Winner of the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize From one of the most daring voices in European fiction this is a story of the twentieth century traced through the various possible lives of one woman She is a baby who barely suffocates in the cradle Or perhaps not? She lives to become as an adult & dies beloved Or dies betrayed Or perhaps not? Her memory is honoured Or she is forgotten by everyone Moving from a small Galician town at the turn of the century through pre-war Vienna & Stalin's Moscow to present-day Berlin Jenny Erpenbeck homes in on the moments when life follows a particular branch & 'fate' suddenly emerges from the sly interplay between history character & pure chance The End of Days is a novel that pulls apart the threads of destiny & allows us to see the present & the past anew ...

A brilliant novel courageous necessary & deeply touching' Guardian Edouard Louis grew up in a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line His bestselling debut novel about life there The End of Eddy has sparked debate on social inequality sexuality & violence It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood inspired by the author's own Written with an openness & compassionate intelligence ultimately it asks how can we create our own freedom?A mesmerising story about difference & adolescence' New York Times Edouard Louisis that relatively rare thing
- a novelist with something to say & a willingness to say it without holding back' The Times Louis' book has become the subject of political discussion in a way that novels rarely do' Garth Greenwell New Yorker
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This important & timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith & reason in today's world Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour & sometimes heinous crimes He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another Most controversially he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion -- an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism While warning against the encroachment of organised religion into world politics Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience & insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological brain-based need He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world ...

THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY 20th anniversary edition of The End of History & the Last Man a landmark of political philosophy by Francis Fukuyama author of The Origins of Political Order'A fascinating historical & philosophical setting for the twenty-first century'
- Tom Wolfe' Was Francis Fukuyama the first man to see Trump coming?'
- Paul Sagar With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished & with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty The End of History & the Last Man was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century would look like Boldly outlining the challenges & problems to face modern liberal democracies Frances Fukuyama examined what had just happened & then speculated what was going to come next Tackling religious fundamentalism politics scientific progress ethical codes & war The End of History & the Last Man remains a compelling work to this day provoking argument & debate among its readers' Awesome a landmark profoundly realistic & important supremely timely & cogent the first book to fully fathom the depth & range of the changes now sweeping through the world'
- George Gilder The Washington Post'A basic rule of intellectual life is that celebrity destroys quality Francis Fukuyama is a glorious exception to this rule'
- The Economist Francis Fukuyama was born in Chicago in 1952 His work

Includes:: America at the Crossroads Democracy Power & the Neoconservative Legacy & After the Neo Cons Where the Right went Wrong He now lives in Washington DC with his wife & children where he also works as a part time photographer





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Dr Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist & running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol Fearing for his life he immersed himself in AA rehab & therapy Nothing worked So he did the only thing he could; he took his treatment into his own hands Searching for a cure for his deadly disease he happened upon baclofen a muscle relaxant that had been used safely for years as a treatment for various types of muscle spasticity but had more recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances Dr Ameisen prescribed himself the drug & experimented with increasingly higher doses until he finally reached a level high enough to leave him free of any craving for alcohol That was more than six years ago Baclofen as prescribed under a doctor's care could possibly help many addicts But as long as the medical & research establishments ignore a cure for one of the most deadly diseases in the world we won't be able to understand baclofen's full potential This book is a plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction ...

Jeffrey Sachs draws on his remarkable 25 years' experience to offer a thrilling & inspiring vision of the keys to economic success in the world today Marrying vivid storytelling with acute analysis he sets the stage by drawing a conceptual map of the world economy & explains why over the past 200 years wealth & poverty have diverged & evolved across the planet & why the poorest nations have been so markedly unable to escape the trap of poverty Sachs tells the remarkable stories of his own work in Bolivia Poland Russia India China & Africa to bring readers with him to an understanding of the different problems countries face In the end readers will be left not with an understanding of how daunting the world's problems are but how solvable they are
- & why making the effort is both our moral duty & in our own interests
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The hilarious & poignant final instalment in Minna Lindgren's heart-warming Lavender Ladies trilogy 352 pages Lindgren Minna ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIThe love affair between Maurice Bendrix & Sarah flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz ends when she suddenly & without explanation breaks it off After a chance meeting rekindles his love & jealousy two years later Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah & slowly his love for her turns into an obsession ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A World War II-based love triangle between a British civil servant (Peter Cushing) his unfaithful wife (Deborah Kerr) & an American writer (Van Johnson) Based on the autobiographical novel by Graham Greene ...

An urgently needed "risk map" of the many dangers that could derail Asia's growth & stability Since Marco Polo the West has waited for the " Asian Century" Today the world believes that Century has arrived Yet from China's slumping economy to war clouds over the South China Sea & from environmental devastation to demographic crisis Asia's future is increasingly uncertain Historian & geopolitical expert Michael Auslin argues that far from being a cohesive powerhouse Asia is a fractured region threatened by stagnation & instability Here he provides a comprehensive account of the economic military political & demographic risks that bedevil half of our world arguing that Asia working with the United States has a unique opportunity to avert catastrophe
- but only if it acts boldly Bringing together firsthand observations & decades of research Auslin's provocative reassessment of Asia's future will be a must-read for industry & investors as well as politicians & scholars for years to come
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