Tracklist Under The Pressure Red Eyes Suffering An Ocean In Between The Waves Disappearing Eyes To The Wind The Haunting Idle Burning Lost In The Dream In Reverse ...

Intergenerational conflict is a perennial feature of society & capitalism One side has the youth the other side has the lion's share of the wealth & the good things wealth can bring In the last few years that friction has reached to dangerous heights Call it war & like all war it has the risk of doing severe damage In this fiery polemic the author of the best-selling The War on the Old has switched sides & now examines the conflict as it must appear to the young For the first time since the Second World War younger generations can expect less fulfilled lives than their elders They may not be their betters' but in the second decade of the twenty-first century they surely are better heeled Traditionally society's way of controlling the young has been to send them off to war or conscript them They would either die or learn duty' Now we send as many as 50 to university from which they emerge encumbered with debt As Orwell observed there is nothing like debt for extinguishing the political fire in your belly The War on the Young is lively provocative & ranges wittily & at times angrily over many casus belli from the standpoint of the nation's young people Things are not getting better This is a timely & highly readable look at a ticking generational time-bomb ...

She showed great courage & commitment in reporting from Burma & exemplified my belief that the best journalists are also the nicest'
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Wilfred Owen was the greatest poet of the First World War & his death in battle a few days before Armistice was a disastrous loss to English letters This volume gathers together the poems for which he is best known & which represent his most important contribution to poetry in the twentieth century Taken from the definitive edition of Owen's work & containing material unavailable to other editions this selection has been edited by Professor Jon Stallworthy who has written an illuminating & authoritative introduction ...

For most readers of English poetry the face under that helmet is that of Wilfred Owen' Professor Jon Stallworthy from his Introduction When Wilfred Owen was killed in the days before the Armistice in 1918 he left behind a shattering truthful & indelible record of a soldier's experience of the First World War 144 pages Owen Wilfred ...

' You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice but you could hardly pass an evening with her & not lose your heart' John Bold has lost his heart to Eleanor Harding but he is a political radical who has launched a campaign against the management of the charity of which her father is the Warden How can this tangle be resolved? In the novel which is Trollope's first acknowledged masterpiece the emotional drama is staged against the background of two major contemporary social issues the inappropriate use of charitable funds & the irresponsible exercise of the power of the press A witty love story in the Jane Austen tradition this is also an unusually subtle example of ' Condition of England' fiction combining its charming portrayal of life in an English cathedral close with a serious engagement in larger social & political issues The Warden is the first of the six books which form Trollope's Barsetshire series of novels This edition also

Includes:: ' The Two Heroines of Plumplington'
- the short story which Trollope added just before his death to provide a final episode in the annals of Barsetshire ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more


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Anthony Trollope's The Warden is the first of his well-loved Chronicles of Barsetshire edited with an introduction & notes by Robin Gilmour in Penguin Classics The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men In the ensuing furore Septimus Harding the almshouse's well-meaning warden finds himself pitted against his daughter's suitor Dr John Bold a zealous local reformer Matters are not enhanced when Harding's abrasive son-in law Archdeacon Grantly leaps into the fray to defend him against a campaign Bold begins in the national press An affectionate & wittily satirical view of the workings of the Church of England The Warden is also a subtle exploration of the rights & wrongs of moral crusades & in its account of Harding's intensely felt personal drama a moving depiction of the private impact of public affairs In his introduction Robin Gilmour examines Trollope's background & his influences especially his use of contemporary newspaper scandals This edition also

Includes:: suggestions for further reading & notes Anthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family's high social standing & their comparative poverty He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his ' Barsetshire novels' The Warden (1855) As well as writing over forty novels including such popular works as Can You Forgive Her? (1865) Phineas Finn (1869) He Knew He Was Right (1869) & The Way We Live Now (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to England If you enjoyed The Warden you might like Trollope's The Way We Live Now also available in Penguin Classics

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Travel into the further reaches of the Wildlands with this new set of maps Introduce further wrinkles to your game via magical portals which help you rush around the map or fissures which will slow your progress Players will have to adapt to their new surroundings if they ever hope to get ahead This map expansion for Wildlands adds a new double-sided board to the game featuring new opportunities & obstacles & can be used in conjunction with the faction expansions This map pack requires a copy of Wildlands to play ...

Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award 2012 The Newman twins have finally been divided The end is near In San Francisco Josh has chosen a side
- & he will not stand with his sister Sophie or the Alchemyst Nicholas Flamel He has chosen to fight along side John Dee & the mysterious Virginia Dare Sophie will do anything she can to find her brother but her training must continue With Perenelle & Nicholas as weak as they are Niten must help her to master Earth Magic Without this she will fail & the human race will be doomed forever Can she save the world alone?
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More fantastic adventure tales written by Bernard Cornwell This collection contains Excalibur' Winter King' & Enemy of God'A triology containing Excalibur Winter King & Enemy of God Excalibur The third novel in the Warlords Chronicle Excalibur A Novel of Arthur immerses the reader in the Britain of the Dark Ages Merlin the greatest of the Druids believes that the ancient gods are deserting Britain & that the invading Saxons can't be defeated without the gods' help Mordred reigns with a brutal hand & Arthur sees his dreams of peace evaporate The author provides exciting descriptions of swordplay & battles interspersed with somewhat gruesome depictions of ordinary life in those days-greasy waist-length beards serving as napkins lambs bloodily sacrificed before festivals & rampant lice Winter King Cornwell really is one of the nation's most impressive authors & whether he's writing a maritime thriller or a napoleonic war novel he never disapoints The Winter King see's the beginning of the Warlord Chronicles quite possibly the best series he's written & follows the story of Derfel through childhood into Arthur's service & in the following books through war & into his old age Enemy of God Enemy of God is the second book in The Warlord Chronicles series by Bernard Cornwell The trilogy tells the legend of Arthur seen through the eyes of his follower Derfel Cadarn ...