The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End now continues with Ken Follett's magnificent, gripping A Column of Fire.
Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed.
The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred. Europe is in turmoil as high principles clash bloodily with friendship, loyalty and love, and Ned soon finds himself on the opposite side from the girl he longs to marry, Margery Fitzgerald.
Then Elizabeth Tudor becomes queen and all of Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country's first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions and
A History of Ireland explores the story of Ireland from the 12th century to the present day. This new edition has been revised, updated and expanded to take into account the latest scholarship and major recent political, economic, social, and cultural events.
The new edited text examines the implications for various stakeholders of the new EU Directive on Information and Consultation. As well as containing new and classic readings, it will also contain newly commissioned contributions by leading academic, employment, trade union and legal experts, analysing the value-added potential to be derived by the effective implementation of information and consultation procedures.
A pioneering critical study of the short stories of V.S. Pritchett and William Trevor, drawing on hitherto unpublished archival materials and exploring manuscript revisions and other transformations, from life to art, from initial idea to magazine and book publication that analyzes the craft of this relatively neglected genre.
For decades the Atkins diet has been at the centre of medical controversy. But now important new studies from leading academics are showing what millions of followers already knew - that eating the Atkins way is not only delicious, it's a safe and effective plan for shedding pounds for good. And you don't have to give up eating carbs completely to follow it!
Whether you've never tried Atkins, or you have but had difficulty 'staying on' the plan, Dr. Atkins for Life is for you. Filled with advice and tips on navigating the every day challenges that come with eating low-carb in a high-carb world, the book provides a simple and straightforward maintenance program that anyone can follow. With Atkins For Life, finding your ideal weight and staying there has never been so
Meet Tyrannosaurus rex, a towering terror with a bone-crunching bite; plant-munching Stegosaurus, the bus-sized dinosaur with a tiny brain; high-flying Microraptor, a mini glider; and underwater reptile Liopleurodon, the top terror of the Jurassic seas! Dig deep and uncover amazing prehistoric creatures with Basher's unique one-stop guide to dinosaurs. Packed with fun facts and memorable characters, this is an essential book for all dino enthusiasts.
With its lively, creative approach, this is a unique one-stop guide to the basics of weather. Meet Hurricane, a violent blusterer; Atmosphere, a many-layered character who keeps the planet cosy; hard-nut Hail and sneezy Sleet; Drought, the dusty fellow who makes life hard for animals, plants and people; and mischievous El Nino, who messes around with ocean currents to chaotic effect. Plus tonnes of detail on what makes weather work.
Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter's Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant
This fast-paced and funny magical adventure from the bestselling Sibeal Pounder is the sequel to Eva Ibbotson's classic, The Secret of Platform 13, and fully illustrated by Beatriz Castro.
These essays bring home the most challenging observations of postmodernism-multiple identities, the fragility of meaning, the risks of communication. Sommer asserts that many people normally live-that is, think, feel, create, reason, persuade, laugh-in more than one language. She claims that traditional scholarship (aesthetics; language and philosophy; psychoanalysis, and politics) cannot see or hear more than one language at a time. The goal of these essays is to create a new field: bilingual arts & aesthetics which examine the aesthetic product produced by bilingual diasporic communities. The focus of this volume is the Americas, but examples and theoretical proposals come from Europe as well. In both areas, the issue offers another level of complexity to the migrant
In this vast and ever expanding field this collection presents a sample of some of the latest international research on bodily interventions. The study of the body has so often been compartmentalised into disciplinary specialisms. The contributions in this issue present an inter-disciplinary and multi-sited collection. Drawing on different genres in literary studies, labour markets, political theory and cultural analysis, it will help student and specialist scholars to look at the body from different vantage points.
Author:David Nichols
Matt Avery
Tom Farrand
Tom Rowley
Publishing date:2005
The computer gaming industry is bigger than the film and music industries and is growing faster than both of them put together. The industry is also changing fast. The typical computer gamer is in his mid 20s and female gamers make up one of the faster growing parts of the market. New developments in sociability and interactivity are also transforming the industry. This is the first major study of brands and gaming and shows huge opportunities for brand development
In this book the author brings together distinctive and cutting edge work based upon her own research and work with leading companies in the overlapping areas of strategy, marketing and innovation to provide a new and dynamic model to implement customer focus in enterprizes. In an environment of falling margins the model shows how to increase value to customers and improve business results.
The rise of globalization and heightened debate over trade, protection, competition, and the environment have created unprecedented challenges for businesses and governments worldwide. These are systematically assessed in this important new text.
In Busy Elves, children can push and pull the tabs and turn the wheel to help Santa's elves in the workshop.
Children will love working alongside the elves to make, wrap and pack the presents as Santa to gets ready to set off on his magical Christmas Eve journey.
This bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Lindsay Dale Scott is part of the popular Busy Book series.
Keep little ones busy with more books from the series: Busy Santa, Busy London at Christmas, Busy Zoo, and Busy Friends. Bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations. * Lancashire Evening Post * Chrismassy and colourful. * Newbury Weekly News *
This book explores the causes and effects of the rise of neoliberalism in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It provides a political economy analysis of the role of central banks, and identifies them as a key actor in the production and dissemination of the neoliberal economic policies.
This major comparative study examines the challenges faced by countries of postcommunist Europe in reforming and professionalizing their armed forces. It explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries are shaping professionalization processes in this changing region. The detailed country case studies in this volume, written by leading experts to a common analytical framework, compare the experiences of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, FRY, Russia and Ukraine.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the breathtaking sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's ground-breaking West African-inspired fantasy Children of Blood and Bone.
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orisha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.
Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orisha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But with civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orisha tears itself apart.
Competition Policy in the European Union provides a comprehensive introduction to the European Union's policies on restrictive practices, mergers monopolies and state aid. The authors offer a wide ranging analysis of the evolution, operation and regulation of one of the EU's most important policies in a clear and accessible format. Reviews of previous edition: '[A]n excellent, lucid, informative survey which demonstrates how much clearer an area of law becomes if both legal, economic and political sciences analysis is combined.' - Thomas Waelde, International Business Lawyer
How do we picture ourselves dying? A 'death with dignity', the darkened room, and a few murmured farewells? Or in the lights' flashing, siren wailing, chest-pumping maelstrom of the back of an ambulance hurtling towards an ER? Over the last decade, the two most robust vehicles of popular culture: film and television, have opted for the latter scenario. This book examines the hi-tech death of the twenty-first century as enacted in our hospitals and as portrayed on our TV screens.
The second edition of this very successful textbook updates and expands its coverage of the many facets of life in Europe in the new century. It retains the strengths of the first edition with its focus on both East and West but expands its coverage of the themes of convergence and divergence, and includes a new chapter on the European Economy. It asks 'what is Europe' and 'where is Europe going' and challenges preconceived notions and glib generalizations. "'The book offers a very clear introduction to a wide variety of important themes concerning the development of Europe over the past decade, with an excellent balance between general material and illustrative, detailed case studies.'-Dr John Greenaway, Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, UK 'The second
