Born in the magic of youth... Forged by the passions of war... Their love knew no boundaries. Arctic 1931. A chance encounter with map maker Walter Russell will change Inuit boy, Avik's life forever. Realising that Avik is suffering from the ' White Man's ...

Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous & beautiful h&-coloured map
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Stationery School Stationery Supplies Sharpen your pencils in style with this Croc-Croc Twist Pencil Sharpener from Maped. This fun, twin hole sharpener features a cute hamster face & has plenty of space to catch all the shavings! Perfect for use at school, in the office or at home. Product Information: • Pencil Sharpener • Design: Hamster • Twin hole • Brand: Maped • Suitable for pencils measuring 8mm & 11mm diameter ...

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Features over 130 leading lights from different fields artists, architects, writers & designers, geographers, mathematicians, computer pioneers, scientists who make sense of exterior & interior worlds through highly personal & imaginative maps & charts. This book reflects on the relationship between maps, literature & knowledge. ...

Delve into this exploration through maps of the land & time in which Shakespeare wrote!

From the locations of his plays

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Anna packs her bags one day without telling anyone where & why she is going
- just that she'll be back soon. Her thoughts as she
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Follow the development, decline & revival of Britains railways through a unique collection of old & new maps, commentaries & photographs. Charting the rich history of Britains railways from 1819 to the present day, this fascinating compendium shows how trains have played an essential part in British life for nearly 200 years. Throughout this engaging book is a series of 'milepost' features on key events, eras & personalities in the history of Britains railways. From the enormous role the railways played in the World Wars to modern events, like the opening of the Channel Tunnel, this extensive book shows you how British history is firmly tied to the railways. The story is traced from early ?waggonways?, through the steam era to todays diesel & electric railways. Mapping the Railways will appeal to railway enthusiasts, historians & general interest readers alike. Over 100 railway maps: ? Historical & modern rail network maps ? Extracts from Ordnance Survey sheets ? Plans for proposed railway schemes ? Track diagrams & official reports ? Pictorial maps, posters & ephemera ? Cartography by Bartholomew, Airey, Bradshaw & many others Pivotal events in railway history: ? The nineteenth century saw the foundations laid for our modern railway network, with huge building projects constructing thousands of miles of track, bridges & tunnels ? Expansion slowed in the early twentieth century as competition from the car & the lorry began to bite ? Railways made an enormous contribution to the World Wars, then underwent massive re-equipment after nationalization ? Drastic change followed the ' Beeching Report' of 1963, which advocated closure of underused rail lines ? The modern era has seen an expansion of the network again, with the building of the Channel Tunnel & the re-opening of a significant number of lines closed under the ' Beeching axe', many as heritage railways. ...

The story of Britains road development
- graphically & beautifully illustrated on our maps
- is also the story of its political,

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The idea of the wandering murderer, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake, has long fascinated followers of true crime. By charting the geography of the killers actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer takes an innovative approach in exploring the killing sprees of 25 international mass murderers of the twentieth century. With specially commissioned maps pinpointing each killers actions, Mapping the Trail of a Serial Killer reveals the patterns of behaviour & enables the reader to understand some of thinking of the minds of men such as Ted Bundy, who circled in ob university dorms, or Andrei Chikatilo, whose killings happened along railway routes, to Ian Milat who picked-up & killed backpackers in New South Wales, to Volker Eckert, a German lorry driver who murdered prostitutes across western Europe. Each case is examined with timelines of the killers ...