Yes, there are dozens of books on the Afghan wars. Most of them are all about firefights & heroics. But this is the first to take the events of the war Bush & Blair started & put them in the context of the Soviet war & even the British imperial wars that preceded them, & draw the lessons out, & make a sharp summary of what should happen next. Ghosts of Afghanistan stands out for the combination of its calm clarity & comprehensibility, the firmness of its arguments, Steele's stature as an analyst of the region of 30 years standing, his position as the one UK journalist who had first access to the Wiki Leaks cache on Afghanistan, & his interpretation of what he found there. ...

Features a collection of stories that tell of everyday people who must confront their own private ghosts
- an accountant who falls
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Thirteen-year-old Johnny Anders is something of a misfit, with no friends & a poor school record, but all this changes when he is awakened one night to find a soldier-ghost in his bedroom. Johnny is taken back into a series of graphic events in Canada's war history. ...

The United States finds itself locked in a diplomatic standoff with a British Empire who has only just buried Queen Victoria, her life artificially preserved to the age of 107. The hub of both the excesses & power of the states, New York stands as a gaudy beacon for a country trying to drown its troubles in illegal gin. ...

When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for the third, bloody act of their heroic trilogy of fights, the rivalry had spun out of control. More than a clash of personalities or fighting styles, the matchup had become a kind of madness, inflamed by the media & the politics of race. When the ...

The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War & the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco? This title takes us on a journey around Spain
- & through Spanish history. It intends to make sense of the author's personal experience of the Spanish.
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Sailing out of the icy Arctic into the balmy South Pacific, Alfred & his dog & seagull crew encounter fishermen on a shrimp trawler who will kill anything in their way
- turtles, dolphins, sharks, even people
- in their desperation to make fast money.

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New York City is being plagued by a pack of ferocious brass raptors attacking people & carrying them away into the night. The originator of these skeleton-like creations is a deranged military scientist, who is also part of a plot to escalate the cold war with Britain into a full-blown conflict. ...

Everyone loves Halloween. It's a celebration that is pure fun & childish joy, an excuse to dress up & eat treats. Packaged sweets may be the common reward for trick or treating, but plates of Spiderweb Cookies or big bowls of Sticks & Stones caramel Corn are perfect contributions to school Halloween events. ...

Gem GI is a clear introduction to what a GI diet is & how it works. It explains the difference between the glycemic index of a food & its glycemic load. The GI food counter rates hundreds of foods using a simple traffic-light system: red for foods to avoid, amber for foods to eat occasionally & green for foods to focus on. Contains a clear introduction to GI diets & how they work. Cuts through the jargon associated with technical sounding terms such as glycemic index & loads. The food rater operates as in the Gem Calorie & Carb counters giving the GI rating as well as calories & carbs for hundreds of different foods. Provides tips & advice on how to use GI dieting most effectively & helps you maintain a healthy eating regime. There is also a useful guide to what to choose when eating at your favourite Chinese, Italian, Mexican, etc, restaurants. ...