With this up-to-date authoritative guide you can experience all the sights & Best Of" recommendations for Oslo. Discover fabulous hotels traditional restaurants trendy places & entertainment venues. Youll also pick up tips on shopping & what to do on a limited budget & ideas for travel with kids & an overview of exciting festivals & events in the Norwegian capital. Also contains: Travel Tips Links Blogs Apps & More Useful Phrases in Norwegian & index. For information: the Perfect Day & in addition to the large street atlas a removable pull-out map. Norways only major city can hardly be considered a metropolis. Theres not a trace of hustle & bustle here. The people of Oslo themselves & the idyllic location in the Fjord & Fjell region set the pulse of the city. With MARCO POLO Oslo youll discover a major city but not a metropolis. With this practical travel guide small enough to slip into your pocket you can get to know a compact city framed by forests & fjords. When you visit Oslo its a question of encountering contrasts over a very small area
- an awareness of tradition & European modernity a love of nature & the visions of a major city; wooden cabins & forward-looking architecture. Get to grips with the green coldness of the north the warmth & openness of which only become apparent at second glance. In Oslo youll find cultural experiences instead of shopping miles nature instead of an expanse of high-rise buildings. Think major city & feel countryside
- thats Oslo! MARCO POLO Oslos Insider Tips tell you where you can observe the sunset reflected in the facades of the houses opposite; where you can marvel at the link between animal & man; & where you can buy lots of fish with lots of nostalgia. The Perfect Day escorts you on a tour through the city in which youll be able get to know Oslos various features quickly & easily: from breakfast with cafe latte & a view of the Royal Palace; to a visit to Vigeland Park with its monumental sculptures & a ride up the breathtaking Holmenkollen Ski Jump; & to a hearty Norwegian evening meal in the lively Gronland quarter. The " Best Of" pages show you whats unique to Oslo as well as great places for free & lots of ideas for rainy days. The tips on what to do on a limited budget in each chapter show how you can experience a great deal with very little money enjoy something special & snap up some real bargains. Whether its the history of industry shipping or sport: in Oslo tracking something down is always connected to an experience of nature. The MARCO POLO Walking Tours take you for example along Oslos lifeline the river Akerselva with the promise of a pleasant day on the Bygdoy museum isl&. The Dos & Donts advise you why its best not even to try to haggle & why you should give the Norwegian railways a wide berth. MARCO POLO Oslo gives comprehensive coverage all the citys districts. To help you find your way around theres a detailed street atlas & practical map inside the back cover with public transport map & removable pull-out map."

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' It's not really kidnapping is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping.' Kenny Sim & Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries & Galloway. After a depressing & dispiriting funeral they feel taking Ross to Ross will be a fitting memorial for a 15 year-old boy who changed all their lives through his friendship. Little do they realise just how much Ross can still affect life for them even though he's now dead. Drawing on personal experience Keith Gray has written an extraordinary novel about friendship loss & suicide & about the good things that may be waiting just out of sight around the corner.. . ...

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Cambridge School Shakespeare editions offer an active approach to the Bard's works treating each play as a script to be acted explored & enjoyed. Resources available on Cambridge GO as a separate purchase: PDF Textbook
- an electronic version of the student text in PDF format that can be annotated & downloaded. Note: Cambridge School Shakespeare & New Cambridge Shakespeare contain the same version of the play text.
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This is an intense drama of love deception jealousy & destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello the Moor transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism sexism contested identities & the savagery lurking within civilisation Othello is arguably the most topical & accessible tragedy from Shakespeare's major phase as a dramatist. ...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students with accessible on-page notes & explanatory illustrations clear background information & rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. Othello is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition

Includes:: illustrations preliminary notes reading lists (including websites) & classroom notes.

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This is our best-selling York Notes Advanced title. This book will be packed with features to help the students improve their grade. Talking extensively to teachers examiners & students there seems to be a need for more information outside what the students already know. Features like check the book check the film & check the net will now offer students more opportunity to develop their researching skills & provide that extra information. More importantly there will be features that address the specific needs of students studying for the new AS & A2 exams. There will now be text boxes in the margin labelled ' Context' which will describe the literary historical cultural religious or philisophical context of specific references in the text (contextualisation is the new buzz word in the exam syllabuses). There will be at least 20 of these boxes in every book. The glossaries are now integrated in the text so that students don't need to turn the page to find out the meaning of a word. There will also be regular exam questions integrated in the text which will help students revise. Summaries will be cut down & bulleted where appropriate to make way for extra features (meaning extent remains the same) so that the books are now not only appropriate for students who buy the book to cram they are also important for higher-level students who need more information to get themselves the top grade. ...

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This is an intense drama of love deception jealousy & destruction. Desdemonas love for Othello the Moor transcends racial prejudice; but the envious lago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism sexism contested identities & the savagery lurking within civilisation Othello" is arguably the most topical & accessible tragedy from Shakespeares major phase as a dramatist. The play raises uncomfortable questions about ongoing questions of not only racial identity but also sexuality as Othello & Desdemonas sexual relationship becomes the voyeuristic site of lagos attempt to destroy them." ...