Examines the role of Akeman Street, the Roman road stretching from St Albans to Cirencester, examining its effect on the peoples of the surrounding landscape. This book presents a look at the people who would have travelled this road, what effect these travellers & the road itself had on the settlements & countryside. ...

Jason Akermanis has made an impression in his 15 years as an AFL star player. Now, after more than 300 games, three Premierships & a Brownlow Medal, the curtain has come down on his extraordinary career. Aker looks at a stellar sporting career, including details of Aker's falling out with Leigh Matthews, & his thoughts on the game. ...

Akhenaten is one of the most compelling & controversial figures in history. This title argues that, far from being the idealistic founder of a new faith, Akhenaten cynically used religion for purely political ends in a calculated attempt to reassert the authority of the king to concentrate all power in his own hands. ...

Three films by acclaimed Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki. In the comedy ' Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana' (1994), two friends, Valto (Mato Valtonen) & Reino (( Matti Pellonpaa), take to the road in search of coffee & vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia (Kirsi Tykkylainen) & Estonian Tatjana (Kati Outinen)
- who are clearly interested in the two men, despite the language barrier. But what are the chances of getting a response from men who prefer staring at vodka bottles to talking? ' Drifting Clouds' (1996) is another offbeat comedy, set during the Finnish economic recession. Ilona (Kati Outinen) & Lauri Koponen (Kari Vaananen) are a waitress & driver who, through sheer bad luck, are made redundant at the same time. Ilona finds work in a sleazy bar, but her employer disappears without paying her wages. Lauri loses the chance of a job at a bus company as he is partially deaf. The couple then hit on the idea of opening their own restaurant, but finding the necessary funds proves to be a problem. Kaurismaki's ' Juha' (1999) is the fourth film adaptation of the tragic 1911 novel by well-known Finnish author Juhani Aho. Sakari Kuosmanen plays the eponymous protagonist, a simple cabbage farmer married to the younger Marja (Kati Outinen). It isn't long before Marja has been seduced away from him by Shemeikka (André Wilms), a seedy underworld type, who then proceeds to forego all his wild promises to her & ends up enslaving her in a brothel.
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The third collection of films from the Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki. Comprises his debut feature, a take on Dostoevsky's ' Crime & Punishment' (1983); ' Hamlet Goes Business' (1987), in which Shakespeare's tragedy is moved from Elsinore Castle to a rubber duck factory, & features an unexpected twist at the end; & ' La Vie de Boheme' (1992), in which three penniless artists become friends in modern day Paris. ...

Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's ' Leningrad Cowboys' trilogy. In ' Leningrad Cowboys Go America' (1989), struggling rock 'n' roll band The Leningrad Cowboys quit Siberia, their frozen bass player in the luggage, for a tour of America. Their slave-driving manager secures a car (from director Aki Kaurismaki's American counterpart, cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) & several very bad gigs. The undauntable band are then pursued across the States by their only fan & a fish. In ' Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses' (1994), the Cowboys decide to return to their native village after years of fame & misfortune in Mexico. Under the guidance of their former manager Vladimir (Matti Pellonpaa), who now calls himself Moses, they face a difficult journey over the ocean & across the European continent. But tormented by lack of money, fuel & beverages the band begin to murmur against Moses & doubt his motives. On top of this they are persecuted by a certain member of the American intelligence agency who is hunting for the lost nose of the Statue of Liberty... In ' Total Balalaika Show' (1994), the Cowboys perform for the first time with the 100 singers, 40 musicians & 20 dancers of the Alexandrov Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble, on the biggest stage ever seen in Finl&. A roaring success, the programme included rock classics from ' Happy Together' & ' Delilah' to ' Gimme All Your Lovin' & ' Knocking on Heaven's Door', as well as traditional hits from the Ensemble's own repertoire. The film portrays an unforgettable encounter of the old & the new, East & West. ...

A delightful new story in the Akimbo series from Alexander Mc Call Smith.

Includes:: brilliant baboon facts!

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When Akimbo sees what poachers do to the elephants on his game reserve, he is determined to stop them. There's only one way to do it, & that's to become an elephant hunter himself! But it's going to take strength & courage, & will involve facing danger... ...