Fractured Lands - How the Arab World Came Apart
The product of some 18 months of reporting, [Fractured Lands...
Democratic Transitions in the Arab World
Democratic Transitions in the Arab World - University textbo...
Freedom in the Arab World: Concepts and Ideologies in A...
Freedom in the Arab World: Concepts and Ideologies in Arabic...
Democratic Transitions in the Arab World
Democratic Transitions in the Arab World - University textbo...
God's Philosophers - How the Medieval World Laid the Fo...
The adjective medieval has become a synonym for brutalit...
Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the ...
Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World...
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab W...
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World ...
How the Whale Became - And Other Stories
Long ago when the world was brand new, before animals or bir...
Fractured Lands - How The Arab World Came Apart
O; How the Wheel Becomes It!: A Novel
The first novel Anthony Powell published following the completion of his epicA Dance to the Music of Time; O; How the Wheel Becomes It! fulfills perhaps every authorâs fantasy as it skewers a conceited; lazy; and dishonest critic. A writer who avoids serving in World War II and veers in and out of marriage; G. F. H. Shadbold ultimately falls victim to the titleâs spinningâand righte...
Zero Night - The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 Zero Night 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first Great Escape but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimeter fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious Warburg ...
Delphi - A History of the Center of the Ancient World
The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the omphalosthe center or navelof the ancient world for more than 1000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphis oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods; and to take part in competitions. In this richly illustrated account, Mich...
Coco Chanel - The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon
Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is an illustrated biography of Cocos Chanels life from the internationally reknown illustrator and author, Megan Hess. It features key moments from Cocos amazing life and iconic items from the fashion empire that she built. Think an illustrated picture book for adults, told through Megans stylish and feminine illustrations with a fun, wh...
Shanghai Grand - Forbidden Love and International Intrigue on the Eve of the Second World War
A vivid account of the love triangle between an American journalist and adventurer, a wealthy expatriate businessman and a Chinese poet in Shanghai in the late 1930s. On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth centurys most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily Mick...
The Great World
Every city, town and village has its memorial to war. Nowhere are these more eloquent than in Australia, generations of whose young men have enlisted to fight other peoples battles from Gallipoli and the Somme to Malaya and Vietnam. In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. But THE GREAT WORLD is more than a novel of war. Ranging over seventy yea...
How the Whale Became - And Other Stories
Long ago when the world was brand new, before animals or birds, the sun rose into the sky and brought the first day. To begin with, all the creatures were pretty much alike very different from what they are now. Those that wanted to be lions practised being lions. But there were other creatures including the whale, the elephant, the cat and the donkey that came about in different ways Ted...
Food Politics - How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing expose, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over has a downside. Our over-efficien...
Chasing Bocuse - America's Journey to the Culinary World Stage
In 2015 in Lyon, France, Team USA medaled for the first time ever at the Bocuse dOr-often called the Olympics of the cooking world- taking silver. Two years later, Team USA won the competition and took home the gold. The coach and mentors of the 2015 team consisted of chefs who have become household names: Gavin Kaysen, Thomas Keller, and Daniel Boulud, with French Laundry executive sous che...
The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion comprehensively and deliberately extinguished the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to one true faith. Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyrs deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nix...
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
From the master of spy thrillers, John le Carres The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an afterword by the author and an introduction by William Boyd, author of Any Human Heart. Alex Leamas is tired. Its the 1960s, hes been out in the cold for years, spying in the shadow of the ...
Fractured Lands - How the Arab World Came Apart
The product of some 18 months of reporting, [Fractured Lands] tells the story of the catastrophe that has fractured the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago, leading to the rise of ISIS and the global refugee crisis. The geography of this catastrophe is broad and its causes are many, but its consequences war and uncertainty throughout the world are familiar to us all. Scott And...
Children's Book of the Movies - Explore the Magical, Behind-The-Scenes World of the World
Now kids can explore the magical, behind-the-scenes world of cinema in the Childrens Book of the Movies. Exploring the glamorous world of the movies with child-friendly text and pictures, this definitive guide to cinema reveals how movies work: who makes them, the jobs they have, and the tools and techniques they use. It showcases top movie stars and characters, introduces groundbreaking mus...
Mindfulness in the Modern World - How Do I Make Meditation Part of Everyday Life?
In Mindfulness in the Modern World, Osho helps us explore both the inner and the outer obstacles that prevent us from bringing more awareness to all our daily activities. He emphasises that while techniques can be useful in pointing the way, in themselves they are not meditation. Rather, meditation or mindfulness is ultimately a state of being in which we are capable of both action and still...
The Shadow World - Inside the Global Arms Trade
A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade from a former member of the African National Congress Revealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zumas South Africa Andrew Feinstein delves behind BAEs controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe and the revolving-door relationships that char...
The Butchering Art - Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeShortlisted for the 2018 Wolfson Prize The story of a visionary British surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world the safest time to be alive in human history Victorian operating th...
God's Philosophers - How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
The adjective medieval has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilised behaviour. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could have been no Galileo, no Newton and no Scientific Revolution. In Gods Philosophers, James Hannam debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth was flat, nor did Columbus prove that it is a sphere; th...
The Second World War: The Hinge Of Fate - Volume IV
THE HINGE OF FATE marks in Sir Winston Churchills words, the turning-point of the Second World War. It details a period during which almost uninterrupted defeat gave way to almost unbroken success for the Allies. While the Afrika Korps advanced almost to the outskirts of Alexandria and the Japanese struck by land and by sea, despair came to all but the most resolute. However, from this nad...
Strategy in the Contemporary World - An Introduction to Strategic Studies
Strategy in the Contemporary World brings together world leading experts to provide a comprehensive introduction to the role of military power in todays world. The definitive textbook on the subject, the fifth edition explores both the enduring and historical issues which have shaped the study of strategy and the contemporary issues that dominate todays headlines. The new edition has been subs...
Cool Tech - Gadgets, Games, Robots, and the Digital World
Cool Tech is a thrilling journey through the physical side of the virtual world. Marvel at the technology that keeps you connected, from the ships installing lines deep in the ocean, the robots locating wire breaks, the satellites beaming signals across the earth, the teams retrieving and splicing lines together, to the servers directing and feeding internet traffic around the world. Plus, tak...
The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book
A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the authors Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes. /b> amp;#160; The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book chronicles the creation of the new distance champion paper airplane and how it broke the world record. Collinss revolutionary approach to plane design ...