As Chrystia Freelands new book Plutocrats" shows the rich really are different... There has always been some gap between rich & poor but it has never been wider
- & now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck speed that the middle classes are being squeezed out. While the wealthiest 10 per cent of Americans for example receive half the nations income the real money flows even higher up in the top 0.1 per cent. As a transglobal class of highly successful professionals these self-made oligarchs often have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen. But how is this happening & who are the people making it happen? Chrystia Freeland acclaimed business journalist & Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters has unprecedented access to the richest & most successful people on the planet from Davos to Dubai & dissects their lives with intelligence empathy & objectivity. Pacily written & powerfully researched " Plutocrats" could not provide a more timely insight into the current state of Capitalism & its most wealthy players. Chrystia Freeland is Global Editor-at-Large at Reuters news agency following years of service at the " Financial Times" both in New York & London. She was the deputy editor of Canadas " Globe & Mail" & has reported for the " Financial Times" " Economist" & " Washington Post". Freelands last book was " Sale of a Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution". She lives in New York City."
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Post-war reconstruction offered unparalleled opportunities to the developing profession of urban planners to cast off the constraints imposed by historic infrastructure & produce a new vision of urban living expressed in rationally designed city centres linked to suburban precincts & with modern integrated transport systems. Plymouth is the foremost English example of post-war reconstruction on the grand scale laid out to the designs of the most influential urban planner of the day Sir Patrick Abercrombie. This book explains the circumstances which led to the development of Abercrombies Plan for Plymouth (1943) & shows how the plan was implemented in the period 1945-62. Discussion of the overall scheme for the renewed city is complemented by description of the different zones which made up both the central area & the new suburbs & attention is paid to the landscape forms & architectural styles employed in civic commercial & residential areas. The significance of what was achieved in Plymouth will be assessed & international context is provided by comparison with British & European examples of contemporary planning. Urban regeneration programmes pose a threat to the legacy of the post-war reconstruction period & the listing of post-war buildings is often contentious & contested. Finally a discussion of the conservation issues raised by present-day plans for renewal in Plymouth will contribute to current debate about the formulation of policy relating to the buildings & landscapes of the post-war era. ...

Suitable for day trips & short breaks this series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites as well as Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Taking you through the year day by day The Plymouth Book of Days" contains a quirky eccentric amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history many of which had a major impact on the religious & political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into this addictive little book will keep you entertained & informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Plymouths archives it will delight residents & visitors alike." ...

Pobby & Dingan live in Lightning Ridge New South Wales the opal capital of Australia. They are friends with Kellyanne Williamson the daughter of a miner: indeed only she can see them. Pobby & Dingan are imaginary. Ashmol Williamson Kellyannes brother thinks his sister should grow up & stop being such a fruit loop
- until the day when Pobby & Dingan disappear. As Kellyanne grief-stricken begins to fade away Ashmol recruits the whole town in the search for Pobby & Dingan. In the end however he discovers that only he can find them & he can only find them if he too begins to believe they are real.
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Amsterdam works its fairy-tale magic in many ways: via the gabled Golden Age buildings; glinting boat-filled canals; & especially the cosy centuries-old brown cafes where candles burn low & beers froth high. Add in mega art museums & funky street markets & its easy to see why this atmospheric city is one of Europes most popular getaways. ...

Draw colour & create all your favourite subjects by following these simple instructions & fun step-by-step examples. In this title hundreds of ideas combined with expert advice on technique & materials ensure professional-looking results. It

Includes:: over 200 Usborne-recommended Web sites for further inspiration. It also

Includes:: over 100 free downloadable pictures.



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Featuring 73 sharp new images obtained with state-of-the-art scanning technology the Second Edition of this popular pocket atlas is a quick handy guide to interpreting computed tomography images of the brain & calvarium temporal bone orbit nasal cavity & paranasal sinuses. The book helps readers recognize normal anatomic structures on CT scans & distinguish these structures from artifacts. Each page presents a high-resolution CT scan with anatomic landmarks clearly labeled. Directly above the scan are a key to the labels & a thumbnail illustration that orients the reader to the plane of view (sagittal axial or coronal). This format enables readers to identify features rapidly & accurately. Praise for the previous edition: A splendid very pocket-sized atlas...A very useful basic booklet which will enlighten all clinical trainees & not a few of their mentors
- Journal of Neurology" " Neurosurgery" & " Psychiatry". A very useful & uncomplicated pocket-sized reference... This little atlas will be popular among residents in neurology neurosurgery ENT ophthalmology & internal medicine & all clinicians who are required to inspect CTs of the head
- " Neurology". The book is most useful for medical students & neophyte radiology neurology or neurosurgical residents... Recommended
- " American Journal of Neuroradiology"."


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Born on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall as a child Judith Schalansky could travel only through the pages of an atlas. Now she has created her own taking us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. Perfect maps jostle with cryptic tales from the islands full of rare animals & lost explorers marooned slaves & lonely scientists mutinous sailors & forgotten castaways. ...