This is not a guidebook. This little book brings together past & present to offer a taste of Glasgow. Learn about the movers & shakers who shaped this fantastic city. The great & the good; the bad & the ugly. Small wonders, tall stories, TRIUMPH & tragedy. Best places
- worst places. Local lingo, architecture, green spaces, events, traditions, fact, fiction. Origins, evolution, future. Written by a local who knows what makes Glasgow tick.
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Geoplan Postcode Sector maps provide high-detail local mapping of the UK overlaid with postcode sectors, country boundaries & larger postcode groupings. They are durable & laminated, so you can draw on them in non-permanent markers & wipe them clean. They are the market-leader postcode maps for marketing, statistical display, route-planning, strategy & many other business uses. The base map uses the latest Ordnance Survey Landranger cartography, which provides detailed geographic data including motorways, A & B roads, streets, & detailed feature types such as airports, railway stations, cities, towns, geographic names, heights (using contour lines), information centres, parking facilities & much more. The base map is light & subtle but clear, readable & now in colour. Postcode/county boundaries & labels are overlaid in a bold red. The Postcode system divides the UK into Areas, Districts & Sectors. Geoplan publish maps covering all of these levels. These Sector maps cover 37 small areas of the UK, showing postcode Sectors (like HG3 1, B10 9, WC2 9 etc), their larger Districts (HG3, B10, WC2 etc) & the even larger Areas (HG, B, WC etc) ...

Glasgow: The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin & Clyde, through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged chronologically & introduced by journalist & Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book

Includes:: extracts from an astonishing array of writers. Some, such as William & Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde & Evelyn Waugh, were visitors & left their vivid impressions as they passed through on. Many others were born & bred Glaswegians who knew the city & its inhabitants
- & its secrets
- intimately. They come from every walk of life &, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists & scientists, artists & murderers, housewives & hacks, footballers & comedians, politicians & entrepreneurs, immigrants & locals. Together they present a varied & vivid portrait of one of the world`s great cities in all its grime & glory
- a place which is at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational & never, ever dull.




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Glasgow: The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin & Clyde, through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged chronologically & introduced by journalist & Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book

Includes:: extracts from an astonishing array of writers. Some, such as William & Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde & Evelyn Waugh, were visitors & left their vivid impressions as they passed through on. Many others were born & bred Glaswegians who knew the city & its inhabitants
- & its secrets
- intimately. They come from every walk of life &, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists & scientists, artists & murderers, housewives & hacks, footballers & comedians, politicians & entrepreneurs, immigrants & locals. Together they present a varied & vivid portrait of one of the world`s great cities in all its grime & glory
- a place which is at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational & never, ever dull.




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A beautiful glass Christmas bauble decorated with a h&-painted map of the world. The map itself should not be taken as a representative image of the world’s political division into countries or the spelling of their names, but the bauble makes a really lovely, colourful & unusual decoration for any Christmas tree. This festive little globe comes in a padded, black fabric-covered box to keep this precious yuletide ornament protected, ensuring it adorns Christmas trees for years to come. ...

Drink all the Whisky in the World... Now that`s a serious challenge. But not quite as reckless as it first appears. You see, the world in question is this strikingly handsome globe-shaped decanter. Crafted in the form of a classic navigator`s globe, it`s handblown from borosilicate glass, attractively detailed & rests in an elegant glass cradle. Easily removed for pouring & passing around (it`s wonderfully satisfying to hold), our globe decanter has a glass ball stopper with an airtight seal
- in case you don`t finish the contents in one sitting.
- presented in a very smart gift box- Capacity 1-litre- Measures 7”x 5½”

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` Glass Half Full is a love story poured beautifully onto the pages by Caro Feely. If you love wine or someone who loves wine, you will drink in every page of this beautiful book.` Robyn O` Brien, bestselling author Hand harvesting was a different process to machine harvesting. It was convivial & slow. We started at dawn & slowly proceeded across the vineyards. It was better for us & for the grapes, the human scale & pace of it more peaceful & joyful. But this rose-tinted glimpse of life is only part of the story
- with it come long hours, uncertainty & their associated stress. For Sean & Caro Feely, the rollercoaster ride of managing a growing business is as challenging as making natural wine in harmony with the environment. Will the previous six years of hard work that created a flourishing organic vineyard in France prove worthwhile? Join Caro on her search for balance in life & wine. Does yoga hold the secret? & will she make it through this growth phase with marriage, farm & sanity intact?
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In the abyss of a profound personal crisis, Commissario Ricciardi feels unable to open himself up to life. He has refused the love of both Enrica & Livia & the friendship of his partner, Maione. Contentment for Ricciardi proves as elusive as clues to the latest crime he has been asked to investigate. The beautiful, haughty Bianca, countess of Roccaspina, pleads with Ricciardi to investigate a homicide that was officially closed months ago. In the tense, charged atmosphere of 1930s Italy, where Benito Mussolini & his fascist thugs monitor the police closely, an unauthorized investigation is grounds for immediate dismissal & possible criminal charges. But Ricciardi`s thirst for justice cannot be sated.A tightly plotted historical noir novel, this eighth instalment in the Commissario Ricciardi series is a gripping meditation on revenge & justice in which each character`s soul reveals itself to be made from glass. ...

When Tom is in hospital in a coma, his friend Milo decides that Tom can be a guinea pig for a new gaming device
- a device that
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Fleur Adcock`s title refers to the transparent, glittering wings of some of the species
- bees, mosquitoes, dragonflies
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