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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This book presents a comprehensive introduction to weather processes & climatic conditions around the world their observed variability & changes & projected future trends. Extensively revised & updated this ninth edition retains its tried & tested structure while incorporating recent advances in the field. From clear explanations of the basic physical & chemical principles of the atmosphere to descriptions of regional climates & their changes the book presents a comprehensive coverage of global meteorology & climatology. In this new edition the latest scientific ideas are again expressed in a clear non-mathematical matter. New features include: extended & updated treatment of atmospheric models final chapter on climate variability & change has been completely rewritten to take account of the IPCC 2007 scientific assessment. new four-colour text design featuring over 30 colour plates over 360 diagrams have been redrawn in full colour to improve clarity & aid understanding. Atmosphere Weather & Climate continues to be an indispensable source for all those studying the earth's atmosphere & world climate whether from environmental & earth sciences geography ecology agriculture hydrology or related disciplinary perspectives. Its pedagogic value is enhanced by several

Features: learning points at the opening of each chapter & discussion topics at their ending boxes on topical subjects & on twentieth century advances in the field.

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On the hottest day of the summer of 1934 thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes & plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner her childhood friend who like Cecilia has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie & Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start & will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries & committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. ...

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In this wholly original & remarkably ambitious work ' Atrocitologist' Matthew White considers man's inhumanity to man across several thousand years of history. From the First Punic War & the collapse of Mayan rule to the reign of Peter the Great & the cataclysmic events of the Second World War White's epic book spans centuries & civilisations as it measures the hundred most violent events in human history. If we study history in order to avoid the mistakes of the past then there can be no more important place to start. ...

A prophetic & experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard the acclaimed author of Crash & Super-Cannes. This edition features explanatory notes from the author. The irrational all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force. The central characters dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy & Marilyn Monroe dead astronauts & car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. Seeking his sanity he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber pilot presidential assassin crash victim psychopath. Finally through the black perverse magic of violence he transcends his psychic turmoil to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality. ...