” Warrior of Rome II: King of Kings” is the second in Harry Sidebottom`s vivid five-part series. AD256
- the spectre of treachery
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Imran Khan's family are Pathans from the fiercely independent tribal areas of the north-west frontier province of Pakistan & in this book he describes their way of life, culture & traditions. The author makes a journey through wild & hostile terrain, finding a proud & warlike people who received him with great generosity & quiet courtesy. Every Pathan male carries a gun & defends his independence & the honour of his family & his tribe, to the death. ...

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell`s number one bestselling series on the making of England & the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2`s major TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series. A fragile peace is about to be broken... King Alfred`s son Edward & formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule Wessex, Mercia & East Anglia. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands & wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms` greatest warrior, controls northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester. But forces are rising up against him. Northmen allied to the Irish, led by the fierce warrior Ragnall Ivarson, are soon joined by the Northumbrians, & their strength could prove overwhelming. Despite the gathering threat, both Edward & Aethelflaed are reluctant to move out of the safety of their fortifications. But with Uhtred`s own daughter married to Ivarson`s brother, who can be trusted? In the struggle between family & loyalty, between personal ambition & political commitment, there will be no easy path. But a man with a warrior`s courage may be able to find it. Such a man is Uhtred, and this may be his finest hour. ...

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups & failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream. But solutions do exist
- it is up to us to achieve them. Award-winning academic Paul Collier`s vision for the future of the developing world is eye-opening, provocative & refreshingly unequivocal.
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Warsaw within its administrative boundary at 1:26, 000 on a double-sided indexed street plan from Daunpol with an enlargement at 1:12, 500 showing the city centre in greater detail. Tram & bus routes are shown with line numbers. The plan covers the city within its administrative boundary, highlighting main traffic arteries & indicating one way & pedestrianized streets, locations of petrol stations & traffic lights. Metro stations are marked & tram or bas routes are shown with line numbers (but without stops). Public buildings including various places of interest such as museums, churches & historical sites, etc are clearly highlighted & named (in Polish). Map legend

Includes:: English. Please note: extensive index is in rather small print size.

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David Crowley reveals Warsaw`s visual & urban cultural history through narrative & anecdote, examining how Warsaw has been shaped by Communist ideology since the late 1940s & then transformed by the market economy being introduced in 1989. As Crowley guides us through this damaged, yet encouraging, city we see how its citizens use & develop their living areas, yet hang on to the past by retelling the stories of myths & curses that mark the buildings. ...

Warsaw on a street plan at 1:15, 000 from Falk Verlag, with an enlargement showing the city centre. Metro stations are clearly marked & the map also shows tram & bus routes with stops & line numbers. The plan covers most of the city without its outer districts. Principal traffic arteries are highlighted, one way streets are marked & within the city centre car parks are also shown. Numerous public buildings, monuments, etc, are named. A separate inset shows the city centre, including the Old Town, enlarged & with more detail. Map legend

Includes:: English. Street index is on the reverse, together with lists of various organizations, services, etc, with their contact details. Also provided is a diagram of the metro & suburban rail networks, plus a map of the city

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Indexed street plan of Warsaw with an enlargement for the historic Old Town & a small map of the city with its outer districts. The plan has clear, easy to read cartography with names in large print & easy to see symbols highlighting various places of interest & facilities. Tram routes are shown with stops & line numbers. Metro stops (including for the new Line 2) & railway stations are prominently marked. One way streets are indicated. Symbols highlight numerous hotels (with their names), museums & monuments, theatres, embassies, petrol stations, etc. Coverage extends from Warsaw West railway station to Warsaw East on the right bank of the Vistula, & from northern Mokotów to the Citadel in the Zoliborz district but, unfortunately, an enlargement showing the historic Old Town cuts off part of Lazienki, Warsaw’s most beautiful park. The plan has an index of streets, a diagram of the metro & rail connections, & a small map showing the city within the proposed ring-road with road & rail routes, including access to the international airport. ...

The traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops & police, street by street, for sixty-three days. The Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 was a shocking event in a hideous war. This is the first account to recall the tragedy from both German & Polish perspectives & asks why, when the war was nearly lost, Hitler & Himmler decided to return to Warsaw bent on murder, deportation, & destruction. This was the only time in history that a European capital has ever been emptied of its entire population & destroyed entirely. Hundreds were thrown from windows, burned alive, trampled to death. The murder of 40, 000 innocents on 5th August was the largest battlefield massacre of the war. But the Poles did not give in. Organized & popular, the Uprising, which had been expected to last under a week, fought off German troops including Himmler`s most notorious SS battalions street by street, for sixty-three days. Using first-hand accounts, Richie charts the atrocities & the breakdown of SS morale, but she also goes on to examine the long-term implications of Stalin`s refusal to help & how the Uprising affected negotiations over the fate of post-war Europe, sowing the seeds of the Cold War. But above all else ` Warsaw 1944` is the story of a city`s unbreakable spirit, in the face of unspeakable barbarism. ...

As Antony Beevor cast new light on the Battle of Stalingrad, Alexandra Richie here unearths the traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German troops, street by street, for sixty-three days. The Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 was a shocking event in a hideous war. This is the first account to recall the tragedy from both German & Polish perspectives & asks why, when the war was nearly lost & resources were so urgently needed in the Fatherl&, Hitler & Himmler decided to return to Warsaw bent on murder, deportation, & destruction. This was the only time in history that a European capital has ever been emptied of its entire population & destroyed street by street, house by house, razed leaving acres of smouldering ruin. Hundreds were thrown from windows, burned alive, trampled to death. The murder of 40, 000 innocents on 5th August was the largest battlefield massacre of the war. But the Poles did not give in. Organized & popular, the Uprising, which had been expected to last under a week, fought off German troops including Himmler`s most notorious SS battalions street by street, for sixty-three days. Alexandra Richie is connected to this story through her father-in-law Wladyslaw Bartoszewski who participated in the Uprising & whose vast archive forms the basis of the book, The book charts Nazi crimes but also through the testimony of a Pole press-ganged into a `cremation detail` who, by living amongst them witnessed the break-down of morale in the SS at the end of the war. Dr Richie puts the Uprising in context of the collapse of Army Group Centre & the now forgotten battles which raged around Warsaw in the summer of 1944. She looks at the implications of Stalin`s refusal to help the beleaguered Poles & shows for the first time how the Nazi leadership, & Himmler in particular, hoped that the increasing divisions between the Allies over Warsaw would lead to a Third World War. She also shows how the Uprising affected negotiations over the fate of post- war Europe & is rightly called the first battle of the Cold War. But above all else ` Warsaw 1944` is the story of a city`s unbreakable spirit, in the face of unspeakable barbarism. ...