Celebrate 50 years of Star Trek & explore one of the greatest science fiction universes ever created with The Star Trek Book. Boldly go where no one has gone before to discover all things Star Trek. Explore every era of the Star Trek movies & TV series in detail, featuring everything from visionary technology such as communicators & warp drive, to iconic spacecraft such as the Starship Enterprise; from alien species like Vulcans & Klingons, to well-loved characters such as Captain Kirk & Spock. Discover the astonishing science of the Star Trek universe & how it inspired & influenced real-world technology, such as the flip phone. The Star Trek Book is the perfect souvenir to celebrate 50 years of thrilling adventures on the final frontier. TM & (c) 2015 CBS Studios Inc. (c) 2015 Paramount Pictures Corp. STAR TREK & related marks & logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved ...

Jason Prosper grew up in the elite world of Manhattan penthouses, Maine summer estates, old boy prep schools & exclusive sailing clubs. A smart, athletic teenager, Jason maintains a healthy, humorous disdain for the trappings of affluence, preferring to spend afternoons sailing with Cal, his best friend & boarding school roommate. When Cal commits suicide during this junior year at Kensington Prep, Jason is devastated by the loss & transfers to Bellingham Academy. There, he meets Aidan, a fellow student with her own troubled past. They embark on a tender, awkward, deeply emotional relationship. When a major hurricane hits the New England coast, the destruction it causes brings with it another upheaval in Jason's life, forcing him to make sense of a terrible secret that has been buried by the boys he considers his friends. ...

Fully illustrated with 400 of the most striking & up-to-date astronomical images & covering all the major constellations & landmarks of the night sky, The Stargazer`s Handbook reveals the treasures of the cosmos
- what they are, where they are, & how to see them, including month-by-month guides to the changing hemispheres & tips & guides on the best stargazing equipment. This new compact edition is perfect for browsing at home or accompanying you out at night under the stars. Filled with stunning photography, this book is all you need to start discovering the universe.
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This practical astronomy observing notebook is aimed at `deep sky observers`
- people who have been inspired by recent television
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The Stars on a large folded poster from Hallwag showing the northern & the southern sky as discs with 61cm diameters. On the reverse side are extensive notes how the night sky changes according to the time of the year, etc. On one side the northern & southern sky are shown with stars & constellations graded according to their size, temperature, etc, as explained in the legend. Accompanying photos show the eight main nebulae. The reverse side provides a list of constellations with their principal stars, several drawings explaining how the night sky changes according to the time of the year at 50 ...

Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. He is handsome, talented & about to go to Cambridge, after which he is expected to follow his father into politics. But an unfortunate confrontation with a boy in his school results in a prank that goes badly wrong & suddenly he`s incarcerated
- without chance of release. So begins a year long process of torment & hopelessness, which will destroy his very identity, until almost nothing remains of him but this unquenchable desire for revenge. Inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, Fry`s psychological thriller is written with the pace, wit & shrewd insight that we have come to expect from one of our finest novelists.
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” The State in Myanmar” is a totally revised & expanded & updated version of ” The State in Burma” (1987), with additional chapters covering the last twenty years of Myanmar`s political history. It attempts to explain the country`s current politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through the colonial era to the current, & third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important & little studied South East Asian nation. The book explains the dramatic & unpredicted collapse of the previous socialist regime & the attempts by new & old political forces to wrest control of the state from a revitalised & increasingly confident military government. Myanmar`s state builders have applied varying ideas in their attempts to fashion a stable political order in an often fractious & far from unified nation & ” The State in Myanmar” places those experiences in comparative perspective. ...

Africa is forever on our TV screens, but the bad-news stories (famine, genocide, corruption) massively outweigh the good (South Africa). Ever since the process of de-colonialisation began in the mid-1950s, & arguably before, the continent has appeared to be stuck in a process of irreversible decline. Constant war, improper use of natural resources & misappropriation of revenues & aid monies contribute to an impression of a continent beyond hope. How did we get here? What, if anything, is to be done? Fully revised & updated & weaving together the key stories & characters of the last sixty years into a stunningly compelling & coherent narrative, Martin Meredith has produced the definitive history of how European ideas of how to organise 10, 000 different ethnic groups has led to what Tony Blair described as the `scar on the conscience of the world`. Authoritative, provocative & consistently fascinating, this is the updated edition of the seminal book on one of the most important issues facing the West today. ...

An essential tool for understanding the Middle East & its pivotal role in global politics, this book lays bare the complexity of the region
- its emergence from fallen empires, the shaping of its current contours by oil & outside intervention, the wave of change that broke in 2011, & the violence that has swept the region since. With his customarily acute analysis, Dan Smith, author of The State of the World Atlas, uncovers the web of fault-lines that underlies the Middle East. Using maps & graphics, he demonstrates why recent events have occurred & why they have an impact on us all. This atlas explores & lays bare the complexity of the region, looking at how it emerged out of the history of fallen empires, how oil & outside intervention have shaped its current contours, where it stood as the wave of change broke in 2011, & the impact of violent conflict throughout. It uses maps, graphics, chronologies & analysis to offer a fair & tough-minded look at what lies behind a moment of change & hope.
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This landmark book brings into focus all the fast-paced & dramatic developments that have transformed our world in the first years of the new millennium. Top Reuters editors & reporters contribute informative & accessible chapter introductions whilst each photograph is accompanied by captions explaining its circumstances & background. Spectacular or intimate, witty or disturbing, every one of these photographs tells part of the story of our new century. ...