Micronesia, Hawaii, Polynesia, Bora Bora, Seychelles, Maldives, Australia
- where does the mind go when imagining such places.
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As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens & twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to transform both their nation & the world. These millennials, offspring of the one-child policy, face fierce competition to succeed. Pressure starts young, & their road isn`t easy. Their stories are also like those of young people all over the world: moving out of home, starting a career, falling in love. Wish Lanterns follows the lives of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child & netizen; ` Fred` is a daughter of the Party. Lucifer is an aspiring superstar; Snail a country migrant addicted to online games. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north; Mia a rebel from Xinjiang in the far west. Alec Ash, a writer in Beijing of the same generation, has given us a vivid, gripping account of young China as it comes of age. Through individual stories, Wish Lanterns shows with empathy & insight the challenges & dreams that will define China`s future global impact. ...

As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens & twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to transform both their nation & the world. These millennials, offspring of the one-child policy, face fierce competition to succeed. Pressure starts young, & their road isn`t easy. Their stories are also like those of young people all over the world: moving out of home, starting a career, falling in love. Wish Lanterns follows the lives of six young Chinese. Dahai is a military child & netizen; ` Fred` is a daughter of the Party. Lucifer is an aspiring superstar; Snail a country migrant addicted to online games. Xiaoxiao is a hipster from the freezing north; Mia a rebel from Xinjiang in the far west. Alec Ash, a writer in Beijing of the same generation, has given us a vivid, gripping account of young China as it comes of age. Through individual stories, Wish Lanterns shows with empathy & insight the challenges & dreams that will define China`s future global impact. ...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS & MOTHERING SUNDAY, & reissued for the first time in Scribner, comes a novel called ` Profound & powerful... an unputdownable read` by Scotland on Sunday. On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton
- former Devon farmer, now proprietor of a seaside caravan park
- receives the news that his brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in Iraq. For Jack & his wife Ellie this will have a potentially catastrophic impact & compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his brother`s remains, but also to return to the land of his past & confront his most secret, troubling memories. Praise for Mothering Sunday: ` Bathed in light; & even when tragedy strikes, it blazes irresistibly... Swift`s small fiction feels like a masterpiece` Guardian ` Alive with sensuousness & sensuality.. . wonderfully accomplished, it is an achievement` Sunday Times ` From start to finish Swift`s is a novel of stylish brilliance & quiet narrative verve. The archly modulated, precise prose (a hybrid of Henry Green & Kazuo Ishiguro) is a glory to read. Now 66, Swift is a writer at the very top of his game` Evening Standard ` Mothering Sunday is a powerful, philosophical & exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, & the parallel lives
- the parallel stories
- we can never know.. . It may just be Swift`s best novel yet` Observer



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In this gloriously original social history, Travis Elborough argues that our national character
- our snobbishness & willingness
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Wishaw in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the centre of Wishaw together with the Iron & Steel Works to the south-west. Features include Main Street, Stewarton Street, Kirk Road, Caledonian Road, Central station, Houldsworth Public Park, Town Hall, Berryhill Rows, Stenton Iron & Steel Works, Heathery Coal Pit, Sunnyside, Clydesdale Distillery, Belhaven Park, Railway Waggon Works, mineral railway, etc. Trade directory extracts are on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

They were outcasts, the forgotten boys of Trinidad & Tobago imprisoned for violent crimes including armed robbery & murder. They had nothing left but a wish for a better life, the feeling that they would need an education to achieve their goals, & a desperate desire to find an English teacher. In 2010 Debbie Jacob entered the gates of the Youth Training Centre (YTC), the remand centre for boys in the Caribbean island of Trinidad
- it would be a move that would change her life & the lives of her young charges forever. Based on a true story, Wishing for Wings recounts Debbie`s challenging journey of preparing seven young men for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) English Language exam. Heartbreaking but also encouraging, Debbie`s story & those of her students, offer an unprecedented look into the lives of troubled teens & boys in prison. The realities of the education & justice systems are brought into sharp focus as are issues such as teaching (formal) English in a Creole speaking environment. It is a story of challenge & triumph; of rebellion & redemption; of loss & of learning, but most of all it is about the Power of Love. Debbie Jacob took a chance with her students, & they took a chance with her. In the end, both teacher & students would discover just how much they had come to need each other. Impossible to put down, Wishing for Wings captures both the fear & the pleasure of one teacher in unchartered territory; & the hope & trust sustaining her students. The story of their journey together will make you cry & make you smile, but most of all, it will remind you of the enduring power of faith & love.
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Wismar
- Klützer Winkel area of northern Germany on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

City boy Deon Maas flees the suburbs in search of adventure & Africa is where he reckons he will find it. Over a period of 15 years he embarks on several journeys, once with his whole family in tow, to discover what it means to be African. He ends up ducking pirates in Madagascar, spending a night with oil thieves in Nigeria & narrowly escaping death at a roadblock in the Congo. Interwoven with his travel stories is his search for local music & the musical legends of the countries he visits. His stories are spiced with fascinating characters, strange sightings &...his cocky attitude! Anything but the typical tourist, Deon sets out to meet the locals & experience the underbelly of every new city. This means that he often ventures to places where he isn't meant to be & he ends up in a tight spot more than once. ...