Building on the startling revelations of his bestseller 1421, iconoclastic historian Gavin Menzies calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known ”discoveries” of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. In Who Discovered America? he combines meticulous research & an adventurer`s spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient seagoing tradition that dates as far back as 130, 000 years ago. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the Beringia theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia & North America during the last Ice Age, & provides a wealth of staggering claims, including: the ancient South American civilizations of the Olmec & Maya in Central & South America may have had direct origins & influences from Asia; Zheng He`s fleets to the Eastern seaboard were pre-dated by thousands of years of other Chinese expeditions to the Americas. Also
Includes:: Ancient maps in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., show that there must have been sustained & dedicated voyages to the New World by Chinese explorers from as early as 2200 BC; Huge Chinese settlements occupied (and made exploratory journeys from) Nova Scotia; Japanese, Korean, & even earlier European voyages pre-dated the explorations currently recorded by history; The great Kublai Khan`s plans of conquest may have been much larger in scope than originally thought, & he may also have dispatched fleets to the Americas. Who Discovered America? is Menzies` magnum opus: a fascinating new account with astonishing implications for the history of mankind.
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What does the frog in the garden eat? What does the pig on the farm eat? What does the bear in the forest eat? Young children will delight in sliding the panels to find out just what the 36 animals in this book like to eat, chew, & nibble on! They will also learn about the habitats of the various creatures. ...

This book shows how our lives are shaped not only by the choices we make, but by the choices we have. From dating, school & university applications to the job market, understand the most important decisions you`ll ever make with insights from a Nobel Prize-winner. Who Gets What & Why is a piquantly written, mind-expanding exploration of the markets that matter most to many of us. If you`ve ever sought a job or hired someone, applied to university or guided your child into a good school, asked someone out on a date or been asked out, you have participated in a matching market. They are everywhere around us & account for some of the biggest technological successes of the decade, like Uber & Airbnb. Matching markets can even be the gatekeeper of life itself, guiding how desperately ill patients receive scarce organs for transplants. Alvin E. Roth shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics for his pioneering research into market design
- the principles that govern all kinds of markets where money isn`t the only factor in determining who gets what. His book reveals what factors make these markets work well
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If you`re going to read one book about Hollywood, this is the one. As co-founder of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Michael Ovitz earned a reputation for ruthless negotiation, brilliant strategy & fierce loyalty to his clients. He reinvented the role of the agent & helped shape the careers of hundreds of A-list stars & directors, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery, Steven Seagal, Bill Murray, Robin Williams & David Letterman. But this personal history is much more than celebrity friendships & bare-knuckled deal-making. It`s an underdog`s story: How did a kid with no connections work his way into the William Morris mailroom, & become the most powerful person in Hollywood? How did a superagent also become a power in producing, advertising, mergers & acquisitions & modern art? & what were the personal consequences of all those deals? After decades of near-silence in the face of intense controversy, Michael Ovitz is finally telling his whole story in this blistering, unforgettable memoir. ...

A colourful lift-the-flap guessing game perfect for sharing at bedtime. Who is sleeping in the river, under the leaf & in the tree? Lift the flaps to find out & discover a sleepy surprise at the end, in this colourful bedtime board book from acclaimed author/illustrator Petr Horacek. ...

Who Knows Where? is a global location guessing game in which opponents race to be the first player to travel around the world by locating famous places on the double sided world map board. It’s quick & simple to play, with everyone playing all the time, so there’s no waiting around. With over 1000 locations to guess in 5 categories, including capitals, major cities & towns, events & facts, famous tourist sites & beautiful images of many iconic landmarks it’s a great fun way to learn about our world. There are easy & hard question cards, adjustable levels of accuracy for beginners & experts, & a double sided board allowing you to play on the easier country map with borders & named countries or more challenging satellite image with no borders or countries marked. The rules are flexible to make the game easier or harder according to the level of expertise of the players, & with a great combination of knowledge, tactics & luck everyone can win. This is a brilliant game for 2 to 4 players or teams & a great fun way to learn about our world. Contents:- Double sided board with 2 different world maps- Easy & hard question cards with over 1000 locations to guess- 4 Clue cards- 8 playing pieces- Dice- Rules Sheet Recommended for ages 12+. ...

Elliot`s mum is ill & his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth & changes his life forever. The star is Virgo
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A tour of the dominions of the dead: the final resting places of the great & the good, the notorious & the downright nasty throughout the British Isles. As well as taking the reader through well-known sights such as the Glasgow Necropolis, St Paul's Cathedral in London, & Highgate Cemetery (where Karl Marx, George Elliot, Ralph Richardson & Christina Rosetti are buried) this book also visits places known mostly by association with one person: East Coker in Somerset, where T.S. Eliot is buried, or Cholsey in Oxfordshire, last resting place of Agatha Christie. The guide also contains information on the history of burial practices: the resurrectionists, plague pits, the use of quicklime to dissolve unwanted bodies, & promiscuous burial plots where so many people were interred together that the level of the ground rose
- with disturbing consequences when heavy rain washed the topsoil away.
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Who`s that behind the tree? Lift the flaps to find all your favourite characters from the Gruffalo. A brand new title from the My First Gruffalo pre-school & baby range. A chunky board book with sturdy flaps
- perfect for small paws. Publishing alongside My First Gruffalo: Spot & Say, a first words board book with handy tabs.
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The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 appeared to usher in a remarkable new era of peace & co-operation with the West. This, we were told, was the end of history: now the entire world would embrace enlightenment values & liberal democracy. Reality has proved very different. Russia emerged from the 1990s battered & humiliated, a latter day Weimar Germany, its protests ignored as NATO expanded eastwards to take in Moscow`s former satellites. Vladimir Putin offered a new start when he took the place of the erratic Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin, but, determined to restore his country`s bruised pride, he has wrong footed the West with his incursions into Georgia, Ukraine & Syria. A cold war threatens to turn hot once again. In this provocative new work, based on exclusive interviews with key players either side of the new divide, Peter Conradi addresses the failures of understanding on both sides over the past twenty-five years & outlines how we can get relations back on track before it`s too late. ...