Goathland in 1910 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 village of Goathl&, deep in the North York Moors, including the station, Goathland Hotel, Goathland Hydro, Stone Crushing Works & tramway, St Mary`s church, Mallyan Spout & Goathland House. A directory of Goathland is on the reverse. 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. ...

The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances & an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, ”stuck in a big, dark hole.” Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious & surreal journey through engineering, design, & psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, & goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, & a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker & campfire) before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites & his readers discover what it truly means to be human? Goat Man tells all in Thwaites`s inimitable style, which NPR extols as ”a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures.” ...

Life is never simple for PR consultant Anna Nicholas as she attempts to cut loose her ties with London for a more manana existence in rural Mallorca with her family. Despite nearing her dream to open a cattery, she is thrown off course by the abduction of her beloved toad, a scorpion infestation, getting lost in the hills & a growing fixation with ancient goats. Meanwhile in London she`s coping with loopy new clients
- an amorous rock climber, a Bulgarian transvestite couturier & a couple of warring designers. Witty, pithy & brimming with memorable characters, ” Goats From A Small Island” is Anna`s third book about working between two places & a delightful tribute to Mallorca`s rich & varied way of life.
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Goats in Trees 2012 calendar with thirteen rather interesting images of Goats in trees
- in arid regions like Southern Morocco,
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Goats in Trees 2013 calendar with thirteen rather interesting images of Goats in trees
- in arid regions like Southern Morocco,
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Meet the wiliest jackal in the forest. Too lazy to hunt for food, he decides to trick his friend the crane, & then proceeds to gobble up every animal he comes across
- This story, with cumulative rhyme, is an adaptation of an oral trickster tale from Rajasthan in India. It is illustrated with finger painting by the talented Sunita, from the Meena tribe in Rajasthan. She adapts a traditional Meena art form called Mandana, which is traditionally painted by women on the walls & floors of their village homes. This is the first time that this style
- rarely seen outside the confines of Meena villages
- has been used in a children`s book.


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`A profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging & beautifully written fable.. . a marvellous piece of work.`
- Stuart Kelly,
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The new novel from the author of Beloved The past has a hold like no other... Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black & panther-like, wants to love her man, Booker, but she finds herself betrayed by a moment in her past, a moment borne of a desperate burn for the love of her mother. Booker cannot fathom Bride`s depths, with his own love-lorn past bending him out of shape. Can they find a way through the damage wrought on their blameless childhood souls, to light & happiness, free from pain? Toni Morrison`s fierce & provocative new novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, & how this echoes through the generations. ...

As the world becomes more modern, it is not becoming more secular. Instead, on the street & in the corridors of power, religion is surging. As ” God is Back” shows, for better or for worse, faith is on the increase
- fuelled by an American-style model of personal, customer-driven, aggressively marketed religion. Shining a light on this huge, hidden world of faith, from Californian megachurches to exorcisms in Sao Paulo, from China`s aspirant middle-class Christians to mosques in Nigeria, this book shows that if you want to understand the modern world, you cannot afford to ignore God
- whether you believe in Him or not.

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God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive & distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, & proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without `him`. ...