Oldenburger Land on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club
- the official German cycling federation), in a series of maps with extensive overprint for long-distance & local cycling routes. GPS waypoints, route profiles, details of online links for information about accommodation etc. are also provided. Maps included in this series are contoured & the interval varies according to the type of the terrain. Steep sections are annotated with gradient markings. Colouring and/or graphics show various types of landscape: woods, vineyards, etc. An overprint highlights both the national long-distance cycling routes & the shorter local cycling trails, each clearly identified by a symbol and/or an abbreviation of its name. Sections with heavy traffic and/or poor road surface are clearly marked. Symbols indicate various facilities, such as railway stations with cycle hire, cycle repair shops, campsites, youth hostels, shelters, country restaurants/bars, sport & leisure facilities. Maps have a UTM grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device & they are printed on weather resistant & tear-resistant paper. Each map covers an area of Approx. 130 x 87 km & the map legend is in German only. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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A wickedly funny new series for ages six & up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On & the Pom Pom series, with colour illustrations throughout. Jeanie`s Grandma is BAD. Not bad like a vampire or a gangster or anything, more like... up to no good. Sometimes she can be a bit embarrassing but most of the time she`s REALLY fun, especially when she gets Jeanie involved in her mischievous schemes. Everyone says she`s old enough to know better... but she doesn`t seem to care one bit. In fact, Jeanie thinks she might quite like it! Bad Nana is a deliciously wicked new series for ages six & up, told through the eyes of 8-year-old Jeanie. Gorgeously illustrated throughout with vibrantly coloured spreads, Bad Nana`s naughty exploits will shock & appal
- & make you snort with laughter!
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Oldham in 1907 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 heart of Oldham, with stretching from Westbourne Street eastward to Bleasby Street, & from Cromwell Street northward to Samson Street. Features include railway with Mumps station, St Mary`s church, Market Ground, Market Hall, Coldhurst Hollow, Bank Top, Cold Hurst, Sarah Moor, Oldham Edge, Moorhey, Townfield, Greenacres Moor, St James Mill, Soho Iron Works, Castle Iron Works, tramways, Hartford Old Works, Derker Old Mill, Albany Mills, Granville Mill, Greenbank Mills, Commercial Mills, tramway depot, Glodwick Road station, Hargreaves Spindle Works, Werneth Mill, Summervale Mill, Willowbank Mill, Royal Mill, many other mills, rope works, Oldham Boiler Works, etc. On the reverse are 1918 street directory entries for High Street, Market Place, Mumps, Rock Street, Union Street & Yorkshire Street. 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. ...

Oldham East in 1907 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 eastern side of Oldham, stretching from Greenacres Hill & Kelverlow Street eastward to Stone Breaks & Shelderslow, & from Waterworks Road southward to Lees station. Areas include Bank Top, Crossbank, Shelderslow, Austerlands, Greenacres, Hey, Greenacres Fold, Birks, Taylor Green, Waterhead & Spring Hill. Features include tramways, Greenacres Cemetery, Stamford Mill, Owl Mill, Banktop Mills, engine shed (at Lees station), Dowry Mill, St John the Baptist church, Brookside Mills (in bottom right corner), Birks Quarry, Majestic Mill, Cairo Mill, Glen Mill, Prince of Wales Mill, football ground, Ruby Mill, Newbreck Mills, several other mills, Sun Hill, etc. The Austerlands & Shelderslow area was in Yorkshire. On the reverse are street directory entries for Greenacres Road, Huddersfield Road, Ripponden Road, Spring Street. 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. ...

Oldham South in 1906 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 southern side of Oldham, stretching from Windsor Road eastward to Abbey Hills Road, & from Wellington Street southward to Hollins Road & Hathershaw. Features include railway with Central & Clegg Street stations, Glodwick Brook, Glodwick, Alexandra Park, Brook Mills, Maple Mill, Earl Mill, Belgrave Mill, Castle Mill, Borough Mill, Pearl Mill, Glodwick Mill, Commercial Mill, Broadway Mills, Alma Mills, Copster Mill, Primrose Bank Mills, other mills, tramways, Chamber Colliery, Hulme Grammar School, Primrose Bank, Coppice, St Thomas`s church, Lowside Brick Works, Cherry Valley, Fitton Hill, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Ashton Road, Belgrave Road, Copster Hill Road, King Street, Lee Street, Park Road, Queen`s Road & Waterloo Street, plus an 1897 railway timetable for the Oldham-Stockport line. 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. ...

In November every year, on Remembrance Sunday, representatives of the whole nation parade past the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The last section to pass is always a group of London Transport staff. For decades they marched in the company of a very special vehicle: a bright red open-topped double-decker London bus. This was B-type bus number B43. Written using detailed study of the first hand accounts preserved in official war diaries & reports, & other extensive research, this is the complete story of B43, Ole Bill, & other London buses that went to war in Northern France in 1914. ...

This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself & her memories as an insight into how children see & know. It is a look at Egypt up to, & including, World War II from a small girl`s point of view, which is also, ultimately, a moving & rather sad picture of an isolated & lonely little girl. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Stephanie Williams` ” Olga`s Story” is the moving account of a woman`s life lived at the heart of the twentieth century. Olga Yunter was born in July 1900 in a remote frontier post in southern Siberia. A girlhood played out against the backdrop of the China trade changed forever, when, at seventeen, Olga joined her brothers in their fight against the Bolsheviks. Death & retribution followed. Olga was forced to flee to China, rubies sewn into her petticoats. Twice more Olga would be forced to leave everything behind
- first to escape Mao`s Communists, & again when Japan invaded China during World War II. From the comfort of her family to the terror of revolution, war & exile, ” Olga`s Story” is the heartbreaking tale of the author`s grandmother. ”A heartbreaking story of disaster & survival through some of the worst conflicts & upheavals of our benighted age.. .moving & brilliant”. (” Sunday Telegraph”). ”A gripping & authentic narrative of a life that was at once ordinary & remarkable”. (”TLS”). Stephanie Williams has spent the last ten years piecing together her grandmother`s story. A journalist & author of two works of non-fiction she lives in London.
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