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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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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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. ...

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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Happiness is Possible tells the story of a writer late delivering his novel, unable to write anything uplifting since his wife walked out. All he can produce is notes about the happiness of others. But something draws him into the Moscow lives around him, bringing together lonely neighbours, restoring lost love, & helping out with building renovations. & happiness seems determined to catch up with him as well - ...

In this debut collection, Chinelo Okparanta introduces us to families burdened equally by the past & the future. Here, we meet a childless couple with very different desires; a college professor comforting a troubled student; a mother seeking refuge from an abusive husband; an embittered spinster recalling the loss of a dear childhood friend; & a young woman waiting to join her lover abroad. High expectations
- whether of success in Nigeria, or the dream of opportunity & accomplishment in America
- consume them. In language that is both raw & elegant, Happiness, Like Water heralds the arrival of a fearless & sensitive literary voice.

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Lonely Planet`s ” Happy
- Secrets to Happiness from the Cultures of the World” Mini Edition, aims to show you how & where you
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