” The story you are about to read will have to make do for the conversations we never had.” Set against the backdrop of the events that shaped China in the twentieth century
- the Chinese Civil War, the Second World War, the Cultural Revolution
- Canton Elegy is a love story, an adventure story & an intimate portrait of a family bound together by devotion as they struggle to survive. With his wife Belle & their four young children, Stephen Jin-Nom Lee braves famine & flood, corruption & the devastation of war, to make a home & a life for the ones he holds dear. From the 300-mile journey Belle undertakes on foot when she & the children are trapped behind enemy lines in Hong Kong, to the night when he stands at his window watching Canton burn, Stephen observes his world with an artist`s sensibility & tells the family`s story with great tenderness
- all so that his children may understand their history & remember their father`s love. Looking across the years towards a time when he himself will be gone & their own lives may be drawing to a close, he puts his desire simply & powerfully: ”I want my heart to have a voice so I can love you louder.”


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Colloquial Cantonese is easy to use & completely accomplishable. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written & spoken Cantonese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Cantonese your best choice in personal language learning?
interactive
- lots of exercises for regular practice
clear
- concise grammar notes
practical
- useful vocabulary & pronunciation guide
complete
- including answer key & special reference section.
CDs accompany the course to help you with listening & pronunciation skills. By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently & effectively in a broad range of situations.









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Being able to speak a little of the local language enhances any trip abroad, & this beginner-level Cantonese audio course contains all the key travel phrases you need to communicate with complete confidence. The 60-minute audio CD features native Cantonese speakers using phrases you`re likely to encounter in typical travel situations. In no time, you will be able to meet & greet people, be familiar with numbers, time & days of the week, find your way around transport, shops, & restaurants, & make new friends. The pack

Includes:: a sturdy booklet that is easily portable &

Includes:: phonetic transcriptions of the phrases on the CD, plus handy tips & key word reminders. The contents of the CD can be easily downloaded to your iPod or MP3 player.



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The Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations ...

The Lonely Planet Cantonese Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations ...

This title is shot in more than 50 locations across a 130, 000-square-mile area, straddling the borders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, & New Mexico. The Colorado Plateau is a magnificent wilderness featuring the most breathtaking collection of multicoloured landforms found anywhere on earth. Timeworn canyons, mesas, & vast windswept deserts form a great expanse of exposed rock formations; buttes, towers, spires, hoodoos, arches, windows, fins, domes, bridges, & badlands comprise a surreal world of colour infused wonders. This remarkable assemblage of geological diversity & spectacular beauty attracts millions of visitors every year. The photographer takes the reader to all the famed locations, including the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, & Petrified Forest, as well as less-accessible & relatively unexplored tribal lands & slot canyons. ...

Canyoning in the Alps: Northern Italy & Ticino from Cicerone Press with 90 celebrated descents presented with descriptions & detailed diagrams, plus a comprehensive introductory section & appendices with further information. The guide covers five areas, each presented on an overview map showing locations of the individual routes:- 13 in the “ Domodossola wedge” of the Italian Alps with two across the Swiss border in the Valais.
- 21 in Ticino in Valle Maggia & around Biasca- 15 north of Lake Como & Sondrio, with one route just inside the Swiss border.
- 16 around Belluno & the Friuli Dolomites- 19 in the Carnia Dolomites, plus two routes across the Austrian border near Lienz & one in the Julian Alps in the Triglav National Park Descriptions of the routes are accompanied by information panels providing essential information such as grading, type of rock,

Dimensions, access, gear requirements, technical notes, escape, etc. Where appropriate, route diagrams & access/exit maps are also provided. Also included are suggestions for rest day walks, via ferrata routes & climbs. The guide has an extensive introductory section with general advice & tips. Six appendices provide a canyon summary table, lists of campsites & tourist information offices, a technical glossary, lists of first descents, etc.



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Map No. 210, Canyonlands National Park-Needles/ Isle, UT, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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Map No. 710, Canyons of the Escalante, UT, in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.* *IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.*

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`A terrific blow for freedom. Richly comic` Boris Johnson. ` Properly funny. I`ve put it in a seldom-used toilet.` Jeremy Clarkson We are forever being ordered around
- 100 things to do before you`re 30; 50 albums you must own; change your life in two weeks. Why
- is this an increasingly desperate search for happiness? Perhaps you can in fact attain happiness not by going anywhere or doing anything but instead by actually reducing your ambitions. This is the philosophy behind `63 Things Not To Do Before You Die`. Each chapter begins with a diatribe, followed by a detailed look at the alternative side of the most frequently cited must do`s, giving off-putting facts & statistics to"e at holier-than-thou thrillseekers. Wish-fulfillment lists take heed...

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