After the war is over a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds gradually poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife he becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up transmitting from the United States & the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life. On the Beach" is Nevil Shute's most powerful novel. Both gripping & intensely moving its impact is unforgettable." ...

Everyone is familiar with the gypsy race but few outside their close-knit & ancient comunnity know what being a gypsy is about
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Everyone is familiar with the gypsy race but few outside their close-knit & ancient community really know what being a gypsy is about
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G.A. Cohen was one of the most gifted influential & progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009 he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This is the first of three volumes to realize those plans. Drawing on three decades of work it contains previously uncollected articles that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy as well as papers published here for the first time. In these pieces Cohen asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize he considers the relationship between freedom & property & he reflects upon ideal theory & political practice. Included here are classic essays such as Equality of What?" & " Capitalism Freedom & the Proletariat" along with more recent contributions such as " Fairness & Legitimacy in Justice" " Freedom & Money" & the previously unpublished " How to Do Political Philosophy". On ample display throughout are the clarity rigor conviction & wit for which Cohen was renowned. Together these essays demonstrate how his work provides a powerful account of liberty & equality to the left of Ronald Dworkin John Rawls Amartya Sen & Isaiah Berlin." ...

This picture book expresses all the hopes dreams & wishes that a grown-up feels for a newborn child. It is written as speaking to the child when they are a little older & can be given as a constant reminder to the child that from the very beginning they have been loved & cherished. ...

Stunning repackage of the story of a woman trapped in the wrong time. Abandoned by her twentieth century lover she plots a terrible revenge on him & his family. Adam Craig is fourteen when near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands he meets Brid whose exotic gypsy-like dress & strange attitudes fascinate him. They become friends then in time passionate lovers. Brid leads him unsuspecting into the sixth century where training as a Druid priestess she has mastered their ancient mysteries & powerful magic. In her obsession with Adam she is seen as a traitor by her people & only escapes death by following Adam through time to Edinburgh where he goes to study medicine. As the years pass he makes new friends & finds new love causing Brid to be consumed by a violent rage that knows no bounds. For fifty years from Scotland to England to Wales Brid will haunt Adam like an evil shadow. It is finally Adams granddaughter Beth who helps discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brids curse. ...

This is a major new history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (Jerusalem of Lithuania) to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the books focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wassersteins aim is to breathe life into dry bones. Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

It is a major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (' Jerusalem of Lithuania') to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the book's focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wasserstein's aim is to 'breathe life into dry bones.' Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize ' On the Front Line' is a collection of her finest work a portion of the proceeds from which will go to the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund. Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth & the courage & humanity of her work was deeply admired. On the Front Line

Includes:: her various interviews with Yasser Arafat & Colonel Gadaffi; reports from East Timor in 1999 where she shamed the UN into protecting its refugees; accounts of her terrifying escape from the Russian army in Chechnya; & reports from the strongholds of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers where she was hit by shrapnel leaving her blind in one eye. Typically however her new eye-patch only reinforced Colvin's sense of humour & selfless conviction. She returned quickly to the front line reporting on 9/11 Afghanistan Iraq Gaza & lately the Arab Spring. Immediate & compelling On the Front Line is a street-view of the historic events that have shaped the last 25 years from an award-winning foreign correspondent & the outstanding journalist of her generation.

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Babies will love lifting the flaps in this delightful board book to find out all about themselves! Focusing on different aspects of babies abilities this book encourages interaction & discussion. Designed to support the Health & Well-being strand of Every Child Matters. ...