' An astonishingly detailed picture of espionage in the 1980s written with pacey journalistic verve & an eerily contemporary feel' Ben Macintyre The Times A gripping story of courage professionalism & betrayal in the secret world' Rodric Braithwaite British Ambassador in Moscow 1988-1992 One of the best spy stories to come out of the Cold War & all the more riveting for being true' Washington Post January 1977 While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank a stranger drops a note into the car In the years that followed that stranger Adolf Tolkachev became one of the West's most valuable spies At enormous risk Tolkachev & his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow using spy cameras props & private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard
- until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk Drawing on previously classified CIA documents & interviews with first-hand participants The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting & a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War
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A timely account of the emerging superpower that is India & the rise & rise of the Bollygarchs 384 pages Crabtree James ...

Once upon a time football was run by modest local businessmen Today it is the plaything of billionaire oligarchs staggeringly wealthy from oil & gas from royalty or from murkier sources But who are these new masters of the universe? Where did all their money come from? & what do they want with our beautiful game? While almost cloaked in secrecy the billionaire owner has to raise his head above the bunker when it comes to football ownership
- a rare Achilles heel that allows access to worlds normally off limits journalists & outsiders In the Billionaires Club James Montague delves deeper than anyone ever dared to tell this story for the first time He criss-crosses the world
- from Dhaka to Doha from China to Crewe from St Louis to London from Bangkok to Belgium
- to profile this new elite their network of money & their influence that defies geographic boundaries The Billionaires Club is part history of club ownership part in-depth investigation into the money & influence that connects the super-rich around the globe & part travel book as he follows the ever-shifting trail around the globe in an attempt to reveal the real force behind modern-day football At its heart The Billionaires Club is a football book about some of the biggest clubs in the world But it is also about something bigger the world around us the global economy where the world is headed & how football has become an essential cog in this machine


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Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is compatible with PAL systems Any future DLC may require a US Nintendo account The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth is a randomly generated action-shooter with heavy RPG & roguelike elements Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac&s form giving him super human abilities & enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures discover secrets & fight his way to safety Over 600 items & weapons Over 1000 hours of gameplay 5 unique modes of play 13 unique playable characters 20 professionally animated cartoon endings ...

Pre-order to Receive Two free sticker sheets A Reto-Style Manual Isaac has discovered a labyrinth beneath his own house filled with monsters power-ups & unimaginable treasure Can he survive the physical challenges & psychological trials of a world he never made? The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth is a dungeon-crawling shoot&em-up that&s literally a different game each & every time you play it! The randomly generated maps are built with over 11000 unique room configurations each populated with a nearly endless variety of enemies items challenges & secrets! Features Over 600 different items to collect 13 Unique playable characters More than 180 individual enemy types 90 terrifying deadly bosses Multiple difficulty settings & game modes Bestiary to record enemy encounters 20 Professionally animated cartoon endings & many more secrets! ...

When Isaac’s mother starts hearing the voice of God demanding a sacrifice be made to prove her faith Isaac escapes into the basement facing droves of deranged enemies lost brothers & sisters his fears & eventually his mother The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth is a randomly generated action-shooter with heavy RPG & Rogue-like elements Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him superhuman abilities & enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures discover secrets & fight his way to safety The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth Features Over 500 items & weapons 20 Different endings 13 Playable characters Over 50 unique bosses each with multiple variations New playable character Online Leaderboards & Daily Runs 30 Challenge modes Over 6000 rooms with over 4 billion possible combinations Bestiary! (enemy collection on page that keeps track of everything you kill in game) ...

The official Binding of Isaac multiplayer card game about sacrifice betrayal & hoarding 2-4 players take turns playing loot cards & using items to kill monsters that yield more items loot & sometimes souls The first player to end their turn with 4 souls is the winner Cooperation barter & betrayal is encouraged 2–4 Players 30–60 Min Playing Time Age 13 ...

Please note This is the expansion pack & requires the base game to play Base game not included The official Binding of Isaac multiplayer card game about sacrifice betrayal & hoarding 2-4 players take turns playing loot cards & using items to kill monsters that yield more items loot & sometimes souls The first player to end their turn with 4 souls is the winner Cooperation barter & betrayal is encouraged Players 2-4 Playing time 30-60 mins Ages 13 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A fantastic double bill from the legendary Bing Crosby Birth Of The Blues (Dir Victor Schertzinger 1941) Bing Crosby & Mary Martin star as two jazz artists in the swinging world of 1920&s New Orleans Crosby is Jeff Lambert a clarinet player who is out to start a band called the Basin Street Hot-Shots When Betty Lou (Martin) joins as vocalist romance ensues between everyone involved stirring things up a bit The film pays homage to Dixieland greats such as Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong & contains many musical numbers filled with cool clarinets & sizzling jam sessions such as " Birth of the Blues" " Melancholy Baby" " St Louis Blues" & " St James Infirmary" Blue Skies (Dir Stuart Heisler 1941) The owner of a nightclub (Crosby) & a dancing star (Astaire) play friends turned romantic rivals in this musical featuring the songs of Irving Berlin A nostalgic loosely constructed musical that follows the years-long rivalry between two musical stars who love the same woman Paul Draper rather than Astaire was originally cast in the role of the disk jockey Songs include " Puttin& on the Ritz" "A Couple of Song & Dance Men" " You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" Actors Bing Crosby Mary Martin Jack Teagarden Carolyn Lee Eddie Anderson Brian Donlevy Joan Caulfield Fred Astaire Billy De Wolfe & Olga San Juan Director Victor Schertzinger & Stuart Heisler Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1941 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English for the hard of hearing ; Czech ; Hungarian ; Polish ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Finnish ; Danish ; Dutch
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This new updated & expanded 10th anniversary edition of The Biology of Belief will forever change how you think about your own thinking stunning new scientific discoveries about the biochemical effects of the brain's functioning show that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts Bruce H Lipton Ph D a renowned cell biologist describes the precise molecular pathways through which this occurs Using simple language illustrations humour & everyday examples he demonstrates how the new science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind & matter & the profound effects it has on our personal lives & the collective life of our species It has been 10 years since the publication of The Biology of Belief Bruce Lipton's seminal book on the relationship between mind & body that changed the way we think about our lives our health & our planet During that time research in this field has grown exponentially
- Lipton's ground-breaking experiments have now been endorsed by more than a decade of rigorous scientific study In this greatly expanded edition Lipton a former medical school professor & research scientist explores his own experiments & those of other leading-edge scientists that have unravelled in ever greater detail how truly connected the mind body & spirit are It is now widely recognized that genes & DNA do not control our biology Instead they are controlled by signals from outside the cell including energetic messages emanating from our thoughts This profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest & best research in cell biology & quantum physics puts the power to create a healthy joyous life back in our own hands When we transform our conscious & subconscious thoughts we transform our lives & in the process help humanity evolve to a new level of understanding & peace
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