In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls & Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, & working as a woman in Hollywood-along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again. In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment & looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, &, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set & asking herself, ” Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (” Strangers were worried about me; that`s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, & her experience being a judge on Project Runway (” It`s like I had a fashion-induced blackout”). In ” What It Was Like, Part One, ” Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon & reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay ” What It Was Like, Part Two” reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, & what doing so has meant to her. Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen De Generes, she`s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (” If you`re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, & styling, you`ve already set the bar too high”), & she`s a card-carrying REI shopper (” My bungee cords now earn points!”). Including photos & excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing & swapping stories, &-of course-talking as fast as you can. ...

This talking cat long-lasting LED light has flexible silicone straps that allow you to easily attach this item to your bike. Press the button on the cat’s head for a ‘meow meow’ sound & the nose to toggle through the light settings: once for steady light, twice for flashing light. ...

Why is there so much inequality? In this short book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his daughter Xenia`s deceptively simple question. Using personal stories & famous myths
- from Oedipus & Faust to Frankenstein & The Matrix
- he explains what the economy is & why it has the power to shape our lives. Intimate yet universally accessible, Talking To My Daughter About the Economy introduces readers to the most important drama of our times, helping to make sense of a troubling world while inspiring us to make it a better one.

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Jane Shaw was working as a volunteer in Chelsea`s famous Physic Garden when she earned a placement to work for a year on a very special organic garden in Greece. But this was to be no easy-going break in the Mediterranean. The five-acre plot, which Jane swiftly named ` Alcatraz`, was devoid of creature comforts, perched on a steep, remote hillside that was blindingly hot in summer & freezing in winter, & overseen by a 74-year-old, passionate, mercurial eccentric English lady called Joy. On arrival, Jane is immediately drawn into the intrigue of village life, such as the ongoing feud with the nouveau riche ex-pat neighbour with a sports car, whom Joy suspects has dug an illegal bore hole to water his terraced lawns. But most of all she is beguiled by the vibrant energy of the landscape, the folklore, the food & the numerous engaging characters who flock to Joy as the wise matriarch of the locale. The story arcs through a year of seasons in the garden as Jane learns to love its wild beauty & to relish the hard work & care it needs. This is a charming, wildly entertaining & joyful portrait of a very special place, & will appeal to anyone who loves gardening, or who has enjoyed books such as Driving Over Lemons. ...

Talkot, sheet no. 2981-06, in the topographic survey of Nepal at 1:50, 000 published by the Nepali Government in the late 1990s & early 2000s & produced from remote sensing data by Finnish cartographers as part of that country’s international aid program. The maps cover 15’ x 15’ quadrangles.IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: AVAILABILITY: although, theoretically at least, still in print, these maps are very difficult to get locally in Nepal and/or from various suppliers elsewhere specializing in obtaining such maps. DELIVERIES MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS.PROBLEMS WITH PLACE NAMES: reports from previous users indicate that transliteration of place names differs from that used widely not only on other maps & in guide books but also on the ground itself, in road signs & in the tourist & trekking industry in general. Whilst most names are similar enough to be easily recognizable, e.g. Namche Bajar for Namche Bazar or Lantan for Langtang, we have been told of confusion & difficulties arising from different spellings appearing on these maps.TREKKING ROUTES & TOURIST INFORMATION: whilst the maps show foot trails & mark locations of temples, etc, they carry no specific trekking information. Major trekking routes & places of interest are not highlighted. There is no marking for base camps & other tourist facilities. Map specifications: Contours are at 40m intervals, with graphics and/or coloring to show various features of the terrain (glaciers with moraines & crevasses, quarries, gravel or clay pits, etc.) & vegetation (forests, bush, grass, orchards & plantations, etc). Additional comments such as “open mixed forest mainly bajh & pine” annotate many area. The maps have numerous spot heights, but relatively few peaks are named. Areas outside the country’s borders are left blank. Settlements in remote areas are indicated by markings for individual buildings & the placing of names does not always make it clear which group of buildings they refer to. Road network distinguishes between major & minor foot trails. Symbols mark features such as temples, schools & hospitals, police stations, etc. Also shown are the country’s administrative divisions. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’. Map legend & all the text is in English. Coverage: the whole country is now covered, with the north at 1:50, 000, plus central & southern Nepal at 1:25, 000. The two series are complementary, do not overlap & use the same grid & numbering system (apart from the Lumbini Zone, where a different grid & numbering are used). For areas not shown on our grid & titles not listed here, please contact us by e-mail, but please do bear in mind the problems with availability & the likely very long delivery time. ...

Tall ships epitomize the glamour, majesty & romance of the sea. This book
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Tallahassee in Florida in a series of indexed street plans of US cities from Universal MAP. The plan presents the city with is outer suburbs, including the Tallahassee Regional Airport, plus Havana shown on an inset. Street plans from Universal MAP are indexed & show each city’s administrative divisions, zip code areas & various facilities & services. ...

Have you ever wondered how a dinosaur would measure up against the Great Pyramids of Giza, if a hummingbird could outfly a jet plane, or how many atoms could fit inside a grain of sand? These are just some of the questions explored in this extraordinary book of comparisons. Detailed images drawn to scale, informative text & unexpected visual analogies will help the reader to comprehend just how fast, how strong, how small & how big things really are. With stunning Victorian-style artwork by award-winning illustrator Page Tsou, this visual feast of a compendium will surprise & delight inquisitive minds in equal measure. Peek inside & discover a beetle that is stronger than an elephant, meet the pterosaur that was bigger than a spitfire & explore the furthest reaches of the known universe. ...

Indexed street map of the city, reaching as far south as the Tondi district, west to include the lake Harku Jarv & east to Ulemiste district & the airport. Detail

Includes:: railways, car parks, city walls, viewpoints, parks, cemeteries, industrial areas, public buildings, theatres, museums, monuments, hospitals, churches, synagogues, post offices, tourist information offices. Multilingual legend

Includes:: English. Street index on reverse.



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Indexed street plan of Tallinn, with an enlargement for the city centre, public transport lines, locations of petrol stations & parking facilities, places of interest, etc. The plan covers the whole of the city within its administrative boundary, with an enlargement extending it eastwards to include Maardu. Tram, trolleybus & bus routes are shown with stops & line numbers. The plan shows one way streets, locations of petrol stations car parks. Symbols highlight various places of interest, hotels & facilities, etc. Map legend

Includes:: English. An enlargement shows the city centre at a more detailed scale of 1:10, 000.

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