In World War One: A Short History" Norman Stone provides a terse opinionated & wry short history of the First World War. In 1914 a new kind of war & a new kind of world came about. Fourteen million combatants died a further twenty million were wounded four empires were destroyed & even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. The First World War marked a revolution in the technology of slaughter as trench warfare artillery barrages tanks & chemical warfare made their mark on the battlefield for the first time. The sheer complexity & scale of the war have encouraged historians to write books on a similar scale. But in only 140 pages Norman Stone distils a lifetime of teaching arguing & thinking to reframe the overwhelming disaster whose aftershocks shaped the rest of the twentieth century. " Bold provocative & witty.. .one of the outstanding historians of our age". (" Spectator"). " Do we need another history of the First World War? The answer in the case of Norman Stone's short book is yes
- because of its opinionated freshness & the unusual sharp facts that fly about like shrapnel". (" Literary Review"). " Exhilarating.. .scintillating.. .a heady cocktail". (" Observer"). " Entertaining & insightful.. .one of the handful of living historians who can write with style & wit". (Tibor Fischer " Sunday Telegraph" Books of the Year). Norman Stone is one of Britain's most celebrated historians. He is the author of " The Eastern Front 1914-1917" " Hitler: An Introduction" " Europe Transformed" & " The Atlantic & its Enemies". He has taught at the universities of Cambridge Oxford & Bilkent where he is now Director of the Turkish-Russian Centre."
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A pacy compelling & penetrating account from Wolfson Prize-winning author Norman Stone that shows World War Two in a fresh new light. The Second World War is the nightmare that sits at the heart of the modern era
- a total refutation of any notion of human progress & a conflict which still haunts us seventy years on. Norman Stone's gripping new book aims to tell the narrative of the war in as brief a compass as possible making a sometimes familiar story utterly fresh & arresting. As with his highly acclaimed World War One: A Short History there is a compelling sense of a terrible story unfolding of a sceptical & humorous intelligence at work & a wish to convey to an audience who may well have no memory of the conflict just how high the stakes were. This is a beautifully written clever & imaginative attempt to convey what can almost not be conveyed. About the author: Norman Stone is one of Britain's greatest historians. His major works include The Eastern Front 1914-1917 (winner of the Wolfson Prize & published by Penguin) Europe Transformed & The Atlantic & Its Enemies (published by Penguin). He has taught at the universities of Cambridge Oxford & Bilkent where he is now Director of the Turkish-Russian Centre. He lives in Ankara. Reviews: Professor Norman Stone has achieved the impossible; he has somehow written a comprehensive history of the Second World War in just under 200 pages summarising the entire conflict while leaving out nothing of importance & bringing his lifetime of study of the subject to bear in a witty incisive & immensely readable way... Norman Stone has proved yet again that he is one of the most original witty & powerful British historians writing today". (Andrew Roberts Standpoint). " The joy & strength of this compact history besides its trenchancy & in the publishers' words the "sceptical & humorous intelligence at work" is its narrative clarity.. .a book to clear the mind after the grand tour of the big volumes". (Allan Mallinson The Times). " Novices will receive a painless introduction but educated readers should not pass up the highly opinionated prologue & epilogue & the author's trademark acerbic commentary throughout... Readers of all stripes.. .will find plenty to ponder". (Kirkus Reviews)."
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It began with rumours from China about another pandemic. Then the cases started to multiply & what had looked like the stirrings of a criminal underclass even the beginnings of a revolution soon revealed itself to be much much worse. Faced with a future of mindless man-eating horror humanity was forced to accept the logic of world government & face events that tested our sanity & our sense of reality. Based on extensive interviews with survivors & key players in the 10-year fight-back against the horde World War Z brings the very finest traditions of American journalism to bear on what is surely the most incredible story in the history of civilisation. ...

It began with rumours from China about another pandemic. Then the cases started to multiply & what had looked like the stirrings of a criminal underclass even the beginnings of a revolution soon revealed itself to be much much worse. Faced with a future of mindless man-eating horror humanity was forced to accept the logic of world government & face events that tested our sanity & our sense of reality. ...

World War Z" is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt) who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies & governments & threatening to annihilate humanity itself. " World War Z: The Art of the Film" is the official illustrated companion to the movie & features a wealth of stunning production art design sketches & storyboards alongside the full shooting script. (TM) & (c) 2013 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved." ...

I am dividing. It is as though I am holding myself cupped in my own hands & I am falling to pieces there slipping through my fingers. & that is true. That is how we are in the world. We are pieced together out of lots of different bits. Its magical.. . There are more than seven billion people on the planet. They have on average over 10 billion nerve cells in their brains & 5 litres of blood pumping through their bodies. Their skeletons are made up of 206 bones & their hearts beat Approx. 72 times per minute. They are connected to each other in more ways than they can possibly imagine. Philip is one of them. Sue is another. This is their story. It is the story of one year & two lives & what it means to live in them. It is a story about love & courage risk & betrayal; about the choices we make & the consequences that shape us. It is a story that will make you look at the world with new eyes. ...

On the day after Halloween in the year 1327 four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief a bully a boy genius & a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults their lives will be braided together by ambition love greed & revenge. They will see prosperity & famine plague & war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. & always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. Ken Follett's masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war passion & family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. Now World Without End takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later as the men women & children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change. ...

The CIA is facing an unknown enemy. His genius: the ability to steal prototype weapons with unimaginable destructive powers & leave no trace of their whereabouts. The weapons never appear on any black market. They're never used to wage a battle on US soil. & they're never sold to foreign agents. It's as if they simply vanish. But a top-secret CIA operation is one step ahead of the game. They know the next target. A company in Texas has developed a military combat uniform that renders a soldier virtually invisible. Optical camouflage offers limitless possibilities --and no one knows that better than CIA operative Steve Conway. But as Conway & his team set the trap for the elusive thief things go terribly wrong. A hair-raising blend of mystery manhunt & terror World Without End is an electrifying page-turning novel of suspense by an author destined to join the ranks of the masters. ...

This title is suitable for children aged 8 to 14 years old. Search the world to find the words. This clever collection of word searches demands a keen eye & offers a fun way to test your knowledge of geography. Each puzzle is shaped like a map & all the words have an association with the continent or country shown. For example inside the word search for Africa you'll find Algeria Angola & Benin on up to Zambia & Zimbabwe. The Brazilian puzzle

Includes:: Amazon River Brasilia & Rio de Janeiro while the United States has Fifty (in honour of the 50 states) Dollar & Death Valley. A tribute to Planet Earth & the world's waterways finishes this global collection of word searches in fine style.

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A unique collection of 500 couture cocktails from around the world illustrated with stunning photography & accompanied by an ...