The Australian Bed & Breakfast Book

Includes:: some of Australia's best Bed & Breakfast accommodation. First

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First published in 1987, & with over 1 million copies sold, this comprehensive Australia-wide road atlas is now in its 21st edition. Perfect for on-road use, The Australian Touring Atlas is an easy-to-read atlas with large scale maps, including city approach & bypass maps, & inter-city route maps. & now this atlas

Includes:: over 100 recommended rest areas located along Australia's major highways. Rest area symbols are broken into the following categories: Camp area, fee applies Rest area with free camping Rest area only Camp area with toilet, fee applies Rest area with free camping & toilet Rest area only with toilet There's also information at the front with detailed town descriptions, including visitor centre contact details & lists of the major attractions in & around each town. Features include: More than 100 touring maps Over 100 recommended rest areas located on the maps Capital city maps Inter-city route maps, perfect for trip planning Approach & bypass maps Outer-city routes Index with over 15 000 entries

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Don't know your amontillado from your amoroso? Can't say who declared cabernet sauvignon the only variety to be tolerated in heaven? Can't list the movers & shakers in the Australian wine landscape today? Never fear, James Halliday, Australia's foremost wine writer, has compiled all the answers. The Australian Wine Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to all things wine in Australia, from someone who has immersed himself in the topic his whole life. From Abbey Creek Vineyard all the way to zinfandel, James gives detailed explanations of regions, personalities, grape varieties, winemaking processes & terms used in discussing wines. Written with his trademark vigour & contagious curiosity about what makes wine tick, The Australian Wine Enclycopedia is a must for all lovers of wine, from newcomers to experts. ...

The Austrians, in the Xenophobe guide series; consisting of a range of pocket-sized guides which take a humorous & irreverent approach to a wide range of world cultures. Each guide explores the characteristics of a country’s people in a series of dedicated sections, encompassing nationalism & identity, behaviour, manners, character, obsessions, beliefs & values, leisure & pleasure, culture, custom & tradition, business, systems, health & hygiene, crime & punishment, government & bureaucracy, conversation & gestures & language. Written in a wholly irreverent style, Xenophobes guides attempt to forewarn readers of the main stereotypes & foibles that are associated with individual nationalities. ...

Nowadays, I underst&, the tourists come for miles to see Hendry Jones` grave out on the Punta del Diablo & to debate whether his bones are there or not...A stark & violent depiction of one of America`s most alluring folk heroes, the mythical doomed gunslinger. Set on the majestic coast of Southern California, Doc Baker narrates his tale of the Kid`s capture, trial, escape & eventual murder. Written in spare & subtle prose, this is one of the great literary treatments of America`s obsession with the rule of the gun. ...

From hustling, drug addiction & armed violence in America`s black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope & self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, & the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies & black racialism. ...

Compiled from his own words, this history-making autobiography IS Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child & student who rebelled against segregation; the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith & the limits of his wisdom; the loving husband & father who sought to balance his family`s needs with those of a growing nationwide movement; & the reflective, world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere. Relevant & insightful, this Autobiography offers King`s seldom discussed views on some of the world`s greatest & most controversial figures including John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Mahatma Gandhi & Richard Nixon. This book brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts & actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues & still inspire our desires, hopes & dreams. ...

The Autograph Man is Zadie Smith`s whirlwind tour of celebrity & our fame-obsessed times. Following one Alex-Li Tandem
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Cairo at the very end of Ottoman rule. Behind the doors of the Automobile Club of Egypt, Egyptian staff attend to the every need of Cairo`s European elite
- the way they always have done, it seems. But soon the social upheaval out on the street will break its way through the club`s gilded doors, & its inhabitants above & below stairs must all confront their choices: to live safely without dignity, or to fight for their rights & risk everything.
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