* ` Indispensable.` Wanderlust Magazine *` Essential pre-departure reading.` Jennifer Cox, Author of Around the World in 80 Dates * Newly revised & updated in 2010 The Backpacker`s Bible, the result of extensive research & first-hand experience, is crammed full of advice for the first time traveler
- from planning the journey to packing your bags, from organising money to keeping in touch with home. There are helpful tips on finding work abroad, obtaining travel insurance, being a responsible eco-traveller & much more. Crucially, you`ll find information on personal safety & potential health risks, with newly revised & updated chapters to cover the increased international safety measures & the growth of internet-related travel assistance & social online networking. To help you find out more about destinations, the best guidebooks are recommended, together with a comprehensive selection of insightful travel reads. There`s even an alphabetical guide to diplomatic contacts for each country, complete with details of typical regional climates. This book truly is the bible for the modern backpacker.
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Anya has been backpacking in the Spice Islands, but her last postcard home arrived months ago. Now her anxious father, Francesco, has gone in search of her. Almost within sight of l&, the ferry he`s travelling on sinks & Francesco & two other Europeans are washed ashore on the island Anya was heading for. They are immediately arrested but when Francesco shows the local police captain a photo of himself with the country`s president they are swiftly released under surveillance. Francesco has unwittingly unleashed a deadly chain of events that leaves them all at the mercy of the conflicting ambitions of the Christian police chief & the Muslim army colonel. ...

* The inspiration behind the forthcoming BBC dramatization ` The Ark` ` War, superb as it is, is not necessarily a filtering ...

Meet the bacteria, viruses, & other germs & microbes that are all around, but too small for us to see. Learn how they keep us & our world running. What do a squid that glows, fungus that grows, & tiny creatures in the soil under your toes all have in common? They`re all part of the world of microbiology! In this awesome book for kids, scientist Steve Mould reveals fun & fascinating facts about bacteria, viruses, & other germs & microbes. The Bacteria Book explores why we need bacteria, & introduces readers to its microbial mates
- viruses, fungi, algae, & protozoa. Bacteria are the most important living organisms on Earth, & 99 per cent of them are helpful, not harmful. Without bacteria, we wouldn`t have bread or cheese, & our bodies wouldn`t be able to work how we need them to. Microbes keep us & our world running in surprising ways. This book will show you how, through real-life examples of microbiology in action. The Bacteria Book is a fun & informative introduction to a STEAM subject that brings kids up-close with the big world of tiny science. With remarkable photography, kooky character illustrations, & lots of fun facts that toe the line between ”ew!” & ”oh!”, it`s the only book on microbiology young scientists won`t want to put down.
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There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery & despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming & clever Baudelaire children read on... The three youngsters encounter a greedy & repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune & cold porridge for breakfast. Then again, why trouble yourself with the unfortunate resolutions? Avoid these books in Lemony Snicket`s international bestselling series & you`ll never have to know what happens! ...

Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as ` Lily` in Lima in 1950, where she claims to be from Chile but vanishes the moment her claim is exposed as fiction. He loves her next in Paris as ` Comrade Arlette`, an activist en route to Cuba, an icy, remote lover who denies knowing anything about the Lily of years gone by. Whoever the bad girl turns up as, & however poorly she treats him, Ricardo is doomed to worship her. Gifted liar & irresistible, maddening muse
- does Ricardo ever know who she really is?
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Lemony Snicket`s simply told story offers a refreshing, thoughtful, & hilarious look at the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc as it moves from person to person, leaving an unexpected trail of surprise in its wake: opportunities for laughter, forgiveness & even love. ...

Another foolhardy Cambridge college-climber has died attempting Harding`s Folly. This time it`s John Talentire, one of the brightest young dons at St Agatha`s, & the verdict is accident, compounded by idiocy. But Imogen Quy
- her name rhymes with `why`
- can`t help wondering how such a clever young man died so stupidly. & when a wildly eccentric production of Hamlet is interrupted by a murder accusation, Imogen has to look into it, uncovering more crime than she expected.

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Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France & the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. Three decades on from his retirement, he remains the last Frenchman to win the Tour de France. His victory in 1985 marks the turning point when the nation who had dominated the first eight decades of the race they had invented suddenly found they were no longer able to win it. Hinault is the last `old-school` champion: a larger-than-life character from a working-class background, capable of winning on all terrains, in major Tours & one-day Classics. Nicknamed the ` Badger` for his combative style, he led a cyclists` strike in his first Tour & instigated a legendary punch-up with demonstrators in 1982 while in the middle of a race. Hinault`s battles with team-mates Laurent Fignon & Greg Le Mond provide some of the greatest moments in Tour history. In Bernard Hinault & the Fall & Rise of French Cycling, William Fotheringham finally gets to the bottom of this fascinating character & explores the reasons why the nation that considers itself cycling`s home has found it so hard to produce another champion. ...

Youth subculture in 20th Century Britain is a unique phenomenon. Throughout the decades, young people sought to define themselves sartorially, reflecting their identity in terms of regionalism, class & crucially, musical taste, through their clothes. This book is a comprehensive survey of over 50 underground `tribes` that roamed the streets of the UK from the `60s to the `90s. From Mod to Skinhead & Rocker to Riot Grrrl by way of Goth, the look of each movement is captured in meticulously researched, previously unseen archive photography. Explanatory texts in Sam Knee`s evocative tone provide context, & an illustration section at the back breaks down each look element by element. This is a key resource for fashion enthusiasts, musos & cultural historians, as well as a powerful, graphic document of Britain`s fashion evolution through the ages. ...