Strange things happen in the countryside. & for bisexual private detective Duffy, this is his strangest case yet. Summoned to a country mansion following an unusual murder, Duffy finds the house awash with potential suspects. Does Vic Crowther, the man who called on Duffy in the first place, have a far more sinister motive up his sleeve? Or perhaps his wife, the ex-page three model, knows more than she`s letting on.. . ...

` You empower yourself & then you reach out to others.` Uplifting life lessons from one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known... through the eyes of the grandson whose life he changed forever. In his book Going to the Mountain, Ndaba Mandela shares the story of his coming-of-age alongside South Africa`s rebirth. It is a remarkable journey, & one that took him from the violent, segregated Soweto ghettos to his grandfather`s presidential home. As a young boy, Ndaba was constantly shunted from place to place. But at eleven years old he was unexpectedly invited to live with his grandfather, Nelson Mandela, even though he had met him only once before, during a prison visit. &, slowly, they built a relationship that would affect both of them profoundly. Ndaba`s teenage years were complicated, but as he approached his twenty-first birthday, Mandela decided that Ndaba was finally ready to `go to the mountain`
- a test of courage during which you become a man. At the end of this gruelling ritual journey, the elders of the Mandelas` tribe gathered & Ndaba`s grandfather was there, as ever, to share his greatest life lessons. From Nelson Mandela, Ndaba learned the spirit of endurance, the triumph of forgiveness, the power of resistance & the beauty of reconciliation. & as Mandela grew older, Ndaba had the chance to repay his grandfather`s love & support by demonstrating the ways in which he`d understood all that he had taught him. Intimate & inspirational, Going to the Mountain is a powerful reminder of how one person can impact profoundly on another, & a testament to the awesome power within us to change ourselves & our world.
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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. ...

The UK’s famous fashion stylist, Gok Wan, now takes on cooking & is going to show us how to Cook Good Naked… Not quite, but he is going to teach us how to prepare, dress & style some delicious Chinese dishes. His latest book Gok Cooks Chinese contains 80 delicious recipes which are also healthy & easy to prepare. His passion for Chinese cooking is evident throughout the collection as he shares with us the secrets of his family’s kitchen as well as dishes that he discovered whilst travelling in China, Hong Kong & Singapore. Gok, shows us how easy, simple & tasty real home-cooked Chinese food can be. Taking out all the unhealthy & leaving all the good stuff in, he reveals how Chinese food differs to the sort of takeaways that most people have come to expect :“ unhealthy, usually deep-fried & covered in pink & gloopy sweet & sour sauce….a Western invention”. After a nice foreword, Gok Wan introduces the essential ingredients, equipment & a comprehensive glossary. He then reveals how to make 80 delicious dishes from Chinese Classics Recipes like Prawn Chow Mein & Beef in Fragrant Black Bean Sauce to Chinese Sunday Dim Sum & Feasting Dishes like luxurious Lobster Noodles & Pork & Prawn Potstickers; to quick Street Food & Modern Dishes like Spring Rolls & Salt & Pepper Pork Chops. Each recipe

Includes:: preparation & cooking times & inspiring pictures. In a truly Gok Wan style this book is beautifully & thoughtfully compiled with infectious passion. Featuring pictures of him in the kitchen preparing & savouring food with anecdotal side dishes about his family, this book will take you on a delicious culinary journey.

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Gola della Rossa & Frasassi Natural Park on a double-sided map published by Selca in cooperation with Club Alpino Italiano, combining coverage of the park itself at 1:25, 000 with mapping of a wider area around it at 1:50, 000. On one side it the park itself shown at 1:25, 000 on mapping with contours at 25m intervals enhanced by bold relief shading. The map highlights numerous hiking paths, showing their waymarking numbers & indicating difficult passages. Also shows are recommended mountain bike route & bridleways for horse riding. Icons indicate locations for other recreational pursuits: climbing, caving, paragliding, canoeing on local rivers, etc. The map has no geographical coordinate. On the reverse is a 1:50, 000 map of the Esino-Frassari Mountain Community, covering the region surrounding the park, also with waymarked routes. The map is a reduction of cartography prepared at a larger scale, so all place names are in very small print & contour lines are difficult to see. Also provided are lists of recommended routes with distances are timings. Map legend & the text are in Italian only. ...

The extraordinary third novel from Chris Cleave, author of the internationally bestselling, Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER H&. Usually, this is where we`d tell you what this book is about. But with Chris Cleave, it`s a bit different. Because if you`ve read THE OTHER HAND or INCENDIARY, you`ll know that what his books are about is only part of the story
- what really matters is how they make you feel. GOLD is about the limits of human endurance, both physical & emotional. It will make you cry. GOLD is about what drives us to succeed
- & what we choose to sacrifice for success. It will make you feel glad to be alive. GOLD is about the struggles we all face every day; the conflict between winning on others` terms, & triumphing on your own. It will make you count your blessings. GOLD is a story told as only Chris Cleave could tell it. & once you begin, it will be a heart-pounding race to the finish.

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Esper & Starn are twin boys who live in a grim world that has been almost laid waste by massive volcanic explosions. Very little grows in Orchard, which used to be a fruit-growing area, but with the death of insects & birds, pollination of the fruit trees is a tedious & precarious undertaking. When the boys discover an intriguing old manuscript in a locked room in their apartment, which tells of gold on one of the forbidden islands the people can see from the coastline, they determine to go on gold-hunt. They manage to construct a glider that takes them far from their home territory, & so begins a whole new adventure for the boys, as they travel from island to island in search of gold. Their adventures are many & they come close to death. They do in the end, find the gold
- but it is nothing like what they expected.
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The second collection of stories from Yiyun Li, author of the Guardian First Book Award-winning A Thousand Years of Good Prayers & The Vagrants. The stories in this collection, like the stories in A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, are mostly set in China. The country portrayed here is the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to new situations unknown to previous decades: residents in a shabby apartment building witnessing in awe the real estate boom; a local entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist sheltering women in trouble in her mansion; a group of retired women discovering fame late in their lives as private investigators specialising in extramarital affairs; a young woman setting up a blog to publicise the alleged affair of her father. Underneath the veneer of prosperity & opportunity, however, lie the struggles of characters trying to reorient themselves in the unfamiliar landscapes of modern China: a widower, reminiscing about his wife, confronts a young unmarried woman purchasing condoms in a pharmacy; a new wife makes a plea to have a baby with her husband who was to be executed only to discover that she has become an instant celebrity; a middle-aged couple in America, who, upon losing their only daughter, return to their hometown in China to hire a young woman as a surrogate mother. These characters` fates are affected as much by the historical moments in which they reside as by the choices they make. Yiyun Li`s new collection of stories is a report from the front-line of a changing world, & confirms Li to be a writer not to be missed. ...

Gold Coast & Region in Queensland in a series of maps from Hema presenting Australia’s main cities with three maps: a detailed street plan of the central area, a road map of the city with its outer suburbs, plus a map of the wider surrounding region for out-of-town excursions. The Gold Coast map has on one side street plans of the central Gold Coast area from Southport & Main Beach to Broad Beach, plus of Coolangatta – Tweed Heads, both with lists of accommodation facilities. The adjoining Gold Coast Suburban map at 1:37, 300 covers an area between the South Stradbroke Island & the state border & in addition highlight surfing beaches. On the reverse a regional map at 1:70, 500 of the Gold Coast & Hinterland covers a wider surrounding area including the Springbrook & Lamington National Parks. Both the suburban & the regional maps are indexed & show the road network indicating unsurfaced roads & tracks. Symbols mark roadside rest areas, campsites, accredited information centres, places of interest, etc. Topography is indicated by names of mountain ranges & selected peaks, plus rivers & lakes; national & state parks, conservation areas & reserves are all highlighted. The both maps also show postal codes. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...