OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's 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. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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The last 150 years have seen great changes in Grantham & the neighbouring villages of Belton Barrowby Bottesford Denton & Harlaxton with the loss of buildings landscapes & institutions that had previously endured for hundreds of years. With them has gone something less tangible but in this selection of more than 200 photographs & other ephemera very real: a way of life now lost forever. From archive images of the Belvoir Hounds mustering on St Peters Hill to familiar streets where the traffic once comprised nothing more than a lone cart this collection brings the regions past vividly to life. Including well-known vistas everyday events & important aspects of the history of the town alongside more original images of disasters & celebrations which may not have been seen before Grantham Revisited" is sure to reawaken nostalgic memories for many while offering others a unique glimpse of the way life used to be." ...

The last 150 years have seen great changes in Grantham & the neighbouring villages of Belton Barrowby Bottesford Denton & Harlaxton with the loss of buildings landscapes & institutions that had previously endured for hundreds of years. With them has gone something less tangible but in this selection of old & new photographs & other ephemera very real: a way of life now lost forever. From archive images of the Belvoir Hounds mustering on St Peters Hill to familiar streets where the traffic once comprised nothing more than a lone cart this collection brings the regions past vividly to life. Including well-known vistas everyday events & important aspects of the history of the town alongside more original images of disasters & celebrations which may not have been seen before Grantham Through Time is sure to reawaken nostalgic memories for many while offering others a unique glimpse of the way life used to be. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Granville Bradshaw was an engineer & inventor of extraordinary vision. His now legendary & often revolutionary designs for early aeroplanes & engines such as the Dragonfly pioneering cars & motorcycles including the ABC & his interesting oil cooled engines quickly brought him fame & success. His designs for gambling machines made him a fortune which he then managed to lose as a victim of a shares swindle! Bradshaws many inventions contributed greatly to the development of the internal combustion engine for a wide variety of uses. In many ways he was very much ahead of his time producing a stream of new ideas that were frequently not just in advance of the production engineering capabilities then available but probably decades ahead in terms of vision design & concept. His life spanned the entire development of the aviation & motor industries from the very early days right up to the classic era of the 50s. This detailed biography provides a fascinating & absorbing account not just of Bradshaws life but also of the engineering development of aeroplanes cars motorcycles & even 3-D photography & television in the last century. Although the basic facts on Bradshaws life remain unchanged this second edition

Includes:: substantial new material especially on Walter Adams an influential engineer of his time & of his early aero-engine work which led to the partnership with Bradshaw at ABC. Some 40 new photos & illustrations have also been included.

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Delicious. I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d. How can they be in liquidation if they make wine this good? When Caro & Sean find the perfect ten-hectare vineyard in Saussignac it seems their dreams of becoming wine-makers in the south of France are about to come true. But they arrive in France with their young family (a toddler & a newborn) to be faced with a dilapidated eighteenth-century farmhouse & an enterprise that may never ever make them a living. Undeterred by mouse infestations a leaking roof treacherous hordes of insects visits from the local farm police & a nasty accident with an agricultural trimmer Caro & Sean set about transforming their beyond eccentric winery into a successful business as they embark on the biggest adventure of their lives
- learning to make wine from the roots up.
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The grape is a sun-loving hardy deciduous woody-stemmed climber from Asia-Minor & the Caucasus. It does best in a temperate climate with springs free of frost & long warm summers. This concise illustrated handbook contains detailed information on all aspects of grape care providing invaluable reference for amateur gardeners & experienced growers alike. The straightforward approach to essential techniques together with advice on tackling pests & other problems & the directory of recommended varieties will ensure successful results. ...

John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering & hardship caused by the Great Depression & a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream The Grapes of Wrath"

Includes:: a critical introduction by Robert De Mott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags I don't want him satisfied.' Shocking & controversial when it was first published in 1939 Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic " The Grapes of Wrath" remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma & Californian migrant life it tells of Tom Joad & his family who like thousands of others are forced to travel west in search of the promised l&. Their story is one of false hopes thwarted desires & broken dreams yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale & moral vision. Adapted into a celebrated film directed by John Ford & starring Henry Fonda " The Grapes of Wrath" is an eloquent tribute to the endurance & dignity of the human spirit. John Steinbeck (1902-68) winner of the Pulitzer Prize & the Nobel Prize for literature is remembered as one of the greatest & best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Steinbeck served as a war correspondent with his collected dispatches published as " Once There Was a War" (1958); in 1945 he was awarded the Norwegian Cross of Freedom for his novel " The Moon is Down" (1942) a portrayal of Resistance efforts in northern Europe. His best-known works include the epics " The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) & " East of Eden" (1952) & his tragic novella " Of Mice & Men" (1937). John Steinbeck's complete works are published in " Penguin Modern Classics". If you liked " The Grapes of Wrath" you might enjoy " East of Eden" also available in " Penguin Classics". "A novelist who is also a true poet". (" Sunday Times")."

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An epic human drama by John Steinbeck one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century The Grapes of Wrath" depicts the devastating effects of the Great Depression & won both the American National Book Award & the Pulitzer Prize. ' To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently & they did not cut the scarred earth.' Drought & economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl the Joads a family of sharecroppers decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west towards California where they hope to find work & a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival... Winner of the Pulitzer Prize " The Grapes of Wrath" is an epic human drama. Of this novel Steinbeck himself said: 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags I don't want him satisfied.' "A novelist who is also a true poet". (" Sunday Times"). Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest & best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His works include " The Grapes of Wrath" " The Forgotten Village" " Cannery Row" & " The Pearl". His complete works are published by Penguin." ...