This deeply personal work, follows the changing fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family
- poor, landless peasants not unlike the author`s
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Malalai Joya is the youngest & most famous female MP in Afghanistan, whose bravery & vision have won her an international following. She made world headlines with her very first speech, in which she courageously denounced the presence of warlords in the new Afghan government. She has spoken out for justice ever since, & for the rights of women in the country she loves. ” Raising My Voice” shares her extraordinary story. Born during the Russian invasion & spending her youth in refugee camps, Malalai Joya describes how she first became a political activist. When she returned to Afghanistan, the country was under the grip of the Taliban & she ran a secret school for girls. A popular MP with her constituents, she received global support when she was suspended from parliament in 2007 because of her forthright views. Malalai Joya`s work has brought her awards & death threats in equal measure. She lives in constant danger. In this gripping account, she reveals the truth about life in a country embroiled in war
- especially for the women
- & speaks candidly about the future of Afghanistan, a future that has implications for us all.

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. ” Everybody wanted the railway close, oh yes please, but not so close that they could hear it or smell it.” People love to hate the trains. They`re essential
- but everyone wishes there were more of them, & that they were faster, & most of all, that they would just run on time. But whenever something new is planned for the railway, there will always be someone with objections. The noise, the pollution, the money, the landscape... Those people really hate the trains
- &, sometimes, they`ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks...” British fiction`s most brilliant satire on contemporary life.” (Telegraph). ” The most serious of comedies, the most relevant & real of fantasies...at once hilariously cynical & idealistically practical.” (Independent).

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It`s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, & (naturally) head of the Royal Bank & Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t`flat cap & t`sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds
- including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads & very sensible rainwear
- & suddenly it`s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time. Moist does not enjoy hard work. His.. .vital input at the bank & post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. & it certainly doesn`t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have Objections, & they`ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.

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It`s June of 1965 when Wrecker enters the world. The war is raging in Vietnam, San Francisco is tripping towards flower power, & Lisa Fay
- a young innocent from a family farm down south
- is knocked nearly sideways by life as a single mother in a city she could barely manage to navigate on her own. Three years later, she`s alone again. Kids aren`t allowed in prison. & Wrecker, scared silent, furious, & hell-bent on breaking every last thing that crosses his path, is shipped off to live with distant relatives in the wilds of Humboldt County. Raising Wrecker is the story of this nearly-broken boy whose presence turns a motley group of isolated eccentrics into a real family. Real enough to make mistakes. Real enough to stick together in spite of everything ready to tear them apart. There`s no guidebook to mothering for Melody, who thought the best thing in life was eighty acres of old growth along the Mattole River & nobody telling her what to do
- until this boy came along. For Melody, Len, Willow, Ruth, Meg & Johnnie Appleseed, life will never again be the same once Wrecker signs on. And for Lisa Fay, there`s one thought keeping her alive through fifteen years of hard time: one day, she`ll find her son & bring him home.


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The 1:50 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50 000 topographic map sheets. ...

Rajac Mountain in the Suvobor range at 1:25, 000 on a detailed, GPS compatible map from the Belgrade based Geokarta highlighting waymarked hiking trails, with on the reverse extensive notes about the area. The map is centred on Rajac & shows the topography by contours at 10m intervals, with colouring for the forested areas. An overprint highlights waymarked hiking trails & symbols indicate locations of hotels & mountain huts, various places of interest, etc. Local roads show locations of petrol stations. All place names are in the Latin alphabet only. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1’, plus GPS waypoints for the mountain huts. On the reverse are notes about the area illustrated with colour photos. Map legend & all the text include English. ...

Rajasthan in a series of locally produced administrative maps of Indian states, each with a booklet providing a guide to the area. The maps show the division of each state into districts & have more small towns & villages than on more general maps of India available from other publishers. Presentation is now considerably enhanced with the districts shown in different colours. The maps indicate each district ...

Rajasthan in a series of state maps of India from Eicher Goodearth reflecting a change in locally produced maps to a more modern style of cartography. Each map is double-sided &

Includes:: an index of localities, street plans of main cities, a distance table & a route planner map of the whole of India. Each title comes with a small booklet with brief descriptions of main places of interest & colour photos. The maps show road & rail networks, indicating intermediate distances on many local roads. Towns & villages of particular tourist interest are highlighted & symbols mark national parks & wildlife sanctuaries, temples, etc. The base map shows rivers, lakes & local waterways system & has spot heights for peaks, but the range of elevation colouring is too finely graded to provide any useful information. No geographical coordinates are marked. The maps show the names & boundaries of local districts, indicating state capitals & district or tehsil administrative headquarters. Outside the state boundaries the colour range of the print is reduced, so only main roads are clearly visible. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detailed picture of each state. In this title: street plans of Bangalore & Mysore, plus a plan of the Vijayanagar temple complex in Hampi.

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Rajasthan in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant maps from Bharat Graphics, showing local districts in different colours & indicating both administrative headquarters of each district & of its subdivisions, the tehsils (or tahsils, tahasils, talukas, taluks, taluqs). Roads are classified as national or state highways & other roads, some with driving distances. Railway lines are also marked & some titles have symbols indicating places of interest or rest houses. Maps of states in mountainous areas show names of main valleys, on other titles there is no topographic information. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Some titles include insets with enlargements of popular areas or street plans, & distance tables. All the maps are indexed & have a small booklet providing a basic guide to the state district by district. The maps are printed on a waterproof & tear-resistant paper. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detail picture of each state. ...