OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

If you explore Englands churchyards & cemeteries you will be astonished at how much you can discover not only about the people who are buried there & their standing in the local community but also about the history of the area. Trevor Yorke explains burial practices down the ages & details the development of the churchyard & the cemetery. He looks at the period styles of gravestones & tombs & the shapes & features that help to date them. Using a wide range of photographs & line illustrations he examines the carvings & symbols that can be found & offers clues to their possible meanings. ...

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family who would have thought it would find safety & security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts ghouls & spectres Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him
- after all he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters featuring every second year of Bod's life from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
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The first of two classic police thrillers featuring detective Nick Miller set in Londons seedy underworld. Ben Garvald is out of prison. After nine years in prison hes coming back to the old neighbourhood. Back to his remarried ex-wfie. Back for revenge. Thats what the cops think. But Detective Sergeant Nick Miller isnt worried. His highly unorthodox methods are perfectly suited for the graveyard shift
- the midnight hours when the driven & desperate come out to play. Tonight Nick Millers toughest opponent will be Ben Garvald... And only one of them will live to see the dawn.
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Gravity & Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker & activist Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death compiled in one remarkable volume a compendium of her writings that have become a source of spiritual guidance & wisdom for countless individuals. On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition
- by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1952
- this Routledge Classics edition offers English readers the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever by incorporating a specially commissioned translation of the controversial chapter on Israel. Also previously untranslated is Gustave Thibons postscript of 1990 which reminds us how privileged we are to be able to read a work which offers each reader such light for the spirit & nourishment for the soul. This is a book that no one with a serious interest in the spiritual life can afford to be without.

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We have long understood black holes to be the points at which the universe as we know it comes to an end
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Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground & in space & computer simulations this book shows how black holes were discovered & discusses our current understanding of their role in cosmic evolution. This second edition covers new discoveries made in the past decade including definitive proof of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating & the new appreciation of the connection between black holes & galaxy formation. There are entirely new chapters on gamma-ray bursts & cosmic feedback. Begelman & Rees blend theoretical arguments with observational results to demonstrate how both approaches contributed to this subject. Clear illustrations & photographs reveal the strange & amazing workings of our universe. The engaging style makes this book suitable for introductory undergraduate courses amateur astronomers & all readers interested in astronomy & physics. ...

The greatest wildest author of his generation". (" Guardian"). We could tell you the year is 1944 that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop & that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe & crashing to earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn't really begin to cover it. Reading this book is like falling down a rabbit hole into an outlandish sinister mysterious absurd compulsive netherworld. As the " Financial Times" said 'you must forget earlier notions about life & letters & even the Novel.' Forty years since publication " Gravity's Rainbow" has lost none of its power to enthral." ...

Andy Gray has been at the forefront of British football for over three decades. Now for the first time he tells his own remarkable story & that of the modern game. From a fanatical footballing household in Glasgow Andy worked his way to become a teenage prodigy at Dundee. But it was in England that Andys name was cemented as one of Europes top strikers. At Aston Villa he scored 69 goals in 141 appearances & remains the only footballer to win both the PFA Player & Young Player of the Year in the same season. Greater glories awaited him at Everton where he won the League the FA Cup & the European Cup Winners Cup. These triumphs along with the inspiring (and infuriating) managers the goals the games & the fans are vividly brought to life while also explaining how the game was evolving around him. He also describes the early days of Sky Television & the temptation of becoming a manager. Andy Gray is unique in tracing a line from the beginnings of the modern game to the Premiership while still remaining passionate & impartial. ...

This is an attractively designed edition of Grays Anatomy" the scientific & artistic triumph. Kept in print by its clarity & usefulness the text features sumptuous illustrations & clear matter-of-fact descriptions. This exquisite version of the text will make an elegant addition to any home library. " Grays Anatomy" is a phenomenally well-known title & with good reason; it is a scientific & artistic triumph. Not just a dry index of parts & names Grays lets the natural beauty & grace of the bodys interconnected systems & structures shine forth from the page. Using sumptuous illustrations & clear matter-of-fact descriptions Dr. Gray unleashed a classic on the world more than 100 years ago. Its clarity & usefulness keep it in print today. Whether you want to understand yourself or others knowledge of our physical parts & how they fit together is essential. " Grays Anatomy" provides that information in a simple timeless format that cleanly dissects a body of knowledge grown over centuries. This book will not only fill the needs of people in the medical profession but will please artists & naturalists as well. Part of the " Leatherbound Classics" series this volume is an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather. It will make an elegant addition to any home library." ...