Previously always at the margins of global affairs the Arctic has now found its way to the centre of the issues which will challenge & define our world in the twenty-first century. The region is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet & its future is uncertain with the rush to claim the territory one of the ugliest aspects of the hydrocarbon era. In The Future History of the Arctic" geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region with reportage & reflection revealing a vast & complex area loaded with opportunity & rich in challenges. Travelling from the oil-fields of Prudhoe Bay & the Russian port of Murmansk to the shores of Greenland & the militarised borderlands of northern Norway we learn how the Arctic nations have used the areas resources & how past ideas frame the future." ...

As the recent financial crisis has revealed the state is central to the stability of the money system while the chaotic privately-owned banks reap the benefits without shouldering the risks. This book argues that money is a public resource that has been hijacked by capitalism. Mary Mellor explores the history of money & modern banking showing how finance capital has captured bank-created money to enhance speculative leveraged profits as well as destroying collective approaches to economic life. Meanwhile most individuals & the public economy have been mired in debt. To correct this obvious injustice Mellor proposes a public & democratic future for money. Ways are put forward for structuring the money & banking system to provision societies on an equitable ecologically sustainable sufficiency basis. This fascinating study of money should be read by all economics students looking for an original analysis of the economy during the current crisis. ...

Its 1996 & very few high school students have ever used the internet. Facebook will not be invented until several years in the future. Emma just got a computer & an America Online CD. She & her best friend Josh power it up & log on
- & discover themselves on Facebook in 2011. Everybody wonders what theyll be like fifteen years in the future. Josh & Emma are about to find out.
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Future Systems is an architectural & design practice established in 1979 who have surprised the architectural world with their daring forms & inventive design philosophy that merges modern ideas with natural shapes & technological innovations from other fields. After establishing themselves with creative projects & architectural competitions (2nd Place International Competition Bibliotheque de France Paris 1989) they soon obtained wider recognition with the Lords Cricket Ground Media Centre (1994). They went on to gain other important commissions from fashion names like Comme des Garcons (1998) & Marni (1999) & today are celebrated for their new flagship store for Selfridges in Birmingham (2003) (featured on more than fifteen magazine covers). This book presents a selection of work from the last twenty-five years some previously unpublished. It celebrates the finished accomplishments for which Future Systems are recognized today as well as looking at more recent proposals & concepts that continue their forward-looking philosophy such as the Maserati Museum Modena (2004). Organized according to themes such as objects houses shopping & landmarks this innovative format will also present well-known works in a new light permitting a fresh appreciation of Future Systems oeuvre today at their highest point of public acclaim. ...

Relaunch of spectacular Robert Westall fantasy novel that was way ahead of its time. A fantasy of the near future in which Britain is divided into Zones & castes to which men & women are pitilessly allocated at the end of their schooling. Whether crazed proles in the Unnem zones smug pampered bourgeois Ests or arrogant Techs all are ultimately pawns of the computer that governs it all. One boy penetrates the conspiracy by which the nation is governed & has the knowhow to strike at the heart of evil. This novel was originally published in 1983 & was runner up for the Carnegie Medal. Its a fantastic if bleak vision of the future
- all the more scary because many of its Big Brother elements are so evident in our society today.
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In this spellbinding finale to an epic series Septimus Heap must decide once & for all where his heart lies
- with Magyk or with
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These bright learning books are designed to appeal to both children & parents alike with exercises extensively researched by educational specialists. Each book comes with over 100 gold stickers to reward children's progress & effort. The 24 titles have been updated with attractive new cover designs which will strengthen the series' track record of success. I Can Learn gives children a head start before starting school & in the formative primary years. ...

Flat Stanley is back! But whoever heard of a flat Ninja? Stanley & his brother Arthur are such huge fans of the ninja movie star Oda Nobu that they decide to send him something even better than fan mail
- Stanley himself! Soon enough Flat Stanley is in Japan seeing the country with his idol. But when trouble surprises them it will take a real hero to save the day.
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Click clack clicketty-clack whoo.. .ee! Disaster! The fast train to Pebblecombe has broken down. Everyone on the train wants to get to the fair & enjoy a great day out but now they're all stuck on the tracks. It is up to the Little Red Train & Duffy Driver to save the day. So the Little Red Train speeds up & is determined to get all the passengers to the fair on time. As Duffy remarks at the end of the journey ' You're the Little Red Express now.' ...

The Collins French Gem Grammar offers the learner of French extensive coverage of French grammar in a compact portable format with a clear colour layout. Collins French Gem Grammar has been written for everyone who is learning French & is the ideal text for anyone who needs a wealth of reliable grammar information in a portable format. Have confidence: the Collins French Gem Grammar offers extensive coverage of French grammar with a handy guide to French pronunciation. Get it right: it also contains pages of fully conjugated French irregular verbs. Get there fast: clear colour layout ensures that you can quickly find the information you need. ...