Go hunt 150 unique legendary boss fish spread across 6 stunning world destinations that all present their own challenges Fish ...

Go hunt 150 unique legendary boss fish spread across 6 stunning world destinations that all present their own challenges Fish ...

The Catcher in the Rye is J D Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth Holden Caulfield is a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school Navigating his way through the challenges of growing up Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society & the 'phonies' themselves the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood behind The Catcher in the Rye explores the world with disarming frankness & a warm affecting charisma which has made this novel a universally loved classic of twentieth-century literature J D Salinger was born in 1919 & died in January 2010 He grew up in New York City & wrote short stories from an early age but his breakthrough came in 1948 with the publication in The New Yorker of 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' The Catcher in the Rye was his first & only novel published in 1951 It remains one of the most translated taught & reprinted texts & has sold some 65 million copies His other works include the novellas Franny & Zooey For Esme with Love & Squalor & Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters published with Seymour
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When an essay is due & dreaded exams loom here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! Spark Notes Literature Guides make studying smarter better & faster They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis explanations of key themes motifs & symbols a review quiz & essay topics Lively & accessible Spark Notes is perfect for late-night studying & paper writing ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The latest Christmas Special from the award-winning comedian featuring all the favourite characters such as the foul-mouthed grandmother & ever-argumentative teenager Lauren ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When mean-spirited two-faced foulmouthed Nan welcomes the festive season with her usual mix of sweetness sarcasm & expletives she finds her late husband appearing to warn her of some impending visitors This hilarious update of Charles Dickens& story unfolds after Nan has turned out the Cratchits her relatives from Yorkshire (with their dog Tiny Tim) on Christmas Eve & stolen the over-60 club&s lottery money The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals just how horrible Nan was as a child & as a young wife while the risotto-cooking Armani-clad Ghost of Christmas Present (David Tennant) & The Ghost of Christmas Future show the curmudgeonly old killjoy some home truths Will they be able to change Nan&s ways? Could there be a sweet old lady beneath that miserly exterior? ...

The play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle Written at the close of World War II the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia & retells the tale of King Solomon & a child claimed by two mothers A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience ...

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence why people fight & can they stop Spanning warfare from prehistory to the 21st century the book shows that neither an irresistible drive nor a cultural invention deadly violence & warfare have figured prominently in our behavioural toolkit since the dawn of our species People have always alternated between cooperation peaceful competition & violence to attain evolution-shaped human desires A marked shift in the balance between these options has occurred since the onset of the industrial age Rather than modern war becoming more costly (it hasn't) it is peace that has become more rewarding Scrutinizing existing theories concerning the decline of war
- such as the 'democratic peace' & 'capitalist peace'
- Gat shows that they in fact partake of a broader Modernization Peace that has been growing since 1815 By now war has disappeared within the world's most developed areas Finally Gat explains why the Modernization Peace has been disrupted in the past as during the two World Wars & how challenges to it may still arise They include claimants to alternative modernity
- such as China & Russia
- anti-modernists & failed modernizers that may spawn terrorism potentially unconventional While the world has become more peaceful than ever before there is still much to worry about in terms of security & no place for complacency



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There is a cave A cave that is home to a creature A creature that never leaves its cave Because of a wolf The wolf tries everything to get the creature to leave the cave to no avail But what will happen when he's finally successful? This is a laugh-out-loud story with a BIG surprise! ...

In The Cave a board game from K2 author Adam Ka&322;u&380;a players take on the role of a speleologist team tasked with exploring a newly discovered cave Players start from a base & explore a cave tunnel after tunnel effectively building the board (the cave) They have to overcome steep descents underground lakes & tight squeezes They will be given a chance to admire the wonders of the underground like halls full of stalactites To make it all possible they must take the right supplies with them like ropes & oxygen The cave differs every game so players have to be prepared for everything or they will lose time Players earn points for exploring different tiles underwater wondrous descents & so on but to win they&ll need to acquire bonus prizes for exploring the most tiles of each type This makes decision-making during trips very difficult When the cave is fully explored the player who made the biggest effort in the most spectacular way wins the game ...