Macao, an archipelago attached to China, is a place whose name is redolent with myth, legend & history. Established by the Portuguese in 1557, Macao`s role as the Portuguese trading base for East Asia, & also as the outpost for the Christian Church in the area, meant that since its very beginning it has been a region where disparate peoples & beliefs have met, mingled & learned to co-exist. Its position, conveniently located on China`s doorstep, ensured that trade flourished; it became a rich warehouse, where more goods were exchanged than anywhere else in the world. It was also a place of debauchery & turpitude, with gambling dives, opium dens, secret pleasure houses & an astonishingly successful smuggling industry. Administered by China since 1999, after two decades of intensive development Macao today has been transformed. From the end of World War ii until the 1980s, however, time seemed to stand still, & the city, preserved for a while from modernity, possessed a unique charm. In this Macao, East & West lived together in harmony: curved Chinese roofs, Corinthian columns & cast-iron balconies could be found side by side; statues of the Virgin were matched by little red shrines dedicated to local divinities; & beautiful Portuguese palaces were allowed to slip into elegant decay. It is this lost Macao, a dormant city of illusion, that Philippe Pons`s evocative text recovers. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Admiralty Collection is a range of beautiful historic chart replicas from UK Hydrographic Office Archive in Taunton, Somerset. Admiralty have now discontinued this series. The maps listed here are the last remaining copies & unfortunately we will not be able to order more. If you need any further information or help choosing a print, you can email us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk. ...

Macarons are the aristocrats of pastry; these brightly coloured, mini meringues, daintily sandwiched together with gooey fillings, have become a holy grail for cookery fanatics & there are even food blogs dedicated to them. Like Pierre Herme`s famous macarons, it would be difficult for any macaron book to surpass this one & indeed the hardback edition has been a universal bestseller (still in print 978-1-908117-23-6). There are 208 pages of recipes & beautiful food photography, & because making macarons is mostly about technique, rather than just a standard recipe, readers will appreciate the 32-step-by-step photo-illustrated instructions for making shells & fillings. All the classics are here like dark chocolate, praline, coffee, & pistachio, but others feature the more unusual macarons that Herme is justly famous for: Isfahan is one, with lychee, rose & raspberry, Arabesque with apricot & pistachio, Satine with passion fruit, orange & cream cheese, Mandarin & pink pepper, black truffles, balsamic vinegar as well as a bright-green macaron filled with fresh mint. ...

Macau on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map, with street plans of Macau itself plus of Taipa & Coloane Islands, a road map of the surrounding region including Hong Kong & Guangzhou, plus extensive tourist information. On one side is a street plan of Macau at 1:10, 000. Main public buildings, places of interest & selected hotels are prominently highlighted & named. The plan is indexed for streets, districts, parks, hotels, points of interest & public buildings. All names: streets, districts, buildings, sights, etc. are shown both in Latin alphabet & in Chinese characters. On the reverse is a map presenting the islands of Taipa & Coloane at 1:45, 000, highlighting various sights & indexed for streets, parks, hotels & points of interest. Also included is a map of a wider region around Macau at 1:1, 500, 000, including Hong Kong & Guangzhou. Both maps give all names in Latin alphabet only.A special feature of the Insight Flexi series are panels with additional tourist information: 27 main sights, neatly grouped into sections covering Major Sights, Recommended Museums, Churches & Temples, Casinos & Nightlife, plus Other Sights, are given brief descriptions & are prominently highlighted on the relevant maps. Further panels provide information on Getting Around & Facts for Visitors, including tourist information offices, public holidays, opening times, money, telecommunications & monthly climate charts. ...

Macau on a laminated, tear-resistant Insight Flexi Map, with street plans of Macau itself plus of Taipa & Coloane Islands, a road map of the surrounding region including Hong Kong & Guangzhou, plus extensive tourist information. On one side is a street plan of Macau at 1:10, 000. Main public buildings, places of interest & selected hotels are prominently highlighted & named. The plan is indexed for streets, districts, parks, hotels, points of interest & public buildings. All names: streets, districts, buildings, sights, etc. are shown both in Latin alphabet & in Chinese characters. On the reverse is a map presenting the islands of Taipa & Coloane at 1:45, 000, highlighting various sights & indexed for streets, parks, hotels & points of interest. Also included is a map of a wider region around Macau at 1:1, 500, 000, including Hong Kong & Guangzhou. Both maps give all names in Latin alphabet only.A special feature of the Insight Flexi series are panels with additional tourist information:- 27 main sights, neatly grouped into sections covering Major Sights, Recommended Museums, Churches & Temples, Casinos & Nightlife, plus Other Sights, are given brief descriptions & are prominently highlighted on the relevant maps.- Further panels provide information on Getting Around & Facts for Visitors, including tourist information offices, public holidays, opening times, money, telecommunications & monthly climate charts. To see the list of other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

As a survey of Macau`s 450 years of history & society, this book offers some fascinating analysis of controversial topics such as sovereignty, democratization, the clash of civilizations, the gaming industry, current social problems, & a Macauan identity. Historical & sociological research findings & literature & the arts are used to illustrate the author`s arguments. ...

Was Thomas Macaulay a cultural imperialist or a prophetic moderniser? He always inspired both admiration & hostility. He introduced English education to India, creating a class of westernised Indians often reviled as ` Macaulay`s children`, but today many former ` Untouchables` literally worship him as their liberator from caste tyranny. This new biography gives a vivid insight into one of the towering intellects of Victorian Britain, a brilliant, complex, self-made man, who rose from middle-class origins to the highest circles of the world`s largest empire. We follow his meteoric journey from child prodigy to Whig parliamentary orator, playing a major role in the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832, then imperial administrator & liberal reformer in India, & later Cabinet minister, revered elder statesman & famed historian back in Britain. We also get a revealing portrait of his personal life as a bachelor romantically attached to his sisters. Masani reclaims Macaulay as a pioneer of globalisation based on the English language & Western values.A strong advocate of liberal interventionism across the globe, he was the ideological precursor of Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair & Western military interventions in the world`s trouble-spots. But he was also the architect of the `soft power` through which the West permeates the rest of the world. ...

This is a facsimile of Macauley`s Station Map of the Railways of Great Britain published in 1881 showing all the lines built & planned at that date & the owners of each line. By this date the railway network in Britain was largely complete but many changes took place between 1881 & the eve of the Grouping in 1923
- some of the planned lines were never built & many of the original owning companies were taken over by other companies. This is a portrait of Britain`s railways as the well known large companies (which ultimately came to be be narrowed down to the Big Four) were vying with a myriad of local lines to rationalise a network which had been built on the various demands of local communities & business interests throughout Britain. The book also comprises the 4th edition of Airey`s Railway Junction Diagrams which was published in 1880. This is the perfect complement to Macauley`s railway atlas as it shows in detail each contemporary railway junction in Britain where different (often competing) railway companies met on the network. The original volume of junction diagrams comprises 130 pages of maps which have been interposed in this edition with the relevant pages of the atlas.
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