Church Stretton & Wenlock Edge in 1906 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. In this title coverage stretches from Ratlinghope & the Longmynd eastward to Morville Hall, Aston Eyre & Upton Cressett; & from All Stretton southward to Clungunford & Onibury. A long stretch of Wenlock Edge runs diagonally across much of the map, with Brown Clee Hill & Caer Caradoc Hill other much loved landmarks. Other locations covered by the map include Abdon, Acton Scott, All Stretton, Aston Botterell, Burwarton, Cardington, Chetton, Church Stretton, Clee St Margaret, Cleobury North, Cold Weston, Craven Arms, Culmington, Diddlebury, Ditton Priors, Easthope, Farlow, Halford, Heath, Holdgate, Hope Bowdler, Hopesay, Hopton Cangeford, Little Stretton, Loughton, Monkhopton, Munslow, Myndtown, Neenton, Rushbury, Sibdon Carwood, Silvington, Stanton Lacy, Stanton Long, Stoke St Milborough, Stokesay, Tugford, Wentnor & Wheathill. On the reverse is a detailed map of Wistanstow. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Church Stretton, Ludlow, Wenlock Edge, Long Mynd & the area westwards to Montgomery, Knighton & Presteigne including a section of the Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail on a paper version of map No. 137 from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at 1:50, 000, with contoured & GPS compatible topographic mapping plus tourist information.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: As well as the physical edition of the map, each Landranger title now

Includes:: a code for downloading after purchase its digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS LANDRANGER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Landranger series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. Maps in the Landranger series provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. National Trails & selected other long-distance paths are marked, as well as on-road & traffic-free cycle routes with their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. National Trust/ National Trust for Scotland & Forestry Commission land is clearly marked, indicating open or restricted access. A range of symbols highlights camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, tourist information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, World Heritage sites, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of topography with contours at 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & additional colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards or parkl&, rock features including scree & cliffs, water features inland & along the sea shore with marshl&, dunes, s&, mud, shingle & the high water mark. All the standard information expected of survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings, embankments, etc; individual isolated buildings; archaeological & historical sites, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is shown at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1` & cross hairs on the map at 5`. Each map covers an area of 40 x 40km, (approx. 25 x 25 miles).

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Church Stretton, Ludlow, Wenlock Edge, Long Mynd & the area westwards to Montgomery, Knighton & Presteigne including a section of the Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail on a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active version of map No. 137 from the Ordnance Survey’s Landranger series at 1:50, 000, with contoured & GPS compatible topographic mapping plus tourist information.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: As well as the physical edition of the map, each Landranger title now

Includes:: a code for downloading after purchase its digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS LANDRANGER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Landranger series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. Maps in the Landranger series provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. National Trails & selected other long-distance paths are marked, as well as on-road & traffic-free cycle routes with their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. National Trust/ National Trust for Scotland & Forestry Commission land is clearly marked, indicating open or restricted access. A range of symbols highlights camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, tourist information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, World Heritage sites, sport & recreational facilities, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of topography with contours at 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & additional colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards or parkl&, rock features including scree & cliffs, water features inland & along the sea shore with marshl&, dunes, s&, mud, shingle & the high water mark. All the standard information expected of survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings, embankments, etc; individual isolated buildings; archaeological & historical sites, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is shown at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1` & cross hairs on the map at 5`. Each map covers an area of 40 x 40km, (approx. 25 x 25 miles).

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This guide represents 340 churches & monasteries in Macedonia, texts about their history, over 900 photographs & their location on the maps. The guide also contains information about Christianity in Macedonia, the heads & metropolitans of the Macedonian Orthodox Church as well as its history, symbols & concepts. This is a must-have guide: you will feel the soul of the old monasteries & churches during the centuries; you will see their beauty & experience their peace & tranquillity. As never before, a collection of churches & monasteries in Macedonia with abundant photographs & information. ...

Rome
- imperial city, fountain-head of the Christian world & site of some of the world`s most amazing ecclesiastical architecture.
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There are few figures in British history more famous than Winston Churchill. Renowned for guiding Britain through the tumultuous Second World War, his speeches echo through history, & his wartime leadership was recognised as essential for weathering the WWII. But there is so much more to the man than his speeches & official images. Churchill explores that hidden history in detail, tracking Churchill`s nine-decade life from his early childhood, all the way to his last days. Few characters in history have written as much as Churchill, & his writings & the photographic records happily provide the opportunity to put together a unique illustrated portrait of this remarkable man. Churchill is full of revealing personal letters, documents, & speeches, which draw attention to the unforgettable power of his oratory, which added a heroic dimension to a leader who was undoubtedly a true statesman. That is not to say he was without fault
- the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, the creation of Iraq in 1921, his blind spot over India
- all these contributed to a reputation for unreliability that dogged much of his public life. This results in an exciting, colourful retelling of this political titan`s life, & is most definitely a must-read.

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One of our finest narrative historians, & journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES & LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army officer in the late 19th century, Churchill`s first experience of the Empire was serving in conflicts in India, South Africa & the Sudan. His attitude towards the Empire at the time was the stereotypical Victorian paternalistic approach
- a combination of feeling responsible & feeling superior. Conscious even then of his political career ahead, Churchill`s natural benevolence towards the Empire was occasionally overruled for political reasons, & he found himself reluctantly supporting
- or at least not publicly condemning
- British atrocities. As a politician he consistently relied on the Empire for support during crises, but was angered by any demands for nationalisation. He held what many would regard today as racist views, in that he felt that some nationalities were superior to others, but he didn`t regard those positions as fixed. His (some might say obsequious) relationship with America reflected that view. America was a former colony where the natives had become worthy to rule themselves, but
- he felt
- still had that tie to Britain. Thus he overlooked the frequently expressed American view that the Empire was a hangover from a bygone era of colonisation, & reflected poorly on Britain`s ability to conduct herself as a political power in the current world order. This outmoded attitude was one of the reasons the British voters rejected him after a Second World War in which
- it was universally felt
- he had led the country brilliantly. His attitude remained Victorian in a world that was shaping up very differently. However, it would be a mistake to consider Churchill merely as an anachronistic soldier. He grasped the problems of the Cold War immediately, believing that immature nations prematurely given independence would be more likely to be sucked into the vortex of Communism. This view chimed with American foreign policy, & made the Americans rather more pragmatic about their demands for self-governance for Empire countries. Lawrence James has written a fascinating portrait of an endlessly interesting statesman
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Includes:: tantalising vignettes about his penchants for silk underwear & champagne.









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Today, as liberty & truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill & Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom & democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision & inspired action, & cast a long shadow across our culture & politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks masterfully argues that these extraordinary men are as important today as they ever were. Churchill & Orwell stood in political opposition to each other, but were both committed to the preservation of freedom. However, in the late 1930s they occupied a lonely position: democracy was much discredited, & authoritarian rulers, fascist & communist, were everywhere in the ascent. Unlike others, they had the wisdom to see that the most salient issue was human liberty
- & that any government that denies its people basic rights is a totalitarian menace to be resisted. Churchill & Orwell proved their age`s necessary men, & this book reveals how they rose from a precarious position to triumph over the enemies of freedom. Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler`s defeat, but Orwell`s reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 & Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War & continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, & to the courage it takes to stay true to it.
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IWM has managed a Film Archive since it was first established in 1917, & the Archive now covers all aspects of conflicts in which British, Commonwealth or former Empire countries have been involved since the start of the twentieth century. The constantly growing collection extends to over 23, 000 hours of moving images, representing a wide & diverse range of material from public & service information films, documentaries & unedited combat film, through to official newsreels & amateur films. ...

The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world`s greatest thinkers & creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits & achievements of each subject, & uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British statesman & prime minister, a speechmaker who led Britain through the dark days of the Second World War. What, perhaps, they don`t know is that he came under enemy fire over 50 times; took 36 bottles of wine, 18 of scotch & 6 of vintage brandy to the Boer War; painted over 600 works of art & won the Nobel Prize for Literature; & developed his taste for Havana cigars while working as a war correspondent in the Cuban War of Independence. ...