An ancient artifact is discovered in a dusty antiquities shop in Alexandria Egypt
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Clive Cussler sends his great hero on an explosive mission in Atlantis Found" the fifteenth " Dirk Pitt" adventure. Around the world ancient artefacts are suddenly appearing hinting at a catastrophe that will soon visit Earth... Dirk Pitt is on hand at a Colorado archaeological site where an ancient & mysterious artefact has been found
- one that is perhaps linked to other strange objects turning up across the globe. & soon Pitts skills & ingenuity are desperately needed to rescue the team after a suspicious explosion seals them deep underground. It quickly becomes clear that the artefacts carry a message: warning of global Armageddon. Yet a shadowy organisation called the Fourth Empire not only wants to stop others from heeding that warning but is also actively seeking to accelerate the end it foretells. Now Pitt & NUMA must face this diabolical foe who will stop at nothing to wipe out all life on earth... Packed with blistering action & hair-raising suspense " Atlantis Found" is Clive Cussler at his brilliant best. " Atlantis Found" is the fifteenth of Clive Cusslers bestselling " Dirk Pitt" thrillers
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Includes:: " Arctic Drift" & his first novel " Mayday"
- in which the discovery of an artefact could mean the end of the world. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has thrilled readers for four decades with his classic adventure novels filled with intrigue & plot twists. As well as the " Dirk Pitt" series there are also the "NUMA" & " Oregon Files" the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. Other " Dirk Pitt" titles available in Penguin paperback are " Valhalla Rising" " Trojan Odyssey" " Black Wind" " Treasure of Khan" " Arctic Drift" " Crescent Dawn" & " The Kingdom"."




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Now completely updated this award-winning atlas maps every link of the food chain from farming production & retail to the food on our plates. It also investigates how in an era of new technologies globalized food trade & even plentiful supply millions remain hungry. Topics include: Prices & Shortages Malnutrition Dietary Changes & Increasing Obesity Climate Change Impacts Industrial Farming Live Animal Trade GM Crops Fertilizers & Pesticides Organic Farming Land Rights Trade Justice Fast Food & Additives ...

From Marathon in 490 BC or Hastings in 1066 to Trafalgar & Austerlitz in 1805; from Midway Stalingrad or Leyte Gulf during the Second World War to the fall of Baghdad in 2003 this meticulously illustrated companion to great battles of the world will be essential reading for anyone fascinated by military set-pieces & strategy. When did an Asian power first defeat a European one? How did Joan of Arc beat the British at the Siege of Orleans? Why did France lose at Dien Bien Phu in 1954? & much much more...- Features accurate dynamic maps showing why battles took place & their consequences
- Each battle is accompanied by diagrams fact files & essays explaining how they were won & lost
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Includes:: a chronological collection of momentous battlefield clashes



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beautifully demonstrate the intricacies of the systems within the body & make learning much easier...I would not hesitate to recommend this text book to any other student...an invaluable tool to aid dissection
- (Medical Student Review"). The most widely-used anatomy atlas in the world! Dr. Netters outstanding artwork demystifies this often intimidating subject helping students to understand anatomy & how it applies to medicine. Now with a stronger clinical focus than ever before it captures anatomy the way it is most frequently seen in practice with many more diagnostic imaging examples."
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Judith Schalansky was born in 1980 on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. The Soviets wouldnt let anyone travel so everything she learnt about the world came from her parents battered old atlas. An acclaimed novelist & award-winning graphic designer she has spent years creating this her own imaginative atlas of the worlds loneliest places. These islands are so difficult to reach that until the late 1990s more people had set foot on the moon than on Peter I Island in the Antarctic. On one page are perfect maps on the other unfold bizarre stories from the history of the islands themselves. Rare animals & strange people abound: from marooned slaves to lonely scientists lost explorers to confused lighthouse keepers mutinous sailors to forgotten castaways; a collection of Robinson Crusoes of all kinds. Recently awarded the prize of Germanys most beautiful book the Atlas of Remote Islands" is an intricately designed masterpiece that will delight maplovers everywhere. Judith Schalansky lures us across all the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands
- from St Kilda to Easter Island & from Tristan da Cunha to Disappointment Island
- & proves that some of the most memorable journeys can be taken by armchair travellers."

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A highly illustrated & accessible account of the development of tank warfare from World War I to the present day Featuring more than 120 complex computer-generated battle maps & graphics The Atlas of Tank Warfare ranges from the first significant use of tanks at Cambrai during World War I through to major tank battles of World War II the Indo-Pakistan War the Arab-Israeli Wars the Iran-Iraq War & the Allied invasions of Iraq in 1991 & 2003. All the maps included have been specially commissioned from an expert cartographer & each map has been designed to highlight a particular aspect of combat & so they vary in shape & size (from isometric to semi-circular & full-page to double-spread) & in outlook with some maps giving a global perspective while others take a narrow focus. Major battles such as Villers-Bretonneux Amiens Kursk & El Alamein are shown in great detail. All maps are accompanied by a key which helps the reader to understand the action & events. With extensively researched text telling the history & the stories behind these battles concisely & clearly & more than 150 striking illustrations & photographs this complete atlas provides an invaluable work of reference for both the general reader & the serious student of tank warfare. ...

The Great Famine is possibly the most pivotal event/experience in modern Irish history. Its global reach & implications cannot be underestimated. In terms of mortality it is now widely accepted that over a million people perished between the years 1845-1852 & at least one million & a quarter fled the country the great majority to North America some to Australia & a significant minority ((0.3 million) to British cities. Ireland had been afflicted by famine before the events of the 1840s; however the Great Famine is marked by both its absolute scale & its longevity. It is also better remembered because it was the most recent & best documented famine. This atlas comprising over fifty individual chapters & case studies will provide readers with a broad range of perspectives & relevant insights into this tragic event. The atlas begins by acknowledging the impossibility of adequately representing the Great Famine or any major world famine. Yet by exploring a number of themes from a reconstruction of pre-Famine Ireland onwards to an exploration of present-day modes of remembering; by the use of over 150 highly original computer generated parish maps of population decline social transformation & other key themes between the census years 1841 & 1851: & through the use of poetry contemporary paintings & accounts illustrations & modern photography what this atlas seeks to a achieve is a greater understanding of the event & its impact & legacy. This atlas seeks to try & bear witness to the thousands & thousands of people who died & are buried in mass Famine pits or in fields & ditches with little or nothing to remind us of their going. The centrality of the Famine workhouse as a place of destitution is also examined in depth. Likewise the atlas seeks to represent & understand the conditions & experiences of the many thousands who emigrated from Ireland in those desperate years. Included are case studies of famine emigrants in cities such as Liverpool Glasgow New York & Toronto. A central concern of the atlas is to seek to understand why a famine of this scale should occur in a nineteenth-century European country albeit a country which was subject to imperial rule. In addition it seeks to reveal in detail the working-out & varying consequences of the Famine across the isl&. To this end apart from presenting an overall isl&-wide picture Famine experiences & patterns will be presented separately for the four provinces. These provincial explorations will be accompanied by intimate case studies of conditions in particular localities across the provinces. The atlas also seeks to situate the Great Irish Famine in the context of a number of world famines. To achieve these goals & understandings the atlas

Includes:: contributions from a wide range of scholars who are experts in their fields
- from the arts folklore geography history archaeology Irish & English languages & literatures.


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The 110 star clusters nebulae & galaxies of Messiers catalog are among the most popular of all the deep sky objects & are beautiful targets for amateur observers of all abilities. This stunning new atlas presents a complete & lively account of all of the Messier objects. Details for each object given include a thoroughly-researched history of its discovery historical observations & anecdotes the latest scientific data detailing its astrophysical findings & clear observational descriptions from naked eye through to large telescopes. In addition this atlas has some of the worlds finest color astrophotos inverted & labelled photos pointing to hidden details & neighboring objects as well as historical sketches alongside new deep sky drawings. Quite simply this is the most far-reaching & beautiful reference on the Messier objects there has ever been & one that no observer should be without! ...

Published in 1957 Atlas Shrugged" was Ayn Rands greatest achievement & last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics metaphysics epistemology politics economics & sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators & industrialists this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life
- from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction to the philosopher who becomes a pirate to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels. Peopled by larger-than-life heroes & villains charged with towering questions of good & evil " Atlas Shrugged" is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller."
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