Over forty years of service to the United Nations
- the last ten as Secretary-General
- Kofi Annan has been at the centre of

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The UKs bestselling guide to successful interviews is back with a new editionupdated with expanded content on planning for interviews & tailoring your interview to a specific role. This is the definitive bestselling guide to planning preparing & performing in interviews to maximise your chances of landing the job you want. The guidance in this book has been tried tested & honed to perfection. The unique content

Includes:: a chapter on avoiding the most common interview mistakes & important information on how to handle & benefit from the post-interview period. Written by the CEO of the UKs leading CV consultancy service James Innes the book is supported by exclusive online tools & bonus content including sample interview questions templates & best-practice scenarios.

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Take the fear out of your interview & never be stuck for the right answer to even the toughest questions with The Interview Question & Answer Book. The job market is fierce competition has never been greater & it's vital that you can grab every opportunity for competitive advantage & stay one step ahead. Interviewers are looking for people who really stand out & here's your chance to be different from the rest. Written by one of the UK's leading careers experts & bestselling author of The Interview Book this definitive guide to questions & answers encourages every job-hunter to think on your feet & express your individuality whilst supplying ideal responses to interview questions so that you're seen as the ideal candidate for the job. ...

In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre & eerie story of his life
- the story of a vampire gifted with eternal
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Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on & off the field in a frank funny & award-winning web diary. Now in her Intimate Adventures Belle elaborates on those diary entries revealing (among other things) how she became a working girl what it feels like to do it for money & where to buy the best knickers for the job. From debating the literary merits of Martin Amis with naked clients to smuggling whips into luxury hotels this is a no-holds barred account of the high-class sex-trade & an insight into the secret life of an extraordinary woman. ...

This extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today & shows how they need not have arisen. Portraits of living people & historical figures are placed alongside each other as Zeldin discusses how men & women have lost & regained hope; how they have learnt to have interesting conversations; how some have acquired an immunity to loneliness; how new forms of love & desire have been invented; how respect has become more valued than power; how the art of escaping from ones troubles has developed; why even the privileged are often gloomy; & why parents & children are changing their minds about what they want from each other. ...

Investigative journalist Laurie Forbes is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London. During her search unexpected & devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos so fellow journalist Sherry Mac Elvoy steps in to help. Taking on undercover roles to get to the heart of the ruthless gang of human-traffickers neither reporter can even begin to imagine what dangers they are about to face. Neela is one of the helpless Indian girls being held in captivity. Her fear is not only for herself but her six-year-old niece Shaila. A disfiguring birthmark has so far saved Neela from the abuse but she knows it is only a matter of time before she is sent for
- & worse before Shaila is taken. Her desperate bids to seek outside help are constantly thwarted until finally she & the women with her agree there is only one way out.
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The second book in the Darkwar series from world-wide bestselling author of Magician Raymond E. Feist. Chaos threatens to overwhelm two worlds as the most dangerous force ever encountered threatens to invade Midkemia while the most treacherous magician in history
- the madman Leso Varen
- begins to wreak havoc on the world of Kelewan. Pug & the Conclave of Shadows are determined to find Varen only to discover that he has usurped the body of one of the most powerful men in the Empire of Tsuranuani
- a Black Robe & member of the Assembly of Magicians. Pug has the almost impossible task of uncovering the true identity of the fiendish magician in an entire city full of Black Robes. Murder mayhem horror & the darkest evil await Pug's son Magnus & his companions as they attempt to discover the ultimate source of the terrible threat that hovers over Midkemia & Kelewan. Leading a desperate expedition into the realm of the Dasati the vast & malevolent empire which is threatening his homeworld Magnus hopes to find the key to defeating this enemy who is capable of overwhelming the combined might of two worlds. But even if he does the companions will have a desperate struggle to return home with their vital information. Three worlds will teeter on the brink of destruction as the third Riftwar: the Darkwar is unleashed.


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Fifth book of the thrilling fantasy adventure series THE SEVENTH TOWER from international bestselling author Garth Nix. The Dark World is in danger for the Veil is vulnerable & war is coming. On one side are Tal & the Underfolk rebels. On another Milla & the Icecarls are preparing an assault on the Castle. But on a third side is the most sinister force of all. A force of evil that has only now chosen to reveal itself & so powerful that it could unleash the ultimate destruction! ...

Ever since her days as a reporter on the front line in Iraq Kate Adie has earned her reputation as one of the most intrepid women of her day. Throughout her career she has regularly reported from the worlds most dangerous war zones
- often placing her own life at serious risk. It has given her a curiosity about the people who are attracted to danger. Why when so many are fearful of anything beyond their daily routine are others drawn towards situations or professions which put them in regular peril of their lives? It has proved a fascinating quest that has taken her to the four corners of the globe in pursuit of an answer. She has met those who choose a career in danger like stuntpeople landmine exploders & even a snake man who
- aged 96
- has been bitten countless times by poisonous snakes to find venom for vaccines. She has questioned those whose actions put them in danger like Sir Richard Leakey whose determination to speak out in Kenya nearly cost him his life as well as criminals & prostitutes who risk all for money. & of course there are those who
- through no choice of their own
- have been put in danger such as Saddam Husseins food taster
- not his career of choice. With Kates insight wit & gift for illumination this is a compelling read.





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