Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Jedburgh & Wooler (showing part of the Northumberland National Park & the Pennine Way). Edition A3; Publication date May 2009 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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An urgent Penguin Special investigating the 2014 mass-kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by the world`s deadliest terrorists On 14th April 2014, 276 girls disappeared from a secondary school in northern Nigeria, kidnapped by the world`s deadliest terror group. A tiny number have escaped back to their families but over 200 remain missing. Reporting from inside the traumatised & blockaded community of Chibok, Helon Habila tracks down the survivors & the bereaved. Two years after the attack, he bears witness to their stories & to their grief. & moving from the personal to the political, he presents a comprehensive indictment of Boko Haram, tracing the circumstances of their ascent & the terrible fallout of their ongoing presence in Nigeria. ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK` An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read
- I loved it!` Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR` Clever & compelling. You`ll love THE CHILD` Clare Mackintosh` Tense, tantalising & ultimately very satisfying... definitely one of the year`s must-reads` Lee Child******** When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it`s impossible to ignore. For one woman, it`s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her. For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for the third, a journalist, it`s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth. The Child`s story will be told.********`I loved this gripping story that kept me guessing to the end` Liz Nugent` Fiona Barton is a major new talent` M J Arlidge
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After crossing oceans, a man & a boy arrive in a new l&. Here they are each assigned a name & an age, & held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon & David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully. Simon finds a job in a grain wharf. The work is unfamiliar & backbreaking, but he soon warms to his stevedore comrades, who during breaks conduct philosophical dialogues on the dignity of labour, & generally take him to their hearts. Now he must set about his task of locating the boy's mother. Though like everyone else who arrives in this new country he seems to be washed clean of all traces of memory, he is convinced he will know her when he sees her. & indeed, while walking with the boy in the countryside Simon catches sight of a woman he is certain is the mother, & persuades her to assume the role. David's new mother comes to realise that he is an exceptional child, a bright, dreamy boy with highly unusual ideas about the world. But the school authorities detect a rebellious streak in him & insist he be sent to a special school far away. His mother refuses to yield him up, & it is Simon who must drive the car as the trio flees across the mountains. The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful & continually surprising novel from a very great writer. ...

This is an astonishing new masterpiece from the Nobel & twice Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace & Summertime. After crossing oceans, a man & a boy
- both strangers to each other
- arrive in a new l&. David, the boy, has lost his mother & Simon vows to look after him. In this strange new country they are assigned a new name, a new birthday, a new life. Knowing nothing of their surroundings, nor the language or customs, they are determined to find David`s mother. Though the boy has no memory of her, Simon is certain he will recognize her at first sight. ” But after we find her, ” David asks, ”what are we here for?” The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful & continually surprising novel from a very great writer.

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When Alice Mistlethwaite is shipped off to boarding school in Scotland it`s nothing like she imagines. Run by the mysterious Major, there are no punishments & the students are more likely to be taught about body painting or extreme survival than maths or English! Then Alice`s dad goes missing & she must run away to find him. Can she persuade her new friends to helpso begins an epic quest across wild Scottish highlands & islands, where friendships will be made & broken, lies will be untangled & the children will face danger & excitement at every turn. Both hilarious & heartfelt, this is the classic adventure story brought bang up to date, & told in Natasha`s inimitable voice. ...

Award-winning P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, plots this atmospheric & disturbing novel in the year 2021. Children of Men is a brilliant mystery possessing all of the qualities which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, the Warden of Engl&, the old are despairing & the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably, as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. PD James is the world`s pre-eminent crime writer, most famous for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries & for her bestselling titles Death Comes to Pemberley & The Murder Room. Children of Men was adapted into a hit film in 2006, directed by Alfonso Cuaron the film starred Clive Owen, Michael Caine & Julianne Moore. ...

Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials & cemeteries of ` Flanders Fields`. Many married local women & their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school & were intensely proud to be British. When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened: some children managed to escape, others were not so lucky. But, armed with their linguistic skills & local knowledge, pupils of the British Memorial School were uniquely prepared to fight Hitler in occupied territory & from Britain. Still in their teens, some risked capture, torture & death in intelligence & resistance operations in the field. An exceptional patriotism spurred them on to feats of bravery in this new conflict. Whilst their peers at home were being evacuated to the English countryside, these children were directly exposed to danger in one of the major theatres of war. James Fox was a pupil at the British Memorial School in 1940 & he has made it his mission to trace his former school friends. The Children Who Fought Hitler is their story: a war story about people from an unusual community, told from a fresh & human perspective. Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance, published recently by Hodder & Stoughton, tells the story of one of James`s former school friends, Stephen Grady, & his role in the French Resistance. ...

To suppport Save the Children, bestselling authors from around the world have banded together to create a bold & moving anthology of stories about childhood. Participants include acclaimed & award-winning authors such as David Almond, Margaret Atwood, Andre Brink, Melvin Burgess, Nadine Gordimer, Eva Hoffman, Alberto Manguel, Meg Rosoff, Nicholas Shakespeare, Ali Smith & Richard Zimler. ...

Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world
- but their lives, & those of their rich cousins & their friends, the son & daughter of a curator at the new Victoria & Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, but as the sons rebel against their parents & the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the children`s book.
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