A hilarious fantasy adventure set in modern day London An exciting subterranean London adventure the first in a middle-grade trilogy Hyacinth Hayward has recently arrived from America & is having difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings especially being in the sole company of her eccentric mother Everything feels strange Very strange & it gets stranger the day she accidentally unleashes the power of a secret river running through London To prevent a second Great Fire Hyacinth needs to retrieve a single magically charged drop of water from somewhere in the city sewer system Along the way she encounters an eclectic cast of characters
- the shambling monstrous Saltpetre Men who kidnap her mother the Toshers who battle for control of magical artefacts & a giant pig with whom she has a tea party The clock is ticking
- will she figure out who to trust?

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The sixth edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic & contemporary writings on the city to provide the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies & Planning old & new The City Reader is the anchor volume in the Routledge Urban Reader Series & is now integrated with all ten other titles in the series This edition has been extensively updated & expanded to reflect the latest thinking in each of the disciplinary areas included & in topical areas such as compact cities urban history place making sustainable urban development globalization cities & climate change the world city network the impact of technology on cities resilient cities cities in Africa & the Middle East & urban theory The new edition places greater emphasis on cities in the developing world globalization & the global city system of the future The plate sections have been revised & updated Sixty generous selections are included forty-four from the fifth edition & sixteen new selections including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader The sixth edition keeps classic writings by authors such as Ebenezer Howard Ernest W Burgess Le Corbusier Lewis Mumford Jane Jacobs & Louis Wirth as well as the best contemporary writings of among others Peter Hall Manuel Castells David Harvey Saskia Sassen & Kenneth Jackson In addition to newly commissioned selections by Yasser Elshestawy Peter Taylor & Lawrence Vale new selections in the sixth edition include writings by Aristotle Peter Calthorpe Alberto Camarillo Filip De Boech Edward Glaeser David Owen Henri Pirenne The Project for Public Spaces Jonas Rabinovich & Joseph Lietman Doug Saunders & Bish Sanyal The anthology features general & section introductions as well as individual introductions to the selected articles introducing the authors providing context relating the selection to other selection & providing a bibliography for further study The sixth edition

Includes:: fifty plates in four plate sections substantially revised from the fifth edition

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Cities are among the most enduring & remarkable of human artefacts This study explains how & why cities took the shape they did Professor Kostof focuses on a number of themes
- organic patterns the grid the city as diagram the grand manner & the skyline
- & interprets the hidden order of urban patterns Photographs historical views & specially commissioned drawings depict a global mosaic of citybuilding the shaping of medieval Siena; the creation of New Delhi as the crown of the Raj; the remodelling of Moscow as the self-styled capital of world socialism & the transformation of the skyline as religious & civic symbols yield to the towers of corporate business

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The civil rights movement was arguably the most important reform in American history This book recounts the extraordinary & often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation to exercise the right to vote & to improve their economic standing Organized in a clear chronological fashion the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in realizing a more just society for African- Americans It will provide students of American history with an invaluable comprehensive introduction to the Civil Rights Movement ...

Taken from Appian's Roman History the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC
- a time of anarchy & instability for the Roman Empire A masterly account of a turbulent epoch they describe the Catiline conspiracy; the rise & fall of the First Triumvirate; the murder of Julius Caesar; the formation of the Second Triumvirate by Antonius Octavian & Lepidus; & brutal civil war A compelling depiction of the decline of the Roman state into brutality & violence The Civil Wars portrays political discontent selfishness & the struggle for power
- a struggle that was to culminate in a titanic battle for mastery over the Roman Empire & the defeat of Antony & Cleopatra by Octavian in 31 BC

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Leave 21st century London & go back to Ice Age Europe Follow Ayla a Cro-Magnon child who loses her parents in an earthquake & is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal the Clan See how the Clan's wary suspicion is gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl so different from them under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza & its wise holy man Creb Immerse yourself in a world dictated by the demands of survival in a hostile environment & be swept away in an epic tale of love identity & struggle ...

Tracklist Don't Hang From My Ceiling Thank You Mr Jackpots (So Long) Harry Dean One For The Fossa Two For The Wolverine Wrong Church ...

Track List 1 Concertina 2 Acre Lane 3 Amsterdam 4 I&m Sorry 5 Bike 6 Had a Nice Night 7 Heaven Calls Another Name 8 Picture Postcard Paradise 9 Knock Me Off 10 Out of Time Release date (30 Sept 2016) Number of Discs 1 Label Domino Records Genre Rock Style Alternative Rock Indie Rock Art Rock ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The revitalised cult hit has made its return to the UK with a bang Narrated by British legend Michael Palin we follow the interstellar adventures a family of pink long-nosed inventive & inquisitive mouse-shaped creatures who live on a small blue planet out in the starry stretches of space not far from our world ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Clangers enjoy the simple things in life like green soup & blue-string pudding & are happy to share their moon with unforgettable characters such as the Soup Dragon the Froglets several Glow Buzzers the Iron Chicken & any other visitor who may decide to drop in Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin the creators of such classics as Bagpuss Ivor The Engine Pogles Wood & Noggin the Nog made these magical programmes thirty years ago but they are timeless as space itself & are here ready to entertain a new generation Features all 13 episodes from series 2! Episodes Comprise 1 Tablecloth 2 The Rock Collector 3 Glow-Honey 4 The Teapot 5 The Cloud 6 The Egg 7 The Noise Machine 8 The Seed 9 Pride 10 Bags 11 The Blow Fruit 12 Pipe Organ 13 The Music Of The Sphere Actors Oliver Postgate Certificate Universal Suitable for All Screen Fullscreen 43 Lanu 200 Bguages English ...