The Independent Hostel Guide 2013" is the comprehensive reference to the independent bunkhouses & hostels of the UK. The guide has been revised annually for over 20 years growing with the hostel network. It contains up to the minute information on over 330 places to stay. Independent hostels are ideal accommodation for individuals groups & families involved in outdoor activities & sight-seeing. They are perfect for reunions of families & friends. The hostels are in a wide range of buildings
- from grand city houses to barns & cottages. They generally have self-catering facilities & all offer friendly clean & inexpensive accommodation with no membership requirements. There is a page feature on each hostel giving contact details directions public transport options & descriptions of the accommodation & the attractions of the area. This title is comprehensive & unique in the UK. Proven over 20 years it is up-to-date & every page is fully revised only months before going on sale. It is packed with information that is clear & concise. It can be used by climbers walkers cyclist families groups travellers & others involved in outdoor activities & independent travel."
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First published in 1946 this humane epic novel is set in rural Iceland in the early twentieth century. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of l&. Nothing not merciless weather nor his family will come between him & his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja the child he brings up as his daughter can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up keen to make her own way in the world Bjartus' obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever. ...

Get up to speed on the latest features & enhancements to In Design CS5 As the industry standard in professional layout & design In Design delivers powerful publishing solutions for magazine newspaper & other publishing fields. This introductory book is an easy-to-understand reference for anyone migrating from another software application or those with little-to-no desktop publishing experience. You'll explore In Design basics & examine the enhancements to In Design CS5 while you also discover how pages work build templates create frames & shapes manage styles & much more. In Design is proving to be an increasingly popular layout & design application; In Design CS5

Includes:: new functionality & enhanced tools Teaches all the basics for first-time users including how to open & save your work arrange objects work with color edit text manage styles finesse character details add special type import & size graphics set paths work with tabs create indices & more Demonstrates how to calibrate colors export PDF files fine-tune paragraph details create frames & shapes manipulate objects & work with automated text In Design CS5 For Dummies offers a straightforward but fun approach to discovering how to get the most from your desktop publishing experience when using In Design.

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India s diversity is apparent in its architecture landscapes festivals & handicrafts. & spirituality the beating heart of India pulsates from the mountains of Ladakh to the shores of tropical Kerala. Sarina Singh Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet writers visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 17 authors 83 weeks of research 132 ancient temples 196 maps Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Delhi pull-out map 3D plans of iconic sights Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background ...

India: The Cookbook" is the first comprehensive guide to Indian cooking with over 1 000 recipes covering every aspect of Indias rich & colourful culinary heritage. Unlike many other Indian cookbooks it is written by an Indian culinary academic & cookbook author who lives & works in Delhi & the recipes are a true reflection of how traditional dishes are really cooked all over India. They have been carefully edited to ensure that they are simple to follow & achievable in western kitchens with detailed information about authentic cooking utensils & ingredients. Indian food has been hugely popular in the UK for many years & the appetite for Indian food shows no sign of diminishing. Now for the first time a definitive wide-ranging & authoritative book on authentic Indian food is available making it simple to prepare your favourite Indian dishes at home alongside less well-known dishes such as bataer masalydaar (marinated quails cooked with almonds chillies & green cardamom) or sambharachi kodi (Goan prawn curry with coconut & tamarind). The comprehensive chapters on breads pickles spice pastes & chutneys contain a wide variety of recipes rarely seen in Indian cookbooks such as bagarkhani roti (a rich sweet bread with raisins cardamom & poppy seeds) & tamatar ka achar (tomato & mustard-seed pickle). " India: The Cookbook" is the only book on Indian food youll ever need." ...

A new edition of the most authoritative & highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Fully revised to include the most recent research & to cover events from partition to the present day. In ' India: A History' five millennia of the sub-continent's history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India & the Far East. This definitive work combines narrative pace & skill with social economic & cultural analysis. India's history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley regressing to a tribal & pastoral nomadism & then evolving into a uniquely stratified society. The pattern of inward invasion plus outward migration was established early: from Alexander the Great via the march of Islam & the great Moghuls to the coming of the East India Company & the establishment of the British Raj. Older richer & more distinctive than almost any other India's culture furnishes all that the historian could wish for in the way of continuity & diversity. The peoples of the Indian subcontinent while sharing a common history & culture are not now & never have been a single unitary state; the book accommodates Pakistan & Bangladesh as well as other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab Muslim Kashmir & Assam. In this brilliant new edition John Keay continues the narrative of India's history -- covering events from partition to the present day & examining the very different fortunes of the three successor states: Pakistan Bangladesh & the Republic of India. Based on the latest research this is an indispensible history of a country set to be a definitive influence on the future of world economics politics & culture. ...

Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him & said Were all trying to go that way pointing to the rear. You youre going this way? Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was interested less in its gold rush than in its cultural upheaval as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions & customs with new ambitions & dreams. In India Calling" Giridharadas brings to life the people & the dilemmas of India today through the prism of his emigre family history & his childhood memories of India. He introduces us to entrepreneurs radicals industrialists & religious seekers but most of all to Indian families. He shows how parents & children husbands & wives cousins & siblings are reinventing relationships bending the meaning of Indianness & enduring the pangs of the old birthing the new. Through their stories & his own he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself." ...

The enigmatic sub-continent cannot fail to bewilder bemuse frustrate & captivate even the most seasoned traveller. With up-to-minute recommendations the 18th edition of Footprints revered & authoritative guide offers comprehensive advice on how to get the most from your trip. Whether you want to escape it all at a rural retreat learn yoga in Goa hike the Himalayas or be dazzled by Bollywood this guide tells you everything you need to know. * Critically acclaimed with unparalleled depth & coverage ensuring travellers see the real India * Covering the lesser-travelled & more remote Northeastern states enabling you to get off the beaten track * Fantastic listings for all budgets * Detailed mapping & planning sections perfect for navigating your way round this vast country *

Includes:: information on how to get there & how to get around plus carefully planned itineraries to help you have the best possible experience whether youre traveling for a week or a month * The heart of the guide is divided by country & region giving comprehensive information on Delhi Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Haryana & Punjab Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir West Benal Sikkim Northeastern Hill States Orissa Bihar & Jharkhand Andaman & Nicobar Islands Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Goa & Gujarat * Detailed listings on where to sleep eat & play are provided for every region enabling you to have an even better travel experience. India strikes the visitor with a sensory intellectual spiritual & philosophical assault thats unmatched by any other place on earth. Let Footprint help you navigate this extraordinary country with this new 18th edition Handbook.

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Indias is a tale of private success & public failure. Prosperity is indeed spreading across the country even as governance failure pervades public life. But how could a nation become one of the worlds fastest-growing economies when its governed by a weak ineffective state? & wouldnt it be wonderful if India also grew during the day-in other words if public policy supported private enterprise? What India needs Gurcharan Das argues is a strong liberal state. Such a state would have the authority to take quick decisive action; it would have the rule of law to ensure those actions are legitimate; & finally it would be accountable to the people. However India has always had a weak state & a strong society says Das which means that achieving something better will be an uphill struggle. ...

In March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India with the mandate to hand over the jewel in the crown" of the British Empire within one year. Mountbatten worked with Nehru Gandhi & the leader of the Muslim League Jinnah to devise a plan for partitioning the empire into two independent sovereign states India & Pakistan on August 15 1947 & he remained as interim Governor-General of India until June 1948. During this time Lord Mountbatten's daughter & India's mother Pamela was with her parents & kept a diary recounting this extraordinary tale of history. The diaries include their trips to stay in Calcutta Bombay Madras Orissa & Assam & the exotic palaces of Indian rulers. ' India Remembered' is a scrapbook of private family photographs taken during this historical period (Edwina Mountbatten walking arm in arm with Nehru through a courtyard or Gandhi taking tea for the first time at Viceroys House).

Includes:: many anecdotes from Pamela Mountbatten's diaries such as reminiscences of having to leave 10 minutes before dinner was actually announced as the walk from the bedroom to the dining hall was so far (if running really late riding a bicycle through the corridors to make time).

Includes:: photographs evoking the atmosphere of the Mountbatten's favourite retreat that of Viceregal Lodge in Simla."



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