There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, & blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, & covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls & faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others` memories, whispered across time & along the city streets. In this imaginative new work, Robert Barnett offers a powerful & lyrical exploration of a city long idealized, disregarded, or misunderstood by outsiders. Looking to its streets & stone, Robert Barnett presents a searching & unforgettable portrait of Lhasa, its history, & its illegibility. His book not only offers itself as a manual for thinking about contemporary Tibet but also questions our ways of thinking about foreign places. Barnett juxtaposes contemporary accounts of Tibet, architectural observations, & descriptions by foreign observers to describe Lhasa & its current status as both an ancient city & a modern Chinese provincial capital. His narrative reveals how historical layering, popular memory, symbolism, & mythology constitute the story of a city. Besides the ancient Buddhist temples & former picnic gardens of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa describes the urban sprawl, the harsh rectangular structures, & the geometric blue-glass tower blocks that speak of the anxieties of successive regimes intent upon improving on the past. In Barnett`s excavation of the city`s past, the buildings & the city streets, interwoven with his own recollections of unrest & resistance, recount the story of Tibet`s complex transition from tradition to modernity & its painful history of foreign encounters & political experiment. ...

Lhasa to Kathmandu Cycling Map from Nepa, presenting the 1000km route along the main road joining the two cities, across Gyantse/ Gyangze, Shigatse/ Xigaze, Lhatse/ Chushar & Kodari, on three separate panels. Also shown is the spur to the North Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side. Markings indicate unpaved sections & the route is annotated with symbols showing overnight stops, likely speed per hour, road distances, road maintenance houses, various places of interest, etc. The base map has contours at 200m intervals with spot heights & names of main peaks, & shows various trekking trails from the main route. The map has no geographical coordinates. Index lists settlements, peaks, passes & various temples. Also included is a profile of the route, tables showing the main route & the Everest detour in sections with altitudes in metres & feet plus intermediate distances, information on climate, etc. ...

Very detailed & informative street plan of Lhasa with enlargements for the Old Town & the Marpori Hill, as well as plans & elevation drawings of main palaces & temples. The plan, based on extensive research project carried out under the auspices of the Network of University Cooperation Tibet-Norway, is designed to highlight the city’s architectural & historical heritage & distinguish between pre- & post-1950 developments. The main plan at 1:4, 000 covers the central part of the city with the all the main religious structures. Religious buildings are highlighted & colouring of secular buildings indicates if built before or after 1950. A wide range of symbols shows various facilities: hotels, restaurants, tea houses, banks, etc.; viewpoints, prostration points, recommended sightseeing route, etc. On the reverse there are plans at 1:3, 000 of the Old Town & the Marpori Hill, plus north & south Chakpori, naming individual historical buildings & temples & indicating all development dating after 1950. Detailed plans & elevation drawings are provided for the Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple, plus plans of several other sites. Also included is a plan of the Norbulingka park & a map at 1:60, 000 showing Greater Lhasa in 1985. All the text is in English, French & German. ...

More than just a street plan of Lhasa: this map is packed with information which Chinese authorities would prefer you not to see. The plan is annotated with numbers referring to the surrounding panels providing information of Lhasa’s uncensored history, prison & detention facilities, the destruction of religious buildings & other centres of Tibetan culture, etc. Also included are tips for visitors concerned about preservation of local culture & list of various Tibetan organisations across the world. The main plan shows Lhasa at 1:20, 000, with an enlargement at 1:7, 500 for the Tibetan quarter around the Jokhang complex. As well as indicating religious & historic sites & tourist facilities, the plan also shows less well publicized attaractions: prisons, security police & army barracks, etc. On the reverse, a plan at 1:1, 250 the Jokhang area is cross-referenced to a description of a walking tour. Also included is an overview map of southern Tibet & the roads connecting Lhasa & Kathmandu. All the text is in English. ...

Georges (the s is silent) has a lot going on. He`s having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job & so his mum has started working all the time
- & they had to sell their house & move into an apartment. But moving into the apartment block does bring one good thing
- Safer, an unusual boy who lives on the top floor. He runs a spy club, & is determined to teach Georges everything he knows. Their current case is to spy on the mysterious Mr X in the apartment above Georges. But as Georges & Safer go deeper into their Mr X plan, the lines between games, lies, & reality begin to blur.

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Money can`t buy you love. But it can buy many other very nice things. Lia`s mum is a nag, her sister`s a pain & she`s getting nowhere in pursuit of the potentially paranormal Raf. Then she wins GBP8 million in the lottery, & suddenly everything is different. But will Lia`s fortune create more problems than it solves? Everyone dreams of winning the lottery
- but what`s it really like? Find out in this hilarious story by Keren David, nominated for the Carnegie medal. Check out the fabulous Lia`s Guide to Winning the Lottery microsite at www.liasguidetowinningthelottery.co.uk
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Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:50, 000 from the country’s national survey organization, Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National. Contour interval varies according to the terrain, from 2.5 metres in the coastal areas to 10 metres in the Ardennes. The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). Each standard sheet covers Approx. 32 x 20 km / 20 x 12 miles, with larger maps published for the border or coastal areas. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 is overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 topographic survey, showing the exact coverage of each sheet. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 50K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. Maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders – to see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Liège Province at 1:100, 000 in a series of GPS compatible topographic maps from the Nationaal Geografisch Instituut/ Institut Géographique National, Belgium’s national survey organization, each with a separate index booklet covering the whole country. Described by the publishers as a topographic series, the maps do carry all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale, but are not contoured & show altitude only by spot heights. Colours & graphics present the terrain & land cover: rocks, dunes, moors & heathl&, orchards, woodlands, swamps & marshl&, etc. Road network is finely graded according to width & the number of lanes. Footpaths are marked, but the maps do not distinguish between waymarked hiking paths or long-distance GR routes & other local paths. The maps also indicate administrative subdivisions of the provinces into districts & communes. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’. Titles covering larger provinces are double-sided. The index booklet supplied with each map covers the whole country &, where appropriate, list alternative versions of place names. Map legend & explanatory text in the booklet include English. ...

A collection of enlightening essays & extracts from historians, anthropologists & novelists on various themes: Colonialism & revolution, poverty & urban life, Religion & culture, literature & language. ” This anthology provides fascinating insights into the terrible fate of one of the richest colonies in the world, & the remarkable human & cultural achievements of its people in the face of unimaginable calamity. & not least, of their continuing struggle, an inspiration & a challenge to us all”
- Noam Chomsky
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Liberia at 1:1, 000, 000 on a map showing its network of main roads & tracks, plus railway lines & local airports. The map also indicates the country’s internal administrative boundaries with names of the provinces & seats of local government offices. Numerous spot heights & names of main hill ranges indicate the topography & additional graphics show forested areas & mangroves. River network is well presented, with larger rivers named & annotated with rapids. Outside the country boundaries in the adjoining areas of Sierra Leone, Guinea & Ivory Coast information is limited to rivers, spot heights & main settlements. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1°. Map legend included English. ...