A Kurt Austin NUMA files adventure The Pharaoh's Secret is a gripping action-packed & suspense-filled tale that delves into the mysteries of Ancient Egypt & is set in & beside the sparkling Mediterranean Sea A deadly poison On the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa a mysterious ship runs aground explodes & releases a poisonous black mist As the island's inhabitants fall where they stand someone sends a distress call A rescue mission Kurt Austin & the NUMA team are diving for antiquities when they pick up the call As the only vessel for hundreds of miles they attempt to rescue survivors But something is very wrong about this incident A secret conspiracy Tasked with finding who might be responsible Kurt uncovers a secretive organization that is using the knowledge & power of the Ancient Egyptians to destabilize northern Africa If he doesn't find out why & how to stop them millions will die Praise for Clive Cussler' Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail' The Adventure King' Sunday Express' Nobody does it better nobody!' Stephen Coonts' Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post' Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones Exotic locations ruthless villains & many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling & he delivers' Associated Press ...

Tracklist A1 Wizard Thing 357A2 In Freefall 331A3 Depressed Thunderbird 331A4 Cones Hotline 410A5ION227B1 Don't Spread It Round College 423B2 About To Go 258B3 Rodent Costume 632B4 Brad's Crush 256B5 Rock &38; Pop Quarrel 352 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Classic romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant & James Stewart Wealthy Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is set to marry the politician & businessman George Kittredge (John Howard) but her wedding plans are complicated by the arrival of her irresponsible ex-husband CK Dexter Haven (Grant) with magazine reporter Macauley Connor (Stewart) & photographer Liz Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) in tow Tracy resolves to give them a story they will never forget but finds herself re-evaluating her life choices in the process The film was remade as the musical & High Society& in 1956 starring Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra & Grace Kelly ...

From the streets of Lambeth to the glamour of LA this is a compelling true story of rags to riches & sharing those riches with others From persuading Disney to license their characters for the first time outside the US to convincing film stars to perform in low budget movies Laurie Marsh has carved success from his confident entrepreneurial & collaborative approach to life His philanthropic work reaches the levels of far more public "givers" such as Bill Gates Now in his eighties Laurie still works every day using his wealth & influence to help as many good causes & charitable organizations as he can from building community centers to advising the British government on how to make the National Health Service self-sufficient His is an inspirational & fascinating story ...

This collection gathers three of Philip Jeyaretnam's best-known works First Loves Raffles Place Ragtime & Abraham's Promise Together they showcase Jeyaretnam's technique & accomplishments across a range of forms subject matter & emotional landscapes Set in Singapore in the 1960s through the 1980s the short stories & novels explore themes of identity materialism interracial relationships power & betrayal; foreground the thinkers dreamers & doers of post-colonial Singapore; & expose the young nation's frailties cracks & contradictions ...

355AD In a late-Roman world of ambitious bureaucrats & power-hungry courtiers two young friends of the British nobility Drusus & Marcellus have fallen foul of the prevailing authority There is no place to hide no turning back They must face the irresistible might of the Roman state It seems a fight they cannot win For Drusus & Marcellus their only ally is the young imperial prince Julian But Julian has troubles of his own his very success has made him hated by his uncle the emperor With spies & adversaries all about them they link their fate with Julian's in a life-or-death struggle that takes them from one end of the empire to the other & set themselves against the forces determined to crush them A novel of hope The Philosopher Prince is a story of human values pitted against the cold & calculating machine of an all-powerful tyranny & at its heart a victim of the very forces he controls lies the emperor himself ...

For most of us having a baby is the most profound intense & fascinating experience of our lives Now scientists & philosophers are starting to appreciate babies too The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants & young children Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational & that their thinking & experience were limited Recently they have discovered that babies learn more create more care more & experience more than we could ever have imagined & there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer more thoughtful & even more conscious than adults This new science holds answers to some of the deepest & oldest questions about what it means to be human A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love & morality A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery A three-year-old's wild make-believe explains how we can imagine the future write novels & invent new technologies Alison Gopnik
- a leading psychologist & philosopher as well as a mother
- explains the groundbreaking new psychological neuroscientific & philosophical developments in our understanding of very young children transforming our understanding of how babies see the world & in turn promoting a deeper appreciation for the role of parents

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Explaining more than 100 of the most important big ideas & groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear & simple way this is the perfect introduction to philosophy & the history of how we think Untangling knotty theories & shedding light on abstract concepts The Philosophy Book makes use of innovative graphics & easy-to-follow explanations to demystify complex ideas Explore the history of philosophy from ancient Greece & China to today & find out how theories from over 2000 years ago are still relevant to our modern lives Follow the progression of human ideas & meet the world's most influential philosophers
- from Plato & Confucius through Descartes & Mary Wollstonecraft to Wittgenstein Chomsky & Derrida With clever illustrations clear explanations a philosopher directory & a vocabulary glossary The Philosophy Book is a perfect & comprehensive introduction to a fascinating subject
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The autobiography of an American icon Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics'I never think that people die They just go to department stores' Andy Warhol
- American painter filmmaker publisher actor & major figure in the Pop Art movement
- was in many ways a reluctant celebrity Here in his autobiography he spills his secrets & muses about love sex food beauty fame work money success New York & America & its place in the world But it is his reflections on himself his childhood in Mc Keesport Pennsylvania the explosion of his career in the Sixties & his life among celebrities
- from working with Elizabeth Taylor to partying with the Rolling Stones
- that give a true insight into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American painter filmmaker publisher actor & a major figure in the Pop Art movement He also produced a significant body of film work including the famous Chelsea Girls; characterised the epoch with the now-famous expression 'fifteen minutes of fame'; produced the first album by The Velvet Underground; & was nearly killed just two days before the assassination of JFK If you enjoyed The Philosophy of Andy Warhol you might like 100 Artists' Manifestos also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Acute Accurate Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor A constant entertainment & enlightenment' Truman Capote



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' The absence of Beard is usually a sign of physical & moral weakness' ' Take two drawings of the head of a lion one with & the other without the mane You will see how much of the majesty of the king of the woods as well as that of the lord of the earth dwells in this free-flowing appendage' ' There is scarcely a more naturally disgusting object than a beardless old man The Beard keeps gradually covering varying & beautifying & imparts new graces even to decay by heightening all that is still pleasing veiling all that is repulsive' This eccentric Victorian book argues a strong case for the universal wearing of a beard
- that essential symbol of manly distinction since ancient times Thomas S Gowing contrasts the vigour & daring of bearded men through history with the undeniable effeminacy of the clean-shaven He reminds the modern man that 'ladies by their very nature like everything manly' & cannot fail to be charmed by a 'fine flow of curling comeliness' Gowing's book is now republished for the first time since 1850 accompanied by illustrations of impressive beards from history
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