An essential guide to every species of tree found in the British Isles outside of arboretums This easy-to-use guide covers the 360 species of tree that are found in Britain & Irel&. Each species is covered in detail with information on how to identify whether from a leaf twig bark or whole tree plus extra information on where the tree grows (including a map) how high they grow what uses the tree is used for & its unique history. Every species is also comprehensively illustrated with photographs of every useful feature
- bark leaf seed flower twig & whole tree. Sample identification section: Silver Birch Betula pendula (Betulaceae) height to 26m A slender fast-growing deciduous tree with a narrow tapering crown when young & growing vigorously. Older trees acquire a weeping habit especially if growing in an open uncrowded situation.
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Instant Guides are packed with essential information & useful facts covering a wide variety of subjects from survival skills to stargazing. Portable easy to use & durable they contain all the basics whether youre studying the subject or just interested. For practical topics such as Bicycle maintenance they offer expert advice to-the-point instructions & tips from insiders. Booklets on more educational topics such as The Human Body provide colourful diagrams & straightforward information. ...

This superb collection of imagery showcases the very best of the British Wildlife Photography Awards an annual competition ...

This Seminar Study was the first book to trace the British womens suffrage campaign from its origins in the 1860s through to the achievement of equal suffrage in 1928. In this second edition Smith provides new evidence drawn from the authors research on how the main post-1918 womens organisation (the NUSEC) worked with Conservative Party women to persuade the Conservative Party to endorse equal franchise rights. Smith focuses on the actions of reformers & their opponents with due attention paid to the campaigns in Scotland & Wales as well as the movements in Engl&. He explores why womens suffrage was such a contentious issue & how women gained the vote despite opponents fears that it would undermine gender boundaries. Suitable for students studying the Suffrage Movement modern British history & the history of gender. ...

In the final part of his trilogy exploring The Troubles in Northern Ireland Peter Taylor talks to undercover agents of the British state & reveals for the first time the hidden secrets of the war they waged against the IRA for thirty years. PROVOS & LOYALISTS told the story of the conflict from the point of view of the Republicans & Loyalists; now the story with all its tragic twists & turns is told from the British perspective. For the first time undercover soldiers Special Branch officers & a top MI6 agent step out of the shadows & along with the Whitehall mandarins who helped shape policy from Westminster tell their stories. ...

This is a guide to a popular region home to St Malo Honfleur & Mont St Michel three of Frances top attractions. This guide covers not only the beaches but also gives extensive coverage of the smaller villages or rural areas that are great for relaxing day trips; explores the regions food culture as well as places of historic interest. A new all-inclusive colour map at the front of the guide gives important information on what not to miss & how to get round the region. ...

Had you seen a vessel of Brittany Ferries heading across the Channel from France in 1973
- the year in which this French company
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Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning.

Includes:: city maps of Brest Nantes & Rennes. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. The map scale is 1: 200 000.


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Hugh Dennis has secretly been worrying about what being British" meant for nearly a decade ever since his friend Ardal O' Hanlon had told him in passing that he was the most British person he had ever met. Hugh was unclear whether he was being praised teased vaguely insulted or possibly all three
- because it has always been very difficult to know how to feel about being British. & then the London Olympics came along. We gave the world a gleaming new vision of Britain; a smiling Britain of achievement a Britain responsible for leading the world into the modern era through the Agrarian & Industrial revolutions a nation proud to embrace multi-culturalism individuality & eccentricity. A country where a major politician can dangle helplessly from a zip wire like a discarded straw dolly & gain in popularity & whose Queen can send herself up & then descend by parachute. The unexpected legacy of the Games has been a Britain with a new found self-confidence in which we all know how to be British. A Britain which should be embarrassed by nothing & proud of everything from sheep to chimneys to the Spice Girls to industrial action & what had always previously been described as our "ailing transport network". A Britain which having been pinned firmly in its own half has dribbled the length of the field nutmegged the defenders unleashed a curling dipping shot into the top right hand corner scored a wonder goal & is now kissing the badge. This is Hugh Dennis' exploration of the changing image of Britain & Britishness."
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In advance of her new novel The Road to Urbino read Roma Tearne s brilliant Brixton Beach. Opening with the horrors of the London bombings this is the profoundly moving story of civil war & a child s struggle to come to terms with loss. London. On a bright July morning a series of bombs brings the capital to a halt. Simon Swann a medic from one of the large teaching hospitals is searching frantically amongst the chaos & the rubble. All around police sirens & ambulances are screaming but Simon does not hear. He is out of breath because he has been running & he is distraught. But who is he looking for? To find out we have first to go back thirty years to a small island in the Indian Ocean where a little girl named Alice Fonseka is learning to ride a bicycle on the beach. The island is Sri Lanka & its community is on the brink of civil war. Alice s life is about to change forever. Soon she will have to leave for England abandoning her beloved grandfather & accompanied by her mother Sita a woman broken by a series of terrible events. In London Alice grows into womanhood. Trapped in a loveless marriage she has a son. Slowly she fulfils her grandfathers prophecy & becomes an artist. Eventually she finds true love. But London in the twenty-first century is a mass of migration & suspicion. The war on terror has begun & everyone even Simon Swann middle class rational medic that he is will be caught up in this war in the most unexpected & terrible way. ...