It is not natural" for human beings to kill each other for men to oppress women parents to oppress children for individuals or nations to accumulate massive wealth & power to abuse nature to even despise our own bodies & feel guilty for experiencing natural desires. The roots of our current malaise lie in an "ego-explosion" that happened several thousand years BC. " Primitive" pre-civilization men & women lived longer healthier happier & more productive & fulfilled lives than we do. We need to learn from their approach to life rather than dismiss it. This is the revolutionary thesis of this well-researched highly praised volume overturning the accepted wisdom of the last few centuries." ...

The tension-filled sequel to The Strain from the world-famous director whose films include Pan's Labyrinth & Hellboy. We survivors are bloodied we are broken we are defeated. But we are not turned. We are not Them. Not yet. The virus unleashed on New York City has taken over. Amid the chaos Dr Ephraim Goodweather leads a small team struggling against the bloodthirsty victims but fears it may already be too late. Their condition is contagious & is spreading across the country. Soon the entire world will fall. Though Eph understands the threat better than anyone he is powerless to protect his son Zack. Now corrupted by the deadly strain Zack's mother Kelly stalks the city awaiting the chance to reclaim her flesh & blood. Guided by Abraham Setrakian the brilliant professor & Holocaust survivor Eph & his team must fight off the great terror ahead. The ultimate plan in store for them & what remains of the human race is far more terrible than anyone can imagine
- a fate even worse than total annihilation.
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The much-anticipated latest novel from David Nobbs is the spiritual follow-up to The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin & is as witty as it is prescient. When revelations about the scandalous relationships & less than honest business practices of Sir Gordon Coppinger
- infamous financier & devotee of excess
- are made public the glamorous facade of his London life begins to crumble & those around him fear the worst. But much to Sir Gordons surprise all he can feel is relief. In this brilliant & funny examination of modern British values where success is governed by the principles of wealth & celebrity & driven by the insatiable desire to attain more & more we meet the perfect anti-hero: Gordon Coppinger a man going quietly sane.

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' This is a high-profile death with several possible explanations. Which can be summarized as jumped fell or pushed.' Adam Blaine returns to Martha's Vineyard out of duty rather than grief after his father
- bestselling author & celebrated human rights activist Benjamin Blaine
- falls to his death. Having been estranged from his father for ten years Adam is surprised to discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especially as the will disinherits Adam's family leaving their wealth & home to Ben's recent lover young actress Carla Pacelli. Adam's mission
- to undo the will & protect his blood whether innocent or guilty from criminal charges
- forces him to confront his own past & pulls him into a labyrinth of lies deception & betrayal...



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In this memoir meets relationship advice book 94-year-old Cutie Cooper chronicles the challenges & triumphs of her seven decade-long marriage & then pulls out sage tips & actionable advice on the art of fighting fair knowing if youve met the one raising children while maintaining your sense of self & everything else that goes into staying blissfully bonded.

Includes:: vintage photos of Cute & her husband Harry throughout.

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Deluxe collector's edition featuring the first edition text & containing a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a gold motif stamped on the front board & is presented in a matching slipcase. The Fall of Arthur the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain may well be regarded as his finest & most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave & fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands of Guinevere's flight from Camelot of the great sea-battle on Arthur's return to Britain in the portrait of the traitor Mordred in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it in the earlier nineteen-thirties & it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 & urgently pressed him ' You simply must finish it!' But in vain: he abandoned it at some date unknown though there is some evidence that it may have been in 1937 the year of the publication of The Hobbit & the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings. Years later in a letter of 1955 he said that 'he hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur'; but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem however are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting & experimentation in verse in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed together with narrative synopses & very significant if tantalising notes. In these latter can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion & the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot & Guinevere which was never written. ...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero King Arthur. The Fall of Arthur the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain may well be regarded as his finest & most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave & fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands of Guinevere's flight from Camelot of the great sea-battle on Arthur's return to Britain in the portrait of the traitor Mordred in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it in the earlier nineteen-thirties & it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 & urgently pressed him ' You simply must finish it!' But in vain: he abandoned it at some date unknown though there is some evidence that it may have been in 1937 the year of the publication of The Hobbit & the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings. Years later in a letter of 1955 he said that 'he hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur'; but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem however are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting & experimentation in verse in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed together with narrative synopses & very significant if tantalising notes. In these latter can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion & the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot & Guinevere which was never written. ...

The struggle between Rome & Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest & most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved & the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World namely the ascendancy of Rome. An epic of war & battle this is also the story of famous generals & leaders: Hannibal Fabius Maximus Scipio Africanus & his grandson Scipio Aemilianus who would finally bring down the walls of Carthage. ...

When Damnos is hit by cataclysmic earthquakes an ancient force is awakened. Deep beneath the earth the necrons rise from their slumber to decimate the human populace. All appears lost until salvation comes from the heavens
- the Ultramarines brave an orbital bombardment to deploy their forces on Damnos led by two legendary warriors
- Captain Cato Sicarius & Chief Librarian Tigurius. They are the planets last great hope against the remorseless alien foes but tensions within their ranks threaten to derail victory. As battle rages on Damnos & the Ultramarines seek to defeat their soulless enemies Tigurius receives a terrible vision
- a vision telling of the death of a hero...


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In early May 1940 the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface had 5km of tunnels underground & was studded with bunkers gun turrets & casemates. Add a garrison of 1 200 men & the natural protection of 60m-high canal walls & Eben Emael gave the impression of near-impregnability. Yet on 10 May just 78 elite airborne soldiers managed to defeat this fortress in an operation of unprecedented tactical skill. Deployed by glider onto the very top of the fortifications they utilized elite training fast movement & specialist explosives to destroy many of the gun positions & trap much of the garrison within the fortress. Simultaneously three other assault detachments conducted high-risk glider operations to capture critical bridges over the Albert Canal. By the end of 11 May following the arrival of German infantry reinforcements Eben Emael was in German hands. This Eben Emael RAID title tells the complete fascinating story of this unique action. ...