Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau Spot your hotel room from the twinkling heights of the Peak Hang out in a maze-like walled village where prostitution & gambling once thrived Escape from the skyscrapers to the trees as you hike the regions mountain coast & jungle trails Savor the finest Portuguese egg-custard tarts in Macau In This Guide: Insider tips & perspectives through interviews with locals from a film director to a restauranteur New coverage of nearby Guangzhou The only guide with Chinese characters in map keys
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What Will Your Hong Kong Encounter Be? Taking in the soaring skyline views from the Bank of China Tower s 43rd floor Getting lost among the trinkets & swallows nests of Sheung Wan s winding alleyways Bargain hunting & window-shopping in Soho s designer boutiques Devouring steaming baskets of dumplings at the cacophonous City Hall Maxim s Palace Pressing your luck at the craps tables of Macau s impossibly glitzy casinos Gossiping over dainty cakes & oolong tea at the Peninsula Hotel Discover Twice The City In Half The Time Full-color pull-out map & detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigation Our resident author recommends the very best neighborhoods sights restaurants shops & entertainment Unique itineraries & must-see highlights help you make the most of a short break Local experts reveal Hong Kong s secrets: from a top chef s favorite restaurants to a famed architect on Macau s most striking buildings ...

Explore the dynamic city of Hong Kong with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable map will ensure you dont miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 popout maps
- a street map of Hong Kong & a street map of Kowloon * Additional maps of Hong Kong island Causeway Bay & the New Territories are also included * Ingenious self-folding map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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This book explores Hong Kong today & since the Peoples Republic of China (China) resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1 1997 an event frequently referred to as the Handover". Discussed are the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong & the 2012 election reforms; the political & economic climates; the civil liberties of the people of Hong Kong & the recent social & cultural trends." ...

Earthy sexy & vivacious the life of beloved country singer Patsy Cline who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years is explored in colourful & poignant detail. An innovator -- & even a hell-raiser -- Cline broke all the boys' club barriers of Nashville's music business in the 1950s & brought a new Nashville sound to the nation with her pop hits & torch ballads like Walking After Midnight " "I Fall to Pieces" & " Crazy." She is the subject of a major Hollywood movie & countless articles & her albums are still selling 45 years after her death. Ellis Nassour was the very first to write about Cline & did so with the co-operation of the stars who knew & loved her -- including Jimmy Dean Jan Howard Brenda Lee Loretta Lynn Roger Miller Dottie West & Faron Young. He was the only writer to interview Cline's mother & husbands. This updated edition features not only a complete discography & a host of never-before-published photographs but

Includes:: an afterword that details controversial claims about her birth the battle between Cline's siblings for her possessions the amazing influence Cline had on a new generation of singers & in Cline's own words from letters to a devoted friend her excitement as her career soared to new heights & her marriage descended to new depths."

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From the Orange Prize long-listed & award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love & The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak Honour is a novel of love betrayal & a clash of cultures. A powerful book; thoughtful provoking & compassionate". (Joanne Harris author of Chocolat). ' My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten...' Leaving her twin sister behind Pembe leaves Turkey for love
- following her husband Adem to London. There the Topraks hope to make new lives for themselves & their children. Yet no matter how far they travel the traditions & beliefs the Topraks left behind stay with them
- carried in the blood. Their eldest is the boy Iskender who remembers Turkey & feels betrayal deeper than most. His sister is Esma who is loyal & true despite the pain & heartache. & lastly Yunus who was born in London & is shy & different. Trapped by the mistakes of the past the Toprak children find their lives shattered & transformed by a brutal act of murder...A powerful novel set in Turkey & London in the 1970s Honour explores pain & loss loyalty & betrayal the trials of the immigrant the clash of tradition & modernity as well as the love & heartbreak that too often tears families apart. " Vivid storytelling.. .that explores the darkest aspects of faith & love". (Sunday Telegraph). " Rich & wide as the Euphrates river along whose banks it begins & ends Elif Shafak has woven with masterful care & compassion one immigrant family's heartbreaking story
- a story nurtured in the terrible silences between men & women trying to grow within ancient ways all the while growing past them. I loved this book". (Sarah Blake author of The Postmistress). "[ Elif Shafak] joins writers such as Hanif Kureishi Zadie Smith Monica Ali Aamer Hussein Andrea Levy Hanan al-Shakyh & Leila Aboulela who offer us fictional glimpses of London's Others". (The Independent). Elif Shafak is the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul & The Forty Rules of Love & is the most widely read female novelist in Turkey. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She is a contributor for The Telegraph Guardian & the New York Times & her TED talk on the politics of fiction has received 500 000 views since July 2010. She is married with two children & divides her time between Istanbul & London."


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Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate America? The time 1993. The place Washington DC. Of the adversaries in the Gulf War the sole survivor is Saddam Hussein. & Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will be left with no choice but to retaliate...A fast-moving intrigue.. .a cracking good read. This is the first novel I have read by Jeffrey Archer; it will not be the last
- Mail on Sunday". Back in top form... Archers imagination at its most sublime.. .an entertaining pacey page-turner
- " Sunday Times". Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the pages turning.. .an extravagant romp
- possibly his best
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Enter a world of darkness & danger honour daring & destiny in David Chandlers magnificent epic trilogy: The Ancient Blades. One thief against the world! When allies become enemies to whom can a clever thief turn? Armed with one of seven swords forged at the dawn of time Malden was chosen by Fate to act as saviour!and failed dismally. Deceived by the trickery of his one-time ally Morget the young thief employed his newfound might to help destroy the naturally barrier protecting the kingdom of Skrae -- & now there will be no stopping Morgets barbarian hordes from pillaging the l&. Suddenly friends & former supporters alike covet the young heros magic while seeking his destruction -- from the treacherous King & leaders of the City of Ness to the rogue knight Cloy who owes Malden his life. It will take more than Maldens makeshift army of harlots & cutpurses to preserve a realm. Luckily the sorceress Cythera fights at his side along with the ingenious irascible dwarf Slag. & the wily thief still has a desperate & daring plan or two up his larcenous sleeve! ...

At the outbreak of the second World War Air Chief Marshall Dowding was Commander-in-Chief of RAF Fighter Command which had been set up three years earlier to protect Britain against attacks from the air & the threat of invasion. London was subjected to extensive night bombing for several months. However our fighter squadrons & defence systems enabled us to maintain master of the air. The Battle of Britain ended in 1940 & our island was never again under the threat of invasion. Peter Brown former Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot presents a vivid account of Britain under the threat of invasion reminding us of the bravery of our fighter pilots & the courage of the people of Britain who endured the hardships of war & terror bombing from the air. Through personal experience & years of meticulous research Peter offers a careful analysis of the battle & the tactics involved vigorously defending Dowding's command & exposing the conspiracy of senior officers that saw him removed from office without due recognition for his achievement. ...

Carole Barber has come to Paris with its rain-slick slate roofs & winding streets to work on her novel
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