Hanwell & Norwood Green in 1934 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. Two versions of this map have been published to show how the area developed across the years. The maps cover the southern portion of Hanwell around St Mark`s church in the north-eastern corner, extending south & west to include the village of Norwood Green, with St Mary`s church in the south-western corner. The GWR Brentford branch, Windmill Lane, & the Grand Junction Canal run through the map. The principal feature is the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, opened in 1831, & part of the map covers the northern section of Osterley Park. Extracts from early directories on the reverse on the 1894 map; the 1934 map has entries K-Z of the Hanwell entry from a 1933 directory. 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. ...

Hanwell Village in 1894 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. Two versions of this map have been published; each map covers the same area, still largely rural in 1894, stretching from Mount Pleasant & Dormers Wells Lane eastward to Hanwell Park & Cuckoo Lane, & from Central London District School southward to Hanwell High Street. By 1934 the area is more built up & the later map covers Hanwell Village & the area north & west, with the eastern part of Southall around Burns Avenue & Dormers Wells. Features include Hanwell station, Hanwell Bridge, Broadway, Elthorne Heights, Brent Lodge Park, St Mary`s church, Church Road, Mill Farm. The 1934 version

Includes:: the A-J entries from a contemporary trade directory. 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.

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Hanwell Village in 1934 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. Two versions of this map have been published; each map covers the same area, still largely rural in 1894, stretching from Mount Pleasant & Dormers Wells Lane eastward to Hanwell Park & Cuckoo Lane; from Central London District School southward to Hanwell High Street. By 1934 the area is more built up & the later map covers Hanwell Village & the area north & west, with the eastern part of Southall around Burns Avenue & Dormers Wells. Features include Hanwell station, Hanwell Bridge, Broadway, Elthorne Heights, Brent Lodge Park, St Mary`s church, Church Road, Mill Farm. The 1934 version

Includes:: the A-J entries from a contemporary trade directory. 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.

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Hanworth & North West Hampton in 1934 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 parts of Hampton & Hanworth, stretching from Castle Way eastward to Nightingale Road & southward to Barlow Road. Features include centre of Hanworth with war memorial, St George`s church, Tudor Court, reservoirs & pumping station, many nursery greenhouses, isolation hospital, All Saints church etc. On the reverse are 1890 & 1933 directories for Hanworth. 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. ...

Hanworth Park in 1934 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 catches the area at the peak of its fame, when the London Air Park was thriving. This airport was twice visited by the Graf Zeppelin, & survived until 1947, by which time it was too close to the expanding Heathrow. The map

Includes:: the Air Park & the area east towards New Hanworth, & north towards the SR Windsor line of which just a small section is shown. The map is crossed diagonally by Hampton Road, becoming Uxbridge Road, & other roads include Hounslow Road, Waverley Avenue, Twickenham Road. Other features include farms & nurseries, while the River Crane meanders through the map. There is a directory of Hanworth on the back, together with a very informative history of the area by Tony Painter. 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.

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A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted & Commonwealth Writers` Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, & Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out & interweave, bringing disparate lives together. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma & to check up on the daughter of friends, his `niece`, Ama, who hasn`t called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown
- & now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London`s myriad streets, of volunteer fox-spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help & as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila & Jean unfolds. In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost & new, of past griefs & of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another & all living creatures
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Happiness & How it Happens reveals how happiness-the state of being we all aspire to-is a natural state for us, & so is attainable for all. The Happy Buddha explores what happiness actually is & how we all can achieve it through the transformational practice of mindfulness meditation. Sharing personal & philosophical reflections, practical teachings, & enlightening insights into trust, compassion, radical self-acceptance, & the value of contentment, The Happy Buddha draws upon Buddhism, psychotherapy, & focusing (a method of listening to our intuitive wisdom) to reveal the true riches of wellbeing. ...

As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, Dolan conducts original research into the measurement of happiness & its causes & consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. Here he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness
- it`s not just how you feel, it`s how you act. Happiness by Design shows that being happier requires us to actively re-design our immediate environment. Enough has been written on how to think happy. Happiness by Design is about how to behave happy & how to incorporate the most recent research findings into our everyday lives.
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What is human happiness & how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence & Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, & philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human flourishing plays a central role in the assessment of national & global progress. It shows why the traditional national income approach is limited as a measure of human wellbeing & demonstrates how the contributors to happiness, wellbeing, & quality of life can be measured & understood across the human life course. Discussing wide-ranging aspects, from parenting, decent employment, friendship, education, & health in old age, through to money, autonomy, & fairness, as well as personal strategies & governmental polices used in the pursuit of happiness, it offers a science-based understanding of human flourishing. Written by an economist involved in helping governmental organisations move `beyond GDP`, Happiness Explained shows how a wide range of factors that contribute to better & happier lives & how, together, they provide a new blueprint for the assessment of progress in terms of personal wellbeing. ...

` Loved this book. Funny, quirky, unexpected` Jojo Moyes` Very clever & great fun` Kate Eberlen` Bridget Jones` diary for the digital age` Daily Record Happiness for Humans is a joyful, romantic & very funny story, perfect for readers who loved The Rosie Project & Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. Don`t tell anyone, but Jen is one of my favourite people. (Machines aren`t supposed to have favourites. Don`t ask me how this has happened.) Jen is sad. Aiden wants her to be happy. Simple? Except that Jen is a thirty-something woman whose boyfriend has just left her & Aiden is a very complicated, very expensive piece of software. Aiden knows Jen inside out. With access to all her devices, he knows her most played song, can find her favourite photos & single out the insta-quotes which most inspire her. Based on observations & unique algorithms, he has calculated that Jen should find a new man to achieve optimum wellbeing. & with the whole of the internet at his disposal, he doesn`t have to look far to find a perfect specimen & engineer a meeting. Except Jen seems to be remarkably unwilling to fall in line with Aiden`s flawless plan. Can a very artificially intelligent machine discover emotional intelligence in time to fix Jen`s life? & find out what exactly makes human beings happy?` This is Jane Austen`s Emma for the digital age`
- Keith Stuart, bestselling author of A Boy made from Blocks` So funny, clever & timely. I loved it`
- Martha Kearney` This clever novel will appeal to David Nicholls fans. It`s witty & great fun`
- Daily Mail` This funny, madcap romp for the digital-age, featuring believably flawed characters (not all human), deserves to be a hit... like David Nicholls` One Day or Graeme Simsion`s The Rosie Project, it should appeal to male & female readers.` The most charming book I`ve read in ages`
- Image magazine` You`ll love this quirky, brilliantly funny love story... If you use Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant, prepare to have your heart warmed
- & be a little bit scared!`
- Fabulous magazine` This screwball comedy is touching & hilarious`
- Sunday Mirror` One of the most uplifting & romantic novels I`ve read in a long time`
- Sarra Manning, Red magazine` Funny & clever`
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