This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation & people
- & links this philosophical transformation to cultural & economic changes in postmodern society.
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Fresh from their victory in Germania, Marcus Aquila & the Tungrians have been sent to Dacia, on the north-eastern edge of the Roman Empire, with the mission to safeguard a major source of imperial power. The mines of Alburnus Major contain enough gold to pave the road to Rome. They would make a mighty prize for the marauding Sarmatae tribesmen who threaten the province, & the outnumbered auxiliaries are entrusted with their safety in the face of a barbarian invasion. Beset by both the Sarmatian horde & more subtle threats offered by men who should be their comrades, the Tungrians must also come to terms with the danger posed by a new & unexpected enemy. They will have to fight to the death to save the honour of the empire
- & their own skins.
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Ants have been walking the Earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Today there are one million ants for every one of us.



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In 1945 Britain inherited the title of the world's pioneer & leading builder of jet aircraft. And how extraordinary these aircraft were over the next ten years. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built, & the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes & whose pilots rated flying it as better then sex. By the early 1960's, the designers, the extremely brave test pilots, & the legendary companies they worked for
- Avro, hawker, Vickers, de Havilland
- were gone or facing a bleak future. A heroic & distinguished industry was coming to an end, & now these magnificent planes are much-loved museum pieces. What was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war decade when innovative new British aircraft made their debut several times a year, & pilots were the rock stars of the age? & how did Britain lose the plot so completely? James Hamilton-Paterson captures that season of glory in a compelling story that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane-spotter with a rueful history of Britain's loss of self confidence & power. It is a glimpse of a vanished world: the exhilarating story of atomic-age aviation pioneers, their great & charismatic machines, & the men who flew them.

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International Heritage Agency, New York, USA. Archaeologist Nina Wilde & her husb&, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase, are assisting a investigation into smuggled artefacts, but they are stunned when they realise the relics hold clues to the location of a lost Inca settlement & with it, they may find themselves descending upon El Dorado
- the mythical city of gold. Valerie, Venezuela. Eddie & Nina aren't the only ones desperate to discover the fabled city as they face corrupt soldiers, murderous revolutionaries & ruthless drug lords who will stop at nothing to obtain the city's treasures.
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Moria & Ashyn have lost everything except each other.

Betrayed, orphaned & kept under close guard at court, they are

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The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life & adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty. Genghis Khan is dead, but his legend & his legacy live on. His son Ogedai has built a white city on a great plain & made a capital for the new nation. Now the armies have gathered to see which of Genghis' sons has the strength to be khan. The Mongol empire has been at peace for two years, but whoever survives will face the formidable might of their great enemy, Chinas Song dynasty. The great leader Tsubodai sweeps into the west: through Russia, over the Carpathian mountains & into Hungary. The Templar knights have been broken & there is no king or army to stop him reaching France. But at the moment of Tsubodai's greatest triumph, as his furthest scouts reach the northern mountains of Italy, Tsubodai must make a decision that will change the course of history forever. ...

Just what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, & pilots were the rock stars of the age? In this book, the author fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline
- its loss of self confidence & power.
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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer & builder of aircraft
- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric.
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The epic story of the rise & fall of one of the most powerful & opulent dynasties in history. It is 1494 when the ruler of Ferghana dies in an extraordinary accident. His only son, twelve-year-old Babur, faces a seemingly impossible challenge. Young Babur is determined to live up to the example of his great ancestor, Tamburlaine -- Timur the Warrior -- whose conquests transformed the face of the earth from Delhi to the Mediterranean, from wealthy Persia to the wildernesses along the Volga. But he is dangerously young to inherit a kingdom. Before Babur can summon enough warlords to declare him the rightful king of Ferghana, plots against his crown, even his life, are hatching. & soon, as his obsession with Timur's legacy & the fabled city of Samarkand grows, & Babur becomes a man, he will discover that even the bravest & most fearless leader can be betrayed. With the wisest of advisers & most courageous of warriors by his side, Babur can achieve a great destiny & found an empire in India, but every step of his journey will be fraught with danger, in a world of tribal rivalries, rampaging armies & ruthlessly ambitious enemies. ...