From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of ` The Frock-Coated Communist` & leading UK politician, ` Ten Cities that Made an Empire` presents a new approach to Britain`s imperial past through the cities that epitomised it. Since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 & the end days of Empire, Britain`s colonial past has been the subject of passionate debate. Tristram Hunt goes beyond the now familiar arguments about Empire being good or bad & adopts a fresh approach to Britain`s empire & its legacy. Through an exceptional array of first-hand accounts & personal reflections, he portrays the great colonial & imperial cities of Boston, Bridgetown, Dublin, Cape Town, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne, New Delhi, & twentieth-century Liverpool: their architecture, culture, & society balls; the famines, uprisings & repressions which coursed through them; the primitive accumulation & ghostly bureaucracy which ran them; the British supremacists & multicultural trailblazers who inhabited them. From the pioneers of early America to the builders of modern India, from west to east & back again, Hunt follows the processes of exchange & adaptation that collectively moulded the colonial experience & which in their turn transformed the culture, economy & identity of the British Isles. This vivid & richly detailed imperial story, located in ten of the most important cities which the Empire constructed, demolished, reconstructed & transformed, allows us a new understanding of the British Empire`s influence upon the world & the world`s influence upon it. ...

It`s 4 a.m. & Cathy Mason is watching dawn break over the Lovelace estate. By the end of the day, her community will be a crime scene. By the end of the week, her city will be on fire. In this gripping thriller, a death at police hands has repercussions far beyond one family plunged into grief.. . As violence erupts in the middle of a stifling heatwave, the dead man becomes a useful tactic (or an urgent threat) in political games at the highest level. So while lives are at risk in Cathy Mason`s estate, across London in Westminster, careers are being made, or ruined. From a Home Secretary`s attempts to unseat a Prime Minister, to a new Met Police Commissioner fighting for his job, to families torn apart: in Ten Days, Orange Prize-shortlisted author Gillian Slovo shows what happens when politics, policing & the hard realities of living in London explosively collide. ...

Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed`s eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin & the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders & the chance comments of bystanders, set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat, soldiers, sailors, & peasants uniting to throw off oppression, Reed`s account is the product of passionate involvement & remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting. ...

Fred Van Lente s brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery & a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group

Includes:: a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy blue collar comic, & a past-her-prime Vegas icon. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. Marooned without mobile phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. But who is doing the killing, & why?

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- The history, rituals & world-changing properties of ten spirits-

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In Ten Lessons from the Road Alistair Humphreys sums up what he learned from his 46, 000-mile cycle trip round the world, described in his two books Moods of Future Joys & Thunder & Sunshine. This pocket size hardback, illustrated with numerous photos from the author’s challenging journey, would make a lovely little present to encourage converting a hesitant dream into exciting reality! ...

Nothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers & chubby baby toes! All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers & ten little toes
- to play with, to tickle, to wave. & each child is very, very special to its parents... With Mem Fox`s gently rhyming text illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, best loved as the illustrator of the classic nursery join-in picture book We`re Going on a Bear Hunt, Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes will fast become the essential book for baby playtime
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Ten little monsters set off in search of adventure. But what will the ten little monsters do when they meet a howling werewolf, a giant spider & other scaries in the night? A monster stomp of a book with lots of things to spot & count on every page, this noisy rhyming story from the creators of the bestselling Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again & again. Praise for Ten Little Pirates: `A rollicking read with an easy rhythm & jaunty illustrations.. .an excellent addition to books that help with counting.` Guardian ` Ties together its counting lessons & bobbing rhymes with intricate neatness.. . Lots of humorous details to discover on every page.` Time Out ` Hilarious. Will have both child & reader laughing out loud.` Angels & Urchins ` This book is wonderful.` Child-Led Chaos ...

Ten little pirates sailing out to sea, Looking for adventure, happy as can be. Are they hunting treasure? Are they going far? Ten little pirates all say, ` Arrrrrr!` Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane.. .and a giant squid.. .and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting backwards from ten to one, is great to share with young children who are learning about numbers. The colourful, humourous illustrations feature objects to spot & count on every page. With a bouncy, rhythmic text & lots of great sound words, this piratical adventure is perfect for sharing again & again. ...

Ten little princesses going to the ball, Trotting on their ponies, past the castle wall. Are they looking for ward to their very special day? Ten little princesses all shout, ” Yay!” Ten little princesses set off on a journey to a magical fairy tale ball. But on the way to the ball there`s a dark & spooky forest, & a wicked witch, & a big bad wolf, & a sneaky troll, & a hungry giant! Will any of the little princesses get to the ball on time? Meet all your favourite fairy tale characters in this perfectly princessy adventure: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White & more! With lots of things to spot & count on every page, this bouncy rhyming story from the creators of the highly acclaimed Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again & again. Praise for Ten Little Pirates: ` Hilarious. Will have both child & reader laughing out loud`
- Angels & Urchins ` Hugely entertaining...an absolute joy to read aloud`
- Library Mice ` This book is wonderful`
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