Lee Miller was one of the most extraordinary photographers of the twentieth century famous for her portraits & devastating photographs of World War Two as well as for her legendary beauty. An art student & a Vogue" model she was a close friend of artists such as Picasso Cocteau Max Ernst & Paul Eluard & became a muse of Man Ray & the Parisian surrealists. One of the few female photographers to enter Hitler's Germany she was the first to access his Munich home & among the first to document the liberation of the concentration camps. Carolyn Burke captures Lee Miller in all her complexity unveiling the glittering art world of the thirties & forties of which she was a central figure. Meticulously researched beautifully written this is an enthralling account of one of the most fascinating women of her era." ...

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. ...

Leeds is a city with a rich commercial tradition & fine buildings to match. Its prosperity founded on the wool trade is reflected in the seventeenth-century church of St John with its magnificent Jacobean woodcarving & furnishings while the towns eighteenth-century expansion produced elegant Georgian parades & squares with homes for wealthy merchants. They now stand cheek-by-jowl with solid proud warehouses & offices of the railway age in a wonderful variety of styles ranging from elegant neo-Grecian to Gothic Moorish & Egyptian. The civic pride of Victorian Leeds has as its crowning glory the grand Town Hall testament to the talent of Cuthbert Brodrick whose Corn Exchange & Mechanics Institute make powerful use of dark & gritty local sandstone. Along the banks & wharfs of the River Aire & the Leeds & Liverpool Canal now being revived for twenty-first-century living are unique & nationally important industrial survivals including the inspired Egyptian-style Temple Mills & the unforgettable campanile of Tower Works. The twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus & recent regeneration has led to a revival of the citys public spaces & famously ornate & opulent Edwardian shopping arcades & markets. In the suburbs & beyond lie comfortable mansions & major Victorian churches while survivors of a different past can be found in the parish church of Adel one of the most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire the romantic ruins of Kirkstall Abbey & the mighty C17 mansion at Temple Newsam. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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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 &

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He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White now the celebrated Leeds-supporting cartoon-drawing painting-&-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat & now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder: Edwards you see has seen every Leeds game
- competitive & friendly anywhere in the world
- since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years he's been there done that & bought the T-shirt. So after subtle prompts from his travelling companions he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him & demanding ' Loved the book Gary! When are you going to do another
- with me in it?' So here it is
- another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales & friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss & drama Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours & received letters from the Queen & the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE! Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes adventures & moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards. *OK he missed one but he still has the match ticket & only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.



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Leeds United Miscellany is full of fascinating facts figures trivia stats stories & anecdotes all relating to the long & colourful history of the Whites. From memorable matches to favourite sons this book tells the tales which have shaped the football club into the force it is today. Written by Joe Mewis the book follows no set order chronological or otherwise but has plenty to keep any United fanatic coming back for more whether its the most dramatic moments on the pitch or off-field shenanigans such as the cruel fate of David Harveys pet monkey! ...

Leeds United On This Day chronicles the fascinating history of Leeds United for each & every date of the year. Ever since they were established from the financial ruins of disbanded Leeds City in 1919 the Elland Road club has put its fans through the emotional mixer like no other side. From the dizzying highs of the Revie glory days to the depressing lows of relegation & financial implosion all of the moments that make supporting Leeds United the rollercoaster ride that the Elland Road faithful cant live without are featured in this book. Leeds legends such as Billy Bremner Jack Charlton Peter Lorimer Eddie Gray Gordon Strachan & Lucas Radebe to name but a few all take centre stage as the book features all the title wins cup successes European adventures major transfers & boardroom struggles from United s history. ...

Leek is the principal town of the Staffordshire Moorlands & the most important centre on the south western edge of the Peak District. It stands on a hill in a large bend in the River Churnet & is locally known as The Queen of the Moorlands. The town was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lec but there was certainly a settlement here well before that because the churchyard contains two crosses
- one is in Mercian style but is damaged & can be dated to the 10th century while the other is a magnificent 11th century Norse style cross. In the late 18th & 19th centuries the town changed from a sleepy market town to a centre of silk weaving & several large mills were constructed one of which can be seen looming above the road to Macclesfield. Leek boomed & the population multiplied during this time but nothing now remains of the silk industry in Leek. The town still has a lively shopping centre & a market every Wednesday & is a good centre from which to explore the south & west of the Peak.
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The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first ill-fated attempt. The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland & back. The 1979 race began in perfect conditions but was soon engulfed by the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing. By the time it passed the havoc caused was immeasurable & fifteen sailors had lost their lives. It had been Nick Ward's childhood ambition to sail in the Fastnet Race & being asked to join the crew of the 30-foot yacht Grimalkin was a dream come true. But then the storm hit. Grimalkin was capsized again & again. With the skipper lost overboard after hours of struggle three of the crew decided to abandon the boat for the liferaft. Nick & another crewmember both unconscious were left on the beleaguered yacht in the middle of the Irish Sea. Both were presumed dead. Gerry died a few hours later & Nick was left to face the storm alone. ...