From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in Londons history. The East End as it has been known was the home to Shakespeares first theatre & to the early stirrings of a mass labour movement; it has also traditionally been seen as a place of darkness & despair where Jack the Ripper committed his gruesome murders & cholera & poverty stalked the Victorian streets. In this beautifully illustrated history of this iconic district John Marriott draws on 25 years of research into the subject to present an authoritative & endlessly fascinating account. With the aid of copious maps archive prints & photographs & the words of East Londoners from 17th-century silk-weavers to Cockneys during the Blitz he explores the relationship between the East End & the rest of London & challenges many of the myths which surround the area. ...

This is an exploration of George R.R. Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice & Fire" fantasy series on which the HBO series "A Game of Thrones" is based. The world created by George R.R. Martin in his high fantasy series "A Song of Ice & Fire"
- now the basis for the hit HBO series " Game of Thrones"
- is not only richly drawn but also immensely popular. By the time the TV show aired in May 2011 the series had already sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. Since then "A Game of Thrones" & subsequent titles in the series have appeared consistently on the bestseller lists. The latest title in the series "A Dance with Dragons" sold nearly 300 000 copies on its first day in print. " Beyond the Wall" explores the book series' influences its place in the fantasy pantheon its challenging narrative choices & the pull of its stunningly epic scope."

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Their voices come from Bethlehem & Hebron. You can hear them from Jerusalem to Nazareth & witness their protests in Gaza & Ramallah. From the refugee camps in the West Bank you can hear the voices of the Palestinian people call out to demand self-determination & a better quality of life. But outside of Israel & the occupied territories these individual voices have rarely been heard
- until now. In Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path through Palestine" internationally renowned feminist critic & writer Bidisha collects the testimonies of an occupied people
- ordinary citizens activists children
- alongside those of international aid workers & foreign visitors for a revelatory look at a population on the margins. Called "beautifully belligerent [and] fiercely intelligent" by the " Independent" & a "dazzlingly creative writer" by the " Times" Bidisha amplifies the voices of the Palestinian people in this book & lends to them her own considerable strength."


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Over the past decade Beyond the Welfare State? has become established as the key text on the emergence & development of welfare states. It offers a comprehensive & remarkably well-informed introduction to the ever more intense debates that surround the history & still more importantly the future of welfare in advanced industrialised states. Comprehensively revised & re-written this third edition of the book embraces all of the most important theoretical & empirical developments in welfare state studies of recent years. Working within an explicitly comparative framework the book draws on a wealth of international evidence to survey what are now the most pressing issues surrounding the future of welfare: among them globalisation demographic change declining fertility postindustrialism & immigration. It draws extensively on the explosion of work on welfare states that has emerged within the North American political science community over the past ten years as well as giving detailed attention to developments with the UK continental & northern Europe & beyond. Beyond the Welfare State? remains the most comprehensive & up-to-date guide to the complex of issues that surround welfare reform. It is required reading for anyone who wants to come to terms with what is really at stake in arguments about the future of welfare. ...

First there was BABIES then came the TODDLER TAMING phenomenon
- now there's the sequel every parent has been waiting for... Christopher
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This is the well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl & his world. ...

The funny exciting & warm story of a special friendship between the BIG FRIENDLY GIANT & the little girl Sophie. Luckily for Sophie who has been snatched from her bed by the BFG she discovers that the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They guzzle & swallow nice little children across the world. So together Sophie & the BFG cook up an ingenious plan to rid the world of the child-eating giants for ever! Wonderfully brought to life in the fantastic dramatization for PUFFIN AUDIOBOOKS! ...

When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant four times as tall as the tallest human she thinks she is about to be breakfast. But luckily for Sophie her giant is the only nice & jumbly giant in Giant Country & the pair are soon thinking of ways to disappear the BFG's nasty neighbours... ...

Everybody loves the BFG". Now children can bring him to life! David Wood has created seven short plays to read & perform. With notes on simple staging props & costumes the plays can be produced with the minimum of experience & resources. David Wood is well known in childrens theatre most recently for his adaptaion of " Goodnight Mister Tom" by Michelle Magorian. Roald Dahl the best-loved of childrens writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers despite his death in 1990 & worldwide booksales are over 100 million! Children will have a phizzwizardly good time
- & their friends wont believe their gogglers!"
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Every night when the world is sleeping big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. & there's only one giant who can stop them
- the BFG. He's the kindest giant there is & with his friend Sophie in his top pocket he sets out to rid the world of the Bloodbottler the Fleshlumpeater & all their rotsome friends forever...
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