After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan stands on the edge of an abyss, in to which it may plunge the world. As this nuclear power nation, the front line of the West`s struggle against Al Qaeda, enters the worst political crisis in its history, Zahid Hussain`s acclaimed & updated book unravels the key questions: who really controls the country? Will Pakistan be Talibanized? Has Al Qaeda infilitrated the state? After 9/11, Pakistan`s controversial President, Pervez Musharraf stunned the world by announcing his support for America`s ` War on Terror`. But in Pakistan, as Zahid Hussain reveals, nothing is as it seems. Hussain documents for the first time in detail the incestuous relationship between Pakistan`s jihadis & its all-powerful military intelligence agency
- the ISI. Based on exclusive interviews with key players, he shows us the fall-out from Musharraf`s momentous decision to support America. He penetrates the jihadi networks, revealing their sources of funding, & their links with the Taliban & Al Qaeda. From the dangerous mountain passes of Waziristan to the mess tables of Rawalpindi & the sectarian madrassas of the Punjab, Hussain portrays a country which was already seething with unrest before political violence claimed its highest profile victim in December 2007. As Hussain shows, whoever was behind the assasination of Benazir Bhutto, its main effect has been to accelerate the country`s fragmentation, creating a level of uncertainty & chaos from which only extremists & terrorists can benefit. Whatever lies in wait for Pakistan
- Talibanization, civil war or worse
- it will have grave implications for the entire world.


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Turkey is on the front line of the war which is consuming Syria & the Middle East. Its role is complicated by the long-running conflict with the Kurds on their Syrian border
- a war that has killed as many as 80, 000 people over the last three decades. In 2011 Erdogan promised to make a deal with the Kurdistan military wing, but the talks marked a descent into assassinations, suicide bombings & the killing of civilians on both sides. The Kurdish peace process finally collapsed in 2014 with the spill-over of the Syrian Civil War. With ISIS moving through northern Iraq, Turkey has declared war on western allies such as the Kurdish YPG
- the military who rescued the Yezidis & fought with US backing in Kobane. Frontline Turkey shows how the Kurds` relationship with Turkey is at the very heart of the Middle Eastern crisis, & documents, through front-line reporting, how Erdogan`s failure to bring peace is the key to understanding current events in Middle East

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The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia & Ukraine tussle for Crimea & the eastern regions, relations between Putin & the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the story of Russo-Ukrainian relations & traces the path to the recent disturbances through the events which have forced Ukraine, a country internally divided between East & West, to choose between closer union with Europe or its historic ties with Russia. As the first full account of the Ukraine crisis from the Euromaidan Protests to the catastrophe of MH17 & up to the October 2014 parliamentary elections, Frontline Ukraine explains the origins, developments & global significance of the internal & external battle for Ukraine. With all eyes focused on the region, Sakwa unravels the myths & misunderstandings of the situation, providing an essential & highly-readable account of the struggle for Europe s contested borderlands.” ...

Frosch Cycle Tour, a cycling circuit of 274 kilometres across the landscape of heath & 1000 ponds in the north-eastern Saxony to the chorus of frogs, presented by the Verlag Esterbauer in a guide with maps at 1:50, 000 showing the route & its variants. Extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH (please see our sample image) & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German.ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: all the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans. To see the list of other titles in the Bikeline series please click on the series link.





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Frosinone Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is still produced in the traditional cartographic style. ...

Freya area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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With the help of Elsa, Anna & their friends from Arendelle: learn fact families count with 2, 5 & 10 work with 2-digit numbers Disney Learning workbooks are curriculum-based books that integrate essential learning concepts into a range of skill-based activities. The activities are partnered with compelling stories featuring familiar & beloved Disney characters. This combination naturally engages children, helps them master crucial learning skills, encourages them to become confident & independent learners, & lays the groundwork for long-term academic success. Disney Learning gives kids the skills to succeed with fun & imaginative learning practice. ...

With the help of Elsa, Anna & their friends from Arendelle: learn to increase vocabulary learn more than 100 words understand word meanings Disney Learning workbooks are curriculum-based books that integrate essential learning concepts into a range of skill-based activities. The activities are partnered with compelling stories featuring familiar & beloved Disney characters. This combination naturally engages children, helps them master crucial learning skills, encourages them to become confident & independent learners, & lays the groundwork for long-term academic success. Disney Learning gives kids the skills to succeed with fun & imaginative learning practice. ...

The Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early & unexplained deaths. Indeed, both Back (1837) & Ross (1849) suffered early onset of unaccountable ”debility” aboard ship & Ross suffered greater fatalities during his single winter in the Arctic than did Franklin during his first. Both expeditions were forced to retreat because of the rapacious illness that stalked their ships. Frozen in Time makes the case that this illness (starting with the Back expedition) was due to the crews` overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. This not only exposed the seamen to lead, an insidious poison
- as has been demonstrated in Franklin`s case by Dr. Beattie`s research
- but it also left them vulnerable to scurvy, the ancient scourge of seafarers which had been thought to have been largely cured in the early years of the nineteenth century. Fully revised, Frozen in Time will update the research outlined in the original edition, & will introduce independent confirmation of Dr. Beattie`s lead hypothesis, along with corroboration of his discovery of physical evidence for both scurvy & cannibalism. In addition, the book

Includes:: a new introduction written by Margaret Atwood, who has long been fascinated by the role of the Franklin Expedition in Canada`s literary conscience, & has made a pilgrimage to the site of the Franklin Expedition graves on Beechey Isl&.



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” Frozen Planet” is the inspiring successor to the ground-breaking ” Planet Earth” & ” Blue Planet” BBC television series, & has been created by the same award-winning team. From the Great Melt in Spring to the 24-hour summer, the beginning of the Big Freeze & long dark winter, the book follows the dramatic landscapes & the emotional life stories of the animals that live there. It reveals animal behaviour as we`ve never seen before
- the long, tender mating ritual of the polar bears, the vast penguin colonies, the Arctic`s most impressive hunter, the wolf as well as eider ducks, gentle seals & socialable ravens. Like its sister series of television shows & books, ” Frozen Planet” holds wonders of the world that have to been seen, & saved, before it`s too late.
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