Overall map of Rarotonga with relief shading, spot heights & contours at 20m intervals. Sealed & unsealed roads are marked along with buildings, shelter belts, areas of vegetation, trees, plantations & swamps. Insets show the streets of Avarua & the position of Rarotonga in relation to other islands.A Transverse Mercator grid is printed over the map & margin ticks show latitude & longitude at 1' intervals. ...

Samoa & Tonga 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 ...

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan`s foremost stylists
- a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly
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Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes & illustrates a crime & mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa`s tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo Kobayashi. When the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only dead-end clues & no first-hand witnesses. ...

Street plan of central Rasht from the Gitashenasi Institute with names of main streets & districts given in both Farsi & Latin alphabet. Names of smaller streets & various institutions are in Farsi only. Symbols highlight various local facilities & places of interest. Map legend is in English & Farsi. ...

Rasos de Peguera
- Serra d` Ensija in an extensive & very popular series of walking maps from Editorial Alpina covering the Pyrenees,
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A new collection of Teffi`s best autobiographical non-fiction writings Ranging from portraits of Rasputin & Lenin to observations on the Russian Revolution, & from profiles of cultural figures to moving domestic scenes, this short collection

Includes:: writings by the inimitable Teffi never before published in English. Everything is here
- politics, society, art & literature, love & family life
- & all is told in Teffi`s multifaceted style: amusing, sincerely moving, ironic & always honest, pervaded by an intensely felt understanding of humanity`s simultaneous tragedy & absurdity.



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Grigory Rasputin, Siberian peasant-turned-mystic & court sage, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers & boasting, `I don`t even know the ABC`. But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of haemophilia in the Tsar`s heir Alexei, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court. During the last decade of his life, he & his band of ”little ladies” came to symbolise all that was decadent, corrupt & remote about the Imperial Family, especially when it was rumoured that he was not only shaping Russian policy during the First World War, but also enjoying an intimate relationship with the Empress... Rasputin`s role in the downfall of the tsarist regime is beyond dispute. But who was he really? Prophet or rascal? A ”breath of rank air...who blew away the cobwebs of the Imperial Palace”, as Beryl Bainbridge put it; or a dangerous deviant? In this riveting & eye-opening short biography, Frances Welch turns her inimitable wry gaze on one of the great mysteries of Russian history. ...

Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers & boasting, `I don`t even know my ABC...` But, as the only person able to relieve the symptoms of haemophilia in the Tsar`s heir Alexis, he gained almost hallowed status within the Imperial court. During the last decade of his life, he & his band of `little ladies` came to symbolise all that was decadent & remote about the royal family. His role in the downfall of the tsarist regime is beyond dispute. But who was he really? Prophet or rascal? In this eye-opening short biography, which draws on previously unpublished material, Frances Welch turns her inimitable wry gaze on one of the great mysteries of Russian history. ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE Nearly a century after his murder, Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever. Was he really a horse thief & a hard-drinking ruffian in his youth? Was he a a devout Orthodox Christian, or was he in fact a just a fake holy man? Are the stories of his enormous sexual drive, debauchery, & drunken orgies true or simply a myth? How did he come to know the emperor & empress & to wield so much influence over them? What was the source of his healing power? Was Rasputin running the government in the final years of his life? & if so, was he acting on his own or on the orders of more powerful, hidden forces? Did Prince Yusupov & his fellow conspirators act alone or were they other parties involved in Rasputin`s murder-British secret agents or even an underground cell of Freemasons, as has been claimed? & to what extent did Rasputin`s murder doom the Romanov dynasty? Drawing on major new sources hitherto unexamined by western historians, Douglas Smith`s book is be the definitive biography of this extraordinary figure for a generation. ...