In ” Monkey Grip”, Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving & living
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Monkey lives in a jungle that tourists love to visit. But he`s getting tired of them taking pictures of him all the time
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”I`ve lost my mum!” It`s not too much fun being lost in the jungle, & little monkey wants his mummy. A kindly butterfly is keen to help, but they don`t seem to be having much luck as the well-meaning butterfly misunderstands monkey`s descriptions & leads him to all sorts of unsuitable animals! But eventually, they find... Dad! It`s just as well that he knows exactly where mum is, & she`s waiting with a well-deserved cuddle. Monkey Puzzle is a clever, funny & charming tale from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover & beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson & Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format & with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo`s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail & the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Charlie Cook`s Favourite Book, & A Squash & a Squeeze. ...

Poor little Monkey has lost his mum. Kindly Butterfly tries to help, but somehow she keeps getting it wrong! Will Monkey ever find his mum? Children will have hours of fun assembling six favourite jigsaw scenes from the best-selling book, & reading the original story. ...

This is an exciting title in this informative series, containing over 100 full-colour stickers, which children can match to the illustrations. This beautifully illustrated sticker book doubles as a spotter`s guide, with accurate & simple descriptions that allow children to seek out & find a whole variety of monkeys, apes & primates, noting down when & where they were spotted in the spaces provided. ...

Apes & monkeys. They are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Their peculiarities & abilities, their behaviour & mysteries fascinate us to the core. Indeed, they resemble us in so many ways. This volume illustrates the enormous diversity among them, a fact that is apparent just in the range of

Sizes: While the pygmy marmoset weighs roughly 100 grams, an adult gorilla can be 270 kilos. Ingo Arndt introduces us to some of the most impressive species, the case studies for the fascinating variety of these animals. Among them are intelligent orangutans, whose name literally means forest person; cultured Japanese macaques, who enjoy bathing in warm volcanic hot springs; mighty, but usually peaceful gorillas; geladas from the barren grassy regions of the Ethiopian Highlands; & bald uakaris
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- from the swamp forests of the Amazon headwaters. Ingo Arndt has spent a decade capturing wonderful images of these apes & monkeys in the wild. His photographs are an intimate & dynamic testament that

Includes:: impressive portraits emphasizing individual character juxtaposed with descriptive snapshots & ambient panoramas. He describes how the photographs were taken &

Includes:: anecdotes of his adventures on his travels. Each section features an informative introductory chapter by zoologist Fritz Jantschke.







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Monkwearmouth & Southwick in 1895 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, part of a group covering Sunderl&, is double-sided & covers much of the area north of the River Wear, historically known as Monkwearmouth. Coverage stretches from Southwick eastward to the coast. Features include Holy Trinity church Southwick, The Green, High Southwick, Low Southwick, Cornhill Dock, Deptford Yard (on the south side of the river), Carley Hill Farm, Carley Hill Wagonway, Sunderland`s Newcastle Road football ground (the club had not yet moved to Roker), Wearmouth Colliery, Monkwearmouth Iron & Steel Works, Wearmouth Foundry, Wear Hemp & Wire Rope Works, tramways, etc. Railways include the NER`s Newcastle & Sunderland line (though Monkwearmouth station is south of this map), North Dock Branch & Hylton Southwick & Monkwearmouth Branch. The map on the reverse
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- continues coverage eastward & covers the coastal area including North Dock, Harbour Entrance, lighthouses, Roker Pier, Roker Park, Roker Hotel, South Pier & Coastguard station. 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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Monmouthshire, an original antique map by B. Clarke / H.G. Collins, published in London, c. 1848 -1852. A lithograph engraving, coloured. Map size 35 x 41 cm with a mount size of 49.5 x 57.5 cm.A detailed nineteenth-century map of Monmouth that was published in the atlas, The British Gazetteer, Political, Commercial, Ecclesiastical, & Historical.. . in 1852. These lithograph maps bear the imprint of H.G. Collins in Paternoster Row & show accurate geographical detail, including the expanding railway network, surrounded by a floral border. Information also

Includes:: the turnpike & mail coach roads as well as parliamentary boundaries & polling places, the seats of the nobility & the gentry, & market towns with their distances from London. The maps are lithographic version of Robert Rowe's county maps that were published from engraved copperplates between 1814 & 1842. Collins also published these lithograph versions in 1848 in the New British Atlas & they were subsequently reused by Phillips in his County Atlas.. . in the 1860s
- their use in a variety of publications is testament to their popularity. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford


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Monmouth in 1918 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 most of the town & features include St Mary`s church, Monnow Street, Castle remains, Priory Mill, Grammar School, Cattle Market, Troy station, May Hill station, Trothy Bridge (near foot of map), Victoria Estate, Over Monnow, St James church, Brook Estate, Chippenham, St Thomas Square, Drybridge, Monnow Bridge, Wye Bridge, etc. Directory extracts listing private residents are on the reverse, plus 1906 railway timetables for the Coleford-Monmouth-Chepstow & Ross-Monmouth-Pontypool lines. 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. ...

Monmouthshire in a series of colourful reproductions of attractive county maps by John Speede from about 1610-1611, printed on thick art paper & ideal for framing. Each title, 58 x 45cm / approx. 23” x 18”, is decorated with additional notes, drawings, coats of arms, street plans, etc. Little drawings are used to show locations of towns, larger villages, hills & woodlands or parks. Rivers & lakes are also drawn, as are boundaries of the administrative subdivisions with the names of the Hundreds. Surrounding the county are decorative panels filled with additional information which differs from title to title: street plans, coats of arms of notable local families, geographical features, notes about local history, etc. ...