The economic, social & environmental systems of the world remain in turmoil. Recent years have seen possibly irrevocable change in the politics of Europe, Asia, Africa & Latin America. Entirely revised & updated, the 11th edition describes the people, factions, & events that have shaped the modern world from the Second World War to the present day. International issues & conflicts are placed in their geographical contexts through the integration of over one hundred maps. The political context provided for current events will be invaluable to all those uncertain about the changing map of Europe & Africa, conflicts in the Middle East, & the appearances in the headlines & on our television screens by al-Qaeda, Chechnya, the Taliban, Mercosur, Somalil&, Kosovo, AIDS, OPEC, & Schengenl&. Critical new issues are covered including the war on terrorism, nuclear proliferation, European Union expansion, & the pressing environmental concerns faced by many sovereign states. This edition provides guidance through all these recent changes (and many more). This book offers up-to-date coverage of all regions in great detail. It contains an objective & concise explanation of current events, combining maps with their geopolitical background. It provides a clear context for events in the news, covering the Middle East, Korea, China, the European Union, east Africa, & every other part of the world. Revised & in print since 1957, ” An Atlas of World Affairs” continues to provide a valuable guide for the student, teacher, journalist & all those interested in current affairs & post-war political history. ...

This comprehensive atlas delves into the cartographic history of WWII: naval, l&, & aerial attacks from the invasion of Poland to Pearl Harbor & the Battle of the Bulge. Rare maps include a detailed Germany & Approaches map used by Allied forces in the final stages of the war, full large-scale wartime maps of the world used by President Roosevelt, & crucial Pacific theater maps used by B-17 pilots. Satellite data renders terrain as never before seen, highlighting countries & continents in stunning detail to include the towns, cities, provinces, & transportation roads for a pinpoint-accurate depiction of army movements & alliances. Gripping wartime stories from these hallowed fields of battle, along with photographs, sketches, confidential documents, & artifacts color the rest of this timeless & informative book. This definitive, lavishly illustrated book features an astonishing array of vintage & newly created maps, rare photographs, covert documents, & eyewitness accounts that illuminate the world`s greatest conflict. ...

” Atlas Shrugged” is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world
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Like Geography & love Monty Python silliness? Then this is for you!“ Atlas, Schmatlas” is an absolutely silly, satirical, yet oddly informative & comprehensive atlas of the world. Written & illustrated by Craig Robinson, who got a D in his O level geography exams, “ Atlas, Schmatlas” has over 250 entries covering the globe; filled with colourful maps, graphs, illustrations of notable figures & famous residents, even a quiz to test your knowledge of the nations of West Africa. Chock full of historical, geographical, & also totally untrue information, this book will teach you a thing or two about the world around you through it’s satirical tone & illustrations, taking stereotypes & using them to make hilarious, yet starkingly realised observations. You’ll learn that: Chad is the place you should go if you want to take photographs of sand; Central America is the region of the world where your dreams might be realised if you want a career as a CIA-backed military dictator; & Saint Peter & Paul Rocks are the 12 little volcanic islands located between Africa & Brazil where the Brazilians dump all that waxed-off hair. Isn’t learning fun? ...

The British Library`s map collection is the national cartographic collection of Britain & numbers around four million maps dating from 15 CE to 2017 CE. These include road maps drawn for 13th century pilgrims & sea charts for 17th-century pirates. They include the first printed map to show the Americas & the last to show English-controlled Calais. They include the world`s biggest & smallest atlases. They include maps for kings & queens, popes, ministers, schoolchildren, soldiers, tourists. There are maps which changed the world. As well as comprehensively showcasing the varied & surprising treasures of the British Library`s ”banquet of maps” for the first time, this book will examine the evolution of humanity`s perceptions of the world through maps. By looking at how this map collection was assembled principally over two & a half centuries but in reality over a millennium, the book comprises a cartographic history of the world, as well as vivid celebration of the world`s best map collection`s best maps. ...

Classic 30cm (12) illuminated antique style globe has the superb additional feature of displaying the great voyages of discovery ...

Map No. 10066, Atndalen, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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As the first British Professor of Philosophy since 1882 to be invited to teach at the prestigious & enigmatic University of Tokyo
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Half-brothers Michel & Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker & idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of & little in the way of human society. Bruno, by contrast, is a libertine, though more in theory than in practice, his endless lust is all too rarely reciprocated. Both are symptomatic members of our atomised society, where religion has given way to shallow `new age` philosophies & love to meaningless sexual connections. Atomised (Les Particules elementaires) tells the stories of the two brothers, but the real subject of the novel is the dismantling of contemporary society & its assumptions, its political incorrectness, & its caustic & penetrating asides on everything from anthropology to the problem pages of girls` magazines. A dissection of modern lives & loves. By turns funny, acid, infuriating, didactic, touching & visceral. ...

Ian Mc Ewan`s haunting tale unfolds on the hottest day of the English summer of 1934. Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes & plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie & Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, & will have become victims of the younger girl`s imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, & committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. Shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize, Mc Ewan has produced a landmark work in his oeuvre that also shows, quite literally as the crux of the books story, the power of just one word & the dangers of miscommunication. ...