Drawing on three of the most important collections of artefacts from the ancient city of Babylon, at the British Museum, this book presents Nebuchadnezzars magnificent state buildings with their famous glazed brick reliefs, & the great stepped tower or ziggurat that inspired the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. ...

In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story. ...

Powerful portrayal of life for West Indian youths in London in the early 1980s. DJ for Brixton reggae sound system ' Ital Lion Sound', Blue (Brinsley Forde) is getting ready for the local sound system showdown with rival crew, Jah Shaka. But as the day of the competition approaches, Blue suddenly sees his life falling apart. After losing his job, he's beaten up by the police on a trumped-up charge, & then discovers that all of his sound equipment has been destroyed by local white residents, hostile to his music. Tired of having to deal with the constant daily pressures of racial-hatred & intolerance, Blue finally decides to take matters into his own hands, & strikes out at his oppressors. ...

Translated from the Russian, this razor-sharp satire on consumer culture, Russian style, follows the irresistible rise of a Moscow advertising copywriter, who specialises in adjusting Western adverts to the Eastern mentality & selling Pepsi, Seven-up, Gucci, Mercedes & Reebok to the rising middle class. ...

In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story. ...

Babylon was a city of wonder & renown, crowned by the Hanging Gardens & considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This title recounts the encounters of the tyrant who meets his match in a young exile of Hebrew royalty named Daniel, who eventually served as advisor to two great world empires. ...

Before Alexander the Great there was a vast world empire ruled by the Persians, & influenced by a captured Jew named Daniel.

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A feature film spin-off of the popular sci-fi series. In the year 2276, the aged Centauri Emperor Londo Mollari relates the events which led to the eruption of the Earth/ Minbari war & the creation of Babylon 5. The war is accidentally triggered when an Earth warship destroys a Minbari leader, & the resulting chaos engulfs the young John Sheridan, Ambassador Delenn & college student Susan Ivanova. ...