Four months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, while his charismatic cellmate Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid. Dawn brings, instead of the execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev & Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter's wedding cake, & live. Or fail, & die. In the depths of the coldest winter in history, through a city cut off from all supplies & suffering appalling deprivation, man & boy embark on an absurd hunt. Their search will take them through desolate, lawless Leningrad & the devastated countryside surrounding it, in the captivating journey of two men trying to survive against desperate odds. The size of this book is 22.3cm in height & 14.4cm wide with 310 pages ...

Private eye Sharon Mc Cone receives an e-mail asking for help from her emotionally disturbed half brother Darcy Blackhawk. She replies.. .but gets no response. As Sharon digs deeper, she discovers that Darcy sent his message from an Internet cafe in San Francisco, a city he's never been to before. Sensing that her brother is in terrible danger, Sharon begins a search for him throughout the city. The investigation leads her to the body of a woman at the Palace of Fine Arts, where a witness had told her that Darcy was headed. Then, as she digs deeper, Sharon uncovers a connection to the unsolved murder of a young heiress to a multimillion-dollar banking fortune. Now Sharon must race to solve both murders & ensure her brother's safety, despite the imminent danger that lurks within her own family. ...

Have amazing fun racing the police vehicles around the power track.

This battery operated electric track creates amazing

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Get ready to hit the fun-filled trail, with outrageous obstacles & hysterical mishaps at every turn... BILLY CRYSTAL, DANIEL STERN, JON LOVITZ & JACK PALANCE are back in the saddle again in this hilarious, rip-roaring comedy sequel to the original CIT ...

Here's a book about London that's seriously streetwise. Discover secrets & stories guaranteed to blow your mind, that are definitely off the tourist trail. Find out how an old parrot hit the headlines, where you can purchase a some tasty brain jam, what the weirdest item ever left on a bus was & lots more! For readers aged 8 & up. ...

Infringements of people's civil liberties, such as racial profiling by the police, take place on a daily basis. This work covers key issues as how every ethnic group on Earth has been victimized by racist laws, how laws banning hate speech can become dangerous, & how you can make a difference. ...

Addresses the conflict between the protection of civil liberties & the maintenance of national security in the face of terrorist threats. Aiming to make a balanced presentation of the issues, this collection of articles contains selections ranging from the ACLU's critique of the USA Patriot Act to a defense by its chief architect. ...

One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged in a battle with the supporters of the Parliament. Ahead lay even more desperate battles like Marston Moor & Naseby. The fighting was also to rage through Scotland & Irel&, notably at the siege of Drogheda & the decisive battle of Dunbar. Few periods in English history are more significant than that to which acclaimed author Trevor Royle turns his attention in CIVIL WAR. From his shrewd analyses of the characters who played their parts in the wars to his brilliantly concise descriptions of battles, Trevor Royle has produced a vivid & dramatic narrative of those turbulent years. His book also reveals how the new ideas & dispensations that followed from the wars
- Cromwell's Protectorate, the Restoration of Charles II & the ' Glorious Revolution' of 1689
- made it possible for Engl&, Ireland & Scotland to progress towards their own more distant future as democratic societies. This book has 888 pages & is 12.6 x 4.7 x 19.6 cm

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If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe & compare the dazzling civilizations of the Orient with Europe & North America, the idea that the West would dominate the Rest for most of the next half millennium would have struck you as wildly fanciful. So how did it happen? This book presents the answers. ...

Civilizations of the Ancient World offers a uniquely visual approach to exploring the cultures of the key civilizations of ancient times. By combining historic engravings with a modern commentary that is at once authoritative & accessible, it creates both a visual celebration & invaluable reference for all students of early history. The main section of the book focuses on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Rome & Greece, offering a detailed exposition of each in turn through thematic spreads depicting many aspects of their cultures. Government, society, war, religion, work, leisure, shelter, food, costume & daily life are all unveiled in vivid detail through carefully designed compositions of both coloured & monotone engravings. A second section features timelines, maps & overviews of the other key civilizations that were flourishing throughout the world at that time. Thus the reader is offered both a close-up view of the four major peoples who hold an endless fascination for modern readers, plus a broader panorama of the global cultures that shaped the ancient world. ...