The world has changed more & faster than any of us could have imagined. While that may be accepted in terms of global business & financial markets, & to some degree the worldwide web, people including their political leaders may have been slower at grasping what these new interconnections mean for the way we operate in this new era. Liam Fox begins by questioning what decision-makers fear as the threats to world stability & peace, & draws on his own experience to illuminate world events, past & present. In conversation with those responsible for keeping the world afloat
- such as Tony Blair, Condoleezza Rice, Malcolm Rifkind & Donald Rumsfeld
- he examines both triumph & disaster & explains how to meet the challenge of the new global reality.

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Rising `44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies` unique understanding of the issues & characters involved. In August 1944 Warsaw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army`s march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but the Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time to regroup & Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars & the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their tens of thousands. One by one the City`s monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. The sacrifice was in vain & the Soviet tanks rolled in to the flattened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly & authoritatively told by one of our greatest historians. ...

Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. From the author of Leviathan, or, The Whale, comes a composite portrait of the subtle, beautiful, inspired & demented ways in which we have come to terms with our watery planet. In the third of his watery books, the author goes in pursuit of human & animal stories of the sea. Of people enchanted or driven to despair by the water, accompanied by whales & birds & seals – familiar spirits swimming & flying with the author on his meandering odyssey from suburbia into the unknown. Along the way, he encounters drowned poets & eccentric artists, modernist writers & era-defining performers, wild utopians & national heroes – famous or infamous, they are all surprisingly, & sometimes fatally, linked to the sea. Out of the storm-clouds of the twenty-first century & our restive time, these stories reach back into the past & forward into the future. This is a shape-shifting world that has never been certain, caught between the natural & unnatural, where the state between human & animal is blurred. Time, space, gender & species become as fluid as the sea. Here humans challenge their landbound lives through art or words or performance or myth, through the animal & the elemental. & here they are forever drawn back to the water, forever lost & found on the infinite sea. ...

Rich & strange from the tip of its title to its deep-sunk bones` Robert Macfarlane From the author of Leviathan, or, The Whale, comes a composite portrait of the subtle, beautiful, inspired & demented ways in which we have come to terms with our watery planet. In the third of his watery books, the author goes in pursuit of human & animal stories of the sea. Of people enchanted or driven to despair by the water, accompanied by whales & birds & seals
- familiar spirits swimming & flying with the author on his meandering odyssey from suburbia into the unknown. Along the way, he encounters drowned poets & eccentric artists, modernist writers & era-defining performers, wild utopians & national heroes
- famous or infamous, they are all surprisingly, & sometimes fatally, linked to the sea. Out of the storm-clouds of the twenty-first century & our restive time, these stories reach back into the past & forward into the future. This is a shape-shifting world that has never been certain, caught between the natural & unnatural, where the state between human & animal is blurred. Time, space, gender & species become as fluid as the sea. Here humans challenge their landbound lives through art or words or performance or myth, through the animal & the elemental. & here they are forever drawn back to the water, forever lost & found on the infinite sea.

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Recently divorced New Zealander Sam Nola returns to London, where he spent two years in his early twenties. It is early 2003, & on both sides of the Atlantic the case for military intervention in Iraq is being made
- or fabricated. But life for Sam has never been better: a grown-up, half-French daughter from a long-ago affair has recently got in touch, & he has walked into a lucrative role in the booming banking sector. It is only when he learns of the deaths of two friends within a week that intrigue begins to intrude on his contentment & life begins to feel a little more precarious.
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Born in Milan, Anna del Conte grew up in Italy in a gentler time. When war came to Italy everything changed: her family had to abandon their apartment & the city for the countryside, where the peasants still ate well, but life was dangerous... As a teenager, Anna became used to throwing herself into a ditch as the strafing planes flew over, & was imprisoned, twice. Her story is informed & enlivened by the food & memories of her native land
- from lemon granita to wartime risotto with nettles, from vitello tonnato to horsemeat roll, from pastas to porcini. Anna arrived in England in 1949 to a culinary wastel&. She married an Englishman & stayed on, & while bringing up her children, she wrote books which inspired a new generation of cooks. This is a memoir of a life seen through food
- each chapter rounded off with mouthwatering recipes.

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Prized for its texture, flavour & versatility, risotto has been part of the Italian diet since the eighth century & is one of Italy`s most famous dishes. This revised & updated edition of Valentina Harris` seminal work shows you how to prepare, cook & serve this iconic dish using ingredients from the humble tomato to the much sought-after truffle. With a fully updated introduction & some brand new recipes, as well as background information on the history of this famous dish, Valentina provides essential information on the variety of rice that can be used for risotto & how to make the all-important stock. Recipes are supplemented by beautiful photography of the dishes by Ian Garlick & a step-by-step guide to the perfect risotto. This is the perfect book for any risotto lover. ...

Different regions of Italy have their own classic rice dishes, from the soupy Rice & Peas of the Veneto to the Hunter`s-style Rabbit Risotto of Umbria & Tuscany, but what they all have in common is the careful cooking of the rice to perfection. For a simple but comforting dinner, there are plenty of dishes packed full of warming cheese & butter, such as Saffron Risotto, Wild Mushroom Risotto or Artichoke & Pecorino Risotto. Lighter fish & shellfish dishes include the dramatic Black Risotto, flavoured with squid ink, Seafood Risotto or Crab & Chilli Risotto. There are also many tempting meaty options, from hearty family meals to dinner party dishes. Children & adults alike will enjoy Ham & Leek Risotto, while you can impress guests with Pheasant & Red Wine Risotto. There are also a few ideas for using up leftover risotto (or for when you simply want to ring the changes), such as Arancini or Rice Croquettes with Tomato Sauce, as well as some surprising sweet delights such as Cherry & Almond Risotto Puddings or Risotto Ice Cream. With useful recipes for various stocks, easy-to-follow instructions for making a basic risotto & a guide to the different kinds of rice available, this is a complete guide to risotto for all lovers of the classic Italian dish. ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...