The study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change & the pace of landscape & ecosystem dynamics The Ice Age A Very Short Introduction looks at evidence from the continents the oceans & the ice core records & the human stories behind it all Jamie Woodward examines the remarkable environmental shifts that took place during the Great Ice Age of the Quaternary Period He explores the evolution of ideas evaluates the contributions of the leading players in the great debates & presents some of the ingenious methods that have been used to retrieve information about the recent geological past In an era of warming climate the study of the ice age past is now more important than ever This book examines the wonders of the Quaternary ice age
- to show how ice age landscapes & ecosystems were repeatedly & rapidly transformed as plants animals & humans reorganized their worlds ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable
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NO ORDINARY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
- THIS WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT' Scandi-noir at its powerful bleakest' Daily Mail' Deserves
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No 1 international bestseller & Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrick Hedstrom & Erica Falck
- irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson & Jo Nesbo SEE NO EVILIt's January in the peaceful seaside resort of Fjallbacka A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in freezing cold weather When she finally reaches the road a car comes out of nowhere It doesn't manage to stop HEAR NO EVILThe victim a girl who went missing four months ago has been subjected to unimaginably brutal treatment
- & Detective Patrik Hedstroem suspects this is just the start SPEAK NO EVILThe police soon discover that three other girls are missing from nearby towns but there are no fresh leads & when Patrik's wife stumbles across a link to an old murder case the detective is forced to see his investigation in a whole new light

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An enchanting tale of courage & sacrifice for young readers & adults by the wildly popular George RR Martin author of A Song of Ice & Fire the series that inspired HBO's Emmy Award-winning GAME OF THRONES Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating & heartwarming story of a young girl & her dragon From ancient times the ice dragon was a creature of legend & fear for no man had ever tamed one When it flew overhead it left in its wake desolate cold & frozen land But Adara was not afraid For Adara was a winter child born during the worst freeze that anyone even the Old Ones could remember Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon It seemed that it had always been in her life glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold In her fourth year she touched it & in her fifth year she rode upon its broad chilled back for the first time Then in her seventh year on a calm summer day fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home & only a winter child-and the ice dragon who loved her-could save her world from utter destruction ...

Jess is allergic to the sun She lives in a world of shadows & hospitals peeking at the other children in the playground from behind curtains Her only friend is a boy in a coma to whom she tells stories One night she sneaks out to explore the empty playground she's longed to visit where she discovers a beautiful impossibility a magical garden wrought of ice But Jess isn't alone in this fragile in-between place ...

' It was evident if there were no other entrance to the ice house that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier The big question was how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange
- not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly inexplicably vanished Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds & Phoebe's nightmare begins For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder ' The most impressive first novel in years' Daily Telegraph 'A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know' Sunday Express ' Terrific first novel with a high Rendellesque frisson count' The Times
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Fortnite is the action building game from epic games that lets you drop into a massive 100-player PVP battle Royale or team up with friends in a co-op campaign to save the world against a horde of monsters Craft & loot in giant worlds where no two games are ever The same Fortnite battle Royale is free & available on PC Mac Play Station 4 xbox one switch i OS & Android Hyper-articulated featuring 22 Moving parts Figures stands majestically at 11" Tall Ready for battle with the infinity blade accessory
Includes: disk base Showcased in premium glossy Fortnite themed window box packaging
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Top Mafia hit man Doting father For 30 years Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour & he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity never disappointing his customers For an additional price he would make his victims suffer By his own estimate he killed over 200 men taking enormous pride in his cunning & the ferocity of his technique The Ice Man is a blood-chilling insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers ...

From No 1 bestselling children's author David Walliams comes his biggest & most epic adventure yet! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan & a 10000-year-old mammoth 496 pages Walliams David ...

From No 1 bestselling children's author David Walliams comes his biggest & most epic adventure yet! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan & a 10000-year-old mammoth Walliams David ...