From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness An extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg & acclaimed actor John Cusack' What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken?' In 2014 four people met in secret in a hotel room in Moscow Each was a leading global advocate for government transparency & accountability they had come together to talk Over the course of two days Arundhati Roy Edward Snowden John Cusack & Daniel Ellsburg shared ideas & beliefs
- about the Vietnam War & the Pentagon Papers the NSA & the ongoing crises in the Middle East the American government & the nature of activism Co-authored by Roy & Cusack & interleaving verbatim conversations with narrated recollections this Penguin Special captures an historic moment Interrogating the geopolitical forces that shape our world it is both political & personal activist & humanist
- irreverent funny & absolutely urgent In Things That Can & Cannot Be Said Arundhati Roy & John Cusack issue a powerful rallying cry a call to resistance against America's ongoing malign hegemony

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Help your baby discover all about things that go with touch & feel textures Stroke tickle & touch the textures together with your baby & help them discover all about things that go Let their little hands roam & feel how shiny the tractors are & how dusty the diggers feel They'll learn as you play Twinkly bumpy scaly silky sandy sticky & shiny textures in a chunky package perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore & tiny minds to develop ...

From bicycles boats scooters & skates to helicopters & hot air balloons Things That Go is a large board book with beautiful illustrations by Neiko Ng jam-packed with all kinds of vehicles! There are seven themed scenes town building site park farm rescue sea up & away
- with sturdy tabs for young children to find their favourite pages Children can then explore the big scenes find the vehicles & read the name labels in the panels With a naughty French bulldog to spot on each scene as well there is plenty here for parents & young children to talk about & return to again Also available Wild Animals
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Bring the world of vehicles to life with Things That Go Ultimate Sticker Book With 250 reusable stickers your child can complete a train jigsaw or use their imagination to create their own brilliant scene filled with things to go Packed with fun facts for kids which support Key Stage 1 learn all about cars trains boats & more with DK's eye-catching photographic stickers Kids will enjoy spending hours completing the entertaining activities & learning all about some amazing machines with Things That Go Ultimate Sticker Book ...

How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family & manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a wacky Virginia Ice Storm-like family Left to run wild with his sister his father off in some parallel universe of his own invention Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous sometimes tragic & always unsteady' But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing & ensuing tragedies; he makes something of his life striking out on a journey to find himself by channelling his experiences into his eventually critically acclaimed music with the Eels But it's not an easy path Told with surprising candour Things The Grandchildren Should Know is an inspiring & remarkable story full of hope humour & wry wisdom ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Adam Stevenson (Mike Stasko) is having a quarter life crisis He quits his mundane office job in the city & escapes to his childhood home in the suburbs to reevaluate his life strategy Met with little concern by his distracted babyboom parents Adam quickly settles into the lazy comforts of his backyard yearning for a summer of solitude & introspection However a chance encounter reunites him with Mac (Daniel Wilson) an eccentric acquaintance from high school & the perfect catalyst for Adam&s rebirth Together the underachieving duo set out to complete a Things to Do list a collection of bizarre aspirations plucked from the gaps of an incomplete adolescence Somewhere between skydiving kissing a high school crush & blowing up report cards Adam & Mac begin to reconcile the lost innocence of their youth with the reality of growing up ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Andy Garcia stars as ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint who is offered one last job by mob boss Christopher Walken When it goes wrong however Jimmy & his chums are marked for death & Jimmy only has 48 hours to try to put things to rights & save their lives Gabrielle Anwar stars as Garcia&s love interest ...

Hundreds of inventive & imaginative suggestions covering everything from personal relationships to career & lifestyle advice A must-have list of indispensible ideas delivered in short fresh snippets Beautifully illustrated throughout
- an ideal gift for anyone in their 40s Pocket-size full-colour format make this a great impulse buy 256 pages Hall Rebecca
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This is the complete guide to exploring the fascinating world of maths you were never told about at school St&-up comedian & mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles unimaginably small pizza slices knots no one can untie & computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic & fascinating ideas in mathematics Starting with simple numbers & algebra this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more

Dimensions than you ever knew existed & always with something for you to make or do along the way

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A pocket guide to one of the most famous cities in the world featuring fifty of London's best-known landmarks each fully illustrated & accompanied by a detailed description interesting facts other things to spot nearby & the nearest Underground stations Add the stickers to the pages as you spot each building or place ...