These were the crimes that were meant to change the world & sometimes did. The book connects the killing of the Kennedys or the murder that sparked the First World War with less well-known stories such as the Berlin shooting of an instigator of the Armenian genocide or the attack on an American robber baron. Taking in Malcolm X & Queen Victoria Adolf Hitler & Andy Warhol Charles Manson & Emma Goldman Tsars Presidents & pop stars Age of Assassins" traces the process that turned thought into action & murder into an icon. In tackling the history of political violence the book is unique in its range & attention to detail summoning up an age of assassination that is far from over." ...

In this updated edition of his concise biography Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus Romes first monarch. * Incorporates literary archaeological & legal sources to provide a vivid narrative of Augustus brutal rise to power * Written by one of the worlds leading experts on the Roman empire * Traces the history of the Roman revolution & Romes transformation from a republic to an empire *

Includes:: a new chapter on legislation further information on the monuments of the Augustan period more maps & illustrations & a stemma of Augustus family * Thorough straightforward & organized chronologically this is an ideal resource for anyone approaching the subject for the first time

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The first & best major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism throught the world. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic & political vocabulary of the world: capitalism. The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. It was the triumph of a society which believed that economic growth rests on competitive private enterprise on success in buying everything in the cheapest market (including labour) & selling it in the dearest. An economy so based & therefore nestling naturally on the sound foundations of a bourgoisie composed of those whom energy merit & intelligence had raised to their position & kept there would
- it was believed
- not only create a world of suitably distributed material plenty but of ever-growing enlightenment reason & human opportunity an advance of the sciences & the arts in brief a world of continuous & accelerating material & moral progress.

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After the betrayal at Isstvan Horus begins his campaign against the Emperor a galaxy-wide war that can lead only to Terra. But the road to the final confrontation between father & son is a long one
- seven years filled with secrecy & silence plans & foundations being formed across distant stars. An unknown history is about to be unveiled as light is shed on the darkest years of the Horus Heresy & revelations will surface that will shake the Imperium to its very foundation... Age of Darkness enters a new chapter of the epic Horus Heresy story & features stories from some of the Black Library's best-known authors including Dan Abnett Graham Mc Neill James Swallow & Aaron-Dembski Bowden.
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As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. A chance encounter with a strange young woman leads Inspector Montalbano to Vigata harbour -- & into a puzzling new mystery. The crew of a mysterious yacht
- the Vanna
- due to dock in the area have discovered a corpse floating in the water the dead mans face badly disfigured. It isnt long before Montalbano begins to become suspicious of the Vannas inhabitants. Who is the yachts owner the glamorous & short-tempered Livia Giovannini? How has she accrued her riches? & why does she spend so much time at sea? Meanwhile Montalbano finds himself getting into tangles with the dreaded Commissioner the exasperating Dr Lattes & a very beautiful young woman at the harbour with whom he becomes dangerously besotted.. . Can the Inspector clear his head long enough to unravel this murky mystery?

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THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawms personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope & breathtaking in its depth of knowledge this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive & creative nature of the troubled twentieth century & makes challenging predicitions for the future. ...

Rachel Carson's epoch-creating Silent Spring marked the beginnings of the environmental movement in the 1960s its ' First Wave' peaking at the 1972 Stockholm Conference. The invention of sustainable development by Barbara Ward along with Rachel Carson the founder of the environmental movement created an alliance of convenience between First World environmentalism & a Third World set on rapid industrialisation. The First Wave crashed in 1973 with the Yom Kippur War & decade-long energy crisis. Revived by a warming economy of the 1980s environmentalism found a new political champion in 1988: Margaret Thatcher. Four years later at the Rio Earth Summit politics settled the science. One hundred & ninety-two nations agreed that mankind was causing global warming & carbon dioxide emissions should be cut. Rio launched rounds of climate change meetings & summits with developing nations refusing to countenance any agreement restraining their greenhouse gas emissions
- their blanket exemption from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol leading to its rejection by the United States that year & again twelve years later in Copenhagen. This therefore marked not just the collapse of the climate change negotiations but something larger
- an unprecedented humiliation for the West at the hands of the rising powers of the East.

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Set in turn-of-the-century New York Edith Wharton's classic novel The Age of Innocence reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste & form manners & morals & intricate social ceremonies. Newland Archer soon to marry the lovely May Welland is a man torn between his respect for tradition & family & his attraction to May's strongly independent cousin the Countess Ellen Olenska. Plagued by the desire to live in a world where two people can love each other free from condemnation & judgment by the group Newland views the artful delicacy of the world he lives in as a comforting security one moment & at another as an oppressive fiction masking true human nature. The Age of Innocence is at once a richly drawn portrait of the elegant lifestyles luxurious brownstones & fascinating culture of bygone New York society & a compelling look at the conflict between human passions & the social tribe that tries to control them. ...

Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical but also a sometimes dark & disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love. Set against the backdrop of upper-class New York society during the 1870s the author's combination of powerful prose combined with a thoroughly researched & meticulous evocation of the manners & style of the period has delighted readers since the novel's first publication in 1920. In 1921 The Age of Innocence achieved a double distinction
- it won the Pulitzer Prize & it was the first time this prestigious award had been won by a woman author.
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The story of HMS Invincible a ship whose eventful life story it is argued embodies that of the Royal Navy itself during the second half of the 20th century & into the 21st. From her conception & design through her various deployments (including the Falklands) & her evolving role & technical adaptation to meet changing strategic requirements her fluctuating fortunes have been intertwined with those of the Royal Navy as a whole. Now as a new breed of carriers is being commissioned to replace her this thoroughly researched analysis of her career is the perfect platform from which to ask the important questions regarding the future role of the Royal Navy & Britains place in the world. ...