In the second decade of each century a new global order commonly starts to assert itself In the 19th Napoleon&s defeat gave birth to the world of rivalrous European powers In the 20th the First World War triggered a wave of revolutions that cleared a path for the American era Ours appears to be no different The world is once again on the move China extends its influence across the globe; Europe is struggling to maintain unity & the United States looks hollowed out by its own past adventures Meanwhile Russia is up to a lot of startlingly bold new tricks In this expanded new edition of The World in Conflict John Andrews tackles head-on the reasons why global violence is ever-present in our lives He analyses every single one of today&s major conflicts region by region considering the causes contexts participants impacts & likely outcomes He looks at recently-ended wars that still spawn intermittent fighting & he considers where why & how new conflicts might erupt This is a must-read for our interesting times a guide to our new world of terrorism kompromat & cyber war shifting powers & enduring strife If you want to know who is fighting where for what & whether they can win The World in Conflict is indispensable ...

A quirky full-colour illustrated book jam-packed with over 2000 fascinating figures & facts The World in Numbers lets figures do the talking Each themed colourful page is crammed with tonnes of fascinating number-led facts Discover how fast a sneeze travels how many Earths could fit inside the Sun the size of a T-rex's teeth & much much more From animals & adventures to fashion food bugs & buildings
- there's something for everyone in this brilliant book Featuring light-hearted illustrations by Andrew Pinder
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Pierce Brosnan&s third outing as Bond sees him come up against another dangerous nemesis
- Renard (Robert Carlyle) a power-crazed terrorist intent on taking control of the world&s oil supplies Bond has his work cut out defeating Renard as the villain has a bullet lodged in his brain which renders him immune to any pain As his mission grows more perilous Bond also encounters sultry oil heiress Elektra (Sophie Marceau) & nuclear scientist Christmas Jones (Denise Richards)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Pierce Brosnan&s third outing as Bond sees him come up against another dangerous nemesis
- Renard (Robert Carlyle) a power-crazed terrorist intent on taking control of the world&s oil supplies Bond has his work cut out defeating Renard as the villain has a bullet lodged in his brain which renders him immune to any pain As his mission grows more perilous Bond also encounters sultry oil heiress Elektra (Sophie Marceau) & nuclear scientist Christmas Jones (Denise Richards)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Pierce Brosnan returns as sexy super-spy James Bond The agent&s assignment is as follows he must protect Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) the sole heir of a British oil tycoon from the influence of terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) Unfortunately she double-crosses him & the world&s oil supply is put in peril Now he must take on Renard a villain who feels no physical pain with the help of do-gooder scientist Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) ...

Published to commemorate its 75th anniversary The World Is Round brings back into print the classic story created by Gertrude Stein & Clement Hurd Written in her unique prose style Gertrude Stein's The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rose-a whimsical tale that delights in wordplay & sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity & individuality This stunning volume replicates the original 1939 edition to a T including all of Clement Hurd's original blue-&-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book The first a foreword by Clement Hurd's son author & illustrator Thacher Hurd

Includes:: previously unpublished photographs & sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont where his father & mother author Edith Thacher Hurd often collaborated on children's books The second essay an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd & Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose & her white poodle Love

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It is 1946 & the people of France & England are facing the aftermath of the war Banished by her beautiful indolent mother to England Barbary Deniston is thrown into the care of her distinguished father & conventional stepmother Having grown up in the sunshine of Provence allowed to run wild with the Maquis experienced collaboration betrayal & death Barbary finds it hard to adjust to the drab austerity of postwar London life Confused & unhappy she discovers one day the flowering wastes around St Paul's Here in the bombed heart of London she finds an echo of the wilderness of Provence & is forced to confront the wilderness within herself ...

Figurative painting is due a reappraisal In this passionately argued volume the distinguished writer & artist Timothy Hyman cuts a new path through the tangle of twentieth century art The World New Made explores the work of more than fifty individual painters presenting a collective ' Resistance' who together offer a human-centred alternative to the dominance of the Abstract or the Conceptual in conventional narratives of modern art Structured not as a survey but as in-depth studies of more than 130 specific artworks this lavishly illustrated book brings these often-marginalized artists centre-stage not just Alice Neel & Balthus Max Beckmann & Frida Kahlo but also Marsden Hartley & Charlotte Salomon Bhupen Khakhar & Jacob Lawrence A rich cast is brought to life partly through their own writings As the author argues ' All across the world isolated artists found new idioms for human-centred painting in the midst of modern life' Starting out from the 'reinvention of representation' that followed Cubism (with artists that include Leger Chagall & Carra) The World New Made guides the reader through the ' New Thingness' Neue Sachlichkeit where individuals as various as Dix Grosz & Burra rejected Expressionist histrionics A new emphasis on the artist as protagonist emerges in painters ranging from Pierre Bonnard to Stanley Spencer while visionaries & ' Outsiders' (such as Rabindranath Tagore Ken Kiff & Henry Darger) present new challenges In the aftermath of Abstract Expressionism in the work of artists from R B Kitaj to Leon Golub & William Kentridge a new 'history painting' is glimpsed This powerful new book distilled from many decades of looking painting & writing assembles the free spirits who offer a counter-argument to Western formalism & a foundation for the figurative painters of the twenty-first century It comes with 158 illustrations ...

Panini are proud to announce the launch of the awesome new World of Batman sticker collection Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked Batman takes on the man of steel while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs With Batman & Superman fighting each other a new threat Doomsday is created by Lex Luthor It&s up to Superman & Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor & Doomsday from destroying Metropolis This brand new & exciting sticker album from Panini

Includes:: 192 stickers to collect including 48 special stickers to look out for Sticker Starter Pack x 1 Sticker Album Plus x 31 Stickers

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The World of Chub Chub follows the rollicking childhood antics of writer Neil Gibson Originally intended as a heartfelt gift to his mother Chub Chub turned into a series of playful tales all about being a kid From firsts sips of coffee to pranks played on unwilling siblings Gibson with illustrations by Ness & colours by Jan Wijngaard has created a selection of short stories that are just plain fun for both mothers & son’s alike ...