The Great Trees of London" brings together over 60 trees around the capital that have achieved Great Tree status
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The Great Vegetable Plot is Sarah Ravens guide to growing vegetables for all keen cooks & any level of gardener. In it she demonstrates how to plan & plant your plot recommends the best vegetables to grow & eat & gives clear instructions on how to cultivate them using minimum input to get maximum reward. Divided into 3 sections the book shows you what & what not to grow & the basic principles & techniques to help you achieve this. A landmark Gardeners World book it brings the principles of simplicity & speed to the vegetable plot as well as including delicious food pictures to illustrate why its worth growing your own. Illustrated with over 250 photographs by the award-winning photographer Jonathan Buckley the book is a stylish & practical guide to vegetable gardening & a companion volume to Sarahs previous title Grow Your Own Cut Flowers. ...

The perfect companion to Bradshaws guide book. Showcasing in colour all that is great about Bradshaws guide. Great British Railway Journeys has been a hugely successful TV programme which is now into its third series on BBC2. Much as Michael Palin built up a dedicated fan base for travel around the globe so Michael Portillo has done likewise for lovers of trains in his explorations the length & breadth of the United Kingdom from the window of a train seat. Both charming & insightful Michael again uses Bradshaws guides & now undertakes five unique journeys that were constructed by the Victorians from 1830-1900. Across 25 episodes he delves into this fascinating & colourful period of our history & show how the modern British landscape was created from this Victorian legacy. From Windsor to Weymouth Great Yarmouth to London Oxford to Milford Haven Berwick to Barrow & finally Dublin to Belfast -- Michael will go back in time to showcase areas of outstanding Victorian engineering & design across Queen Victorias dominions. Key parts of the programme & tie-in book will showcase how the worlds very first fixed-track train in Merthyr Tydfil operated; how the worlds first electric train service ran in Southend to its famous pier; & he also celebrates the wide variety of lines that opened up trade & mobility to the Victorian classes. Travelling on a variety of existing & in some cases restored Victorian train lines he meets their passionate supporters who lovingly work on them & also looks at the modern landscape to tell the story of how each area was shaped by their Victorian forebears. Lavishly produced this will once again be a must have purchase for all train lovers as well as those who simply want to find out their heritage & what is now available to view & travel upon in the 21st century to transport them back in time. ...

From the high-level route across the Pyrenees to the scenic Kerry Way in Ireland from a descent through the Samaria Gorge in Crete to an ascent of Helvellyn in the Lake District this book identifies the greatest walks in Europe: twelve of the best long-distance walks (taking from four to fifteen days to complete) & twelve extraordinary day walks. Among the long-distance walks are the incomparable GR20 in Corsica
- a coast-to-coast journey through jagged peaks & deep forested valleys; the ancient Ridgeway across English downland; the Jungfrau Horseshoe in Austria which visits the best viewpoints of the Bernese Oberlands most famous alpine peaks; & the Kungsleden or Royal Trail through the Swedish wilderness. Short walks include the Snowdon Horseshoe one of the finest mountain walks in Britain; a walk through the Verdon Gorge in France Europes equivalent of the Grand Canyon; & an excursion to the Inaccessible Pinnacle on the romantic Isle of Skye in Scotl&. Richard Sale describes each route explaining noteworthy features of all kinds & giving historical & cultural details as well as useful information about maps statistics & the like. His lavish & spectacular photographs of landscapes & wildlife capture the walks spirit & character. The book will be a boon & a delight to walkers inspiring them to relive past adventures & tempting them to plan expeditions for the future.
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Drawing directly on original manuscripts this collection comprises the major short stories published after Kafkas death. It



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Robert Fisks bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting & incisive historical analysis. The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy betrayal & world-shaking events. It is a story that Robert Fisk has been reporting for over thirty years. His masterful narrative spans the most volatile regions of the Middle East chronicling with both rage & compassion the death by deceit of tens of thousands of Muslims Christians & Jews. Robert Fisks remarkable history is also the tale of a journalist at war -- learning of the 9/11 attacks while aboard a passenger jet reporting from a bombed-out Baghdad interviewing Osama bin Laden -- & of the courage & frustration of a life spent writing the first draft of history. ...

The world's first ever battle tank receives the Haynes Manual treatment & its centrepiece is the most prolific British tank of the Great War
- the Tank Mk IV. World authority David Fletcher looks at the anatomy construction & operation of the Mk IV (including rare contemporary eyewitness descriptions) as well as giving fascinating insights into the maintenance & restoration of these historic armoured fighting vehicles. Individual preserved Great War tanks that feature in the manual include Flirt II the Ashford Tank Lodestar III Excellent & Deborah.
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This is a masterful history of the First World War covering all areas & explaining the technology & tactics that determined its course. The Great War was the first truly global conflict & it changed the course of world history. Empires fell others were crippled & new contenders emerged. Economies crashed & millions would be affected by the Depression that followed. Understanding The Great War is crucial to understanding the history of the twentieth century & the present day. In this magnum opus critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid & unfamiliar eyewitness accounts from kings & generals & ordinary soldiers. He focuses in particular on explaining how technology & tactics developed during the conflict
- & determined which battles were crucial to its outcome. Combatants from every corner of Earth joined the fray but their voices are rarely heard together. This is a major history of the conflict whose 100th anniversary is fast approaching.
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The Great Warbow" is a vivid & exciting exploration of the bow & arrow as weapons of war. From before the " Domesday Book" through Anglo-Saxon England medieval Wales & Ireland the crusades Bannockburn & the " Wars of the Roses" until the time of the Tudors this book takes us on a wide-ranging & fascinating journey through history. The definitive work on medieval military archery this lively & informative book is essential reading for anyone interested in medieval warfare or the history of archery." ...

This highly visual text is the perfect companion for anyone studying anatomy & physiology. Offering innovative techniques to help students with their learning this user-friendly accessible study skills text is the perfect accompaniment to any course or textbook. Complex processes are brought to life with imaginative diagrams & storylines which aid understanding reinforce memory & also support students with memory dyslexic or mathematical difficulties. ...