London's suburbs may stretch for well over 600 square miles but in historical accounts of the capital they tend to take something of a back seat. In Greater London" historian Nick Barratt places them firmly centre stage tracing their journey from hamlets & villages far out in the open countryside to fully fledged urban enclaves simultaneously demonstrating the crucial role they have played in the creation of today's metropolis. Starting in the first century AD he shows how the tiny settlements that grew up in the Thames Valley gradually developed & how they were shaped by their proximity to the city. He describes the spread of the first suburbs beyond the city walls & traces the ebb & flow of population as people moved in to find jobs or away to escape London's noise & bustle. He charts the transformation wrought by the coming of the railways the fight to preserve Hampstead Heath Epping Forest & other green spaces & the struggle to create a London-wide form of government. He gives an account of wartime destruction & peacetime reconstruction & then brings the story to the present with a description of the very varied nature of today's suburbs & their inhabitants. In the process he evokes Tudor Hackney & Georgian Hampton explains why Victorian Battersea & Finchley were so different from one another & follows Islington's fall from grace & subsequent recovery. Magnificently illustrated throughout with contemporary engravings & photographs this is the essential history for anyone who has ever lived in London." ...

Scale: 1:10 000 Central area 1:20 000 Main area 1:63 360 Urban maps 1:260 000 Route Planning maps. Incredibly detailed street level maps with over 40 categories of information covering 1660 square miles in & around London. This is the ultimate street atlas of London. It contains a huge amount of detail & exhibits a high level of clarity with land use clearly colour coded to aid use. First published in 1976 under the Geographia imprint the Greater London Street Atlas has gone from strength to strength with improvements made to the contents & the map quality over the years. For 2009 the atlas has undergone a full revision involving exhaustive research using a variety of sources (including extensive ground surveys) resulting in thousands of updates being made to the map detail. Key

Features: / Extra large scale central London maps at 6.3 inches to 1 mile make for ease of use in the more congested areas. / Area of over 4 300 square km (1660 sq miles) covered by main street maps at 3.2 inches to 1 mile. / Four main map scales; ranging from route planning maps of south east England to large scale central area maps -- ideal for navigation./ Underground map & London connections rail map showing travel zones. / Theatres cinemas & shopping maps. / Full index to street names & places of interest also hospitals schools colleges & stations. AREA OF COVERAGE: 3.2 inches to 1 mile scale extends from Welwyn Garden City in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south & from Windsor in the west to Gravesend in the east. 6.3 inches to 1 mile scale extends from Highbury in the north to Clapham in the south & from Shepherds Bush in the west to Beckton in the east. This is the definitive reference atlas for London & the surrounding area. Ideal for both businesses & residents. Also available as a hardback edition.

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Scale: 1:10 000 Central area 1:20 000 Main area 1:63 360 Urban maps. Incredibly detailed street level map with over 40 categories of information covering 1660 square miles in & around London. This is the ultimate street atlas of London. It contains a huge amount of detail & exhibits a high level of clarity with land use clearly colour coded to aid use. First published in 1976 under the Geographia imprint the Greater London Street Atlas has gone from strength to strength with improvements made to the contents & the map quality over the years. For 2009 the atlas has undergone a full revision involving exhaustive research using a variety of sources (including extensive ground surveys) resulting in thousands of updates being made to the map detail. Key

Features: / Extra large scale central London maps at 6.3 inches to 1 mile make for ease of use in the more congested areas. / Area of over 4 300 square km (1660 sq miles) covered by main street maps at 3.2 inches to 1 mile. / Three main map scales; ranging from urban planning maps to large scale central area maps -- ideal for navigation. / London Underground map. / Airport plans. / Full index to street names & places of interest also hospitals schools colleges & stations. AREA OF COVERAGE: 3.2 inches to 1 mile scale extends from Welwyn Garden City in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south & from Windsor in the west to Gravesend in the east. 6.3 inches to 1 mile scale extends from Highbury in the north to Clapham in the south & from Shepherds Bush in the west to Beckton in the east. This is the definitive reference atlas for London & the surrounding area. Ideal for both businesses & residents. Also available as a paperback edition.

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The true story of a womans incredible journey into the heart of the Third Reich to find the man she loves. When the Gestapo seize 20-year-old Olga Czepfs fiance she is determined to find him & sets off on an extraordinary 2 000-mile search across Nazi-occupied Europe risking betrayal arrest & death. As the Second World War heads towards its bloody climax she refuses to give up
- even when her mission leads her to the gates of Dachau & Buchenwald concentration camps... Now 88 & living in London Olga tells with remarkable clarity of the courage & determination that drove her across war-torn Europe to find the man she loved. The greatest untold true love story of World War Two.
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Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in the history of Greater Manchester. They include the case of notorious cat burglar Charlie Peace who killed 20-year-old PC Nicholas Cook in Seymour Grove & only confessed when he had already been sentenced to death for another murder; the sad tale of William Robert Taylor whose young daughter was killed in a boiler explosion & whom later desperate & in debt murdered a bailiff as well as his three remaining children; John Jackson who escaped from Strangeways Gaol by killing a prison warder while mending a gas pipe for the prison matron; & the death of Police Sergeant Charles Brett who stuck bravely to his post despite an armed attack on his prison van by the Manchester Martyrs. ...

At a time when music is increasingly being downloaded & uploaded the art of packaging music is being lost. For the past five decades musicians have displayed their work inside packages that were often as integral as the music itself. This book brings together 250 of the greatest album covers of all time & is arranged chronologically beginning in 1956. There is a 50-strong judging panel selecting the final 250 entries those judges having been drawn from the great & the good of the music industry. The panel

Includes:: famous designers musicians producers & record company executives whose reasons for choosing covers will accompany the illustration of the sleeve. From rock n" roll to pop R&B to jazz blues & even folk some of the album covers included are obvious & essential to such a volume while others will surprise readers & jog memories. The chosen entries might not necessarily be of a best-selling release but they will be important artistically stylistically or culturally. This book will undoubtedly be an object of discussion & argument for music fans the world over."

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A definitive study of the history of medicine from the earliest humans to the present day. Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the world human existence has simply ceased to be 'nasty brutish & short'. In this titanic history of medicine & disease Roy Porter examines the traditions of East & West to chart how this revolution has come about. Covering medical milestones big & small
- from dissection to surgery & from anaesthesia to AIDS
- Roy Porter's masterpiece is both a superlative history of medicine & a sweeping survey of human life & death.

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Robin Friday was an exceptional footballer who should have played for Engl&. He never did. Robin Friday was a brilliant player who could have played in the top flight. He never did. Why? Because Robin Friday was a man who would not bow down to anyone who refused to take life seriously & who lived every moment as if it were his last. For anyone lucky enough to have seen him play Robin Friday was up there with the greats. Take it from one who knows: ' There is no doubt in my mind that if someone had taken a chance on him he would have set the top division alight ' says the legendary Stan Bowles. ' He could have gone right to the top but he just went off the rails a bit.' Loved & admired by everyone who saw him Friday also had a dark side: troubled strong-minded reckless he would end up destroying himself. Tragically after years of alcohol & drug abuse he died at the age of 38 without ever having fulfilled his potential. The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw provides the first full appreciation of a man too long forgotten by the world of football & along with a forthcoming film based on Friday's life with a screenplay by co-author Paolo Hewitt this book will surely give him the cult status he deserves. ...

A great must-have book packed full of brilliant tips & ideas from award-winning BBC radio gardening presenter & journalist Steve Brookes. The book is a result of Steve's 30+ years as a professional horticulturalist & nearly 20 years as a gardening broadcaster & presenter. It is packed full of ideas for banishing slugs snails aphids ants cats squirrels & countless other garden pests plus many fun money-saving & innovative tips for growing healthier plants in your garden. Steve has included many useful plant lists for different garden aspects & some brilliant recycling ideas that will really get you smiling. The book also forms the basis of Steve's ' The Greatest Gardening Tips in the World' live show which he performs around the UK & on cruise ships across the world. Novice & experienced gardeners alike will find this a rewarding & enjoyable read which they will refer to again & again! ...

A penniless young knight with few prospects William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne. However being a royal favourite brings its share of conflict & envy as well as fame & reward. William's influence over the volatile fickle Prince Henry & his young wife is resented by less favoured courtiers who set about engineering his downfall. In a captivating blend of fact & fiction award-winning novelist Elizabeth Chadwick resurrects one of England's greatest forgotten heroes restoring him to his rightful place at the apex of the Middle Ages. ...