Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories In this retelling of an extraordinary true story a pair of children realise that the odd strangers they see in their tiny Scottish village are German spies Can the children alert the authorities or will the ruthless spies find them first? ...

Despite the modern trend towards empowering patients & giving them more choice the nuts & bolts of medical practice largely remain a mystery
- a closed box In fact the more health information is available on the internet the more patients can feel swamped & confused The Appointment offers an intimate & honest account of how a typical GP tries to make sense of a patient's health problems & manage them within the constraints of their health system & the short ten minute appointment We have always been fascinated by our own health but in recent years especially for older people seeing the GP has become a regular activity In the past decade the average number of times a patient visits his or her GP has almost doubled Despite this increasing demand getting to see a GP is not always easy so those intimate ten minutes with the doctor are extremely precious & there's more than ever to cram in Taking the reader through a typical morning surgery The Appointment shines a light onto what is really going on in those central ten minutes & lets the reader for the first time get inside the mind of the person sitting in front of them
- the professional they rely on to look after their health Experienced GP Dr Graham Easton shows how GPs really think lays bare their professional strengths & weaknesses & exposes what really influences their decisions about their patients' health

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Arianwyn fluffs her witch's assessment Awarded the dull bronze disc of an apprentice
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the creators of Yo Gabba Gabba! & frontman Christian Jacobs comes the perfect blend of live-action & animation! Follow the amazingly wild comic antics of The Aquabats the galaxy&s first group of musical crime-fighting superheroes! MC Bat Commander Crash Mc Larson Ricky Fitness Eagle Bones Falconhawk & Jimmy the Robot will take you along on their most outrageous adventures to protect space from the creatures & super villains out to destroy it! All 13 Season One episodes can now be found in one deluxe collection sure to banish boredom & make anyone an instant fan of the world&s most inept superheroes! ...

Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' & tell his story to the world This memoir reveals the human suffering in his camp with its forced labour frequent public executions & near-starvation rations Kang eventually escaped to South Korea via China to give testimony to the hardships & atrocities that constitute the lives of the thousands of people still detained in the gulags today Part horror story part historical document part memoir part political tract this story of one young man's personal suffering finally gives eye-witness proof to this neglected chapter of modern history ...

VOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOODA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 20152016 AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOKS OF 2016 'EXUBERANTLY HERETICAL''I tore through it The most enjoyable graphic novel I've read in a while' Zadie Smith'I joyously recommend this book to you' Mark Haddon' Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time' Alain De Botton' Beautifully-written & drawn witty sad fascinating Brilliant' Simon Sebag Montefiore The Arab of the Future tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf's childhood spent in the shadows of three dictators
- Muammar Gaddafi Hafez al-Assad & his father In striking virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood & the fervor of political idealism Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France Gaddafi's Libya & Assad's Syria
- but always under the roof of his father a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation Riad delicate & wide-eyed follows in the trail of his mismatched parents his mother a bookish French student is as modest as his father is flamboyant Venturing first to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State & then joining the family tribe in Homs Syria they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner & hold they do though food is scarce children kill dogs for sport & with locks banned the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment The ultimate outsider Riad with his flowing blond hair is called the ultimate insult Jewish & in no time at all his father has come up with yet another grand plan moving from building a new people to building his own great palace Brimming with life & dark humour The Arab of the Future reveals the truth & texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East & also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus & Persepolis Translated by Sam Taylor WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR GRAPHIC NOVELSNOMINATED FOR 'BEST REALITY-BASED WORK' AT THE EISNER AWARDS'ENGROSSING' New York Times'A PAGE TURNER' Guardian'MARVELLOUS BEGS TO BE READ IN ONE LONG SITTING' Herald'AN OBJECT OF CONSENSUAL RAPTURE' New Yorker'ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOONISTS OF HIS GENERATION' Le Monde

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Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests & what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? & what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 & 2012? The Arab uprisings pose stark challenges to the political science of the Middle East which for decades had focused upon the resilience of entrenched authoritarianism the relative weakness of civil society & what seemed to be the largely contained diffusion of new norms & ideas through new information technologies In this volume leading scholars in the field take a sharp look at the causes dynamics & effects of the Arab uprisings Compiled by one of the foremost experts on Middle East politics & society The Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories & presents a new framework through which scholars & general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the region These essays not only advance the study of political science in the Middle East but also integrate the subject seamlessly into the wider political science literature Deeply committed to the study of this region & working out the kinks of the discipline the contributors to this volume help scholars & policymakers across the world approach this unprecedented historical period smartly & effectively ...

The Arabian Nights has become a synonym for the fabulous & the exotic Every child is familiar with the stories of Aladdin Sinbad the Sailor & Ali Baba Yet very few people even specialists in oriential literature have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is Far from being a batch of stories for children The Arabian Nights contains hundreds of narratives of all kinds
- fables epics erotica debates fairy tales political allegories mystical anecdotes & comedies It is a labyrinth of stories within stories Widely held in contempt in the Middle East for its frivolity & occasional obscenity the work has nevertheless had a major influence on European & American culture to the extent that the story collection must be considered as a key work in Western literature A full understanding of the writings of Voltaire Dickens Melville Proust & Borges or indeed of the origins of science fiction is impossible without some familiarity with the stories of the Nights This companion aims to guide the reader into this labyrinth of storytelling It traces the development of the stories from prehistoric India & Pharaonic Egypt to modern times & explores the history of translation & imitation Above all it uses the stories as a guide to the social history & counter-culture of the medieval Near East & the world of the storyteller the snake charmer the burglar the sorcerer the drug-addict the treasure hunter & the adulterer
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The Arabic Club Readers are series of banded colourful & fun books for young learners of Arabic designed to nurture confidence & motivation ...

Outlandish alchemist & magician political intelligencer apocalyptic prophet & converser with angels John Dee (1527-1609) was one of the most colorful & controversial figures of the Tudor world In this fascinating book-the first full-length biography of Dee based on primary historical sources-Glyn Parry explores Dee&s vast array of political magical & scientific writings & finds that they cast significant new light on policy struggles in the Elizabethan court conservative attacks on magic & Europe&s religious wars John Dee was more than just a fringe magus Parry shows he was a major figure of the Reformation & Renaissance ...