Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands in the Countries & Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides aimed at independent travellers & serving a large range of international destinations. Frank & informal in style, the guides explore an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants & nightlife & are designed for practical use while travelling on the road. Written & researched by a team of experts, each book is independent in its recommendations & suggestions, often offering individual takes on individual destinations. Widely recognised for their reliability, each Lonely Planet country & region guide has the same layout. Introductory sections profile the destination with individual chapters on particular highlights, getting started, (including when to go) itineraries, history, culture, arts, food & drink & the environment. Each guide is organised geographically by region, with individual sections detailing an extensive range of sights, places of interest, attractions, restaurants, nightlife, accommodation & any local activities. The guides have detailed explanations of historical context where relevant. There is also practical guidance on ...

Dive among luminous coral reefs; watch a traditional singsing festival group; or sleep in a stilt house on the mighty Sepik river, all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands: Colour maps & images throughout Highlights & itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs & interests Insider tips to save time & money & get around like a local, avoiding crowds & trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips
- hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets
- eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience
- the Kokoda Trail, history, environment, culture, politics Over 45 maps Covers: Port Moresby, Central Province, Oro Province, Milne Bay Province, Morobe Province, Madang Province, the Highlands, the Sepik, Island Provinces, the Solomon Islands & more


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Get creative with this Par Avion (Air Mail) Rubber Stamps set from Cavallini & Co.! Comprising of twelve high quality wood-block & rubber stamps with accompanying black ink pad, all housed in a well presented brush-metal case, the Par Avion Rubber Stamps set is ideal for adorning cards, labels & letters
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Parade's End is the great British war novel & Ford Madox Ford's major achievement as a novelist. Originally published as four linked novels between 1924 & 1928, it follows the story of Christopher Tietjens, as his life is shattered by his wife's infidelities & overturned by the mud, blood & destruction of the First World War. Tietjens, with his old-fashioned Tory values, is already out of step with the corrupt political culture of Edwardian England: his experiences at the Front & his developing relationship with the suffragette Valentine Wannop force him into a radical reconfiguring of his values as he participates in the post-war period of national re-construction. Parade's End is both a subtly perceptive psychological novel & a richly descriptive chronicle of 'the public events of a decade'. Through Tietjens, his beautiful (and unforgettably cruel) wife, Sylvia, & the principled Valentine, Ford draws us into the world of the English upper class as it goes through a period of crisis & transformation. ...

Booker Prize-winner Julian Barnes introduces Ford Madox Ford`s masterpiece ” Parade`s End”
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The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question everything he holds dear
- social order, morality, marriage & loyalty. & it rocks the very foundations of English society. This is a powerful story about love, betrayal & disillusionment in a time of horror & confusion by one of Britain`s finest novelists. Ford Madox Ford`s monumental novel came to our screens in August 2012 as a major BBC adaptation, with a screenplay by the legendary playwright Tom Stoppard & a stellar cast that included Benedict Cumberbatch. This edition of the novel

Includes:: all four parts, originally published separately between 1924 & 1928.


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Almost forty & with nothing to show for it, Hannah Luckraft is starting to notice that her lifestyle is not entirely sustainable: her subconscious is turning against her, her soul is a little unwell. Her family is wounded, her friends are odd, her body is not as reliable as it once was & her drinking is frankly out of h&. Robert, a dissolute dentist, appears to offer a love she can underst&, but he may only be one more symptom of the problem she must cure. From the north-east of Scotland to Dublin, from London to Montreal, to Budapest & onwards, Hannah travels in search of the ultimate altered state: the one where she can be happy
- her paradise. Paradise is a compelling examination of failure that is also a comic triumph, a novel of dark extremes that is full of the most ravishing lyrical beauty.
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Beatrice Kizza, a woman in flight from a homeland that condemned her for daring to love, flees to London. There, she shields her sorrow from the indifference of her adopted city, & navigates a night-time world of shift-work & bedsits. Howard Pink is a self-made millionaire who has risen from Petticoat Lane to the mansions of Kensington on a tide of determination & bluster. Yet self-doubt still snaps at his heels & his life is shadowed by the terrible loss that has shaken him to his foundations. Carol Hetherington, recently widowed, is living the quiet life in Wandsworth with her cat & The Jeremy Kyle Show for company. As she tries to come to terms with the absence her husband has left on the other side of the bed, she frets over her daughter`s prospects & wonders if she`ll ever be happy again. Esme Reade is a young journalist learning to muck-rake & doorstep in pursuit of the elusive scoop, even as she longs to find some greater meaning & leave her imprint on the world. Four strangers, each inhabitants of the same city, where the gulf between those who have too much & those who will never have enough is impossibly vast. But when the glass that separates Howard`s & Beatrice`s worlds is shattered by an inexcusable act, they discover that the capital has connected them in ways they could never have imagined. ...