In Descent Into Chaos: Pakistan Afghanistan & the Threat to Global Security" Ahmed Rashid explores the most volatile & dangerous region in the world. The war on terror is being lost
- but not just in Iraq. As this devastating book shows the real crisis zone now lies in central Asia. Veteran reporter Ahmed Rashid has unparalleled access to the region & knows its leading players from presidents to warlords. Here he documents how closely Pakistans US-backed regime is linked with extremists; how broken promises in Afghanistan have led to a resurgent Taliban fed by drugs money; & how the largest landmass in the world is now a breeding ground for terrorism. In this story of squandered opportunities misguided alliances & double-dealing Rashid pinpoints with chilling accuracy where the true threat to our global security comes from. " Compulsively readable". (Justin Marozzi " Evening Standard"). Profound & lively.. .it reads like a thriller.. .graphic detailed & worrying". (Michael Fathers " New Statesman"). Gripping.. .a major contribution to understanding the region & the events of recent years...thought-provoking & important". (Jason Burke " Observer"). " His knowledge of events & people there is second to none & the information he has gathered often at great personal risk makes alarming reading". (Kim Sengupta " Independent"). "A superbly researched account of post-9/11 Asia.. .outstanding". (Sameer Rahim " Daily Telegraph"). Ahmed Rashid is Pakistans premiere journalist an expert on Central Asia on jihad & Muslim extremists movements on the Taliban & Al Qaeda on insurgency & on the catastrophe of US policy in this region on which he has reported for 25 years. Author of three books his work Taliban was a huge international bestseller widely recognized as the definitive account."
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The next novel in the ground-breaking bestselling series that tells the story of the Horus Heresy
- the civil war that nearly tore
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Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary & a thesaurus. It provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary experiment with language & sentence structure & build up narratives based around the following areas: Settings
- landscapes settlements & atmosphers Characters
- appearance emotions & personality Creatures
- appearance abilities & habitats. This model was created as a result of feedback from children as to the resources they required to inspire & assist them with their writing. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome Descriptosaurus provides useful starting points to encourage putting pen to paper. Using Descriptosaurus will not only inspire children it will build their confidence & dramatically improve the content of their writing.


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Reviews of the first edition This book is a treasure trove of descriptive language... Highly recommended for both teachers & parents. I wish I'd had a copy of this book when I was a full time English teacher! Invest in a copy today; you'll be glad you did." Sue Cowley bestselling author teacher & teacher trainer " Help to banish 'blank page syndrome' for ever with this innovative book... Created by teacher Alison Wilcox this inspirational book will build children's confidence in their writing ability." Literacy Times Plus "A real 'godsend' to hard-pressed teachers parents & pupils." Denis Hayes author of Foundations of Primary Teaching Reviews of the second edition '...the addition of the CD is perfect for the modern day classroom...fantastic!' Emma Palastanga primary deputy head ' The...book/CD will be so helpful to teachers who are struggling to think of different ways to say things & will enhance their planning & teaching. As a classroom resource it will be invaluable.' Elaine Smitheman primary school teacher Now available with a CD-ROM for classroom use Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary & a thesaurus. It provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary experiment with language & sentence structure & build up narratives based around the following areas: Settings
- landscapes settlements & atmosphere Characters
- appearance emotions & personality & Creatures
- appearance abilities & habitats. New features for the second edition include: IWB compatible CD-ROM containing all the main elements of the book New VCOP coverage Expanded coverage of adverbs & connectives New planning sheets to help children organise & structure descriptions Character cards games & mountain pyramid vocabulary builders The Descriptosaurus model was created & refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside & outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire & assist them with their writing. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome it provides essential starting points to encourage putting pen to paper. Using Descriptosaurus will not only inspire children it will build their confidence & dramatically improve the content of their writing. This is an ideal resource for all KS2 primary & KS3 secondary English teachers literacy coordinators & parents keen to support their childrens' creative writing. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism."


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Hyper Arid is the first comprehensive photographic book on all of the worlds extreme deserts (defined for the purposes of this book as those that receive no ore than 4 inches of precipitation per year) the most remote & inhospitable places on earth. It is also a visual adventure story by one of the worlds top expedition photographers who has spent the last 15 years on this epic body of work. The stunning & surreally beautiful photographs are enriched with stories from his adventures in the worlds most difficult places: smuggling his aircraft into Libya getting arrested fro spying in Iran crashing into a tree in Western China & into the ocean off the coast of Mexico. The book is a comprehensive exploration of virtually every dune field & patch of barren ground that add up to the last great class of wilderness left on our planet. To visualize these remote places in a unique way Steinmetz learned how to fly the worlds lightest & slowest aircraft a motorized paraglider. This experimental foot launched aircraft consists of a backpack motor & a parachute style wing that lets him fly low & slow to take pictures of places that have never been seen before. Together these extraordinary places are like a disparate family of co evolved landscapes each similar but uniquely beautiful. ...

Money was tight in rural Fellburn in the 1880s & this perhaps explained why Hector Stewart only two years after the death of his wife announced to his children that he was to marry Moira Conelly a wealthy distant relative from Irel&. But Moira had not been entirely honest about her background or her finances & had convinced herself she would be marrying into landed gentry complete with a lifestyle to which she felt entitled. It was with surprise therefore that she first saw the run down farm that would be her new home.. . ...

Ben & Zoe travel to the Kalahari Desert where a frantic lioness is keeping local people from their well. It seems her cub has fallen down the well & it's up to the children to rescue it. But with thirst-bating heat & deadly creatures at every turn as well as a powerful sandstorm will they manage to return the cub to its pride before it's too late? This is the eighth book in the action-packed Wild Rescue series. ...

Sultan Gadaffi has escaped from Libya with a fistful of dangerous secrets. The British Government want ex-Special Forces operative Steve Range the go-to man for any Black-Ops missions to lead an ultra-covert mercenary group to seize him from his near-impregnable desert stronghold. Saed is defended by Tuareg warriors armed to the teeth with stolen NATO hardware. If Range's team can somehow overcome them then they will earn themselves gold bullion worth $500 million. But as the bullets begin to fly & the body count rises Range realises that he's been double-crossed. Unwilling to lose the gold he begins to contemplate cutting a deal with the devil. ...

Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life
- by day she is a famous model & UN spokeswoman on women's rights
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For seventy years now " Desert Island Discs" has managed that rare feat
- to be both enduring & relevant. By casting away the biggest
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