Over the last two hundred years Parliament has witnessed & effected dramatic & often turbulent change. Political parties rose
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Over the last two hundred years Parliament has witnessed & effected dramatic & often turbulent change. Political parties rose
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The history of Parliament is the history of the United Kingdom itself. It has a cast of thousands. Some were ambitious, visionary & altruistic. Others were hot-headed, violent & self-serving. Few were unambiguously noble. Yet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal & their unstable alliances framed our nation. This first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from Parliament`s earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses & the upheavals of the Civil Wars, & up to 1801, when Parliament
- & the United Kingdom, embracing Scotland & Ireland
- emerged in a modern form. Chris Bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad MPs, lords & bishops who passed through Parliament. It is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions & obsessions, strengths & weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracy.

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In an age where you can even play games on your mobile phone, traditional indoor games, or parlour games as they were called by the Victorians, might be regarded as a thing of the past. However, there are many reasons for us to bring them back to the mainstream. Indoor games work because they are simple, they cost nothing, you need very little equipment, they exercise the mind creatively & intellectually & they cut across generations. But most of all they are fun. Parlour Games contains everything you need to know to play over 60 games ordered alphabetically for quick & easy reference, plus it`s a lovely gift to pass on for future generations to enjoy! So instead of reaching for the remote control, why not play a few family games? With Parlour Games you`ll never be bored indoors! Word count: 15, 000 ...

From the bestselling author of ” Al-Qaeda”, Jason Burke`s ” On the Road to Kandahar” reveals the true face of Islam in an age of global conflict. In the summer of 1991 Jason Burke set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in Iraq. It was the start of a remarkable journey that would take him from the sands of the Sahara to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, revealing the true complexity & variety of the ` Islamic world`. Describing encounters with hundreds of people ranging from destitute refugees to senior government ministers, from American snipers to hardened `mujahideen`, this extraordinary work of reportage is a vivid account of life & death, war & peace, bigotry & ignorance, hate & tolerance. ” Fast-paced.. .fascinating”. (” Sunday Times”). ”A personal odyssey shot through with vivid description & human sympathy”. (” New Statesman”). ”A beautifully written account of a decade spent in Muslim societies.. .intensely personal.. .absorbing & illuminating”. (” Daily Mail”). ” Makes mainstream coverage seem like a caricature.. .by refusing to generalize, this illuminating first-hand exploration.. .makes it clear the subject is far more complex than most Western commentators like to make out”. (” Metro”). Jason Burke is the South Asia correspondent for the ” Guardian”. He has reported around the world for both the ” Guardian” & the ” Observer”. He is the author of two other widely praised books, both published by Penguin: ” Al-Qaeda” & ” The 9/11 Wars”. He lives in New Delhi. ...

Parma Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is now published with digital cartography. ...

Parma Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is now published with digital cartography. ...

Parma Province at 1:150, 000 in a series of handy size provincial road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & country tracks than can be found on most regional maps from other publishers. This title is now available in a digitally produced edition.LAC’s provincial series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Parnassos at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured maps from Road Editions covering popular hiking areas of Greece. All the maps have altitude coloring & spot heights
- contour interval varies, as indicated in the descriptions of individual titles. Local footpaths are marked &, for road users the maps show picturesque routes, intermediate driving distances on minor roads, & locations of petrol stations & tyre repairs workshops. Boundaries of national parks & administrative regions are marked, & symbols show campsites, hotels & mountain refuges, & various landmarks & places of interest, e.g. archaeological sites, churches, etc. All place names are in both Greek & Latin alphabet. All the titles have latitude & longitude margin ticks, many also show GPS waypoints. Some maps come with a booklet or notes on the reverse side giving further information about the area and/or descriptions of hiking routes. Map legends include English. In this title: Mount Parnassos & the surrounding area, covering Approx. 35 x 34 km / 22 x 21 miles. The booklet, in Greek & English,

Includes:: an index, general information about the area & a detailed description of an ancient path from the famous Temple of Apollo in Delphi to the Coryncian cave. Please note: Items from this publisher can have long delivery times. If your selected item is displayed as not in stock & you need the item within 4 weeks, to avoid disappointment we suggest you order a similar item from an alternative publisher.


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Parnassos
- Kirfis area in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant hiking maps at scales varying from 1:50, 000 to 1:10, 000,
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