In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly looks at the Shipping Forecast, which, regularly broadcast on BBC radio, is for many a familiar & reassuring element of the British cultural landscape. Its content could spell the difference between life & death for seafarers, but arguably less so for audiences in the garden shed or suburban living room. Here the author wittily sheds some light on the places behind the names, & their historical & odd cultural associations. The weather gets a mention here & there too. ...

Rising star Joshua Cohen`s first collection of essays, a fully realized work created from a selection of previously published & new nonfiction
- essays, memoir, criticism, letters, diaries
- covering an extraordinary array of topics: politics, literature, art, music, travel, the media, & psychology, on subjects ranging from Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, animals in literature, Gustav Mahler, Aretha Franklin, Edward Snowden, Gordon Lish, the closing of the Ringling Bros. circus, Google, Thomas Pynchon, & Azerbaijan. In thirty essays & forty short `interludes`, Cohen directs his sharp gaze out upon the world, exhibiting his deep erudition & ability to draw connections between seemingly unlike things, showing us how to look at a world overflowing with information without becoming daunted. In each piece, Cohen projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his, & a voice as witty, powerful, funny, & distinct as any in American letters.

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Attercliffe in 1903 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. The map covers the Attercliffe area on the north-eastern side of Sheffield, including parts of Brightside, Carbrook & Greenl&. Coverage stretches from Stevenson Road eastward to Tinsley Park Cemetery & from Attercliffe GCR station northward to Upwell Street & Brightside Weir. The Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation & Sheffield & Tinsley Canal run through the map, as does the River Don. The GCR railway runs through, with Attercliffe & Broughton Lane stations, plus sidings. A short stretch of the Midland Railway cuts across the north-western corner with Brightside Sidings. Other features include Brown Bayleys Steel Works, Hecla Works, Greenland Branch Steel Works, part of Tinsley Park Collieries, St Bartholomew`s church, Carbrook Saw Mills, Carbrook Park, South Yorkshire Iron Works, Carbrook Forge, Attercliffe Cemetery, Attercliffe Hill, Cyclops Works, Attercliffe Steel Works, Christ Church, Pagoda Works, St Thomas church, plus many streets of terraces close to the industrial premises. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Attercklioffe Common, Attrercliffe Road & Brightside Lane. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: 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. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Attersee
- Mondsee
- Wolfgangsee area of the Salzkammergut presented at 1:35, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible

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Attersee
- Traunsee
- Höllengebirge
- Mondsee
- Wolfgangsee area of the Austrian Alps presented at 1:50, 000 in a series



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Attica & Boeotia at 1:100, 000 in a series from Anavasi covering selected popular areas of central mainland Greece & the Peloponnese on GPS compatible, detailed topographic road maps printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Coverage extends north well beyond Thebes/ Thiva & Livadia to Atlanadi &

Includes:: Salamina & Aegina, but not parts of the Attica administrative province on the Peloponnese. Contours at 100m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & altitude colouring, plus spot heights & plenty of names of peaks, mountain ranges, etc, provide & excellent picture of the region’s topography. Names of most towns & villages are in both Greek & Latin alphabet; names of geographical features & of places of interest highlighted on the map vary, with some shown only in Greek. Road network differentiates between asphalted & unsurfaced roads & indicates difficult roads. Driving distances are shows on main & selected local roads & locations of petrol stations are marked. Railway lines & ferry connections to the islands are included. The map also shows the course of No. 22 hiking & cycling long-distance route. Symbols highlight various places of interest including campsites & mountain refuges, archaeological sites, monasteries, beaches, harbours & marinas, etc. For GPS users UTM grid is drawn at 5-km intervals, with additional crosshairs for latitude & longitude at 1’ intervals. The map has two separate indexes for Greek & Latin alphabets. A special feature of this 2012 edition are bilingual descriptions of 15 best natural sites highlighted on the map. Map legend & the text include English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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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. ...

Attila the Hun
- godless barbarian & near-mythical warrior king
- has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks

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This is a new edition of this popular title. Gardening for birds is both a great way to help our endangered feathered friends as well as a great pleasure in itself. This book offers a host of practical suggestions on feeding birds & providing opportunities for nesting & bathing. The reader is taken through the steps of planning a bird-friendly garden covering aspects such as pond construction, suitable plants, provision of nesting sites & food, pest control & garden maintenance. A directory of 80 common species aids identification & offers guidelines on the habitat, food & nesting requirements of each species. Produced in a lavish & exciting format, this glorious book is both practical & stylish. ...

This is a book for spice lovers of all cuisines. Atul explores curries of the world, looking to his native India, of course, but also to Asia & Africa, to the Americas, Europe & even the UK. Curry remains one of the world`s most popular dishes & Atul`s collection of mouth-watering dishes does more than enough to convince us why. Over 100 recipes show curry in all its fantastic forms, from mild to hot, continent hopping to reveal how one country shares with & differs from the next. A collection of inspiring, intoxicating spiced dishes that cover meat, fish & vegetable curries from all corners of the globe: this promises to be a book you will cook from again & again. A major publication. ...