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Maos Great Famine
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Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 Between 1958 & 1962 45 million Chinese people were worked starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward an attempt to catch up with & overtake the Western world in less than fifteen years. It lead to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known. Dikotters extraordinary research within Chinese archives brings together for the first time what happened in the corridors of power with the everyday experiences of ordinary people giving voice to the dead & disenfranchised. This groundbreaking account definitively recasts the history of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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Maos Last Dancer
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Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of Chinas Cultural Revolution Li Cunxins childhood revolved around the commune his family & Chairman Maos Little Red Book. Until that is Madame Maos cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing & he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world. When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life & love beyond Chinas borders he defected to the United States in an extraordinary & dramatic tale of Cold War intrigue. Told in his own distinctive voice this is Lis inspirational story of how he came to be Maos last dancer & one of the worlds greatest ballet dancers. ...
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Mao's Last Dancer
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This is the true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars. Simply told with charm humour & compassion & at times this is a great drama. His childhood despite the terrible hardships is drawn with love & affection & contrasts starkly with the seven lonely years of gruelling training at the Peking Dance Academy. At the age of l 8 Li performs at the Houston Ballet school in the US which leads to his dramatic defection. This is a condensed edition specially for younger readers & has an Afterword especially for children. ...
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Map Addict
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My name is Mike & I am a map addict. There its said... Mike Parker presenter of Radio 4 s On the Map celebrates the richness of all things maps in this fantastic critically-acclaimed read. Have you ever got through an entire day without referring to some kind of navigational aide be it checking the A-Z touring the globe on Google Earth planning a walk or navigating a shopping centre? Maps are everywhere & they are according to self proclaimed map-addict Mike Parker the unsung heroes of life. Here he sings their song celebrating everything cartographic. With a mix of wry observation & hard fact the offbeat & the completely pedantic Parker wages a one-man war against the moronic blandishments of the Sat Nav age. He combines cartographic history & trivia with memoir & oblique observation to create a highly readable expose of the world of maps. Only here can you find out which area has officially been named by the OS as the most boring square kilometre in the land & whether Milton Keynes was really built to pagan alignment. Confessing that his own impressive map collection was founded on a virulent teenage shoplifting habit Parker ponders how a good leftie can be so gung-ho about British cartographic imperialism & establishes himself as defender & saviour of British cartography in the internet age. ...
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Map And Compass
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This comprehensive guidebook to navigation with a map & compass but also with advice about using GPS & digital mapping systems aims to help readers make the most of their outdoor experiences by learning how to use the map compass correctly. The techniques described will give readers the freedom to get away from the crowds invent their own routes & discover new areas even where the GPS fails. Chapters cover understanding a map features grid refs contours; planning walks carefully; taking bearings walking with a compass; timing pacing & other techniques; what to do when you get lost & in poor visibility or darkness; navigating abroad & GPS & other digital technology. Packed with useful practical exercises & examples. Written by an experienced navigation trainer. ...
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Map Book
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Maps are not just diagrams of the route from A to B
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Map Of A Nation
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Map of a Nation tells the story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map
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Map Of Bones
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When a group of parishioners is burned to death in a German cathedral the US sends in SIGMA FORCE. For this tragedy is more than a case of arson
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Map That Changed The
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Following the hugely successful hardback this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in Londons Piccadilly is an enormous & beautiful h&-coloured map
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Maped 2-Hole Punch
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This sturdy 2-hole punch has an adjustable paper guide optimised precision sheet blocking system & a tray for catching punched material. It will punch 10 sheets 80gsm & 12 70gsm with holes 5.5mm in diameter & 80mm apart. Comes with a 5 year manufacturer&8217;s guarantee. ...
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Map And The Territory

Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps - beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the art world - Jed Martin is now emerging from a ten-year hiatus. And he has had some good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler the approach of another lamentably awkward annual Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair with the beautiful Olga. It is that for his new exhibition he has secured the involvement of none other than the French novelist Michel Houellebecq. The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide for which he will be paid handsomely and also have his portrait painted by Jed. The exhibition - Professions a series of portraits of ordinary and extraordinary people at work - brings
Jed new levels of global fame. Yet his boiler is still broken his ailing father flirts with oblivion and worse still he is contacted by one Inspector Jasselin who requests his assistance in solving an unspeakable atrocious and gruesome crime. Art money fathers sons death love and the transformation of France into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful and original twist on the contemporary novel from a modern master of the form.
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Having made his name with an exhibition of photographs of Michelin roadmaps
- beautiful works that won praise from every corner of the art world
- Jed Martin is now emerging from a ten-year hiatus. & he has had some good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler the approach of another lamentably awkward annual Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair with the beautiful Olga. It is that for his new exhibition he has secured the involvement of none other than the French novelist Michel Houellebecq. The great writer has agreed to write the text for the exhibition guide for which he will be paid handsomely & also have his portrait painted by Jed. The exhibition
- Professions a series of portraits of ordinary & extraordinary people at work
- brings Jed new levels of global fame. Yet his boiler is still broken his ailing father flirts with oblivion & worse still he is contacted by one Inspector Jasselin who requests his assistance in solving an unspeakable atrocious & gruesome crime. Art money fathers sons death love & the transformation of France into a tourist paradise come together to create a daringly playful & original twist on the contemporary novel from a modern master of the form.

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Contemporary - Modern era design
Contemporary - A design reference to indicate post war modern design
France - A state situated in Western Europe with several overseas territories.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
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