . ...

` Things have to come to an end, see. That`s how it works when you turn the world into stories. You should never have done that. You shouldn`t treat people like they was characters, like they was things. But if you do, then you`ve got to know where the story ends.` It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn`t marry a prince? Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg & Magrat Garlick. That`s the problem with real life
- it tends to get in the way of a good story, & a good story is hard to resist. Servant girls have to marry the prince. That`s what life is all about. You can`t fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers & a Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can`t refuse. At least
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September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England`s great noble families falls suddenly & dangerously ill. His body is `tormented` with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive. It is said witches are to blame. & so the Earl of Rutland`s sons will not be the last to die. Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded at one of England`s oldest & most spectacular castles four hundred years ago. The case is among those which constitute the European witch craze of the 15th-18th centuries, when suspected witches were burned, hanged, or tortured by the thous&. Like those other cases, it is a tale of superstition, the darkest limits of the human imagination &, ultimately, injustice
- a reminder of how paranoia & hysteria can create an environment in which nonconformism spells death. But as Tracy Borman reveals here, it is not quite typical. The most powerful & Machiavellian figure of the Jacobean court had a vested interest in events at Belvoir. He would mastermind a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.
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