Selection Day is a captivating, witty novel by the Man Booker Prize winning author of The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga.` The most exciting novelist writing in English today` A. N. Wilson Manjunath Kumar is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket
- if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears & resents his domineering & cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling & is fascinated by the world of CSI & by curious & interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself & about the world, that he doesn`t know... Sometimes it seems as though everyone around him has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself. When Manju begins to get to know Radha`s great rival, a boy as privileged & confident as Manju is not, everything in Manju`s world begins to change & he is faced with decisions that will challenge both his sense of self & of the world around him...
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Alone in her native St Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London & New York. Her son & daughter arrive too late to see her, but the end of their mother`s life marks the beginning of their own story: one of secrets, strangers, & the ultimate retelling of everything they thought they knew. ...

This is a simple & systematic guide to growing a selection of the tastiest fruit & vegetables. The aim of this book is to start you off with some easy-to-grow produce such as carrots, onions, radishes, tomatoes & strawberries. Once you have the confidence of the first growing season behind you, you can then progress to crops requiring slightly more labour, such as peas, beans & raspberries. When you grow your own produce, you can be absolutely sure that everything has been organically cared for & you can grow just the variety you like. You can pick the fruit & vegetables at their freshest without a tiresome journey to the supermarket. It`s satisfying, it`s economical & it`s delicious. ...

Some herbs grow vigorously, some are tender & need special growing conditions, some are annuals, some perennials, some you can grow indoors, all can be grown in pots or directly into the ground. There are also certain species, such as chillies, that can be grown in temperate climates. This clear & concise directory of herbs & spices provides all the essential information to help you grow a selection of these flavour-enhancing foods in small or large spaces. Ideas for which herbs & spices go best with which foods also accompany each description, so that you can really enliven your repertoire of recipes. ...

Selkirk in 1897 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. Coverage stretches from Selkirk Bridge eastward to the Selkirk Hills, & from Knowepark School & Brierylaw cemetery southward to Haining Loch. Features include Ettrickbank Mill, Cheviot Mills, Bridgehaugh Mills, Yarrow Mill, Forest Mill, Riverside Mill, railway station, Heatherlie, Elm Park, Market Place, Peel Hill (site of castle), The Haining, Deer Park, Rosebank Quarry, etc. On the reverse are extracts from a contemporary trade directory. 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. ...

Living afloat on inland canals, rivers & waterways is a popular choice throughout the UK & Europe, & its popularity is growing. Attracted for financial, environmental or lifestyle reasons, there are now so many people wanting to sell up & live on the water that there are waiting lists for permanent berths. Bill & Laurel Cooper are the experts on living afloat. Practising what they preach, they have lived aboard a variety of boats throughout Europe for over 30 years. Covering UK, European & American inland waterways, they offer practical, first-hand expert advice on:
- Suitable boats
- Likely costs
- Rules & regulations
- Insurance considerations
- Pros & cons of the liveaboard lifestyle
- Dealing with health & other problems
- Provisioning & much, much more With anecdotes from their own experiences to illustrate their points, as well as maps, sketches & photographs, the Coopers can help anyone dreaming of selling up & cruising the inland waterways to make that dream become a reality.






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This highly popular guide is written mainly for people who want to give up the land & live almost permanently on their boats, cruising from one place to another. For these people this book, now in its third edition, is considered a bible. There is advice on everything from choosing & maintaining your boat to staying healthy & organising your finances, all accompanied by illustrations & colour photographs.

Includes:: an updated chapter on boat electronics & also up-to-date advice on bureaucracy, finance & taxation. Authors: Bill & Laurel Cooper.

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One of the titles in a series of hiking maps with contours at 50m intervals, shading & graphic relief. An overprint highlights local footpaths, including the high level long-distance routes (Alte Vie), indicating difficult sections. The maps also show the ”via ferrata” paths along the iron rails & ladders fitted into the rock faces during the World War II to improve troop movement & now open to the public. Different types of accommodation, cable car lines, chair lifts, & various places of interest are also marked. The maps have no geographical coordinates. Map legend is in Italian & German only, unless it is indicated in the individual description that English is included. ...

Sellaronda e Valli Ladine from Tabacco with two skiing maps of the central part of the Dolomites. The main map at 1:25, 000 shows a ski tour around the Sella massif. The tour is marked on the map with both clockwise & anticlockwise variants & divided into sections. The map also shows & lists all the ski lift facilities. On the reverse, the tour is shown on a 1:50, 000 map which covers a much wider area, indicating both downhill & cross-country ski runs. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Sellaronda Ski Map at 1:25, 000 from Tabacco, covering Val Gardena, Alta Badia, Arabba Marmolada & Val di Fassa, presenting both the clockwise & anticlockwise tour, downhill routes with grading of slopes, plus various local tourist facilities. The map has excellent detailed cartography, with contours at 25m intervals enhanced by shading & graphic relief to provide a vivid picture of the terrain. The Sellaronda ski tour is marked in both clockwise & anticlockwise direction, with each route cross-referenced to a table providing more details of each stage. Downhill ski slopes are presented in different colours according to the degree of difficulty. Ski mountaineering routes are also shown graded into routes suitable for medium level, good & expert skiers. The map shows local mountain transport: cabin-, chair-, ski-lifts, funiculars, etc) with separate tables of facilities for the four areas covered by the map, showing carrying capacity for each lift unit. Also marked are different accommodation possibilities open during the winter season (hotels, huts, refuges, bivouacs or unguarded shelters, campsites), restaurants, bus stops, car parks, ice rinks & swimming pools, etc.UTM grid lines are drawn at 1-km intervals. Map legend

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