' It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophies are always different
- unimagined unprepared
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Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by the Dual revolution
- the 1789 French revolution & the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain. This enthralling & original account highlights the significant sixty years when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe & when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for half a century.
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Somewhere between 40 & 50 the ageing process starts in most men. It impacts negatively on their mood energy levels & their sex drive. It's a downward spiral that most men notice with dread & which influences the rest of their lives. Michael Hogg spent the first 40 years of his life learning how to live building his career & creating wealth. As he hit his 40s not only did Mother Nature start ageing him but he is also went through a classic middle-age crisis" that saw him lose his family & high-powered job. This book is partly about Michael's journey of rejuvenation & his obsession with getting fit & healthy as he got older. In doing so it also describes the various treatments & preventative solutions to help men fight the ageing process with expert input from medical doctors & psychologists. Ultimately the book is an inspiration to any middle-age man wanting to enjoy the best years of their life in a healthy & fit state." ...

This title offers 101 practical ideas & projects for stress-free low-maintenance senior gardening shown step by step in more than 500 photographs. It presents ideas & inspiration for older gardeners wanting to keep healthy & active in the garden for years to come. It considers the practical decisions that are required in any garden strategies to cater for individual disabilities & sensory features to stimulate sight sound smell touch & taste. It explains how different types of garden such as flower gardens & fruit & vegetable gardens can be designed for good access low-maintenance & ease of care as well as creative impact & productivity. An extensive plant directory is packed with easy-care options for all types of garden. It features accessible techniques step-by-step projects garden plans & over 500 photographs. You can discover how easy it is to carry on gardening into & way beyond retirement. This book shows how to plan a garden that is suitable for older people. It gives an overview of plants that will stimulate all five senses & covers flower & herb gardens fruit & vegetable gardens & gardens with flexible features such as containers upright structures & raised beds & indoor gardens. There is an extensive directory of planting ideas each with an ease-of-maintenance rating. The book will give all enthusiasts whatever their age the wherewithal to carry on gardening & enjoying their outside space for as long as it gives them pleasure
- forever.
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Age-proof Your Brain by multi-million copy bestselling author Tony Buzan offers revolutionary new techniques to help you develop & maintain the agility of your mind. Packed with quick exercises brain tools & fascinating facts you can start to think quicker & remember things more easily in as little as 7 days. Bestselling author Tony Buzan is back with a brilliant new book that offers simple & effective techniques to help you boost your memory & maximize your brain power in as little as a week. Full of fun & practical exercises information bites & expert advice on nutrition & supplements this book will change the way you think forever! * Improve memory & concentration * Remember facts & figures with ease * Understand concepts & think laterally * Unlock the imagination * Achieve more in less time ...

Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there done it & lived to tell the tale. Agent 21 is the first in the action-packed adventure series by the real-life SAS hero. When Zak Darke's parents die in an unexplained mass murder he's left alone in the world. That is until he's sought out by a mysterious man: 'I work for a government agency ' the man tells him. ' You don't need to know which one. Not yet. All you need to know is that we've had our eye on you. There's a possibility you could help us in certain.. .operational situations.' Zak becomes Agent 21. What happened to the 20 agents before him he'll never know. What he does know is that his life is about to change for ever.. . ...

Secret agent Zac Darke is back for his third mission
- & the stakes have never been higher. An unknown bomber is conducting a terror
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Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there done it & lived to tell the tale. This is the second in the action-thriller Agent 21 series by the real-life SAS hero. In the year since Zak Darke was approached by a shadowy government agency to become Agent 21 his world has changed completely. But there is no time to reflect on this
- the undercover operations go on. Zak is sent to a port in west Africa a known terrorist stronghold under the guise of working on a charity volunteer project. But charity work could not be further from Zak's real mission
- he must sneak onboard an enemy ship gather information
- & then destroy it. Never has Zak's training been more useful: Trust nobody.


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Moscow 1965. Former Secret Service agent Leo Demidov is forbidden to travel with his wife & daughters to New York as part of a ' Peace Tour' meant to foster better relations between the two Cold War enemies. Leo's natural paranoia reaches its peak: Why have his family been selected? What is being planned? When Leo's worst fears are realised & a tragic murder destroys everything he loves he demands only one thing: that he is allowed to investigate & find the killer who has struck at the heart of his family. Crippled by grief his request denied Leo sees no other option than to take matters into his own hands thousands of miles from the crime scene. In a surprising thrilling story that spans decades & continents
- from the backstreets of 1960s New York to the mountains of Afghanistan in the 1980s
- Leo will stop at nothing as he hunts the one person who knows the truth: Agent 6.

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A sailor artist lawyer & writer fluent in many languages Bystrolyotov was one of a team of outstanding Soviet spies operating in Western countries between the world wars. He was a dashing man whose Modus Operandi was the seduction of women
- among them a French embassy employee the wife of a British official & a disfigured Gestapo officer. He stole military secrets from Nazi Germany Fascist Italy & enabled Stalin to look into the diplomatic pouches of many European countries. Idealistically committed to the Motherland he showed extraordinary courage & physical prowess
- twice crossing the Sahara Desert & the jungles of the Congo. But in 1938 at the height of Stalins purges Bystrolyotov was arrested & tortured. Sentenced to twenty years of hard labour in the Gulag he risked more severe punishment by documenting the regimes crimes against humanity. With amazing stamina he survived the repression & came to realise the true nature of the ideology he once served unquestioningly.

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