Everyone is familiar with the gypsy race but few outside their close-knit & ancient comunnity know what being a gypsy is about
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Everyone is familiar with the gypsy race but few outside their close-knit & ancient community really know what being a gypsy is about
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G.A. Cohen was one of the most gifted influential & progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009 he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This is the first of three volumes to realize those plans. Drawing on three decades of work it contains previously uncollected articles that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy as well as papers published here for the first time. In these pieces Cohen asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize he considers the relationship between freedom & property & he reflects upon ideal theory & political practice. Included here are classic essays such as Equality of What?" & " Capitalism Freedom & the Proletariat" along with more recent contributions such as " Fairness & Legitimacy in Justice" " Freedom & Money" & the previously unpublished " How to Do Political Philosophy". On ample display throughout are the clarity rigor conviction & wit for which Cohen was renowned. Together these essays demonstrate how his work provides a powerful account of liberty & equality to the left of Ronald Dworkin John Rawls Amartya Sen & Isaiah Berlin." ...

This picture book expresses all the hopes dreams & wishes that a grown-up feels for a newborn child. It is written as speaking to the child when they are a little older & can be given as a constant reminder to the child that from the very beginning they have been loved & cherished. ...

From time to time a remarkable man comes along with a rare power & strength of mind. Balanced yet predictable he commands the respect of smart & dangerous men. Stellakis Stylianou known to his friends
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- as Stilks is one such man. From a background of poverty & hardship he grew up as one of societys outcasts learning to fend for himself in a world of violence & villains where your word is your bond & your fists do the talking. Then using his muscle & unstoppable force he did what he knew best & enforced law & order on the streets in a way that no uniformed copper could ever do... It is Stilks who saved Sid Vicious from murder. It is Stilks who has faced guns & crossbows & never backed down. & it is Stilks who has risen to become the most infamous club doorman in the country. Woe betide anyone who mistakes his firm politeness for weakness...

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This is a major new history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (Jerusalem of Lithuania) to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the books focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wassersteins aim is to breathe life into dry bones. Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

It is a major history examining the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. This is the portrait of a world on the eve of its destruction. Bernard Wasserstein presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Wasserstein shows how the harsh realities of the age devastated the lives of communities & individuals. By 1939 the Jews faced an existential crisis that was as much the result of internal decay as of external attack. Ranging from Vilna (' Jerusalem of Lithuania') to Salonica with its Judeo-Espanol-speaking stevedores & singers & beyond the book's focus is squarely on the Jews themselves rather than their persecutors. Wasserstein's aim is to 'breathe life into dry bones.' Based on vast research written with compassion & empathy & enlivened by dry wit On the Eve" paints a vivid & shocking picture of the European Jews in their final hour." ...

Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize ' On the Front Line' is a collection of her finest work a portion of the proceeds from which will go to the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund. Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth & the courage & humanity of her work was deeply admired. On the Front Line

Includes:: her various interviews with Yasser Arafat & Colonel Gadaffi; reports from East Timor in 1999 where she shamed the UN into protecting its refugees; accounts of her terrifying escape from the Russian army in Chechnya; & reports from the strongholds of the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers where she was hit by shrapnel leaving her blind in one eye. Typically however her new eye-patch only reinforced Colvin's sense of humour & selfless conviction. She returned quickly to the front line reporting on 9/11 Afghanistan Iraq Gaza & lately the Arab Spring. Immediate & compelling On the Front Line is a street-view of the historic events that have shaped the last 25 years from an award-winning foreign correspondent & the outstanding journalist of her generation.

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Babies will love lifting the flaps in this delightful board book to find out all about themselves! Focusing on different aspects of babies abilities this book encourages interaction & discussion. Designed to support the Health & Well-being strand of Every Child Matters. ...

It would always be summer on the isl&...A love story with a twist Tracey Garvis Graves On The Island" is a US word-of-mouth success story to rival " Fifty Shades of Grey" with 1500 5; reader reviews online (and counting!) & sales taking it top 10 in the " New York Times" Wall Street Journal & Amazon.com bestseller lists. Film rights have been optioned by MGM with Temple Hill Productions (responsible for Twilight) slated to produce. When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his familys holiday home in the Maldives she accepts without hesitation: a tropical island beats the library any day. T.J. has no desire to leave town not that anyone asked him. Hes almost seventeen & if having had cancer wasnt bad enough he now has to spend his first summer in remission with his family instead of his friends. Anna & T.J. are en route to join T.J.s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack & crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Marooned on an uninhabited island Anna & T.J. work together to obtain water food fire & shelter but as the days turn to weeks then months & finally years Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man... As romantic as " One Day" or " The Time Travelers Wife" US readers have fallen in love with Tracey Garvis-Graves " On the Island": " If youre looking for something to fill the gap after reading Fifty Shades...here it is!" (Danielle). "I couldnt put this down. I rooted for this couple from the beginning." (Kelkeligan). "A bit Castaway Survivor & Lost all rolled together the minute I opened the book I read till it was finished." (Michele). "I loved loved loved this. It was a perfect way to spend a cold Friday night stuck at home." (Kelly Tracey). Garvis-Graves lives in a suburb of Des Moines Iowa with her husband & two children." ...