No Place, Beamish & West Pelton 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 covers the village of Beamish (though Beamish Hall & the area now covered by the museum are to the north). It also

Includes:: the hamlet known as No Place, Co-operative Villas, & extends east to West Pelton & High Handenhold, which are in the south-eastern corner. The NER Annfield Plain Branch (now part of the C2C cycle path) runs through the map & Beamish station is near the centre. Other features include the Beamish Wagonway, Stanley Wagonway, & Beamish Colliery
- East Stanley Pit & Second Pit; also High Urpeth Cottages, Urpeth Burn, Forgebank Plantation, Edenhill Plantation, St Paul`s church West Pelton, saw mills, Beamish Stables, Shepherd & Shepherdess pub, etc. Directory entries for West Pelton & Beamish (or Pit Hill) are 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.


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In 1934, eleven-year-old Shimon Peres emigrated to the land of Israel from his native Pol&, leaving behind an extended family who would later be murdered in the Holocaust. Few back then would have predicted that this young man would eventually become one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Peres would go on to serve the new nation as prime minister, president, foreign minister, & the head of several other ministries. He was central to the establishment of the Israeli Defense Forces & the defence industry that would provide the young nation with a robust deterrent power. He was crucial to launching Israel`s nuclear energy programme & to the creation of its high-tech ” Start Up Nation” revolution. His refusal to surrender to conventional wisdom & political conventions helped save the Israeli economy & prompted some of the most daring military operations in history, among them the legendary Operation Entebbe. & yet, as important as his role in creating & deploying Israel`s armed forces was, his stunning transition from hawk to dove
- with its accompanying unwavering commitment to peace
- made him one of the globe`s most recognised, honored & admired statesmen. In his final work, Peres offers a long-awaited examination of the crucial turning points in Israeli history through the prism of having been a decision-maker & eyewitness. Told with the frankness of someone aware this would likely be his final statement, NO ROOM FOR SMALL DREAMS spans decades & events, but as much as it is about what happened, it is about why it happened. Examining pivotal moments in Israel`s rise, Peres explores what makes for a great leader, how to make hard choices in a climate of uncertainty & distress, the challenges of balancing principles with policies, & the liberating nature of imagination & unpredicted innovation. In doing so, he not only charts a better path forward for his beloved country but provides deep & universal wisdom for younger generations who seek to lead
- be it in politics, business, or the broader service of making our planet a safer, more peaceful, & just place.


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No Shitting In The Toilet is named after a sign Peter Moore saw on the door of the lavatory at Jack`s Cafe in Dali, Yunnan Province, in China. It`s a sign that encapsulated his travel philosophy: that things never quite turn out as you expect. You end up in situations that defy logic, rational thought &, quite often, general well-being
- & yet you have a brilliant time, not in spite of these situations, but because of them. & this is the philosophy behind this book & the reason why it isn`t really a normal travel guide. OK, it might look like one in its structure & choice of topics, but in fact it`s quite the opposite. Instead of practical hints, it gives you impractical ones (How to avoid jet lag
- avoid jets.. .) & rather than tell you the best places to stay, it tells you the worst. Instead of celebrating transcendental travel experiences, it revels in the most demeaning ones (On checking the hygiene in restaurants: there are 2 things you don`t really want to see in life. The first is your parents having sex. The second is the state of the kitchen in restaurants catering for backpackers.). But in that sense NSITT is more in touch with the way things really are. The world of NSITT is one where you`re more likely to find a cockroach on your pillow than a complimentary mint, a world where you take your life in your own hands every time you get on a bus, a world where everything goes wrong, & you still end up loving every minute of it. Based on the author`s award-winning travel website, NSITT is not only hugely entertaining but also eminently practical, with advice on everything from Backpacking & Souvenirs, to Sex & Romance & Health & Eating (and some words of advice for vegetarians: hope you like rice...).

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Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 100mm x 300mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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If there`s an adventure to be had, it`s likely that David Hempleman-Adams has been there first. Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes & Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, he is the first person in history to achieve what is termed the Adventurers` Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic & Magnetic North & South Poles as well as climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. The question Hempleman-Adams is most often asked is, simply: what drives him on? Why risk frostbite pulling a sledge to the North Pole? Why experience the Death Zone on Everest? Why fly in the tiny basket of a precarious balloon across the Atlantic? Is it simply the case that he likes to push himself to the limits, or is there something more to it? No Such Thing as Failure answers these questions & more, uncovering what drives arguably the world`s greatest adventurer. ...

When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, ” There`s no future in infectious diseases. They`ve all been solved.” Fortunately, Piot ignored him, & the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease-the Ebola virus-was spreading. Later, Piot found himself in the field again when another mysterious epidemic broke out: AIDS. He traveled throughout Africa, leading the first international AIDS initiatives there. Then, as founder & director of UNAIDS, he negotiated policies with leaders from Fidel Castro to Thabo Mbeki & helped turn the tide of the epidemic. Candid & engrossing, No Time to Lose captures the urgency & excitement of being on the front lines in the fight against today`s deadliest diseases. ...

When Peter Piot was in medical school, a professor warned, ” There`s no future in infectious diseases. They`ve all been solved.” Fortunately, Piot ignored him, & the result has been an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, as a young man, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease-the Ebola virus-was spreading. Later, Piot found himself in the field again when another mysterious epidemic broke out: AIDS. He traveled throughout Africa, leading the first international AIDS initiatives there. Then, as founder & director of UNAIDS, he negotiated policies with leaders from Fidel Castro to Thabo Mbeki & helped turn the tide of the epidemic. Candid & engrossing, No Time to Lose captures the urgency & excitement of being on the front lines in the fight against today`s deadliest diseases. ...

From the first rumblings of dissent in 2011, No Turning Back shows the unravelling of a nation: peaceful protests in Damascus collapsing into violence, families on both sides shattered by nighttime shellings, & religious conviction sharpened by rage to a radical point. Abouzeid shows Syrians finding new ways to live & resist even as the cruelty of President Bashar al-Assad`s dictatorial regime
- & the rising threat of Al-Qaeda & the Islamic State
- tears their homeland apart.

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Bibliophile Bart Van Aken has been collecting"es about reading for several years. This book contains his own personal selection. Including such declarations of love as ” Reading is that fruitful miracle of communication in the midst of solitude” (Marcel Proust), surprising, witty statements like ” Outside of a dog, a book is a man`s best friend. Inside of a dog it`s too dark to read” (Groucho Marx) & wise statements to mull over, including ” We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it” (Anthony Burgess). Every"e is presented in a unique, original & tailor-made design by Dooreman, with an adapted font or special letter shapes. Where applicable, the"e has also been provided in the original language alongside the English, with a brief explanation, such as the author & context. ...

This is the definitive manual for the hopeless Venetophile. Love of Venice can strike anyone. Among the heavyweights with serious cases were Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound & Ernest Hemingway. Symptoms today include: wishing that the stars of films set in Venice would move aside so that you can get a better view of the scenery; wondering why people ask if you had good weather when you were there
- as if rain could dampen your love; thinking that people who go to Tuscany or Provence must be mad; believing that the ” Per San Marco” street sign with arrows pointing in opposite directions makes perfect sense; &, consoling yourself when you leave by remembering the generations of Venetian merchants who, as they were borne away from Venice, vowed to be back as soon as they had more money. There is no cure for this affliction. This is a guide to managing it.
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