This lamp features a stylish beige tile design on the lamp base Shade is also included Takes E27 max 40W bulb Wire comes with switch on it Cable length is 115m Measurements W23cm X 23cm X H38cm Base diameter is 9cm base height is 27cm Shade diameter is 23cm shade height is 165cm ...

Explore the magnificent city of Beijing with ease with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps a street map of the greater area surrounding the Forbidden City (from Haidan to Chaoyang) & a detailed street layout of the centre of this area Additional maps of the Forbidden City itself Beijing Municipality & Beijing Subway are also included Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the maps Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring the Beijing

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2016 Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast a badger an otter a deer a fox a swift What it was really like & through knowing what it was like he wanted to get down & grapple with the beast in us all So he tried it out; he lived life as a badger for six weeks sleeping in a dirt hole & eating earthworms he came face to face with shrimps as he lived like an otter & he spent hours curled up in a back garden in East London & rooting in bins like an urban fox A passionate naturalist Foster realises that every creature creates a different world in its brain & lives in that world As humans we share sensory outputs lights smells & sound but trying to explore what it is actually like to live in another of these worlds belonging to another species is a fascinating & unique neuro-scientific challenge For Foster it is also a literary challenge Looking at what science can tell us about what happens in a fox's or badger's brain when it picks up a scent he then uses this to imagine their world for us to write it through their eyes or rather through the eyes of Charles the beast An intimate look at the life of animals neuroscience psychology nature writing memoir & more it is a journey of extraordinary thrills & surprises containing wonderful moments of humour & joy but also providing important lessons for all of us who share life on this precious planet ...

A combination of 45 years of education experience & wisdom this will be the preferred handbook for supervisors 176 pages Duffy Joseph F ...

The joys & challenges of being a writer are explored in this inspiring assemblage of wit wisdom & hard-won practical advice from some of the world's greatest authors musing on the art of writing & how they came to define themselves as writers From Samuel Johnson in eighteenth-century London to Lorrie Moore in twenty-first-century Wisconsin the contributors range from the canon to contemporary covering more than 250 years & come from all over the world Beautifully illustrated throughout this stunning anthology explores & illuminates the pleasures & pitfalls of the compulsion to write with advice about the whole messy business of writing literature & what it takes to be a writer The perfect gift for aspiring writers curious readers & anyone interested in what the world's greatest authors have to say about the art of writing ...

The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class middle-aged existence Miserably single outnumbered by his kids & haunted by life's screaming fragility he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate This irreverent & frank memoir follows Adam's snakes-&-ladders journey through his grief in the year following his wife's death as he struggles with small town tongue wagging the trauma of teenage bra shopping & online dating anarchy Adam's is the biggest mid-life crisis anyone could face & as he starts to build a new alternative life for himself & his children he shows not just how to survive bereavement but how to be transformed by it ...

' Being Alive' is the sequel to Neil Astley's ' Staying Alive' which became Britain's most popular poetry book because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful & passionate poems about living in the modern world Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers who've wanted more poems that touch the heart stir the mind & fire the spirit ' Being Alive' is about being human about love & loss fear & longing hurt & wonder ' Staying Alive' didn't just reach a broader readership it introduced thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry giving them an international gathering of poems of great personal force poems with emotional power intellectual edge & playful wit It also brought many readers back to poetry people who hadn't read poetry for years because it hadn't held their interest ' Being Alive' gives readers an even wider selection of vivid brilliantly diverse contemporary poetry from around the world A third companion anthology ' Being Human' (2011) completes this modern poetry trilogy ...

Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions & potentials of human life Generations of theorists however have expunged life from their accounts treating it as the mere output of patterns codes structures or systems variously defined as genetic or cultural natural or social Building on his classic work The Perception of the Environment Tim Ingold sets out to restore life to where it should belong at the heart of anthropological concern Being Alive ranges over such themes as the vitality of materials what it means to make things the perception & formation of the ground the mingling of earth & sky in the weather-world the experiences of light sound & feeling the role of storytelling in the integration of knowledge & the potential of drawing to unite observation & description Our humanity Ingold argues does not come ready-made but is continually fashioned in our movements along ways of life Starting from the idea of life as a process of wayfaring Ingold presents a radically new understanding of movement knowledge & description as

Dimensions not just of being in the world but of being alive to what is going on there

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Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers it altered the course of western philosophy Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world Known as 'the Bible of existentialism' its impact on culture & literature was immediate & was felt worldwide from the absurd drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets Being & Nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mind-set of subsequent generations Sixty years after its first publication its message remains as potent as ever
- challenging the reader to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom responsibility & action
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Full of sensitive pastoral advice & shot through with arresting & illuminating theological insights Rowan Williams' new book explores the meaning & practice of four essential components of the Christian life baptism Bible Eucharist & prayer This book is an invitation to everyone to think through the essentials of the faith & how to live it making it an ideal gift for anyone at the start of their spiritual journey or thinking about confirmation ...