A close-knit street the clink of glass on glass summer heat. Two girls on the brink of adolescence throwing cartwheels on the grass. Two girls who tell each other everything. Until one shimmering afternoon one of them disappears. Lizzie is left with her dread & her loss & with a fear that won't let her be. Had Evie tried to give her a hint of what was coming a clue that she failed to follow? Caught between her imaginary guilt her sense of betrayal her own powerful need & the needs of the adults around her Lizzie's voice is as unforgettable as her story is arresting. This is no ordinary tale of innocence lost.. .'A gripping & disturbing novel a fever dream of adolescent desire & adult complicity' Tom Perrotta ' Deft enthralling & intelligent' Kate Atkinson ...

This important & timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith & reason in todays world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankinds willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour & sometimes heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion -- an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organised religion into world politics Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience & insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world. ...

There have been many fine books written on HMS Hood the glory of the Royal Navy while television & cinema have also taken the subject to their heart. No book however has ever offered the combination of in-depth research & thrilling narrative to be found in The End of Glory. For twenty years Hood symbolised the Royal Navy during the twilight years of the British Empire before in 1941 being destroyed in seconds by the battleship Bismarck a catastrophe that shattered the morale the British public. For those who manned her however she was both a home & a fighting platform & this new book through official documents as well as the personal accounts & reminiscences of more than 150 crewmen offers a vivid image of the face of naval life & the face of naval battle.A brilliant behind-the scenes expose of a warship in peace & war it not only paints an intimate picture of everyday life but deals with any number of controversial issues such as the Invergordon mutiny escapades ashore & afloat the Christmas mutiny of 1940 & the terrible conditions onboard in war. This coverage based on so many original sources makes for a truly compelling story which neither historian enthusiast nor general reader will find easy to put down. ...

20th anniversary edition of The End of History & the Last Man" a landmark of political philosophy by Francis Fukuyama author of " The Origins of Political Order". With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. & with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty. " The End of History & the Last Man" was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century would look like. Boldly outlining the challenges & problems to face modern liberal democracies Frances Fukuyama examined what had just happened & then speculated what was going to come next. Tackling religious fundamentalism politics scientific progress ethical codes & war " The End of History & the Last Man" remains a compelling work to this day provoking argument & debate among its readers. " Awesome.. .a landmark.. .profoundly realistic & important.. .supremely timely & cogent.. .the first book to fully fathom the depth & range of the changes now sweeping through the world." (George Gilder " The Washington"). Post Francis Fukuyama was born in Chicago in 1952. His work

Includes:: " America at the Crossroads: Democracy Power & the Neoconservative Legacy" & " After the Neo Cons: Where the Right went Wrong". He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife & children where he also works as a part time photographer."

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The time has come for us to stop thinking about illnesses like cancer as something the body gets or has but rather to think of them as something the body does. In this landmark work leading researcher & physician Dr David Agus takes readers on a journey to decode the mystery of health & the human body. Based on his groundbreaking research & clinical trials Dr Agus has come to the realization that the best way to combat cancer is to prevent it. For decades weve tried to whittle down our understanding of the body & its ailments to a finite point
- a mutation a germ a deficiency or a number. But this has led us astray from a fundamental basic understanding of our bodies as systems. The End of Illness presents a systems view of the body urging readers to begin viewing their total health as a complex network of processes that cannot be explained by any single pathway or focal point. In many instances it does us no good to try & understand a certain disease; we just need to control it much like an air traffic controller manages planes without knowing how to actually fly one. This radically different perspective on health will not only change how we care for ourselves but also how we spur the next generation of treatments & in some instances cures. The book also shows readers how to personalize their self-care; much of the advice is surprisingly simple & affordable
- such as wearing good shoes & eating lunch at the same time every day.

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What Betty Friedan Simone de Beauvoir Susan Faludi & Naomi Wolf did for feminism senior editor of The Atlantic" Hanna Rosin does for a new generation of women: an explosive new argument for why women are winning the battle of the sexes & why men are no longer top dog. Women are no longer catching up with men. By almost every measure they are out performing them. We are at a turning point in history. In 2010 for the first time the balance of the British workforce tipped towards women who now hold around half of the nations jobs. In the US meanwhile for every two men that receive a BA three women will achieve the same. Not only do women dominate colleges & professional schools on every continent except Africa young single women earn more than men in the US & more than a third of mothers in the UK & the US are their familys main breadwinner. The tides have turned. The age of testosterone is decisively over. At almost every level of society women are proving themselves far more adaptable & suited to a job market that rewards people skills & intelligence & a world that has a dramatically diminishing need for traditional male muscle. In this landmark once-in-a-generation book Hanna Rosin reveals how this new world order came to be & its great implications for marriage sex children work families & society. Unhampered by old assumptions & ideologies & drawing on examples from across the globe " The End of Men" helps us see how both men & women can
- & must
- adapt for a radically new era. "[ Its strength] lies in the nuanced portraits Rosin draws of people trying to grapple with new currents of power to assimilate political & economic change in their living rooms & trailers". ("FT Weekend"). " In this bold & inspired dispatch Rosin upends the common platitudes of contemporary sexual politics with a deeply reported meditation from the unexpected frontiers of our rapidly changing culture". (Katie Roiphe author of " The Morning After" & " Uncommon Arrangements"). "" The End of Men" describes a new paradigm that can finally take us beyond winners & losers in an endless gender war. What a relief! Ultimately Rosins vision is both hope-filled & creative allowing both sexes to become far more authentic: as workers partners parents...and people". (Peggy Orenstein author of " Cinderella Ate My Daughter" & " Schoolgirls"). Hanna Rosin is a senior editor at " The Atlantic" magazine & a founder & co-editor of " Double X" " Slates" womens section. She has written for the " New Yorker" " The New York Times" "GQ" & " The New Republic" & for a number of years covered politics & religion for the " Washington Post". In 2009 she was nominated for a National Magazine Award & in 2010 she won one. She is the author of a previous book " Gods Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America". Rosin lives in Washington DC with her husband " Slate" editor David Plotz & their three children."

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When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop she cant believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas to know that copies are exceedingly rare. & some say cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love sex death & time-travel. ...

Dr Olivier Ameisen was a brilliant cardiologist & running his own successful practice when he developed a profound addiction to alcohol. Fearing for his life he immersed himself in AA rehab & therapy. Nothing worked. So he did the only thing he could; he took his treatment into his own hands. Searching for a cure for his deadly disease he happened upon baclofen a muscle relaxant that had been used safely for years as a treatment for various types of muscle spasticity but had more recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Dr Ameisen prescribed himself the drug & experimented with increasingly higher doses until he finally reached a level high enough to leave him free of any craving for alcohol. That was more than six years ago. Baclofen as prescribed under a doctors care could possibly help many addicts. But as long as the medical & research establishments ignore a cure for one of the most deadly diseases in the world we wont be able to understand baclofens full potential. This book is a plea for research that can rescue millions from the scourge of addiction. ...

Id never have guessed that when your worlds tumbling down you can carry on as usual. But it wasnt like I had a big sign on my back saying Ive been raped." Nobody noticed a thing. Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down. She had no idea the young lads she & her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall werent all they seemed. The boys were part of an organised gang targeting innocent young girls grooming them for prostitution. Captivated by the ring leader Emma didnt see the first brutal rape coming. From then on her life was never her own... This is the harrowing true story of how a nice girl from a good home found herself drawn into a trap of degradation & violence frightened for her life & not knowing where to turn. But it is also the story of finding the courage & inner strength to risk everything & escape." ...

Uncover the truth behind our food addiction
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