The quest for the North Pole has long been one of the great adventure stories in the history of exploration. It has all the best ingredients
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Like a modern Viking 32-year-old Nansen set sail from Norway in 1893 to reach the North Pole. Experts warned him that his voyage was tantamount to suicide. Compact & nimble, his ship the Fram had been specially built to withstand the relentless, devastating pressure of the polar ice cap. At the right moment, he intended to strike out into the polar desert & finish the final leg by sledge. Nansen`s vivid memoir became an international phenomenon when, having been given up for dead, he emerged three years later. His epic struggle against snowdrifts, ice floes, polar bears, scurvy, gnawing hunger & the loneliness of the polar night would inspire young explorers such as Scott & Amundsen a generation later to make new conquests. This first unabridged edition since 1897

Includes:: photographs not previously published.

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Eight years after they overthrew Churchill & led Britain into a separate peace with Hitler, the upper-crust families of the ” Farthing set” are gathered for a weekend retreat. Among them is estranged Farthing scion Lucy Kahn, who can`t understand why her & her husband David`s presence was so forcefully requested. Then the country-house idyll is interrupted when the eminent Sir James Thirkie is found murdered
- with a yellow Star of David pinned to his chest. Lucy begins to realize that her Jewish husband is about to be framed for the crime
- an outcome that would be convenient for altogether too many of the various political machinations underway in Parliament in the coming week. But whoever`s behind the murder, & the frame-up, didn`t reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts & underdogs
- & prone to look beyond the obvious as a result. As the trap slowly shuts on Lucy & David, they begin to see a way out
- a way fraught with peril in a darkening world.



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Farts Around the World may not be War & Peace but it is perfectly made for it`s intended readership
- childish readers, both big
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From tiny bubble-popping goldfish toots to thunderously loud elephant gas, learn how to spot the funniest (and smelliest) farts in the animal kingdom. Hilarious tidbits identify the odour, range, frequency & aftereffects of ten different types of gassy expulsions, while the attached battery-powered fart machine reproduces each emanation with astounding accuracy. This is pure, unbridled entertainment for the giggling child in all of us. ...

A personal & urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century & how its legacy shapes today`s world, written by one of America`s most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. ” There is priceless wisdom on every page.” Kirkus Starred review A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, `is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, & is willing to use violence & whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.` The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy & Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom & left millions of innocent people dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler & Mussolini should they arise in our era. In Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright, draws on her own experiences as a child in war-torn Europe & her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that very assumption. Fascism, as Albright shows, not only endured through the course of the twentieth century, but now presents a more virulent threat to international peace & justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which has historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates popular divisions & heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological & cultural factors are weakening the political centre & empowering the extremes of right & left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong-un are employing many of the same tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s & 30s. Fascism: A Warning is a book for our times that is relevant to all times. Written with wisdom by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand & the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past. ...

Christopher Duggan`s new history of fascist Italy explores how the movement became embodied in the person of Benito Mussolini who occupied for many an almost divine status & gave millions of men & women a sense of pride & hope, offering the prospect of national regeneration after decades of disappointment. A work of exceptional authority & originality, Fascist Voices makes use of rarely examined sources
- letters & private diaries, newspaper reports & secret police files
- to uncover how ordinary people experienced fascism on a daily basis & how its ideology influenced their beliefs, values, language & lifestyle. Tracing fascism from its conception to its legacy, Christopher Duggan unpicks why the regime enjoyed so much support among the majority of the Italian population. He examines the extraordinary personal relationships that millions of Italians had with Mussolini, explores the religious

Dimensions of totalitarianism, & discusses why the `cult of the Duce` still resonates in contemporary Italy. Fascist Voices is a fresh & disturbing look at a country in thrall to a charismatic dictator. It is the winner of the Wolfson History Prize.



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Tracy Rose famous fashion journalist & writer Russell Rose present the third edition of Fashion Fabulous London, an independent fashion shopping guide to the Top 200 hottest fashion shops, more than 60 must visit shops as well as 130 restaurants, bars, cafes & hotels where fashionable people go to. From the prestigious British & international designer shops in Bond Street, to the urban edgy or vintage fashion East London has to offer, this book highlights stores, boutiques, high street chains & markets to suit any budget. Find out where you can find bargains, the best club wear, ethical clothes, classics, bespoke tailors & much more. The guide also

Includes:: over 130 reviews of the most popular fashionista restaurants & cafes, a calendar of fashion related events & a few museums where you can absorb, admire, learn & show off…more fabulous fashion!

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Create 50 fabulous outfits using the press-out patterns & designer paper & tissue, complete with accessories. Then display them in the chic fold-out studio. Use the templates & techniques you`ve learned to create new collections, in your own original style, season after season. This gorgeous set

Includes:: a designer`s handbook with detailed step-by-step instructions, exquisite double-sided papers & coloured tissues, press out patterns, a fabulous fold-out studio & notes on the couture origins of each look. The perfect gift for fashion lovers & budding designers.

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Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...