On the night you were bornthe moon smiled with such wonderthat the stars peeked in to see youand the night wind whispered Life will never be the same On the night you were born the whole world came alive with thanksgiving The moon stayed up till morning The geese flew home to celebrate Polar bears danced On the night you were born you brought wonder & magic to the world Here is a book that celebrates you It is meant to be carried wherever life takes you over all the roads through all the years This debut picture book by Nancy Tillman has touched the hearts of readers of all ages from the youngest readers to new mothers to grandparents A New York Times & Publishers Weekly bestselling book On the Night You Were Born is sure to be a beloved addition to family libraries ...

For humans the sea is & always has been an alien environment Ever moving & ever changing in mood it is a place without time in contrast to the land which is fixed & scarred by human activity giving it a visible history While the land is familiar even reassuring the sea is unknown & threatening By taking to the sea humans put themselves at its mercy It has often been perceived to be an alien power teasing & cajoling The sea may give but it takes Why then did humans become seafarers? Part of the answer is that we are conditioned by our genetics to be acquisitive animals we like to acquire rare materials & we are eager for esoteric knowledge & society rewards us well for both Looking out to sea most will be curious as to what is out there
- a mysterious island perhaps but what lies beyond? Our innate inquisitiveness drives us to explore Barry Cunliffe looks at the development of seafaring on the Mediterranean & the Atlantic two contrasting seas
- the Mediterranean without a significant tide enclosed & soon to become familiar the Atlantic with its frightening tidal ranges an ocean without end We begin with the Middle Palaeolithic hunter gatherers in the eastern Mediterranean building simple vessels to make their remarkable crossing to Crete & we end in the early years of the sixteenth century with sailors from Spain Portugal & England establishing the limits of the ocean from Labrador to Patagonia The message is that the contest between humans & the sea has been a driving force perhaps the driving force in human history

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On the Origin of Species outlines Charles Darwin's world-changing theory that life on Earth had not been brought into being by a creator but had arisen from a single common ancestor & had evolved over time through the process of natural selection Received with both enthusiasm & hostility on its publication it triggered a seismic shift in our understanding of humanity's place in the natural world It is not only a brilliant work of science but also a clear vivid sometimes moving piece of popular writing that reflects both Darwin's genius & his boundless enthusiasm for our planet & its species This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of On the Origin of Species is complete & unabridged & features an afterword by Oliver Francis Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure ...

'can we doubt that individuals having any advantage however slight over others would have the best chance of surviving & of procreating their kind?' In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world His insistence on the immense length of the past & on the abundance of life-forms present & extinct dislodged man from his central position in creation & called into question the role of the Creator He showed that new species are achieved by natural selection & that absence of plan is an inherent part of the evolutionary process Darwin's prodigious reading experimentation & observations on his travels fed into his great work which draws on material from the Galapagos Islands to rural Staffordshire from English back gardens to colonial encounters The present edition provides a detailed & accessible discussion of his theories & adds an account of the immediate responses to the book on publication The resistances as well as the enthusiasms of the first readers cast light on recent controversies particularly concerning questions of design & descent 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 ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE STAR OF THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICALEXCLUSIVE! Contains an extract from Carrie's next novel All That She Can See out July 13th!' Reminded me so much of Cecelia Ahern' Ali Mc Namara' Utterly enchanting' Jill Mansell Your soul is too heavy to pass through this door Leave the weight of the world in the world from before Evie Snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep surrounded by her children & grandchildren It's the way most people wish to leave the world but when Evie reaches the door of her own private heaven she finds that she's become her twenty-seven-year-old self & the door won't open Evie's soul must be light enough to pass through so she needs to get rid of whatever is making her soul heavy For Evie this means unburdening herself of the three secrets that have weighed her down for over fifty years so she must find a way to reveal them before it's too late As Evie begins the journey of a lifetime she learns more about life & love than she ever thought possible & somehow some way she may also find her way back to the only man she ever truly loved Powerful magical & utterly romantic On the Other Side will transport you to a world that is impossible to forget A love story like no other it will have you weeping from the sheer joy & beauty of it all ...

Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired
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Since September 11th we frequently hear that political differences should be put aside the real struggle is between good & evil What does this mean for political & social life? Is there a ' Third Way' beyond left & right & if so should we fear or welcome it? This thought-provoking book by Chantal Mouffe a globally recognized political author presents a timely account of the current state of democracy affording readers the most relevant & up-to-date information Arguing that liberal 'third way thinking' ignores fundamental conflicting aspects of human nature Mouffe states that far from expanding democracy globalization is undermining the combative & radical heart of democratic life Going back first to Aristotle she identifies the historical origins of the political & reflects on the Enlightenment & the social contract arguing that in spite of its good intentions it levelled the radical core of political life Contemporary examples including the Iraq war racism & the rise of the far right are used to illustrate & support her theory that far from combating extremism the quest for consensus politics undermines the ability to challenge it These case studies are also highly effective points of reference for student revision On the Political is a stimulating argument about the future of politics & addresses the most fundamental aspects of democracy that will aid further study ...

Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of post colonial studies writing today In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power & subjectivity in Africa In a series of provocative essays Mbembe contests diehard Africanist & nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory This thought-provoking & groundbreaking collection of essays
- his first book to be published in English
- develops & extends debates first ignited by his well-known 1992 article ' Provisional Notes on the Postcolony' in which he developed his notion of the 'banality of power' in contemporary Africa Mbembe reinterprets the meanings of death utopia & the divine libido as part of the new theoretical perspectives he offers on the constitution of power He works with the complex registers of bodily subjectivity
- violence wonder & laughter
- to profoundly contest categories of oppression & resistance autonomy & subjection & state & civil society that marked the social theory of the late twentieth century This provocative book will surely attract attention with its signal contribution to the rich interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial & post colonial discourse history anthropology philosophy political science psychoanalysis & literary criticism



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Five decades after it was first published Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its way to the big screen in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) starring Sam Riley (Control Brighton Rock) Garret Hedlund (Friday Night Lights) Kristen Stewart (Twilight) Kirsten Dunst Amy Adams & Viggo Mortensen Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) a young innocent joins his hero Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) a traveller & mystic the living epitome of Beat on a breathless exuberant ride back & forth across the United States Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink sex drugs & jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom a test of the limits of the American dream A brilliant blend of fiction & autobiography Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance poignancy & autobiographical passion One of the most influential & important novels of the 20th century On the Road is the book that launched the Beat Generation & remains the bible of that literary movement' The most beautifully executed the clearest & the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as beat' The New York Times' Pop writing at its best It changed the way I saw the world making me yearn for fresh experience' Hanif Kureishi Independent on Sunday' On the Road sold a trillion Levis & a million espresso machines & also sent countless kids on the road' William Burroughs ...

On the Road by Jack Kerouac is the exhilarating novel that defined the Beat Generation & is a 2012 major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart Kirsten Dunst & Sam Riley beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range' What's your road man?
- holyboy road madman road rainbow road guppy road any road It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow' Sal Paradise young & innocent joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless exuberant ride back & forth across the United States Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink sex drugs & jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom a test of the limits of the American Dream A brilliant blend of fiction & autobiography Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new ' Beat' generation & became the bible of the counter culture' On the Road sold a trillion Levis & a million espresso machines & also sent countless kids on the road The alienation the restlessness the dissatisfaction were already there waiting when Kerouac pointed out the road' William Burroughs' Pop writing at its best It changed the way I saw the world making me yearn for fresh experience' Hanif Kureishi Independent on Sunday Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell Massachusetts in 1922 Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell he decided to become a writer at age seventeen & developed his own writing style which he called 'spontaneous prose' He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' & the experiences of the Beat Generation most memorably in On the Road & also in The Subterraneans & The Dharma Bums His other works include Big Sur Desolation Angels Lonesome Traveler Visions of Gerard Tristessa & a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac died in 1969
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