Treasures of the British Museum reveals the stories behind some of the British Museum’s most famous & intriguing artefacts such as The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, drawings by Botticelli & Michelangelo, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen & the Sutton Hoo treasure. The book has been updated to include chapters on important acquisitions made by the Museum in the last fifteen years, including the Warren Cup & the Queen of the Night. Treasures are displayed in crisp, full colour photographs. ...

Buddhism is one of the world`s great living faiths, as well as being one of its oldest. Over the centuries Buddhism spread throughout Asia`s kaleidoscope of cultures, succeeding not by the might of military conquest but by virtue of its compelling message
- the appeal of its revolutionary ideas & profound insights. Treasures of the Buddha presents, in stunning colour photographs, a vivid portrait of this venerable religion, its teachings & its great treasures
- from its place of origin in northern India & out among the different kingdoms & empires of central, southern & eastern Asia. The book looks at each geographical region in turn & examines Buddhism`s influence on & contribution to the culture & its incredible legacy of artefacts & monuments. The authoritative commentary sets the breathtaking creations of Buddhist artists & craftspeople in their geographical, historical & artistic contexts & explains the significance & meaning of the faith`s exquisite devotional paintings & sacred emblems.

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Turkestan
- the great landmass of Central Asia & Western China
- is an intriguing meeting point of civilizations. Four major

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The treasures highlighted here are selected both from objects on display & those stored behind the scenes. Each one is chosen for its scientific importance, striking beauty or intriguing story--and sometimes all three. Among the many exceptional natural wonders featured are: a rare meteorite from Mars; Darwin`s celebrated finch specimens; a lethal claw from the dinosaur Baryonyx; one of the first forms of life on Earth; & some immaculately dressed fleas. The book also

Includes:: the magnificent Museum building itself with its many architectural treasures. With intriguing stories behind each entry, this a fascinating insight into the Museum`s unrivaled collections. This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, & retains the lavish finish of the original gift book.

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The Treasures of Westminster Abbey celebrates an iconic building & its rich artistic heritage. The Abbey, one of Britain's greatest medieval buildings & among the best-known churches in the world, has a history stretching back over a thousand years. Founded as a Benedictine monastery in the mid-tenth century & with the shrine of its principal royal founder, St Edward the Confessor, at its heart, it is also the coronation church where monarchs have been crowned amid great splendour since 1066. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, was planned with that in mind & is a treasure house of architectural & artistic achievement on which each succeeding century has left its mark. Seventeen out of the thirty-nine sovereigns crowned in Westminster Abbey also lie buried within its walls. Their medieval & Renaissance tombs, though among the most important in Europe, form only a small part of the extraordinary collection of gravestones, memorials & monumental sculpture for which the Abbey has long been famous & which is comprehensively surveyed in this lavishly illustrated book. Many of the most significant individuals in British history are remembered here: royalty & aristocracy, clergy & politicians, writers, scientists & musicians. Ranging from the thirteenth-century shrine of St Edward & the Renaissance splendour of Henry VII's Lady Chapel, to the literary memorials of Poets' Corner & the statues of Twentieth Century Martyrs on the Abbey's west front, The Treasures of Westminster Abbey describes the stained glass, furniture, sculpture, textiles, wall paintings & many other historic artefacts found within this remarkable church. ...

Finalist for the 2015 William E. Colby Award For more than a decade, America has been waging a new kind of war against the financial networks of rogue regimes, proliferators, terrorist groups, & criminal syndicates. Juan Zarate, a chief architect of modern financial warfare & a former senior Treasury & White House official, pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world. In this gripping story, he explains in unprecedented detail how a small, dedicated group of officials redefined the Treasury`s role & used its unique powers, relationships, & reputation to apply financial pressure against America`s enemies. This group unleashed a new brand of financial power--one that leveraged the private sector & banks directly to isolate rogues from the international financial system. By harnessing the forces of globalization & the centrality of the American market & dollar, Treasury developed a new way of undermining America`s foes. Treasury & its tools soon became, & remain, critical in the most vital geopolitical challenges facing the United States, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, & the regimes in Iran, North Korea, & Syria. This book is the definitive account, by an unparalleled expert, of how financial warfare has taken pride of place in American foreign policy & how America`s competitors & enemies are now learning to use this type of power themselves. This is the unique story of the United States` financial war campaigns & the contours & uses of financial power, & of the warfare to come. ...

Join George, a young & courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones, on a Jurassic Park-style journey to find an island of dinosaurs! George swoops off to seek the fearsome T. rex in his home-made hang-glider with just his dog Trixie for company. But will he find the lost dinosaur island he seeks? & how will Trixie`s dog treats come in handy when things get a little hairy? Treats for a T. rex is a funny, rhyming adventure story all about dinosaurs & dog tricks
- perfect for reading aloud. George`s first adventure Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize & the Sheffield Children`s Book Award. Ideal for fans of Dinosaurs Love Underpants & Dinosaurs in the Supermarket. Perfect for kids aged 3+. Find more treats & daring feats in the rest of George`s Amazing Adventures: Spaghetti with the Yeti, Marshmallows for Martians, Doughnuts for a Dragon, Pizza for Pirates & Socks for Santa. Adam Guillain is a performance storyteller & was the Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre Writer in Residence. Charlotte Guillain is a prolific author of children`s fiction, non-fiction & picture books, & together they have created the hugely successful George`s Amazing Adventures series. Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire & has been illustrating from a very young age. He loves illustrating children`s books & thinks there`s nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he`s illustrated. His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children`s Book Award 2013, & the New York Times Bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa.
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Map No. 166, Trebicsko, in a series of GPS compatible topographic maps of the Czech Republic at 1:75.000 from Shocart highlighting both signposted cycling routes & other local cycling paths, with route profiles & additional tourist information. Relief is shown by contour lines, spot heights, & subtle hill-shading. The maps show roads, tracks, railways, cable cars, chairlifts, & a range of natural landscape features & landmarks. Coloured symbols depict plenty of additional tourist features e.g. information centres, places of interest, antiquities, shelters, campsites, accommodation, bicycle services etc. An overprint highlights both signposted routes & other recommended routes which have no terrain markers. For all bike routes intermediate distances are shown. Hiking paths are also highlighted. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 5' intervals. Each map is accompanied by a booklet containing general information on the Czech cycle route network, elevation profile diagram for selected routes, plus an index for locations of historical & geographical interest, bicycle service workshops, information centres, & tourist attractions. Map legend & text are in English, German & Czech. ...

Chil Rajchman, a Polish Jew, was arrested with his younger sister in 1942 & sent to Treblinka, a death camp where more than 750, 000 were murdered before it was abandoned by German soldiers. His sister was sent to the gas chambers, but Rajchman escaped execution, working for ten months under incessant threats & beatings as a barber, a clothes-sorter, a corpse-carrier, a puller of teeth from those same bodies. In August 1943, there was an uprising at the camp, & Rajchman was among the handful of men who managed to escape. In 1945, he set down this account, a plain, unembellished & exact record of the raw horror he endured every day. This unique testimony, which has remained in the sole possession of his family ever since, has never before been published in English. For its description of unspeakably cruelty, Treblinka is a memoir that will not be superseded. In addition to Rajchman`s account, this volume

Includes:: the complete text of Vasily Grossman`s ` The Hell of Treblinka`, one of the first descriptions of a Nazi extermination camp; a powerful & harrowing piece of journalism written only weeks after the camp was dissolved. Introduction by Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia University & author of A Holocaust Controversy: The Treblinka Affair in Postwar France.

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Chil Rajchman, a Polish Jew, was arrested with his younger sister in 1942 & sent to Treblinka, a death camp where more than 750, 000 were murdered before it was abandoned by German soldiers. His sister was sent to the gas chambers, but Rajchman escaped execution, working for ten months under incessant threats & beatings as a barber, a clothes-sorter, a corpse-carrier, a puller of teeth from those same bodies. In August 1943, there was an uprising at the camp, & Rajchman was among the handful of men who managed to escape. In 1945, he set down this account, a plain, unembellished & exact record of the raw horror he endured every day. This unique testimony, which has remained in the sole possession of his family ever since, has never before been published in English. For its description of unspeakably cruelty, Treblinka is a memoir that will not be superseded. In addition to Rajchman's account, this volume will include the complete text of Vasily Grossman's ' The Hell of Treblinka', one of the first descriptions of a Nazi extermination camp; a powerful & harrowing piece of journalism written only weeks after the camp was dissolved. Introduction by Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia University & author of A Holocaust Controversy: The Treblinka Affair in Postwar France. ...