A detailed topographic map of Wrexham & Llangollen / Wrecsam (& Llangollen) from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, showing part of Offa's Dyke Path / Yn dangos rhan o Lwybr Clawdd Offa Edition A3; Publication date January 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Wrexham & Oswestry Street Atlas at 1:15, 840 / 4 to a mile, in an indexed, glove box size paperback format, with national grid referencing. Street atlas covers Wrexham, Oswestry, Brymbo, Chirk, Gobowen, Gresford, Llangollen, Rhosllanerchrugog & Ruabon. Motorways, A roads, B roads, dual carriageways, one way streets, pedestrianized/restricted access roads & car parks are shown. The run of street numbers on A & B roads is indicated. Tracks & footpaths are mapped, as are selected cycleways, railways, stations, level crossings & rail bridges. Colour coding distinguishes land use, e.g. shopping centre, educational establishment or industrial building. Post offices, churches, tourist information centres & emergency services are located, as are public toilets with & without disabled access. Post town & postcode boundaries are demarcated & the atlas is indexed by street name & places of particular interest. Current edition of this atlas
- 2009
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Wrexham Central in 1909 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 most of the town centre, stretching from Bradley Road eastward to The Dunks & Hafod-y-wern, & from Grosvenor Road southward to King`s Mills. Features include Central station, St Giles church, Hope Street, High Street, Island Green Brewery, St Mark`s church, Lager Beer Works, Infirmary, Cobden Mill, tramways, Victoria Schools, gasworks, Beast Market, St David`s church, Cambrian Brewery, Infantry Barracks, Whitegate Farm, Dunks Farm, Kingsmills Bridge, Kingsmills Brick Works, Abenbury Brick Works, Cambrian Leather Works, Holt Road Depot, etc. Extracts from a contemporary trade directory 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. ...

Wrexham North in 1909 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 Wrexham, stretching from Wrexham General station northward to Wrexham Colliery, & eastward to Rhosnesey. Features include Wrexham General & Exchange stations, Rhosddu Halt, locomotive works, football ground, Grange, Rhosddu or Rhos-ddu, Springfield, St James church, Acton Park, Alexandra Schools (at foot of map), Rhosnesey, etc. Directories of Acton, Bieston & Stansty 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. ...

Wrexham West in 1909 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. Tthe map covers the western side of Wrexham, stretching from the cemetery & Wat`s Dike westward to Pool Covert & Bersham church, & from Felin Puleston northward to Croes-newydd. Features include Puleston Mills, Esless Mills, Esless Hall, Turkey paper mills, Ddol, Bunkers Hill, Bersham Mills, stretches of railway with engine shed, Croes-newydd South & West Junctions, Moss Valley Junction, fever hospital, Workhouse, etc. Although the western fringe of Wrexham is shown, most of the map is rural. On the reverse are extracts from a contemporary trade directory. 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. ...

A write-in book which will allow children to pen their very own adventure story. With lots of hints & tips on how to create characters, plan plots, write dialogue & stage all-important action scenes, this book will start budding writers off with simple exercises, & build them up until they are racing through their own short stories. ...

Help your kids build the skills to create their very own story in The Write Your Own Book Book. Kids are creative, imaginative & love telling stories. The Write Your Own Book Book guides your child through the excitement of writing their very own story. From setting the scene to describing an action, each section focuses on a different skill for your child to focus on, gradually building up to the very end where your child can write their own story. If your child gets stuck ”talking point” boxes will spark new creative ideas or help children get the story started. ” Word boxes” help develop kids vocabulary & enhance their story. Plus, there`s plenty of drawing inside too, including a space to illustrate your own personalised book cover. Your child will be able to master writing skills required by the national curriculum in The Write Your Own Book Book, including recounting events & persuasive writing. ...

THE REVELATORY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe extraordinary untold story of Ernest Hemingway`s dangerous secret life in espionage * A finalist for the William E. Colby Military Writers` Award A riviting international cloak-&-dagger epic ranging from the Spanish Civil War to the liberation of Western Europe, wartime China, the Red Scare of Cold War America, & the Cuban Revolution, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy reveals for the first time Ernest Hemingway`s secret adventures in espionage & intelligence during the 1930s & 1940s (including his role as a Soviet agent codenamed ” Argo”), a hidden chapter that fueled both his art & his undoing. While he was the historian at the esteemed CIA Museum, Nicholas Reynolds, a longtime American intelligence officer, former U.S. Marine colonel, & Oxford-trained historian, began to uncover clues suggesting Nobel Prize-winning novelist Ernest Hemingway was deeply involved in mid-twentieth-century spycraft -- a mysterious & shocking relationship that was far more complex, sustained, & fraught with risks than has ever been previously supposed. Now Reynolds`s meticulously researched & captivating narrative ”looks among the shadows & finds a Hemingway not seen before” (London Review of Books), revealing for the first time the whole story of this hidden side of Hemingway`s life: his troubling recruitment by Soviet spies to work with the NKVD, the forerunner to the KGB, followed in short order by a complex set of secret relationships with American agencies. Starting with Hemingway`s sympathy to antifascist forces during the 1930s, Reynolds illuminates Hemingway`s immersion in the life-&-death world of the revolutionary left, from his passionate commitment to the Spanish Republic; his successful pursuit by Soviet NKVD agents, who valued Hemingway`s influence, access, & mobility; his wartime meeting in East Asia with communist leader Chou En-Lai, the future premier of the People`s Republic of China; & finally to his undercover involvement with Cuban rebels in the late 1950s & his sympathy for Fidel Castro. Reynolds equally explores Hemingway`s participation in various roles as an agent for the United States government, including hunting Nazi submarines with ONI-supplied munitions in the Caribbean on his boat, Pilar; his command of an informant ring in Cuba called the ” Crook Factory” that reported to the American embassy in Havana; & his on-the-ground role in Europe, where he helped OSS gain key tactical intelligence for the liberation of Paris & fought alongside the U.S. infantry in the bloody endgame of World War II. As he examines the links between Hemingway`s work as an operative & as an author, Reynolds reveals how Hemingway`s secret adventures influenced his literary output & contributed to the writer`s block & mental decline (including paranoia) that plagued him during the postwar years -- a period marked by the Red Scare & Mc Carthy hearings. Reynolds also illuminates how those same experiences played a role in some of Hemingway`s greatest works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls & The Old Man & the Sea, while also adding to the burden that he carried at the end of his life & perhaps contributing to his suicide.A literary biography with the soul of an espionage thriller, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy is an essential contribution to our understanding of the life, work, & fate of one of America`s most legendary authors. ...

Mark Twain, Alice Walker, Haruki Murakami, Ursula K. Le Guin-this volume celebrates 45 famous authors who have shared their homes & hearts with furry feline friends. The photographs & stories in Writers & Their Cats capture the special bond between wordsmith & mouser. From the six-toed kitties who still inhabit the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Florida to the mewling muses of mystery writer Lilian Jackson Braun, cats are clearly, in the words of Gloria Steinem, ”a writer`s most logical & agreeable companion.” ...

From Shakespeare & Jane Austen to Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Toni Morrison, delve into more than 100 biographies of the world`s greatest writers. Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured novelist, playwright, or poet, biographical entries trace the friendships, loves, & rivalries that inspired each individual & influenced their work, revealing insights into the larger-than-life characters, plots, & evocative settings that they created. Lavishly illustrated with photographs & paintings of writers` homes, studies, & personal artefacts
- along with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, & their correspondence
- this book introduces the key ideas, themes, & literary techniques of each writer, revealing the imaginations & personalities behind some of the world`s greatest novels, short stories, poems, & plays. With a foreword introduction by James Naughtie, & covering an eclectic range of authors from the Middle Ages to the present day, Writers provides a compelling glimpse of the lives & loves of each great writer.

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