Much discussed & often maligned precious little is known or understood about North Korea the world's most controversial & isolated country. In The Impossible State" Victor Cha pulls back the curtain providing an unprecedented insight into North Korea's history the rise of the Kim family dynasty & the obsessive personality cult that surrounds them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy & culture its appalling record of human-rights abuses its belligerent relationship with its neighbours & the United States & analyzes the regime's major security issues
- from the seemingly endless war with its southern counterpart to its terrifying nuclear ambitions
- all in the light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How has this enigmatic nation-state continued to survive when it regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights & has suffered severe famine global economic sanctions a collapsed economy & near-total isolation from the rest of the world? Cha reveals a land facing a pivotal & disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son & delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang & his tenure as a White House adviser this engagingly written authoritative & highly accessible account offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea & ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think
- a political collapse for which the Western world may be woefully unprepared."


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We killed Americans. We are killing Americans. We will kill Americans". (North Korean schoolchildren conjugating verbs). In North Korea citizens found humming South Korean pop songs risk being sent to a gulag for six months of hard labour. Jail sentences are handed out if portraits of the late Kim Jong-il are not properly dusted. Shoot-to-kill orders are in effect for anyone caught trying to cross the Yalu or Tumen Rivers into China. Yet despite this an oppressed starving populace clings fiercely to its new Dear Leader Kim Jong-un & signs with the revolutionary slogan We Have Nothing To Envy line the streets of Pyongyang. So how did North Korea become this Impossible State? What does the future hold for a regime with terrifying nuclear ambitions & a seemingly endless war with its southern counterpart? Former White House adviser Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on the world's most isolated country to provide an unprecedented & timely insight into North Korea's history present & future." ...

Impossible to Resist Imposing & brooding Dr Jacob Wolff has built a wall around his heart as impregnable as the mountain on which he lives. Until with one simple request Hollywood beauty Ariel knocks it down... But Ariel hired him to protect her not bed her. Now Jacob finds himself lusting for the one woman he can never have. The Maids Daughter He thought he was done rescuing women in need. After all playing hero got millionaire Devlyn Wolff into enough trouble already! Still when a car accident lands Gillian at his feet he cant walk away...not even when he learns her connection to his past. Now seducing the maids daughter will lead him where he never meant to go... ...

A new title in Young Reading Series Three" which is aimed at children whose reading ability & confidence allows them to tackle longer & more complex stories. Today Impressionist paintings draw blockbuster crowds to museums & art galleries & sell for millions at auction. But who were the artists that painted 150 years ago why did they upset people & how did they come to be known as the Impressionists? Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a senior lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. Beautifully produced hardback with ribbon marker." ...

A hundred practical techniques for encouraging spontaneity & originality by catching the subconscious unawares...here is an inexhaustible supply of zany suggestions for unfreezing the petrified imagination" Daily Telegraph A leading figure in the theatre Keith Johnstone lays bare his techniques & exercises to foster spontaneity & narrative skill for actors. These techniques & exercises were evolved in the actors' studio when he was Associate Director of the Royal Court & then in demonstrations to schools & colleges & ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections " Status" " Spontaneity" " Narrative Skills" & " Masks & Trance" arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them the book sets out the specific approaches which Johnstone has himself found most useful & most stimulating. The result is a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity." If teachers were honoured in the British theatre along-side directors designers & playwrights Keith Johnstone would be as familiar a name as are those of... Jocelyn Herbert Edward Bond & other young talents who were drawn to the great lodestone of the Royal Court Theatre in the late 1950s. As head of the script department Johnstone played a crucial part in the development of the 'writers' theatre..." Irving Wardle" ...

You are not what you eat
- you are what you can digest. This fascinating book outlines why good digestion is vital to your overall
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This illustrated guide to Linda Tellington-Jones TTouches & TTEAM ground work for horses provides step-by-step instructions. TTEAMwork can strengthen horse & rider partnerships & unlock hidden potential in horses. The Tellington Touches (TTouches)
- circular touches made with the hands & fingers on a horses body
- are designed to increase both relaxation & awareness. The Tellington-Touch Equine Awareness Method (TTEAM) ground exercises
- leading a horse around & over obstacles
- are used to overcome behavioural & physical problems by expanding a horses capacity for learning through enhanced balance & coordination.



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Improve Your Maths: A Refresher Course gives students a firm foundation & grounding in mathematics. It provides them with a chance to test their skills revise areas they are not sure about & address any gaps in their knowledge. In doing so it helps them to approach further study with increased confidence. Improve Your Maths takes a user-friendly approach to the subject. Each section of the book starts with a quick self-test designed to help students find out how much they already know about a particular topic. ...

This new fully updated & revised edition of enhanced Grassland Management" covers all aspects of grassland management & is of particular relevance to the UK & the Republic of Ireland although the principles discussed apply to all temperate grassland zones." ...

Each book in this series features 15 comprehension passages. Each passage is accompanied by three differentiated comprehension worksheets
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