In A Land of Two Halves, Joe Bennett came to ask himself what on earth he was doing in New Zealand after spending ten years there. Other than his dogs, what was it about these two small islands on the edge of the world that had kept him
- an otherwise restless traveller
- for really much longer than they seemed to deserve? Bennett thought he`d better pack his bag & find out. Hitching around both the intriguingly named North & South Islands, with an eye for oddity & a taste for conversation, Bennett began to remind himself of the reasons New Zealand is quietly seducing the rest of the world.

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James Morris challenges the tourist cliches & looks at the impact of human presence & the layers history in the landscape. He reflects upon issues of identity, exploitation & regeneration; it is a land of beauty & of hardship where
- in this post industrial, post rural economy
- Tesco & tourism are now the great employers. These are the contrasting realities of the Welsh landscape
- that seen by the many visitors & that experienced by most inhabitants. Morris moves between tourist hot spots & the terraces & back streets where the majority of people live. The latter are often hard bitten unpretty places, often built for reasons that no longer exist, no longer the world`s largest producer of iron, coal, copper or slate, these are places that have lost their historic & heroic status, sometimes even their raison d`etre. Regeneration is taking place, but it is taking its time. By contrast the tourist landscape is one of pleasure seeking & escape
- this is the Wales that visitors are sold & want to see. But in a small land this selling of culture for the tourist pound has complex consequences that build on the complexities of a relationship that has shaped so much of the landscape.



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The Famous Five
- Julian, Dick, George, Anne & Timmy
- have been delighting readers for over 70 years. It`s so terribly hot,

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This is the first novel in over twenty-five years to feature George Smiley, le Carré`s most beloved character. Peter Guillam, staunch colleague & disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, & involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley & Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinised under disturbing criteria by a generation with no memory of the Cold War & no patience with its justifications. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carré has spun a single plot as ingenious & thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold & Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. ...

Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement, the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Times `A brilliant novel of deception, love & trust to join his supreme cannon` Evening Standard ` Vintage le Carre. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carre exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully & to such thrilling effect` John Banville, Guardian Peter Guillam, former disciple of George Smiley in the British Secret Service, has long retired to Brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to London. The reason? Cold War ghosts have come back to haunt him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of the Service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the Berlin Wall. Somebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater good... ` Splendid, fast-paced, riveting` Andrew Marr, Sunday Times` Remarkable. Vintage John le Carre. It gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 years. Like wine, le Carre`s writing has got richer with age. Don`t wait for the paperback` The Times ` Perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in Britain. He`s in the first rank` Ian Mc Ewan ` One of those writers who will be read a century from now` Robert Harris ...

An Oprah Book Club selection Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder & sentenced to death. Gaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee`s To Kill A Mockingbird & Toni Morrison`s Beloved. A Lesson Before Dying is a richly compassionate & deeply moving novel, the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, & a teacher who hopes to ease his burden before the execution. ...

This work is part of the Lecture Notes series, which is intended primarily for the undergraduate law degree or Common Professional Examination student. It is also intended to be useful to other students studying law as part of their course. The books provide valuable assistance to those who need clear but thorough treatment of law subjects, incorporating recent developments & proposals for reform as appropriate. The treatment of each subject is precise but comprehensive. The material in the books is presented logically, starting with the basic issues of each topic & moving on to more refined matters. At the end of each chapter, the issues discussed in that chapter, together with relevant cases & statutes, are summarized on one perforated sheet. This enables the reader to file the summary sheet for easy access during subsequent revision. Each book also contains full footnote references & a recommended reading list. This work is specifically intended to cover the syllabus for the main A Level law examination, paper 1. ...

This work is part of the Questions & Answers series, designed specifically for the examination candidate. The books are written by experienced law lecturers, who are themselves examiners. Each book in the series contains 50 questions & suggested answers covering the range of examination topics commonly found in law degrees, CPE & vocational examinations at many universities & colleges. The purpose of the books is to illustrate the clear logical approach which is expected of a good honours degree student. Each book is divided into chapters according to topic area & each chapter begins with an introduction outlining the main points which should have been mastered before tackling the questions in that chapter. Each answer is supplemented by additional notes which pick up points of particular difficulty or refer to additional or alternative material which could be used in the answer. This work is specifically intended to cover the syllabus for the main A Level law examination, paper 2. ...

Bear & Mouse are back, & Bear does not want to go to the library. He is quite sure he already has all the books he will ever need. Yet the relentlessly cheery Mouse, small & grey & bright-eyed, thinks differently. When Bear reluctantly agrees to go with his friend to the big library, neither rocket ships nor wooden canoes are enough for Bear`s picky tastes. How will Mouse ever find the perfect book for Bear? Children will giggle themselves silly as Bear`s arguments give way to his inevitable curiosity, leading up to a satisfying story hour & a humorously just-right, read-aloud library book. ...

` If you have never read Svevo, do as soon as you can. He is beautiful & important` New Statesman`A master` New Yorker Alfonso Nitti, tormented by the demands of his bank job, longs to be a poet. He also seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain & arrogant daughter of his boss. In this tale of the frustrated existence of a bank clerk with a poetic soul, the clash between the emptiness of Alfonso`s daily life & his artistic aspirations has devastating consequences.A Life is the highly personal, semi-autobiographical first novel by Italo Svevo. A failure on first publication, it wasn`t until the young James Joyce read this book that A Life finally gained the recognition it deserved, & Svevo was celebrated as one of the greatest Italian modernist novelists. ...