The Discoverer series are designed for tourist & leisure activities. Each one covers an area of 40km x 30km at the scale 1:50, 000. There are 93 sheet in the series. 75 are produced by Ordnance Survey Ireland & 18 by Ordnance Survey Northern Irel&. ...

Details: Stradey Park, Llanelli: the field of rugby folklore, each blade of grass with its historic tale to tell, each
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Straight Outta Scotland is the remarkable real life story of how two rappers from Dundee pretended to be two rappers from California & duped the record industry out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Gavin Bain & Billy Boyd
- or Silibil N' Brains, as they became known
- were two ordinary Scottish boys who shared an extraordinary dream: to become rap superstars. Creating new identities for themselves, they persuaded the music industry that they were the latest hot young talent from California. Silibil N' Brains then lived out that lie for more than two years, securing an enormous record deal with Sony & being catapulted into the industry high-life, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Madonna, Eminem & D12. But, ironically, they could never actually deliver & promote the album that they were paid so much money to put together. As soon as they became famous they would be recognised by anyone who had known them in their former lives in Scotland & the dream would evaporate. As the pressure mounted, there would be disastrous consequences.. . Straight Outta Scotland is a story of incredible highs & terrible lows, of doing whatever it takes to follow your dream.

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Poet, novelist, lecturer, & founder of Plaid Cymru (the Welsh nationalist Party), Lewis (1893-1985) was also the greatest Welsh language playwright of the century. This study describes his place in a line of dramatists stretching from Racine to Pinter a ...

Details: For decades, tired travellers have stopped at rest areas on America's epic highways to rest, refuel & get a
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Mr Hawthorn himself steps outside to allow his porridge to cool & disappears for 5 years & more, a Glasgow grocer is shipwrecked & worshipped as a god, a young mathematician discovers an entirely new aspect of reality & becomes terrified by what he finds there, & an ageing sinner clings grimly, weakly to a hard-won life of decency. ...

Madeleine Smith, a young woman from a prominent Glasgow family, stood accused of the murder of her lover. The evidence against her seemed overwhelming. But after what was described as Scotland's trial of the century, she received the verdict of 'not proven' & walked free. This book gives a picture of the events surrounding this infamous case. ...

Foolish love appears to be a Roux family birthright. & for Ava Lavender, a girl born with the wings of a bird, it is an ominous thing to inherit. In her quest to understand her peculiar disposition & a growing desire to join her peers, Ava ventures into the wider world. But it is a dangerous world for a naive girl... ...

In the 17th century Britain, a breed of 'curious' gardeners were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge & new plants were stolen into Europe from East & West. John Tradescant & his son were at the vanguard of this change
- as gardeners & as collectors. This book presents their drama. It is useful for gardeners & non-gardeners.
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Stuffed full of strange animals, peculiar weather & odd places, this book unravels all these strange phenomena, from fish that rain from the sky to huge sinkholes, through specially commissioned CGI artworks, jaw-dropping illustration & clear scientific explanations. ...