WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PRIZE FOR HISTORY FINANCIAL TIMES & NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world
- from Adam Tooze the Wolfson Prize-winning author of The Wages of Destruction In the depths of the Great War with millions of dead & no imaginable end to the conflict societies around the world began to buckle As the cataclysmic battles continued a new global order was being born Adam Tooze's panoramic new book tells a radical new story of the struggle for global mastery from the battles of the Western Front in 1916 to the Great Depression of the 1930s The war shook the foundations of political & economic order across Eurasia Empires that had lasted since the Middle Ages collapsed into ruins New nations sprang up Strikes street-fighting & revolution convulsed much of the world & beneath the surface turmoil the war set in motion a deeper & more lasting shift a transformation that continues to shape the present day 1916 was the year when world affairs began to revolve around the United States America was both a uniquely powerful global force a force that was forward-looking the focus of hope money & ideas & at the same time elusive unpredictable & in fundamental respects unwilling to confront these unwished for responsibilities Tooze shows how the fate of effectively the whole of civilization
- the British Empire the future of peace in Europe the survival of the Weimar Republic both the Russian & Chinese revolutions & stability in the Pacific
- now came to revolve around this new power's fraught relationship with a shockingly changed world The Deluge is both a brilliantly illuminating exploration of the past & an essential history for the present


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In this action-packed collection runaway demigods Luke & Thalia face untold dangers on their way to Camp Half-Blood Percy Jackson & Annabeth must rescue stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders & Leo Piper & Jason have to dodge a band of party-loving Maenads & stave off an explosion
- in one hour or less Discover three never-before-seen short stories starring the Heroes of Olympus & Percy Jackson PLUS original art character interviews puzzles & much more
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Bone-chilling -Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)" One of the best in the series" -Booklist (Starred Review) To save mankind's future the members of Sigma Force must make a devil's bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from 1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins Off the coast of Brazil a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other an island where all life has been eradicated consumed & possessed by a species beyond imagination Before they can report their discovery a mysterious agency attacks the group killing them all save one an entomologist an expert on venomous creatures Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University Strangest of all this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall a cache of bones preserved in amber The artifact was hidden away by a cabal of scientists-led by Alexander Graham Bell-to protect humankind But they dared not destroy it for the object also holds an astonishing promise for the future the very secret of life after death Yet nothing stays buried forever An ancient horror- dormant in the marrow of those preserved bones-is free once more nursed & developed into a weapon of incalculable strength & malignancy ready to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world To stop its spread Commander Grayson Pierce of Sigma Force must survive a direct attack on the island of Maui To be there first has always been the core mission of Sigma Force a covert team forged to be America's front line against emerging threats But this time even Sigma may not be able to decipher the deadly mystery one that traces back to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution With each new discovery the menace they hunt is changing growing spreading-adapting & surviving every attempt to stop it from reconquering a world it once ruled & each transformation makes it stronger & smarter Running out of time & options Commander Grayson Pierce will be forced to make an impossible choice To eradicate this extinction-level threat & expose those involved he will have to join forces with Sigma's greatest enemy-the newly resurrected Guild-even it if means sacrificing one of his own ...

There's a new computer game at school & the chance to enter the Junior Computer Brain of the Year competition is sending ripples of excitement through the pupils Dinah is a whizz at the game & soon finds herself in the competition final But it takes a while to realize that it's all just part of the Demon Headmaster's latest plan Dinah is being used to access the computer of the Prime Minster Great fun & just a little bit frightening Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell Fast-paced & full of adventure they're impossible to resist! ...

The Hunter family have moved house & can finally forget all about their encounters with the Demon Headmaster or can they? Just as they start to relax Dinah Lloyd & Harvey notice that the villagers are all speaking the same robotic phrases This can only mean one thing the Demon Headmaster is back & this time he's planning a terrifying experiment Great fun & a little bit frightening Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell Fast-paced & full of adventure they're impossible to resist! ...

It's amazing! The Hyperbrain is a super intelligent computer that works by accessing the human brain In the wrong hands though it could spell disaster The new Controller at the Artificial Intelligence Unit seems horribly familiar but Dinah & her friends know that the Demon Headmaster has been defeated Hasn't he? Great fun & just a little bit frightening Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell Fast-paced & full of adventure they're impossible to resist! ...

While on an archaeological dig in Egypt with his father Jai accidentally opens a portal to an ancient world Suddenly he is confronted with Anubis God of the Dead who captures his father To rescue his father Jai must hunt down a demon who has escaped from the underworld & is wreaking havoc on Victorian London Jai finds himself a stranger in a strange time & a strange land searching for a demon who jumps from human to human in order to savagely hunt & murder in peace The only way to stop it is to destroy its human host but first you have to stay alive long enough to find it & in Victorian London there's only one name on everyone's lips Jack the Ripper! The Demon Hunter is part of the HEROES series
- created with series editor Frank Cottrell Boyce & specifically written to engage & captivate less confident readers An epic tale packed full of action & cliff-hangers that boys & girls will not be able to put down A great solution for reluctant readers & encouraging reading for pleasure Any teenager who likes gory horror films The Mummy or Indiana Jones will take to this like a leech to a seeping wound Melanie Chadwick Benfield School Newcastle upon Tyne I thought that this book was original absolutely fantastic very gory Shirley Walmsley Albany Science College Chorley
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