In September 1996, a fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room, shielding her baby brother while shots rang out in the streets outside the family home in Karachi. This was the evening that her father Murtaza was murdered, along with six of his associates. In December 2007, Benazir Bhutto, Fatima`s aunt, & the woman she had publically accused of ordering her father`s murder, was assassinated in Rawalpindi. It was the latest in a long line of tragedies for one of the world`s best known political dynasties. ” Songs of Blood & Sword” tells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords
- the proud descendents of a warrior caste
- who became powerbrokers in the newly created state of Pakistan. It is an epic tale full of the romance & legend of feudal life, the glamour & licence of the international political elite & ultimately, the tragedy of four generations of a family defined by a political idealism that would destroy them. The history of this extraordinary family mirrors the tumultuous events of Pakistan itself, & the quest to find the truth behind her father`s murder has led Fatima to the heart of her country`s volatile political establishment. It is the history of a nation from Partition through the struggle with India over Kashmir, the Cold War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan up to the post 9/11 ` War on Terror`. It is also a book about a daughter`s love for her father & her search to uncover, & to underst&, the truth of his life & death. It is a book about a family & nation riven by murder, corruption, conspiracy & division, written by one who has lived it, in the heart of the storm. ” Songs of Blood & Sword” is a book of international significance by a young woman who has already established herself as a brave & passionate campaigner.

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The dawn chorus: a single voice cutting through the morning mist soon develops into a symphony of different songs hailing the new day. Many of these songbirds are familiar & iconic features of wildlife, & yet much about their lives remains mysterious, even to scientists. There is a simple pleasure in listening to birdsong, but curiosity on this enchanting phenomena will soon see you asking questions about every aspect of these birds lives from courting a potential mate & defending a territory, to mimicry & migration. ...

Ardennes Recreational Maps at a scale of 1:25, 000 enable you to discover the Ardennes from junction to junction, each associated with a locality, through a network of hiking, cycling or riding paths. The network of mini walks consists of suggested routes with kilometre distance marked showing field boundaries & urbanised built up areas. Contour markings are at five metre intervals. The map legend is in English, French, Dutch & German. You can scan QR codes on the map for details about the respective locality or upload GPX files of the proposed routes via the provided website. ...

Gone are the days when using travel products meant compromising your health. This funky multi-coloured pack-away, non-disposable sonic toothbrush allows the replaceable bristle head to vibrate at more than 20, 000 micro vibrations a minute. The Sonic traveller comes with its own hygienic protective case, an extra head & 1 x AAA battery. Colours may vary from the picture. ...

As an acoustic engineer, Trevor Cox has spent his career eradicating unwanted noises
- echoes in concert halls, clamour in classrooms.
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Sonnblick, map no. 42
- ski edition, in a series of ski & hiking maps produced by the German & Austrian Alpine Clubs in co-operation
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Sonnblick, map no. 42
- ski edition, in a series of ski & hiking maps produced by the German & Austrian Alpine Clubs in co-operation
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Sonnblick area of the Alps in a combined hiking & ski edition at 1:25, 000 from a series of detailed, GPS compatible maps published by the DAV
- Deutscher Alpenverein & produced by the German & Austrian Alpine Clubs using cartography from their respective survey organizations. Maps in this series have topography vividly presented by contours at 20 metres intervals, enhanced by shading & finely drawn graphic relief. An overprint highlights hiking paths and/or ski routes (please see the note below), campsites & various types of mountain huts & refuges. The area covered by each map varies according to the scale; for 1:25, 000 maps it is Approx. 25x 18 km (15 x 11 miles). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks with latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend is in German only.PLEASE NOTE – THE OVERPRINT FOR HIKING and/or SKI ROUTES: all Sheet Ref. numbers shown on the accompanying grid are available with an overprint highlighting hiking trails, indicating sections with fixed climbing ropes &, where appropriate, the waymarking route numbers. Several titles are now published with both hiking & ski routes on them. Other areas are covered by two separate maps: a hiking edition plus a ski edition. The type of the overprint is indicated in our title of each map. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.
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INTRODUCTION BY GERMAINE GREER. Shakespeare`s sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful & often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer`s skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form & creating something unique in every one. Some are familiar
- Shall I compare thee to a summer`s day?
- others unexpected, but together they form an extraordinary meditation on the nature of love, lust, beauty & time.

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Sonoma Valley & Carneros Wine Country Biking Map at 1:30, 000 from Map Adventures showing local conservations areas, recreational trails, wineries, etc. The region is divided between two sides of the map. On one side is Sonoma City with the Los Carneros wine growing area to the south, extending east to Napa City to show wineries on the Napa County side of the county border; an inset presents the centre of Sonoma City in greater detail. On the reverse is the northern part of the Sonoma Valley extending north to Oakmont. The maps show biking or hiking only trails, highlighting starting points of 10 recommended biking routes for which descriptions are provided. Also marked are facilities such as information points, car parks, restrooms & picnic areas. Both panels show locations of wineries indicating whether open to the public or by appointment only, plus list them in the accompanying index. Topography is shown only by names of mountain ranges & no geographical coordinates for GPS are provided. ...