' There are 3 000 drugged-up psychopaths armed to the teeth with blades shooters & bombs. That's the only way I can describe Yare. It's a murderous viper's nest of assassins cut throats & killers'. When James Miles & his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas Venezuela they couldn't deny their guilt. Young & naive the lads had thought the one-off drug mule job would be a passport to a better life. But in reality it was a ticket to hell.. . They were sentenced to thirty years & flung into the world's deadliest prison system ending up in the notorious Yare. A place where drugs & weaponry are currency & the rules are: there are no rules. This is the gripping true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. It's about what it's like to witness murder & rape every day fearing you'll be next. How it feels to join a dangerous Latino gang & eat dead rats in order to survive. & what you do when you're at the centre of a riot between thousands of men with machine guns. As seen on Channel 5's Banged Up Abroad" this is the most shocking prison story ever told & an inspiring account of human endurance." ...

A new edition guide to Bangkok completely revamped in this best-selling map & pocket guide series. Ideal for business & leisure City Pack Bangkok" is succinct with all the practical information you need. The guide has been completely revamped with new content design & layout. There are four main sections Essential Bangkok Bangkok by Area Where to Stay & Need to Know. The city has been broken up into colour-coded districts with the colour-coding cross-referenced throughout each section. Essential Bangkok starts with the top 25 sights plus a locator map then essential information to get the most of a short break in the city. Bangkok by Area takes you through the city district by district with localised shopping & entertainment listings. Where to Stay picks the best hotels to suit your budget with web addresses listed where available. Need to Know contains all the basics for a smooth-running trip. Each district within the city has a two-page colour-coded locator map with sights listed. There is a fold-out map of the city contained within the guide." ...

Cap off a boat trip with a visit to a hidden market or stroll around Banglamphu & wind up in conversation with a monk few cities reward exploration like Bangkok. AUSTIN BUSH LONELY PLANET WRITER Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 95 of Bangkok s best Thai eateries 38 easy-to-use maps 56 days of in-depth research 71 of Bangkok s best bars & clubs 112 Singha beers drunk with ice Comprehensive Map Section Feature coverage of top sights Range of Planning Tools In Depth Background on Bangkok s Food Scene ...

WHAT WILL YOUR BANGKOK ENCOUNTER BE? Watching the sun set while sipping a cocktail at one of Bangkok s rooftop bars Unwinding with a relaxing Thai massage Eating your way through the fresh irresistible & affordable world of Thai street food Hunting for bargains in the bustling labyrinth that is Chatuchak Weekend Market Shopping like a Thai teen at Bangkok s famous malls Recovering from big-city exertions on an idyllic palm-fringed beach just a few hours away DISCOVER TWICE THE CITY IN HALF THE TIME Full-color pull out map & detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigation Bangkok resident & veteran food writer recommends the very best eating drinking shopping entertainment & sights Unique itineraries & highlights help you make the best of a short break Insider tips from tuned-in locals including a Buddhist monk s insights into the benefits of meditation & a local food writer s tips on the best places to experience authentic Thai cuisine ...

This updated guidebook with a focus on responsible tourism offers greater coverage than any other to the Chittagong Hill Tracts where 13 different ethnic groups live & to the worlds largest mangrove forest at the Sundarbans. Personal insights & anecdotes guide trailblazing travellers to those aspects of the country that are almost unknown to visitors
- dolphin & whale watching winter bird
- watching in the northern wetlands & golden Bengals silk & archaeological highlights.

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While Banjo opens with a clutch of fine lyrics elegies & set-pieces at the heart of Samantha Wynne-Rhydderchs new book is a remarkable tale of darkness & light music & silence. Celebrating the centenary of Captain Scotts arrival at the South Pole in 1912 Banjo gives us new psychological insight into the lives of the early Antarctic pioneers as well as an extraordinary account of the role played by music in surviving the long Antarctic winters. Banjo is Wynne-Rhydderchs most accomplished collection to date & further evidence of a writer of great imaginative versatility. Everything is close to the nerve everything under cool emotional pressure. The cuts blossom into freshness & colour. & delight the delight borne out of precision of sound & an exquisite command of register George Szirtes Lines full of beauty sometimes gorgeous sometimes stark.. .implicating us in the essential human situations life death & survival she explores Philip Gross ...

A complete guide to the world of the five-string banjo written for both beginners & more experienced players. Packed with over 120 how-to photos & 130 musical examples. 94 track CD included
- hear & play along with every exercise & song. The only book to offer instruction in clawhammer bluegrass melodic single-string minstrel & classic styles. From Earl Scruggs' driving bluegrass picking to the genre-busting jazz fusion of Bela Fleck & the multi-million selling movie soundtrack O Brother Where Are Thou? the five-string banjo can be heard just about everywhere in American music these days. Banjo For Dummies is the most complete guide to the five-string banjo ever written. It covers everything you need to get into the banjo: including how to choose tune & care for your instrument developing a good playing posture fretting your first chords & getting comfortable with the left & right hand picking patterns used for clawhammer & bluegrass playing techniques. You'll then add the left hand spicing up your playing with slides hammer-ons pull-offs & chokes for an authentic five-string banjo sound. From there you'll move on the play 19th century minstrel style early 20th century classic style as well as try your hand at more advanced examples of bluegrass style. An in-depth chapter on bluegrass music explores Scruggs licks & techniques as well as melodic & single-string styles with song examples. Also included is a banjo buyer's guide a section on music theory as applied to bluegrass & old-time music an accessories guide (advice on cases picks straps metronomes computer aids & much more) information on how to find a good teacher banjo camp or festival chord charts bios of twelve influential players practice tips & much much more! Banjo For Dummies is accessible & fun to read & it's easy to locate just what you're interested in playing. Included are 20 songs including several new compositions written by the author just for this book including Reno Rag (single-string style) Winston's Jig" (Irish three-finger) & " Everyday Breakdown" (Scruggs style). All musical examples are played slowly on the accompanying CD many with guitar & mandolin accompaniment. Bill Evans is one of the world's most celebrated banjo players & teachers. He has taught thousands of people to play the five-string banjo in private lessons & group workshops literally all over the world. In addition to leading the Bill Evans String Summit Bill has performed with Dry Branch Fire Squad David Grisman Peter Rowan Tony Trischka & many others & he hosts his own acclaimed banjo camp the Nash Camp Fall Banjo Retreat in the Nashville area. As an American music historian he has taught at San Francisco State University the University Virginia & Duke University. He has written a popular instructional column for Banjo Newsletter magazine for the last fifteen years & hosts three popular instructional DVDs for Acu Tab Publications. To learn more about Bill visit his homepage at www.nativeandfine.com. Note: CD-ROM/DVD & other supplementary materials are not included as part of e Book file."
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The global financial system is in crisis bankers are in disrepute & Britain is on the brink of a double-dip recession. Now one man fed up with never-ending tales of greed & corruption sets out to prove that there is a different way of doing things
- by opening his own bank to help inject much-needed life into local businesses. Dave Fishwick is a self-made straight-talking man from Burnley who hates the banks. Published to tie in with a Channel 4" series of the same name this is the story of his attempt to set up a simple no-nonsense bank that actually cares about its customers. Dave plans to put hundreds of thousands of pounds of his own money into the enterprise; he will offer his customers a far better rate of interest than they get on the high street; he will lend to struggling local businesses that the banks don't want to know about; & he aims to bring the Bank of Dave into profit within 180 days. If he succeeds he'll give whatever he makes to charity. If he fails he'll make a terrible loss & ruin his hard-earned reputation as a successful businessman. Can one man really take on the banking giants & make a real difference to local businesses & his community? Dave Fishwick certainly hopes so."
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Tim Ekaterins merchant bank like all banks invests only in sure things. Now he is about to involve it in a 5 million stallion. Top breeders reckon its the safest bet in racing but racing is riddled with dubious dealmakers
- people to whom no bet is safe until its paid in blood.
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Sir Edgar Speyer was a conspicuous figure in the financial cultural social & political life of Edwardian London. Head of the syndicate which financed the construction of the deep 'tube lines' & ' King of the Underground' he was also a connoisseur & active patron of the arts who rescued the ' Proms' from collapse enhanced the nation's musical & artistic life at his own expense & directed the funding of Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions. Speyer & his wife the concert violinist Leonora Speyer lived in fabulously magnificent style. Early in the early summer of 1914 they stood at the peak of their success & celebrity in London society. Within weeks on the outbreak of war they became pariahs objects of suspicion & aversion. Despite having been a naturalised British citizen for over 20 years & an ubiquitous public benefactor Speyer found himself ostracised by society & mercilessly harried by the Northcliffe press. Under the Aliens Act of 1918 Speyer was summoned in 1921 before a judicial enquiry which found him guilty of disloyalty & disaffection & of communicating & trading with the enemy. He was stripped of his citizenship & membership of the Privy Council. Pilloried by The Times as a traitor Speyer vehemently denied the charges but he never returned to England thereafter & never forgot his ordeal. ...