The Good Hotel Guide 2011 is a reference manual of hotels, inns, guest houses & bed & breakfasts in Great Britain & Irel&. The reviews in this book are compiled from both the opinions of the readers of previous editions & the estimations of experienced inspectors. The guide receives no money, advertising or free hospitality for its pains
- all inclusions are based solely on merit. Listings feature contact & location details, data on the number of bedrooms in the establishment, opening seasons/times, facilities (including suitability for wheelchair users), background music, policies on children & dogs as well as room & food prices. The guide contains discount vouchers, an editor's choice of the best ten hotels in categories including family, seaside, dog-friendly & romantic, clear over-view locator road maps & a list of the top ten C
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0th Anniversary edition! The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain & Irel&. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their entry as they do in most rival guides. No money changes hands, & the editors & inspectors do not accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels. This year The Good Hotel Guide proudly celebrates its 40h year of publication with another careful selection of over 800 superb places to stay. Over the past forty years, it has established a unique position as a reliable & independent guide, which has won more media praise than any other hotel guide on the market. Whether your taste runs to luxury castles or simple B& Bs, The Good Hotel Guide has the answer. The entries are based on readers recommendations backed up by independent, expert inspections. The Guide specializes in hotels of individual character, mostly owner-managed, in outstanding locations. It is unusual in its ruthless independence & honesty. It tells it like it is. For those wanting a break from chain-managed hotels, it is invaluable. ...

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander Mc Call Smith sees winter turn to spring across the red hot earth but all is not quite as it should be on Zebra Drive. The usual number of cases arrive to be looked in to, from persistent theft at Teenie Magama’s printing works to the case of three suspicious deaths at the Mochudi hospital, but there is also discontent in the ranks. Charlie is off on another escapade & Mma Makutsi’s impending marriage threatens her happy working relationship with Mma Ramotswe. & when Mr J. L. B. Matekoni decides to try a little detective work, disaster looms. ...

How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you`re most fitted to play is `wife of a terrorist`? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated & used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go `home` to India when your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to be an ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick ` Other`? Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian & minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, The Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay & what it means to be `other` in a country that doesn`t seem to want you, doesn`t truly accept you
- however many generations you`ve been here
- but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms. Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants
- job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees
- until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over & become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary &
- most importantly
- real.





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How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you`re most fitted to play is `wife of a terrorist`? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated & used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go `home` to India when your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to be an ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick ` Other`? Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian & minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, the Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay & what it means to be `other` in a country that doesn`t seem to want you, doesn`t truly accept you
- however many generations you`ve been here
- but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms. Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants
- job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees
- until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over & become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary &
- most importantly
- real.





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The Good Life by Dorian Amos is a journey up the Yukon without a paddle. Amos & his wife Bridget felt the need to go in search of life, so they left their comfortable home in Cornwall & moved to the Yukon Territory in the remote Canadian wilderness. The book is witness to a husband & wife struggling against naivety & fear to build a new life. Buying a piece of land in the forest just outside Dawson City, they revel in the stark landscape & their new found liberation
- crossing frozen rivers just to buy food, hunting caribou, coming face to face with bears & building their own cabin.
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The Good Life Gets Better sees Dorian Amos & his family up sticks & go panning for gold in the Yukon. Having settled in the harsh Canadian wilderness of The Klondike Valley & battled freezing temperatures, a hostile environment & wild animals Amos gets infected with a ‘gold fever’ that leads the family on yet another adventure. ...

” We knew nothing about the wilderness, but in a way that was our greatest strength... We would probably fail daily & eventually have to give up, but true failing for us, would have been to not even try.” Told with warmth & humour, this is the compelling account of a young couple who give up a comfortable life in England to start a new one in the wilderness of the Yukon. They revel in the stark beauty of the landscape & rise to the challenges that confront them that include crossing frozen rivers, hunting caribou, facing bears, avoiding wolves & building their own log cabin from the materials around them. This story will convince readers to stop putting their dreams on hold. ...

` If I vanished he wouldn`t notice, if I died he wouldn`t care. I think of him all the time, & he thinks of me not at all. I love him, & my love torments me. There are times when I feel like a ghost beside him; as if he alone is real, & I`m just a daydream. ` This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned & one reserved. One is destined to go down in history & the other to be forgotten. In Pullman`s hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling & visionary stories of recent years. ...

To play with this book, all you need is your finger. Take a pen, draw two eyes & a mouth, & there you are
- your very own finger
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