Building on the story begun in The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring an exclusive cover image from the film the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo & the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; & at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo & Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin
- alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY this second part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson's award-winning trilogy
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Building on the story begun in The Hobbit this is the second part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth Frodo & the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom They have lost the wizard Gandalf in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; & at the Falls of Rauros Boromir seduced by the power of the Ring tried to seize it by force While Frodo & Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin
- alone that is save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go
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Previously published as The Trillion Dollar Meltdown Now fully updated with the latest financial developments this is the bestselling book that briefly & brilliantly explains how we got into the economic mess that is the Credit Crunch With the housing markets unravelling daily & distress signals flying throughout the rest of the economy there is little doubt that we are facing a fierce recession In crisp gripping prose Charles R Morris shows how got into this mess He explains the arcane financial instruments the chicanery the policy misjudgments the dogmas & the delusions that created the greatest credit bubble in world history Paul Volcker slew the inflation dragon in the early 1980s & set the stage for the high performance economy of the 1980s & 1990s But Wall Street's prosperity soon tilted into gross excess The astronomical leverage at major banks & their hedge fund & private equity clients led to massive disruption in global markets A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset stripping abusive lending & hedge fund secrecy will go down in flames with it Continued denial & concealment could cause the crisis to stretch out for years but financial & government leaders are still downplaying the problem The required restructuring will be at least as painful as the very difficult period of 1979-1983 The Two Trillion-Dollar Meltdown updated to include the latest financial developments is indispensable to understanding how the world economy has been put on the brink ...

Giant’s Star The aliens from Ganymede bought with them answers that forever changed human history Finally humans thought they comprehended their place in the universe – that is until they learned of the Watchers in the stars Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire & an off-shoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could Entoverse Jevlen is a rational society managed to perfection by immense super computer JEVEX – until now Things are falling apart people are changing or being changed & shutting down JEVEX doesn’t help The changed behave as if they are possessed by demons Meanwhile in a nearby completely different universe rationality is creeping into a world where magic has always held sway Logic the magic of this world is beginning to work! Cause is actually leading directly to effect! What’s more with the proper concentration & purity of mind crossing over into a new rational universe can be achieved Jevlin is that destination of course & the collision is between not just worlds but universes with completely opposing operating systems About the Author New York Times best-selling author James P Hogan was born in London in 1941 & studied general engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough subsequently specializing in electronics & digital systems His first novel Inherit the Stars which was also the first in his Giants series was hailed as a major science fiction novel in the grand tradition combining accurate cutting-edge science with living breathing characters Isaac Asimov raved that the novel was “ Pure science fiction” & added “ Arthur Clarke move over” In 1979 Hogan became a full-time writer & the electronics field’s loss is every science fiction reader’s gain He now divides his time between Ireland & Florida ...

A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine & into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life In the oppressive heat of summer a forgotten crime comes to light 160 pages Simenon Georges ...

' Gripping & wonderfully informative' Tom Holland New Statesman Adored by children & adults alike Tyrannosaurus is the most famous dinosaur in the world one that pops up again & again in pop culture often battling other beasts such as King Kong Triceratops or velociraptors in Jurassic Park But despite the hype Tyrannosaurus & the other tyrannosaurs are fascinating animals in their own right & are among the best-studied of all dinosaurs Tyrannosaurs started small but over the course of 100 million years evolved into the giant carnivorous bone-crushers that continue to inspire awe in palaeontologists screenplay writers sci-fi novelists & the general public alike Tyrannosaurus itself was truly impressive; it topped six tons was more than 12m (40 feet) long & had the largest head & most powerful bite of any land animal in history The Tyrannosaur Chronicles tracks the rise of these dinosaurs & presents the latest research into their biology showing off more than just their impressive statistics
- tyrannosaurs had feathers & fought & even ate each other This book presents the science behind this research; it tells the story of the group through their anatomy ecology & behaviour exploring how they came to be the dominant terrestrial predators of the Mesozoic & in more recent times one of the great icons of biology
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We are encouraged from all sides to view our lives as being full of choices Like the products on a supermarket shelf our careers our relationships our bodies our very identities seem to be there for the choosing But paradoxically this seeming freedom to choose can create extreme anxiety & feelings of inadequacy & guilt The Tyranny of Choice explores how late capitalism's shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet & how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change With wisdom humour & sensitivity Renata Salecl examines the complexity of the essential human capacity to choose which has become mired in consumerist ironies ...

Over the last century global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right expert solutions Yet all too often experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place Further they produce an accidental collusion with benevolent autocrats leaving dictators with yet more power to violate the rights of the poor In The Tyranny of Experts economist William Easterly bestselling author of The White Man's Burden traces the history of the fight against global poverty showing not only how these tactics have trampled the individual freedom of the world's poor but how in doing so have suppressed a vital debate about an alternative approach to solving poverty freedom Presenting a wealth of cutting-edge economic research Easterly argues that only a new model of developmentone predicated on respect for the individual rights of people in developing countries that understands that unchecked state power is the problem & not the solution will be capable of ending global poverty once & for all ...

Drawing on a rich interdisciplinary collection of US & Mexican sources this volume explores the conflict that redrew the boundaries of the North American continent in the nineteenth century Among the many period texts included here are letters from US & Mexican soldiers governmental proclamations songs caricatures poetry & newspaper articles An Introduction a chronology maps & suggestions for further reading are also included ...

Mother Nature's more aesthetically challenged children have been neglected for too long The plight of the panda is known the world over because of its teddy-like good looks but most species are not so lucky This book however aims to shine a light on some of the many ignored & unloved wonders of the animal kingdom Their hideousness hides their incredible biology & means that we may not have noticed that they need our help It is time to celebrate the Ugly Animals ...