In this riveting book, political journalist Peter Snow & military historian Dan Snow bring to life the most intense & bitterly fought battles of the 20th century
- from the apocalyptic terrain of the Western Front to the desert landscape of Iraq. Punctuated by powerful eyewitness testimony, their compelling & often shocking narrative highlights the strategy of military commanders as well as the experience of men on the frontline. 20th Century Battlefields looks back at the most violent century in history & examines the challenges facing armed forces in the future.
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This book is a marvelous guide to 30 of the world`s most famous or truly fascinating marathons. Sorted by month, you find the important venues in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, & Australia, from classics such as the New York City Marathon to the extraordinary courses like the Run Iceland in Iceland or the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa. This lavishly illustrated volume provides the maps of all routes with their breathtaking views & architectural highlights as well as background information & valuable advice on what to eat & which clothes to wear for the event. In addition, one also fi nds travel tips & sightseeing locations in the area to enjoy once the marathon is over. With its wealth of substantial information & its gorgeous layout, this book is an outstanding gift for passionate runners, marathon fans, & those who aspire to become such. ...

Enter the weird & wonderful world of creepy-crawlies. Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet’s most bizarre species & ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts & amazing photos, we reveal each creature’s seriously strange characteristics & the unusual ways they hunt, eat or defend themselves. They’re sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet. Inside World’s Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, kids will discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can’t see it, & a giant spider the size of a dinner plate. & with our ‘strange-o-meter’, they can compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor & superpowers! Creepy-crawlies include:- Elephant beetle- Hickory horned devil- Happy-face spider- Zombie snail- Leafcutter ant- Froghopper- Spiny devil katydid- Goliath birdeater spider- Giant weta- Asian giant hornet- Scorpion- Death’s-head hawkmoth- Bird-dung crab spider- Exploding ant ...

Enter the weird & wonderful world of ocean beasts. Our animal experts have found 40 of the planet’s most bizarre species & ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts & amazing photos, we reveal each sea creature’s seriously strange characteristics & the unusual ways they hunt, eat or defend themselves. More than 70% of our planet is covered in water & our oceans contain millions of living things. Inside World’s Strangest Ocean Beasts, kids will discover the biggest creature the world’s ever known, worms that look like Christmas trees, ferocious predators & masters of disguise. & with our ‘strange-o-meter’, they can compare each animal based on its appearance, weird abilities, rarity & strangeness! Ocean Beasts include:- Trumpetfish- Sea cucumber- Ocean sunfish- Red lionfish- Sea pig- Striped pyjama squid- Longhorn cowfish- Blue whale- Flamingo tongue snail- Narwhal- Portuguese man-of-war- Pistol shrimp- Immortal jellyfish- Red-lipped batfish ...

Discover the planet’s weirdest & most wonderful places. Our travel experts have found 40 of the planet’s most bizarre sights & natural wonders – & ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts & amazing photos, we reveal the incredible power of nature, amazing feats of human construction & the world’s most mysterious locations. The world is full of beautiful & strange places to visit & marvel at. Some are thousands of years old, others modern & recently discovered. Inside World’s Strangest Places, kids will discover the city where everything is underground, a post office you need a swimsuit to visit, & secret locations that, well, are far too secret to mention here. & with our ‘strange-o-meter’, they can compare each place based on its uniqueness, wow factor, surreality & mysteriousness. Places include:- Pig beach in the Bahamas- Plane Graveyard in Arizona- Rainbow Mountain in Peru- Chocolate Hills in the Philippines- Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean- Area 51 in Nevada- Crooked Forest in Pol&- Salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia- Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania- Snake Island in Brazil- Stonehenge in Engl&- Bermuda Triangle- Cave of the Crystals in Mexico- Nazca lines in Peru ...

From Europe to Asia, via North America & Africa, choose your own adventure from among 300 of the world`s greatest bike rides & best cycling races, featuring our pick of the must-ride sportives & gran fondos where you can really test your legs against both the terrain & your fellow riders. Cheer on the world`s top professionals from the roadside as they take on the Tour Down Under, or head into the Alps to watch the sport`s greatest riders tackle the Tour de France. Conquer the US yourself on the Race Across America, or mountain bike your way through South Africa on the Cape Epic. 300 of the greatest cycling events to watch or ride, from the Tour de France to the biggest & best sportives. * Pro stage race: Follow the world`s best across the Dolomites at the Giro d` Italia. * Road: Take after the professionals on the Etape du Tour of the Tour de France. * Mountain bike: Watch the professionals fly through the air in Valparasiso, Chile. * Night: Don`t forget your lights for the London Nocturne. * Pro one-day race: Cheer on your heroes as they take on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. * Cyclo-cross: Conquer Yorkshire`s Three Peaks on two wheels.* Long distance: Cycle across Africa in one of the world`s longest bike races. * Track: Race against international riders at Herne Hill Velodrome during the Good Friday Track Meet. This list of ultimate cycling races is compiled by cycling writer Ellis Bacon, with contributions from some of the world`s leading cyclists, including 2012 Milan-San Remo winner Simon Gerrans, & 2012 Tour of Britain & Tour of the Mediterranean champion Jonathan Tiernan-Locke. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Falk, one of Germany`s leading publishers of street plans, produce their town plans in two different formats. Falk Extra plans are folded in a standard way, where the whole map can be opened to view the entire area it covers. For larger cities, the same mapping is also published with a special folding system designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plans, which cover towns with their outer suburbs, indicate main landmarks & public buildings & show all the public transport facilities, one way streets & car parks. Plans of lager cities include a separate map of the town centre at a more detailed scale & a diagram of the underground & the suburban rail network. The plans also show the postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. Map legend

Includes:: English. Falk Extra plans also include on the reverse a road map of the surrounding area.

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Worsborough Dale & Worsborough Bridge in 1904 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 villages of Worsborough Bridge & Worsborough Dale, just south of Barnsley. Coverage extends from Darley Cliff southward to Worsborough Dale Mills, & from Vernon Road eastward to Swaithe. The GCR Worsborough Branch crosses the map, roughly parallel with the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation which leads to the Dearne & Dove Canal; short stretches of other lines are in the south-eastern corner, including Dovecliffe station. Tramways to both Worsborough Bridge & Worsborough Dale are also shown. Features include Worsborough Bridge, Worsborough Basin (with rail incline), Glass House Crossing, Marrow House, Dearne & Dove Saw Mills, Goose Hulls Bridge, St Thomas church, Yews Lane Quarry, Hollin Well, Lower Lewden, Lewden Hill, etc. Directories of both villages 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. ...

Worsley in 1904 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. 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. In this title: the map covers Worsley & the area to the east, extending eastward to Folly Lane & northward to Ellesmere Street. It

Includes:: Hazelhurst, Deane, Moorside & Broadoak Park. Features include Bridgewater Canal, Worsley Yard & Basin, LNWR line with Worsley station, Bridgewater Collieries Railway with spur to canal, Old Warke Dam, Hazelhurst Hall, Drywood Hall, Sindsley, Broadoak Park, Bridgewater Hotel, Dales Brow, brass foundry, many villas, cotton mills etc. On the reverse is a selection of street directory entries, including Barton Road, Broad Oak Park & Road, Folly Lane, Hazelhurst, Moorside Road, Worsley Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25

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