Transfagaras Road, Romania’s most spectacular mountain road across the Fagaras Mountains, on a detailed road map from Bel Alpin showing the whole route at 1:75, 000, with its winding central section at 1:30, 000, plus extensive English language notes including 15 hiking routes. The map presents the whole traverse of the Fagaras Mountains, opened completely only from June to September, at 1:75, 000 with its central section, full of hairpin bends, shown in greater detail at 1:30, 000. Both maps are contoured, with spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for the rocky areas & forests. Connecting roads & paths are marked & symbols highlight locations of mountain refuges, chalets, hunting & forestry lodges, plus mountain rescue posts. The map has no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. Both maps show waymarked hiking routes, with the 1:30, 000 enlargement highlighting 15 special trails for which descriptions are provided on the reverse side. The notes, in English, also provide a description of the area & its best sights, plus contact details for various types of accommodation.

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In the wake of family collapse, a writer & her two young sons move to London. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions – personal, moral, artistic, practical – as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself & her children. Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed Outline, & offers up a penetrating & moving reflection on childhood & fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility & the mystery of change. ...

Beirut
- where plastic surgery meets the emotional intensity of the legendary diva Umm Kulthum, & Lebanese foodies go on the rampage.
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Transit Maps of the World is the first, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colourful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of urban transport systems, including rare & historic maps, diagrams, & photographs. Transit Maps could not be more relevant to our modern existence. It uncovers the way many of us are able live & work day to day. It is an inspiring compendium for graphic designers & transport enthusiasts alike. ...

The Pacific Ocean calls to mind a world of fabulous kingdoms & noble savages, guilt free sex & gin-clear lagoons, & a perfect idleness fed by lush fruits & fish-rich seas. Ever since Captain Cook first went to Tahiti in 1769 to observe the transit of Venus across the sun, this dream of the Pacific has not lost its force. But Julian Evans`s journey through the island archipelagos of the Great Ocean was also informed by a quest into our more modern myths
- such as Peacekeeper missiles & nuclear bombs being tested by the US Army. With humour & vivid imagery, honesty & a wickedly sardonic wit, Evans uncovers the reality of these two Pacific dreams: a brave new ocean where the islanders have money & booze, military coups & cold-war politics, atomic explosions & rising sea levels, but where, in the remotest atolls, beyond all our modernity & rationality, the old dream of islands continues to assert itself.
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Transkei Wild Coast in a series of double-sided touring maps with GPS coordinates for selected road junctions, villages & accommodation. Rather basic cartography, with bold elevation tinting, spot heights & rivers (often without names), is designed to highlight the road network & the coordinates provided on the maps. Each map gives GPS waypoints for selected road junctions, small towns or settlements, & places of interest. Recommended accommodation, including campsites, inns, lodges, etc, is also shown with GPS waypoints, as well as contact details & symbols indicating various facilities available there. The maps also indicate other outdoor & recreational facilities, fuel supplies, aerodromes & landing strips, etc. National parks & protected areas are highlighted.* In this title:* the coast of the Eastern Cap Province from Morgan’s Bay to beyond Port St. Johns, extending inland to the N2 highway. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 15’ intervals. ...

Part anthology & part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of sixteen Libyan short story writers & one American diplomat. Intrigued by the apparent absence of 'place' in modern Libyan short fiction, Ethan Chorin resolved to track down & translate stories that specifically mention cities & landmarks in Libya. The stories trace the influence of the ancient Romans, the later Italian occupation & the current influx of foreign workers from Africa & further afield. The authors open a window on today's Libya
- a rapidly urbanizing country with rich oil reserves, recently renewed diplomatic relations with the West & a nascent tourist industry based on its well-preserved ancient cities. This is a unique introduction to a country that has for some time been 'off the beaten path'.
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Part anthology & part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of sixteen Libyan short story writers & one American diplomat. Translating Libya, published in 2008, was one of the first books to introduce Libyan literature to an English-speaking audience. The updated 2014 revision

Includes:: a foreword by Ahmed Ibrahim Fagih, one of Libya`s most recognised authors, & a new introduction by the author, in light of the Libyan Revolution & its aftermath, which he witnessed firsth&. Intrigued by the apparent absence of `place` in modern Libyan short fiction, Ethan Chorin, one of the first U.S. diplomats posted to Libya, resolved in 2004 to track down & translate stories that specifically mentioned cities & landmarks in Libya
- & then to visit those places, & describe what he encountered there. The result is a mixture of travelogue & memoir that sheds light on the social factors that fed the 2011 Revolution, & its aftermath. The collection

Includes:: pieces from the `sixties generation` of writers, as well as a newer generation of Libyan writers, including several women, writing in a variety of styles, ”twisted” 1001 nights, to allegory, fictionalized memoir & overt satire. Chorin explains how the stories, under cover of anonymity, distorted place-names & double-meanings reveal the depth of anger & despair that precipitated & fed the Arab Spring
- & serve as a reminder to those who fought heroically for their freedom, that true courage springs from isolating, not repeating the mistakes of the past.





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Translation is everywhere, & matters to everybody. Translation doesn`t only give us foreign news, dubbed films & instructions for using the microwave: without it, there would be no world religions, & our literatures, our cultures, & our languages would be unrecognisable. In this Very Short Introduction, Matthew Reynolds gives an authoritative & thought-provoking account of the field, from ancient Akkadian to World English, from St Jerome to Google Translate. He shows how translation determines meaning, how it matters in commerce, empire, conflict & resistance, & why it is fundamental to literature & the arts. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable. ...

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