Explore the intoxicating secrets of whisky with World Whisky, the ultimate guide to the best whiskies on earth. Now fully updated with stunning new photography, World Whisky is packed with over 650 iconic global whisky brands including Bushmills, Laphroaig, Talisker, & Yamazaki, from countries including Scotl&, Japan, & the USA. Learn everything you need to know about whisky, with intriguing features including whisky production, grain types, whisky liqueurs, & even tasting notes. Discover an incredible range of whisky styles, such as malt, blended, bourbon, corn, & rye, & understand its wonderful depth, variety, & complexity, as well as classic styles & new whisky varieties. Perfect for all whisky fans from aficionados to new converts, World Whisky is the ultimate guide to every aspect of the most celebrated spirit of all. Previous edition ISBN 9781405341721 ...

The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth continues with World Without End. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius & a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed & revenge. They will see prosperity & famine, plague & war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. & always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. Ken Follett`s masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion & family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. World Without End takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women & children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change. World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett`s Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire. ...

Following Rivers of Gold & The Golden Age, World Without End is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire by Hugh Thomas, its foremost worldwide authority World Without End is the climax of Hugh Thomas`s great history of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. It describes the conquest of Paraguay & the River Plate, of the Yucatan in Mexico, the only partial conquest of Chile, & battles with the French over Florida, & then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary projection of Spanish power across the Pacific to conquer the Philippines. More significantly, it describes how the Spanish ran the greatest empire the world had seen since Rome
- as well as conquistadores, the book is people with viceroys, judges, nobles, bishops, inquisitors & administrators of many different kinds, often in conflict with one another, seeking to organise the native populations into towns, to build cathedrals, hospitals & universities. Behind them
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- came the religious orders, the Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, & finally the Jesuits, builders of convents & monasteries, many of them of astonishing beauty, & reminders of the pervasiveness of religion & the self-confidence of the age. Towering above them all, though moving rarely from the palace of the Escorial outside Madrid, is the figure of King Philip II, the central figure in the book. The Venetian ambassador thought him `the arbiter of the world`. Once the Philippines had been consolidated, Philip`s advisors contemplated an invasion of China: the Jesuit Father Sanchez called it `the greatest enterprise which has ever been proposed to any monarch in the world`. It was an enterprise never undertaken, but never explicitly abandoned. Was it a great or a terrible empire? In contrast to other empire builders, the Spaniards entered upon arguments with each other about their right to rule other peoples, & their ruthlessness was often tempered by humanity. Hugh Thomas`s conclusion is unequivocal: ` The speed with which the sixteenth-century conquistadores conquered such large territories on two vast continents, & the comparable success of missionaries with large populations of Indians, stands as one of the supreme epics of both valour & imagination by Europeans.`


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World Wooden Jigsaw has been handcrafted & cut, then primed & painted in child-safe, non-toxic, bright colours. A small work of art in its own right, the jigsaw both entertains & educates, allowing children to appreciate geography by piecing it together with their own hands. The item is presented in an attractive box & supplied with its own natural cotton drawstring bag for transporting the pieces around. Suitable for ages 6 & up. Products meet & exceed required European Toy Safety Standard. ...

Each journey is accompanied by a map of the route & is described in terms of the technical challenges of building the railroad as well as the stunning views to be seen while travelling on the trains. Some of the railway journeys featured include the Harz narrow-gauge railroad in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; the Indian Pacific which runs across Australia from Perth to Sydney; India's Darjeeling Himalayan Railways; & the spectacular railroads in the Canadian Rockies. ...

A serious study of the reasons why some warships have achieved bad reputations. It covers the period from 1860 to the present day, & looks at a wide range of nationalities & ship-types. Some examples are the Russian Popoffkas; the French battleship ' Brennus'; & the British vessel ' Captain'. ...

Military topographic survey mapping covering the world`s land masses & significant islands at 1:1, 000, 000. The maps are useful as general topographical coverage where nothing else is available, although they are designed primarily as flying charts for military aircraft. ONC stands for Operational Navigation Chart. Relief is portrayed by a combination of contours (basic interval 1000ft, intermediate contours shown where appropriate), elevation tinting & relief shading, plus spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named & the road information is not necessarily up to date, as compilation & revision dates vary. Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Each ONC chart has both UTM & latitude/longitude grids overprinted on it, with additional margin ticks. *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE:** * The series is gradually being withdrawn from sale to the general public & some sheets may no longer be available when ordered by us.** Due to the nature of the map projection assembling these sheets to make a larger map is not recommended. in addition, colours used for relief are not constant throughout the series.* In some areas of central Africa & South America the maps have blank spaces, reflecting localized deficiencies or inconsistencies in the survey data.
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Physical maps of the world regularly featured in numerous style magazines, such as Homes & Gardens & Elle Decoration. Country names & international boundaries are clearly displayed to provide political information. The maps, usually referred to by their publishers` old name of Defense Mapping Agency, are available in three sizes, presented on paper or encapsulated. Fewer cities & names of geographical features are shown than on other maps of similar size to make political boundaries stand out better & to give the maps their characteristic uncluttered look much favoured by interior designers for homes, offices &, in particular, travel agencies. Country names are in English & cities mostly in local languages (Warszawa, Wien, El Qâhira) with, where necessary, English equivalents. Numerous shipping lanes show distances between ports in nautical miles. Clocks indicate time difference from GMT (but without the maps showing the exact geographical area covered by each time zone). The largest size is overlaid with a grid of latitude & longitude at intervals of 1’ to help identify accurate position of various locations. Projection is Mercator.* Similar design is also used for a spectacular, huge (396 x 264cm / 13’ft x 8ft 8” approx.) *wallpaper* set supplied with wallpaper paste
- to view it, please enter ‘*110377*’ in the search box above.
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Political wall maps of the world from Freytag & Berndt in an international edition with all place names in their English versions, presenting countries in pleasant pastel colours against light blues seas. The maps are published in two sizes, 122x 86cm & 176x 122.5cm; both have the same number of place names & vary only in the size of the print font. On landmasses the maps show main road & rail connections; in USA, Canada, Brazil & Australia also shown are names & boundaries of states/provinces. Physical relief is indicated by names of mountain ranges, peaks, deserts, etc. Polar Regions are presented on insets, showing limits of drift ice & the ice shelf. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10º intervals. Boxes along the sides & the bottom of the maps show each country’s flag, capital city, area & population. Map legend

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Wall maps of the world from Freytag & Berndt printed on sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper which can be annotated with suitable write-on/wipe-off marker pens. Countries are in warm, earthy colours enhanced by physical shading to show mountain ranges, with oceans indicating the relief of the sea floor through different shades of light blue. Published in an international edition with all place names in their English versions, the maps are available two sizes. Please note that the extra large size has considerably more place names than shown on the small size. On land the shading indicates physical geography with names of main mountain ranges, deserts & peaks. In the oceans the variation in colouring vividly presents the sea floor with names of ridges, plateaux, basins, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10º intervals. Map legend is in English. ...