Mongolia is a land of constant surprises. Renowned for its classic rolling steppe land
- from where in times past nomadic Mongol
...

Mongolia is an unspoiled wonder a land where sand dunes sing horses roam wild & nomadic herders greet strangers with open doors. Keep your itinerary loose & expect the unexpected. Michael Kohn 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 & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 2 authors 44 maps 98 days of on-the-ground research Countless cups of salty milk tea Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Outdoors feature In-depth background Comprehensive planning tools At-a-glance practical info ...

The history of the Mongol armies is a catalogue of superlatives. No armies in history have ever won so many battles or conquered so much territory. No army has ever provoked such justifiable terror & loathing in its victims or slaughtered so many of its vanquished. What other army in history has marched on Russia in the winter & survived let alone won victories? The stories of these & many other amazing feats of this barbarian people are here brought vividly to life by Stephen Turnbull from the birth of Genghis Khan in the wind-swept steppes of Mongolia through the conquest of China & beyond. ...

Monica Galetti shows how to serve up great-tasting food at home every day easily & effortlessly. Her food is lively interesting & contemporary reflecting the many & varied influences on her cooking from her Samoan & New Zealand upbringing to her travels in Europe & Asia & her experience in a high-end London restaurant. Easily accessible good-quality ingredients simple techniques & enticing flavour combinations are the characteristics of her cooking. To Monica cooking at home must be fun easy & relaxed whatever the occasion. Here she presents her favourite recipes in chapters that reflect different meal situations. From work to the table offers exciting weekday meal solutions that are nutritious quick & adaptable such as Honey & soy glazed duck breast with pak choi. A leisurely weekend features recipes that give you time to relax away from the kitchen: undemanding slow-cooked food easy-to-prepare special lunches & suppers & delectable prepare-ahead desserts. A time for friends enables you to host an impressive dinner for friends without stress or fuss while Something different is the chapter to turn to when you want to serve something totally unexpected such as Blue cheese pannacotta or Honeycomb lollipops. Every recipe is beautifully photographed in Monicas home kitchen. Essentially this is a book for those who have limited time to cook but who enjoy great food & are constantly looking for fresh inspiration in the kitchen. ...

Monique Dembele saves lives & dispenses hope in a place where childbirth is a life-&-death matter. Her unquenchable passion to improve the lot of the women & children in her West African village is matched by her buoyant humour in the face of unhappy marriage & backbreaking work. This is the deeply compelling story of the rare friendship between a young development volunteer & this midwife who defies tradition & becomes
- too early in her own life
- a legend.

...

Prepare to be shocked. This novel written in 1796 is a Gothic festival of sex magic & ghastly ghostly violence rarely seen in literature. The Monk is remarkably modern in style & tells a breathless tale of temptation imprisonment & betrayal. Matthew Lewis recounts the downfall of Ambrosio the holier-than-thou monk seduced within the walls of a Madrid abbey until he heads for the utter corruption of the soul. Meanwhile two sets of young lovers are thwarted & the reader thrills to pursuits through the woods by bandits & is chilled by the spectre of nuns imprisoned in vermin-ridden & skeleton-crowded vaults. Late Eighteenth Century audiences were polarised in opinion as to the novels merits. Lord Byron & the Marquis de Sade were impressed by Lewiss daring while Coleridge warned parents against The Monks suitability for their sons or daughters describing the novel as poison for youth. If you want a novel that still terrifies over two hundred years after it was written there is none finer than The Monk. ...

An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny live life to the full & discover joy. * This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose providing a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage balance abundance & joy. * It tells the story of Julian Mantle a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life: following a heart attack he decides to sell all his beloved possesions & trek to India. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture he meets Himalayan gurus who offer powerful wise & practical lessons that teach us to:
- Develop joyful thoughts
- Follow our life's mission
- Cultivate self-discipline & act courageously
- value time as our most important commodity
- Nourish our relationships
- Live fully one day at a time





...

A mischievous little girl & her toy monkey swing irresistibly through the pages of this playful book. Young children will love guessing what animal they are pretending to be before shouting out the answers as the pages are turned to reveal the real creatures. Soon everyone will be waddling like a penguin jumping like a kangaroo & hanging upside down like a bat! ...

In Monkey Grip" Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving & living
- & nothing
...

We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees our closest biological cousins. & never have the similarities between simians & humans been so amusingly & brilliantly captured as in Monkey Portraits by celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg. Jill has spent 15 years photographing everyone from Kelly Osbourne to Clint Eastwood but has recently focused on photographing stars of a different sort
- monkeys & apes many of whom have appeared in films or on television shows. Her intimate portraits of these animals convey a startling range of emotions & personalities. Each of these 76 amazing photographs of monkeys & apes will remind you of someone you know. These pictures will make you laugh out loud & wonder just how different we truly are.
...