New omnibus edition of Mike Lee's classic Warhammer fantasy trilogy The Rise of Nagash In the fantasy world of Warhammer magic suffuses the land to such an extent that even the dead can live' again & whole empires of undead creatures hold sway in the dark places of the Old World The vampires in the forests the ghouls in their tunnels the tomb kings of the southern deserts
- all can trace their dark lineage back to Nagash the first necromancer & supreme lord of undeath For it was Nagash two millennia before the time of Sigmar who wrested the secrets of life & death from the dark elves embarking upon a quest for immortality that would spark a war destroy an empire & unleash a plague of undeath that would blight the Old World until the End Times & beyond The Time of Legends omnibuses tell the stories of the ancient events that shaped the Warhammer Old World & still resonate aeons later in the current Age of Sigmar setting Nagash is a key antagonist in the original Warhammer setting & he has risen again to cause havoc amid the Mortal Realms in the Age of Sigmar A great-value collection of three novels that bring the legend of the dark necromancer Nagash vividly to life Previous trade paperback omnibus edition The Rise of Nagash (ISBN9781849702829)
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The Rise of Nine is the next thrilling instalment in the gripping Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore' Number Four is a hero for this generation' Michael Bay director of Transformers Until I met John Smith Number Four I'd been on the run alone hiding & fighting to stay alive Together we are much more powerful But it could only last so long before we had to separate to find the others I went to Spain to find Seven & I found even more including a tenth member of the Garde who escaped from Lorien alive Ella is younger than the rest of us but just as brave Now we're looking for the others
- including John But so are they I am Number Six To finish what they started they'll have to fight us first Praise for Pittacus Lore' Tense exciting full of energy' Observer' Relentlessly readable' The Times' Tense keeps you wondering' Sunday Times' Set to eclipse Harry Potter & moody vampires Pittacus Lore is about to become one of the hottest names on the planet' Big Issue The Rise of Nine is the third book in Pittacus Lore's Lorien Legacies series The first book in his Lorien Legacies series I Am Number Four is now a major Disney motion picture & along with The Power of Six & The Rise of Nine perfect for fans of The Hunger Games
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'the fates ordained the founding of this great city & the beginning of the world's mightiest empire second only to the power of the gods' Romulus & Remus the rape of Lucretia Horatius at the bridge the saga of Coriolanus Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state
- these & many more are stories which immortalised by Livy in his history of early Rome have become part of our cultural heritage The historian's huge work written between 20 BC & AD 17 ran to 12 books beginning with Rome's founding in 753 BC & coming down to Livy's own lifetime (9 BC) Books 1-5 cover the period from Rome's beginnings to her first great foreign conquest the capture of the Etruscan city of Veii & a few years later to her first major defeat the sack of the city by the Gauls in 390 BC The complete Livy in English available in five volumes from Oxford World's Classics ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more
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In the late Iron Age Rome was a small collection of huts arranged over a few hills By the third century BC it had become a large & powerful city with monumental temples public buildings & grand houses It had conquered the whole of Italy & was poised to establish an empire But how did it accomplish this historic transformation? This book explores the development of Rome during this period & the nature of its control over Italy considering why & how the Romans achieved this spectacular dominance For Rome was only one of a number of emerging centres of power during this period From its complex forms of government to its innovative connections with other states Kathryn Lomas shows what set Rome apart Examining the context & impact of the city's dominance as well as the key political social & economic changes it engendered this is crucial reading for anyone interested in Ancient Rome ...

A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human Right now more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity's Rainbow 'it is not often that Death is told so clearly to f off' Over the past three decades the bounds of the possible in action & adventure sports
- from sky-diving to motocross to surfing & beyond
- have been pushed farther & faster A generation's worth of iconoclastic misfits have rewritten the rules of the feasible; not just raising the bar but obliterating it altogether Along the way they have become a force pushing evolution relentlessly onward In a thrilling narrative that draws on biology psychology & philosophy Steven Kotler asks why at the tail end of the 20th century & the early portion of the 21st are we seeing such a multi-sport assault on reality? Did we somehow slip through a wormhole to another universe where gravity is optional & common sense obsolete? & where
- if anywhere
- do our actual limits lie?



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If a robot' could do your job quicker than you & better than you for no pay would you still be employed? Today it's travel agents data-analyst & paralegals whose jobs are under threat Soon it will be doctors taxi-drivers & ironically even computer programmers Without a radical reassessment of our economic & political structures we risk the implosion of the capitalist economy itself In a frightening tour of artificial intelligence's rapid advances technology expert Martin Ford draws on a wealth of economic data from both the US & the UK to outline the terrifying societal implications of the robots' rise From health & education to finance & technology his warning is stark any job that is on some level routine is likely to be automated & if we are to see a future of prosperity rather than catastrophe we must act now ...

The Greek statesman Polybius (c 200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal & the final destruction of Carthage An active participant of the politics of his time as well as a friend of many prominent Roman citizens Polybius drew on many eyewitness accounts in writing this cornerstone work of history ...

Legend says that a spirit sleeps within each of usand that a childhood trauma can awaken it such is the awakening of the Zelphire Young Sylvan Khelmann is one such host doing his best to hide the strange tree-like features that start growing on his body This mysterious condition comes with strange abilities which he doesn&t understand until meeting Professor Wernes who invites him to join an expedition of discovery But they find themselves pursued by the evil Dreghans who possess supernatural abilities of their own tracking down all known Zelphires to serve their secret nefarious purpose The first book in the globally popular middle-grade fantasy series by writerillustrator Karim Friha this supernatural tale is steeped in Victorian steampunk & is a delightfully dark adventure like Charles Dickens by way of Tim Burton ...

Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf But there are no wolves on the island
- not since they were hunted to extinction centuries ago He decides to investigate his island home & accepts an ancient challenge he who jumps the Bonnie Laddie's Leap wins a fortune As the wolves rise from the darkness of history & long-buried secrets resurface Innis's adventure truly begins
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From breakfast toast to evening wine yeast is the microscopic thing that we cannot live without We knew what yeast did as an invisible brewer & baker long before we had a clue about the existence of microorganisms Ten thousand years ago our ancestors abandoned bush meat & wild fruit in favor of farming animals & cultivating grain Leaving the forests & grasslands our desire for beer & wine produced by the fungus was a major stimulus for agricultural settlement It takes a village to run a brewery or tend a vineyard We domesticated wild yeast & yeast domesticated us With the inevitable escape of the fungus from beer vats into bread dough our marriage with yeast was secured by an appetite for fresh loaves of leavened bread Over the millennia we have adapted the technologies of brewing winemaking & baking & have come to rely on yeast more & more Yeast produces corn ethanol & other biofuels & has become the genetically-modified darling of the pharmaceutical business as a source of human insulin & a range of life-saving medicines These practical uses of yeast have been made possible by advances in our understanding of its biology & the power of genetic engineering has been used to modify the fungus to do just about anything we wish We know more about yeast than any other organism built from complex cells like our own To understand yeast is to understand life In this book Nicholas P Money offers a celebration of our favorite microorganism ...