Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War: 1914-1918" is a provocative & boldly-conceived history that explodes many of the myths surrounding the First World War. The First World War killed around eight million men & bled Europe dry. In this provocative book Niall Ferguson asks: was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm & were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war as is often asserted greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? Was there in fact a death wish abroad driving soldiers to their own destruction? The war he argues was a disaster
- but not for the reasons we think. Far worse than a tragedy it was the greatest error of modern history. " Must take a permanent place at the top of the War's historiography. It is one of the very few books whose own scale matches that of the events it describes". (Alan Clark " Daily Telegraph"). " Possibly the most important book to appear in years both on the origins of the First World War... Ferguson can confidently claim to have inherited A. J. P. Taylor's mantle". (Paul Kennedy " New York Review of Books"). " At one massive stroke Niall Ferguson has transformed the intellectual landscape". (Economist Niall). Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College Oxford & a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution Stanford University. He is the bestselling author of " Civilization" " The House of Rothschild" " The Pity of War" " The Cash Nexus" " Empire" " Colossus" " The War of the World" & " The Ascent of Money"."
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Economic meltdown usually brings calls for change
- or its supposed to. But when Thomas Frank set out to find these all he heard
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This book consolidates all the best functionality of pivot tables into one guide that provides you with a meaningful tutorial offering practical solutions to day-to-day problems. Within just the first 2 chapters you will be creating basic pivot tables increasing productivity & producing reports in minutes instead of hours. Within the first 6 chapters you will learn how to use pivot tables to quickly highlight your top 10 customers or bottom 5 products in profitability; quickly create analysis comparing sales this period to last period by product or region or both; easily summarize daily transactional data by month or quarter or year in a few mouse clicks-all without knowing any formulas! By the end of the book you will truly be a pivot table guru automating pivot tables using VBA creating pivot tables with external data in OLAP cubes & even creating dynamic reporting systems so that your managers can answer their own queries with a few mouse clicks. * Take advantage of the numerous pivot table recipes * Create powerful summary reports in seconds * Build ad-hoc query tools with ease * Enhance your Executive Reporting * Filter reports to top 10 customers or products * Add dynamic charts to reports * Quickly summarize daily data by month quarter or year Introduction.. .1 1 Pivot Table Fundamentals.. .11 2 Creating a Basic Pivot Table.. .21 3 Customizing a Pivot Table.. .45 4 Controlling the Way You View Your Pivot Data.. .83 5 Performing Calculations Within Your Pivot Tables.. .117 6 Using Pivot Charts & Other Visualizations.. .141 7 Analyzing Disparate Data Sources with Pivot Tables.. .167 8 Sharing Pivot Tables with Others.. .189 9 Working with & Analyzing OLAP Data.. .201 10 Enhancing Your Pivot Table Reports with Macros.. .215 11 Using VBA to Create Pivot Tables.. .231 12 Common Pivot Table Issues & Questions.. .291 A Finding Pivot Table Commands on the Ribbon.. .315 ...

This is a new edition of the best of Pixar & beyond. Pixar are the animation giants behind incredible movies including Monsters Inc" " Finding Nemo" " Wall.E" " Up" & now " Toy Story 3". Go behind-the-scenes & find out all there is to know about this extraordinary company. Learn about the fascinating rise of Pixar from their history & creative talent to the secrets behind their unique movie-making process. From Woody to Lightening Mc Queen discover little-known facts & trivia about the characters from all their major & short films. Plus pick up inside knowledge from which fishy character pops up in " Monsters Inc" to why the number A113 appears in all Pixar films. Packed with timelines fantastic pictures & movie-stills this is an essential guide to the ultimate movie-making machine." ...

The Pixies have had a career unlike any other in alternative rock disappearing as not-quite-the-next-big-things only to become gods in absentia. Doolittle" is their knotty masterpiece the embodiment of the Pixies abrasive exuberant enigmatic pop. Informed by exclusive interviews with the band Sisario looks at the making of the album & its place in rock history & studies its continued influence in light of the Pixies triumphant reunion." ...

Incredible pizzas & authentic Italian recipes from street-foodie brothers who have taken London by storm. Pizza Pilgrims is ...

PLAB Part I in a Box is designed for PLAB candidates & medical students preparing for their finals. Completely up to date with latest developments in the PLAB exam PLAB Part I in a Box covers a broad range of topics including: Medicine Surgery Obstetrics & Gynaecology Paediatrics Psychiatry Orthopaedics Dermatology Ophthalmology Otorhinolaryngology Behavioural Science Palliative Care Ethics Statistics Clinical Physiology Genetics & Clinical Pharmacology. The questions are in the format of EMQs (Extended Matching Questions) & SBAs (Single Best Answers) making this an essential revision aid for all candidates sitting the PLAB exam. The aim of this new card format is to make your exam preparation time as efficient & straightforward as possible. They also lend themselves very well to studying with a partner or colleague. Were sure you will find the In a Box series to be a useful & practical resource in your Royal College exam preparation. ...

The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper
- & royal servant John Fitz Gilbert is one of them. But when the
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In a brutal world charismatic rebel miner Mack Mc Ash
- a slave by birth
- is a man with the courage to stand up for what is

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A redemptive & captivating novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of PS. I Love You. Ever wondered where lost things go? Ever since the day her classmate vanished Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something -- or someone -- disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother who vanished into thin air a year ago. He spots an ad for Sandys missing persons agency & is certain that she will answer his prayers & find his brother. But then Sandy disappears too stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants more than anything is to find her way home. ...