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. ...

Liberton Dams in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers an area of south Edinburgh that

Includes:: Liberton Dams, Craigmillar & part of Blackford. Coverage stretches from West Savile Road southward to Liberton Tower Mains, & from the Royal Observatory eastward to Northfield. Features include Brae Side Cottages, Blackford Quarries, Inch, Bridge End, Liberton East Mains, Blackfordhill station. On the reverse is a section of the 1908 edition of the map, showing how the area around Craigmillar changed. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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The Faber poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, is celebrating its 90th year in 2019. For nearly forty years the list was shaped by the taste of T.S. Eliot, who was its guiding light. Since the sixties, each passing decade has seen the list grow with the addition of poets who were arguably the finest of their generation. More recently the creation of the Poet to Poet series has further broadened the scope of Faber poetry by including the work of great poets from the past, selected & introduced by the contemporary poets they have inspired. Rachael Allen; Simon Armitage; William Blake; Emily Brontë; Robert Burns; Lord Byron; Thomas Campion; Geoffrey Chaucer; John Clare; Wendy Cope; John Donne; Joe Dunthorne; T.S. Eliot; Lavinia Greenlaw; Ivor Gurney; Thomas Hardy; David Harsent; Seamus Heaney; Robert Herrick; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ted Hughes; Ishion Hutchinson; John Keats; Philip Larkin; Toby Martinez de las Rivas; Charlotte Mew; Paul Muldoon; Daljit Nagra; Don Paterson; Sylvia Plath; Christopher Reid; Christina Rossetti; Richard Scott; William Shakespeare; Jo Shapcott; Edward Thomas; Derek Walcott; William Wordsworth; W.B. Yeats ...

” The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.” James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments` attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our own societies
- think the 42-day detention controversy, CCTV surveillance, increasing invasion of privacy, ID Cards, not to mention Abu Ghraib, rendition, Guantanamo... As Grayling says: ` There should be a special place for political irony in the catalogues of human folly. Starting a war `to promote freedom & democracy` could in certain though rare circumstances be a justified act; but in the case of the Second Gulf War that began in 2003, which involved reacting to criminals hiding in one country (Al Qaeda in Afghanistan or Pakistan) by invading another country (Iraq), one of the main fronts has, dismayingly, been the home front, where the War on Terror takes the form of a War on Civil Liberties in the spurious name of security. To defend `freedom & democracy`, Western governments attack & diminish freedom & democracy in their own country. By this logic, someone will eventually have to invade the US & UK to restore freedom & democracy to them.` In this lucid & timely book Grayling sets out what`s at risk, engages with the arguments for & against examining the cases made by Isaiah Berlin & Ronald Dworkin on the one h&, & Roger Scruton & John Gray on the other, & finally proposes a different way to respond that makes defending the civil liberties on which western society is founded the cornerstone for defeating terrorism.
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At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain`s 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north & Hindus fled south, & Britain`s role as an imperial power came to an end. Patrick French`s vivid & surprising account of the chaotic final years of colonial rule in India has been acclaimed as the definitive book on this subject. Journeying across India, Bangladesh & Pakistan, he brings to life a cast of characters including spies, idealists, freedom fighters & politicians from Churchill to Gandhi. ...

A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, & around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, & inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France & launched shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history, Peter Mc Phee draws on a lifetime`s study of eighteenth-century France & Europe to create an entirely fresh account of the world`s first great modern revolution-its origins, drama, complexity, & significance. Was the Revolution a major turning point in French-even world-history, or was it instead a protracted period of violent upheaval & warfare that wrecked millions of lives? Mc Phee evaluates the Revolution within a genuinely global context: Europe, the Atlantic region, & even farther. He acknowledges the key revolutionary events that unfolded in Paris, yet also uncovers the varying experiences of French citizens outside the gates of the city: the provincial men & women whose daily lives were altered-or not-by developments in the capital. Enhanced with evocative stories of those who struggled to cope in unpredictable times, Mc Phee`s deeply researched book investigates the changing personal, social, & cultural world of the eighteenth century. His startling conclusions redefine & illuminate both the experience & the legacy of France`s transformative age of revolution. ...