Amersham in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map mapcovers the 'old town' of Amersham, shortly before the great changes brought by the Metropolitan Railway. The station, opened in 1892, is in the north-eastern corner, some distance from the town which is centred on the High Street. Features here include St Mary's church, Workhouse, Town Hall, malthouse, Crown Farm, Bury Farm, River Misbourne, brewery, cemetery, Whielden Street. To the east is Bury End, with Bury Mill, but otherwise Amersham appears as a small country town. A 1903 directory of Amersham is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Amexica provides a full account of the war along the US-Mexico border. An area of land more than 2, 000 miles long & 100 miles wide, it has become a battleground where drugs, guns & killings are the currency of everyday existence. Journalist Ed Vulliamy went on a four month road trip along the entire border where, in the last three years, more than 23, 000 people have been murdered in Amexica as criminal drug cartels fight each other. These narcotic rivers flow only one way – to America, in a frightening pastiche of the global economy. Amexica looks at the causes & consequences of this under-reported war & on the impact it has on the everyday life which somehow goes on around it. ...

Amexica provides a full account of the war along the US-Mexico border. An area of land more than 2, 000 miles long & 100 miles wide, it has become a battleground where drugs, guns & killings are the currency of everyday existence. Journalist Ed Vulliamy went on a four month road trip along the entire border where, in the last three years, more than 23, 000 people have been murdered in Amexica as criminal drug cartels fight each other. These narcotic rivers flow only one way ...

Colloquial Amharic is the essential guide to learning this beautiful language. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written & spoken Amharic. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Amharic is:
interactive
- with lots of exercises for regular practice
clear
- with concise grammar notes
practical
- with useful vocabulary & pronunciation guide
complete
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Includes:: answer key & special reference section.
Two 60 minute cassettes are also available to help you with listening & pronunciation skills.











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A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claude Mc Kay, a rich & multilayered portrayal of life in 1930s Harlem & a historical protest for black freedom This colourful, dramatic novel centres on the efforts by Harlem intelligentsia to organize support for the liberation of fascist-controlled Ethiopia, a crucial but largely forgotten event in American history. At once a penetrating satire of political machinations in Depression-era Harlem & a far-reaching story of global intrigue & romance, Amiable with Big Teeth plunges into the concerns, anxieties, hopes & dreams of African-Americans at a moment of crisis for the soul of Harlem
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Amiens
- Arras Michelin Centenary Map-Pack, a set of two maps showing the area at 1:200, 000: a current road map from 2014 plus
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Yound children can have fun getting interactive with Britta Teckentrup`s hands-on counting book. Children will love meeting Britt`as charming menagerie of characters, which

Includes:: wriggly snakes, marking elephants & playful penguins. Hidden behind the flap on every spread is a surprise addition to the group, leading the child from one number to the next in a fun but logical way.

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Amizmiz region in a series of GPS compatible maps at 1:160, 000 published by EWP & West Col Productions & covering Morocco’s Atlas Mountains with its neighbouring deserts & coastal areas. The maps use the cartography of the Russian military survey of the area, providing a very detailed representation of the terrain, with contours at 40m intervals plus graphics and/or colouring to show features such as cliffs, ravines, sand ridges & dunes, various types of vegetation, etc. All place names are given in the Latin alphabet. Road information

Includes:: unsurfaced roads & tracks. Where main roads meet the edge of the map, the distance to the next large town is stated. Selected high passes are annotated to show months when passable. Railways & local airports are marked & a range of symbols indicate various landmarks & places of interest, including mountain refuges & forestry buildings, oasis, caves, etc. Interesting locations are highlighted. Each sheet covers 40’ of latitude & 1° of longitude & has a grid based on the Kronstadt system which, according to the publishers’ notes, is related closely to the UTM system & is suitable for a GPS set to UTM or MGRS. The maps also have either additional margin ticks or a grid for latitude & longitude. On the reverse are illustrated notes about the area, plus a glossary of Berber terms & notes on transliteration of local names. Map legend & all the texts are in English & French.

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Amman on an English version of a street plan from the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre, with an index which

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