The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas & the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns & other civilians. & the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the first time in sobering, shattering detail. ...

Still Life is a unique & hauntingly beautiful photographic study of the Antarctic huts that served as expedition bases for explorations led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott & Sir Ernest Shackleton. At the turn of the twentieth century Antarctica was the focus of one of the last great races of exploration & discovery. From 1895 to 1917, Antarctic explorers set off from their huts in search of adventure, science & glory but some, such as Scott, were never to return. The World Wars intervened & the huts were left as time capsules of Edwardian life; a portrait of King Edward VII hangs amid seal blubber, sides of mutton, a jar of gherkins, penguin eggs, cufflinks & darned trousers. One of New Zealand`s best known photographers, Jane Ussher, was invited by the Antarctic Heritage Trust to record `the unusual, the hidden & minutiae of these sites`. The Executive Director of the Trust, Nigel Watson, provides an informative introduction to the history & atmosphere of each hut & detailed photographic captions. ...

When her children flew the nest, Elisabeth Luard decided it was time to discover new worlds, beyond the family. As a prize-winning food writer, she chose to explore through her cookery. Guided by a trail of enticing aromas & flavours, Luard travels from kitchen to field to restaurant, taking us on a journey that criss-crosses the globe, from the gastronomic delights of the Bosphorus to life in the Arctic circle & the glitzy cuisine of Hollywood. Full of the sparkling anecdotes of the people she meets, & scattered with exotic recipes picked up along the way, Elisabeth Luard provides a window into fragile, often vanishing, ways of life as she explores new countries through the kitchens, market places & traditions of the locals. Funny, uplifting & insightful, Still Life offers a fresh look at the world outside the family. ...

Have you ever arrived in a hotel room & been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggage. In your room, you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. Do not throw urine around. Have you ever been to a restaurant & wondered what on earth to order? Bored Meat Stew, Lorry Driver Soup, or Kiss Lorraine. Have you ever arrived in an airport & found that the supposedly helpful signs just make you feel more lost? You are required to declare all sorts of private things. Departure. Bus stop. Car rental. Please buy your ticket consciously. Charlie Croker has, & in 2006 he gathered together what he thought was the definitive collection of English language howlers for his bestselling book ” Lost in Translation”. But he reckoned without the great British public. Not only was the book a smash hit, it also opened the floodgates to a deluge of emails & letters stuffed full of further mistranslations & mutilated phrases. From a leaflet from the Museum of Rasputin in Russia (which is apparently situated in a house that belonged a pilot fish Zubov) to a song title on a pirated Pink Floyd CD (” Come Fartably Numb”), the scrambled sentences just kept flooding in. At the same time Charlie has continued his travels & picked up gems of his own. With such a wealth of material, a sequel wasn`t just a necessity, it was a public service, & ” Still Lost in Translation” is even more addictive, whimsical & side-splittingly hilarious than the first book. ...

Lou Clark is back in the BRAND NEW Jojo Moyes novel Still Me, follow-up to the Number One international bestsellers Me Before You & After You. Lou Clark knows too many things... She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York & her new boyfriend Sam in London. She knows her employer is a good man & she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him. What Lou doesn`t know is she`s about to meet someone who`s going to turn her whole life upside down. Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it`ll hurt. Lou won`t know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything.` Still one of our fave authors & still a brilliant read!` Look` Immensely enjoyable` Sunday Times` Captivating` OK!`A funny, thoughtful & uplifting conclusion to the trilogy` Sunday Express` Treads the delicate balance between heartbreak & hope perfectly` Good Housekeeping ...

An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed & The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural & political implications of Ali`s refusal of service in the military--and the key moments in a life that was as high profile & transformative as any in the twentieth century. With the death of Muhammad Ali in June, 2016, the media & America in general have remembered a hero, a heavyweight champion, an Olympic gold medalist, an icon, & a man who represents the sheer greatness of America. New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville goes deeper, with a fascinating chronicle of a story that has been largely untold. Muhammad Ali, in the late 1960s, was young, successful, brash, & hugely admired--but with some reservations. He was bombastic & cocky in a way that captured the imagination of America, but also drew its detractors. He was a bold young African American in an era when few people were as outspoken. He renounced his name--Cassius Clay--as being his `slave name, ` & joined the Nation of Islam, renaming himself Muhammad Ali. & finally in 1966, after being drafted, he refused to join the military for religious & conscientious reasons, triggering a fight that was larger than any of his bouts in the ring. What followed was a period of legal battles, of cultural obsession, & in some ways of being the very embodiment of the civil rights movement located in the heart of one man. Muhammad Ali was the tip of the arrow, & Leigh Montville brilliantly assembles all the boxing, the charisma, the cultural & political shifting tides, & ultimately the enormous waft of entertainment that always surrounded Ali. Muhammed Ali vs. the United States of America is an important & incredibly engaging book. ...

Winner of the Great Kerfuffle Best Book of Last Tuesday Hey you! No, not you
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In Stir Crazy, Ching explains the techniques behind making a good stir fry, with tips on controlling the heat, choosing the right oils & the right order in which to add your ingredients, focusing on simple preparation to entice even those with little or no cooking skills to try something new. The recipes include both Asian & Western ingredients readily available in any supermarket, & range from Chinese `pesto` spring onion chilli noodles with kale & Taiwanese five spice peanut rice with carrot & edamame, to Chicken & green beans in spicy garlic sauce. So whether you eat meat or are a vegetarian, love carbs or avoid them, want something special or have to feed your family in a hurry, all you need to do is pick up a wok. ...

Stirling & Central Scotland Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader & specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. Whilst cathedrals & their furnishings, great country houses & their parks form the grand set pieces, the books demonstrate the enjoyable diversity of architecture in the British Isles in accounts of rural churches & farmsteads, Victorian public buildings & industrial monuments. A continuing programme of publication keeps the series up-to-date with new information on older buildings & recent architecture while maintaining the tradition of Pevsner`s own succinct accounts. Each book has over 100 photographs, mostly specially commissioned, numerous maps & plans, a glossary & indexes. ...

Stirling, Ochil Hills West, Alloa & Dunblane area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 366, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

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