Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth & power on the trail of the super-rich In 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil`s incredible natural resources. By the middle of 2013 he had lost it all, engulfed in scandal. Brazillionaires is a fast-paced account of Batista`s rise & fall: a story of helicopter flights, beach-front penthouses & high-speed car crashes. Along the way, it tells the parallel story of Brazil itself, a country caught in the cycle of boom & bust, renewed hope & dashed promise; a country where the hyper-rich are at the heart of the economy
- & where their wealth can buy immense political power. Stefan Zweig said in 1941 that Brazil was the country of the future; Brazilians joke that it always will be. Today, rampant corruption & endemic inequality threaten to derail the new Brazilian Dream. The brazillionaires are the key to understanding that dream; through them Brazillionaires tells the story of their country`s past, present & future.
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`I live on Brazzaville Beach...I am here because two sets of strange & extraordinary events happened to me... One in Engl&, first, & then one in Africa.` On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Sifting the details for evidence of her own innocence or guilt, she tells her engrossing story with a blunt & beguiling honesty that not only intrigues & disturbs but is also completely enthralling. ...

Brutalized by colonialism, plundered by politicians & destroyed in terrifying civil wars: Congo Brazzaville is Africa at its worst. But it is also home to people who inspire hope through their courage, their determination, their enduring optimism, & their sense of fun. Brazzaville Charms is a unique portrait of a country long ignored by the rest of the world. This first-person account, based on original research & interviews, tells the story of militiamen who are led by a dreadlocked reincarnation of Christ, of exorcisms & sorcery, of pygmies who are owned by their masters, of timber companies exploiting the rain forest, & of the wars that have been caused by oil. ...

Map No. 10113, Brønnøysund, 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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Swiss topographic survey at 1:100, 000 from Swisstopo, highly regarded for it superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, ...

First, Daniel examines the key ingredients in baking (flour, yeast, salt & water), explains the science behind the seemingly alchemic processes, & advises on the right kit to get started. He then demonstrates how to make yeast & non-yeast breads, as well as enriched doughs & home-started sourdough, &

Includes:: sixty recipes, covering everything from the simple white loaf & familiar classics such as ciabatta, naan & pizza bread, to fresh new challenges like potato bread, rye, tortilla, croissants, doughnuts & bagels. The handbook is completed by full-colour photographs throughout, including step-by-step photos, instructions for building your own bread oven, & a directory of equipment & useful addresses.

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Tony Anderson set out in the summer of 1998 to walk through Georgia. He wanted particularly to visit the Georgian mountain tribes
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Coarse bread rubbed with tomato or garlic & then bathed in olive oil, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa amb oli, bread & oil. Tomas Graves takes this healthy peasant staple as a starting point to explore not only Mediterranean cooking, agriculture, & traditions but also the historical events that have rescued this simple dish from disappearing along with a way of life that had remained essentially unchanged since Roman times. In Bread & Oil Tomas Graves celebrates the Majorcan character as reflected in its eating habits. He makes the sights, sounds, scents & people of the Spanish island spring to life so brilliantly in this creative triumph. Part adventure, part history book, part travelogue, part restaurant guide & part cookbook, the reader is charmed throughout. Recipes reflect the indigenous ingredients; wrinkled olives made with olive oil, lemon juice & crushed garlic; fried sardines topped with sauteed onions & marinated in vinegar served cold with bread & oil, & guacamole with tomatoes & onions. Originally published as Volem pa amb oli in the native Catalan language of the Balearics, this new revised & updated English-language edition of Graves` book offers an informative guide not only to an overlooked culinary tradition, but also to the immense cultural transition that`s changing the face of Europe. ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY PRIZE 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 ` Makes a gripping human story out of the wisest & most progressive policy achievement of any government in the history of the world.. . the welfare state deserves books this good` Stuart Maconie, New Statesman, Books of the Year`A brilliant book, full of little revelations` Jon Cruddas, Prospect` Carefully argued, deftly balanced & wittily written, with countless lovely details` Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important
- or imperilled Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. In the midst of economic crisis, politicians & commentators talk about benefits as a lifestyle choice, & of `skivers` living off hard-working `strivers` as they debate what a welfare state fit for the twenty-first century might look like. This major new history tells the story of one the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social & political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibilities for people`s housing, education, health & family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. Though these changes were driven by developments in different & sometimes unexpected currents in British life, they were linked by one over-arching idea: that through rational & purposeful intervention, government can remake society. It was an idea that, during the early twentieth century, came to inspire people across the political spectrum. In exploring this extraordinary transformation, Bread for All explores & challenges our assumptions about what the welfare state was originally for, & the kinds of people who were involved in creating it. In doing so, it asks what the idea continues to mean for us today.
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A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important
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