Ranging from Nevis to Glencoe, from the Cuillin to the Cairngorms, this book weaves the story of a friendship amongst witty-and often alarming-tales of mountaineering mishaps. Winter avalanches, rats in bothies & Brummies in baseball boots, these two adventurers take on the Scottish hills with wit & humour. Second Man on the Rope is a story of a beautiful friendship forged in the hills. ...

In this beautiful follow up to the best-selling ` One & Only Mandala Colouring Book`, there are 70 brand new super-large mandalas to colour in & help you find balance in your life. The mandalas are a traditional source of meditation & wisdom, & the Second One & Only Colouring Book will focus the mind with these beautiful designs. The high quality paper means a variety of mediums from pen, paint, pastel or pencil can be used. Sit back, start colouring & leave the stresses of everyday life behind. ...

` One is not born, but rather becomes, woman`. First published in Paris in 1949, ” The Second Sex” by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risque book that became a runaway success. Selling 20, 000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety & admiration. Since then, ” The Second Sex” has been translated into forty languages & has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of ” The Second Sex” are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties. ...

At the end of the Cold War, we found ourselves living in a world with one superpower, the United States. Now, at the start of the twenty-first century, Parag Khanna argues powerfully that the moment of American supremacy is over, brought about by the increasing influence of what he terms the Second World: Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South America, the Middle East & East Asia. Travelling from Azerbaijan to Venezuela, China`s hinterlands to Gaddafi`s Libya, Parag Khanna explores these countries & their global significance. For as the three superpowers
- the US, the EU & China
- compete for influence in the Second World, citizens of these countries can already feel the these imperial forces exerting their influence & affecting the global balance of power. In a bold & provocative style, ” The Second World” makes clear what`s at stake, for whoever dominates the Second World will lead the twenty-first century
- or become a part of the Second World itself.


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The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria & ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific & China, & yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship & research, & writing with clarity & compassion, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert, to the Burmese jungle, SS Einsatzgruppen in the borderlands, Gulag prisoners drafted into punishment battalions, & to the unspeakable cruelties of the Sino-Japanese War. Moral choice forms the basis of all human drama, & no other period in history has presented greater dilemmas both for leaders & ordinary people, nor offered such examples of individual & mass tragedy, the corruption of power politics, ideological hypocrisy, the egomania of commanders, betrayal, perversity, self-sacrifice, unbelievable sadism & unpredictable kindness. Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's THE SECOND WORLD WAR never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers & civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history. ...

The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria & ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific & China, & yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship & research, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific & from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert. Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor`s THE SECOND WORLD WAR never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers & civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history. ...

This major work covers the whole six-year global conflagration that shattered & then re-shaped the world. From the German blitzkrieg against Poland in September 1939, to the surrender of Japan following the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki almost exactly six years later. After a seemingly endless run of Axis victories
- the fall of France, the surrender of Singapore, & the Russian withdrawal to the outskirts of Moscow
- this book shows how the Allies slowly turned the tide of war in their favor, winning a decisive victory over Rommel in north Africa & destroying the German 6th Army in Stalingrad. The pace then quickens as the long, hard struggle for victory reaches it dramatic climax with the D-Day landings & subsequent bitter campaign through western Europe to Germany, the Red Army`s unstoppable march to Berlin, & the final brutal battles with the Japanese in the Far East. Each key event is presented precisely, spread by spread, with maps, photographs & documents, biographical features & timeline.

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This is a landmark reassessment of the Second World War, of its origins & prosecution. It looks set to become the definitive single-volume military history. In this major new history, Gordon Corrigan argues that what we call the Second World War was in fact two separate conflicts: one against Germany (&, for a while, Italy) in Western Europe, Soviet Russia & North Africa; the other against Japan in the Far East & Pacific. Each conflict had distinct causes & had to be fought in different ways against very different enemies, who rarely, if ever, coordinated their efforts. This is a new & cogent account of an immense, exhausting six-year conflict that continues to fascinate. Corrigan examines the agendas of the warring nations & offers fresh & vivid interpretations; Britain's own part in the war comes in for particularly close scrutiny: militarily, the British suffered an agonising series of defeats before the tide turned. The country emerged economically broken, with the loss of her empire a virtual certainty. The Second World War is vast in its erudition & epic in its execution. It will change forever the way we think about the titanic conflicts that dominated the years 1939 to 1945. It is suitable for fans of Gordon Corrigan's Mud, Blood & Poppycock & Blood, Sweat & Arrogance, & Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War, as well as Anthony Beevor, Max Hastings, & Richard Holmes. ...

In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe-The Secret-&, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions & philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you`ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life-money, health, relationships, happiness, & in every interaction you have in the world. You`ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that`s within you, & this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers-men & women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, & happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, & achieving what many would regard as impossible. ...

Agatha Christie`s first Tommy & Tuppence book is a thrill-packed novel of international intrigue, murder & suspense. Tommy & Tuppence, two young people short of money & restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme
- Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are `willing to do anything, go anywhere`. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined...
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