Andalusia is a passion
- & fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War,
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Rose Grove & Habergham in 1909 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 west side of Burnley, stretching from Wordsworth Street westward to the eastern edge of Padiham, & from the Accrington Road northward to the Padiham Road. Three distinct areas, Rose Grove, Lowerhouse & Habergham are covered by the map. Features include stretches of railway with Rose Grove station, engine shed & Smallshaw Sidings; Globe Iron Works, Peel Mill, Imperial Mill, Higher Smallshaw, Woodbine Mill, Lane Ends, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Woodbine Farm, Lower Rosegrove, Lowerhouse Mill, Knotts, Lowerhouse Print Works, Ivy Bank, tramways, Habergham Colliery, All Saints church, etc. On the reverse are extracts from an early directory for Lowerhouse Lane, Padiham Road & Rose Grove 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. ...

It`s the night before Rose`s mum re-marries. Rose can`t sleep for worrying & nor can her muddled Great-Aunt Cosy, her namesake. Rose sees the old lady leaving the house & runs after her to the London underground. Their empty train stops in 1940, in a war-torn London broken by the Blitz. Here, Rose witnesses great romance & impending sacrifice. Tragedy will surely follow
- unless she can change what happens next.. .
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Beata Zatorska learned to make pierogi & other Polish recipes in her grandmother`s farmhouse kitchen, in the remote village in the foothills of the Karkanosze mountains where she grew up. When she returned years later her beloved grandmother was gone, but she found her handwritten recipes for preparing traditional Polish dishes, & for preserving the precious fruit & vegetables grown in the family garden. Those recipes make up this charming book, together with Beata`s memories of her childhood in Poland in the `60`s & `70`s, & the story of her journey with her husband Simon to discover Poland today. ...

A wonderful new story starring old friends & new from the much-beloved Victorian world of Hetty Feather. Rose Rivers lives in a beautiful house with her artist father, her difficult, fragile mother & her many siblings. She has everything money can buy
- beautiful dresses, horse-riding lessons, books
- but she`s not satisfied. Why can`t she be sent away to a good school like her twin brother? Why can`t she learn to become a famous artist like her father or his friend Paris Walker. Why is life so unfair for people who were not born rich? When a young girl, Clover Moon, joins the household as a nursemaid to Rose`s troubled sister Beth, Rose finds a true friend for the first time & she starts to learn more about the world outside. Will Rose finally achieve her dreams? & will she be able to help Clover find her own dream? Beautifully illustrated by Nick Sharratt, Rose Rivers is a brilliant new addition to Hetty Feather`s world, by the award-winning & bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.

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The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime
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Rosemary Woodhouse & her struggling actor-husb&, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation & only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman & Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary`s reservations about their eccentricity & the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, & the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets` circle is not what it seems. ...

Rosenheim on a topographic map at 1:200, 000 from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Germany’s federal mapping agency. The map covers an area of Approx. 100 x 90km. This map is belongs to a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only. PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Rosenheim in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Bad Aibling, Kolbermoor, Raubling, Großkarolinenfeld, Bruckmühl, Tuntenhausen. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Map No. 181, Rosenheim
- Bad Aibling
- Wasserburg am Inn, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage

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