A collection of short stories featuring some of Agatha Christies best-loved detectives -- Hercule Poirot Parker Pyne Mr Satterthwaite & Harley Quin! All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly every great sleuth has his own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then of course theres Poirot whose measured analysis of motive & opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life & death. ...

Fathers are central to the drama of Shakespeares time: they are revered even sacred yet they are also flawed human beings who feature as obstacles in plays of all genres. In Problem Fathers in Shakespeare & Renaissance Drama Tom Mac Faul examines how fathers are paradoxical & almost anomalous characters on the English Renaissance stage. Starting as figures of confident authority in early Elizabethan drama their scope for action becomes gradually more restricted until by late Jacobean drama they have accepted the limitations of their power. Mac Faul argues that this process points towards a crisis of patriarchal authority in wider contemporary culture. While Shakespeares plays provide a key insight into these shifts this book explores the dramatic culture of the period more widely to present the ways in which Shakespeares work differed from that of his contemporaries while both sharing & informing their artistic & ideological preoccupations. ...

The need to control violent & non-violent harm has been central to human existence since societies first emerged. This book analyses the problem of harm in world politics which stems from the fact that societies require the power to harm in order to defend themselves from internal & external threats but must also control the capacity to harm so that people cannot kill injure humiliate or exploit others as they please. Andrew Linklater analyses writings in moral & legal philosophy that define & classify forms of harm & discusses the ways in which different theories of international relations suggest the power to harm can be controlled so that societies can co-exist with the minimum of violent & non-violent harm. Linklater argues for new connections between the English School study of international society & Norbert Elias analysis of civilizing processes in order to advance the study of harm in world politics. ...

Beautifully repackaged as part of the C.S. Lewis Signature Classic Range Lewis addresses the question which tortures every generation
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Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions not carelessly & dogmatically as we might deal with them in ordinary life but critically after analysing how & why the questions arise & clarifying the assumptions & concepts on which they are based. This classic work first published in 1912 has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russells views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance & reality the existence & nature of matter idealism knowledge by acquaintance & by description induction & the limits & value of philosophical knowledge. This edition

Includes:: an introduction by John Skorupski contextualizing Russells work & a guide to further reading.

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Formed in the 1960s ' Prog Rock' British group Procol Harum are best known for their multi million selling single A Whiter Shade of Pale which is the most played record by a British artist of the last 70 years. Features exclusive interviews with band members Gary Brooker Keith Reid Matthew Fisher Robin Trower Dave Ball Mick Grabham Geoff Whitehorn Chris Copping & Dave Bronze. Also

Includes:: interviews with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page film director Alan Parker as well as former managers DJs & many others. Tells the story of their formation in Essex in the 1960s their split on their tenth anniversary in 1977 & their reforming in 1991. Gives details of one of the costliest court cases in British music history whereby a judge awarded a 40% share in the copyright of A Whiter Shade of Pale to a former organist of the b&. Lead singer Gary Brooker & lyricist Keith Reid always claimed credit for the hit which became part of the soundtrack of 1967. But in his ruling the judge decided that organist Matthew Fisher was entitled to both credit & royalties. Brings the story right up to date with detail of their album releases & tours over the last decade.

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Hers was the ultimate ambition.. . The magnificent story of love & politics that continues the saga of Kane & Abel. The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on into the next generation. Florentyna Rosnovski Abel's daughter inherits all her father's drive but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty & spirit but above all with indomitable will she sets out in pursuit of an ambition that dwarfs both Kane & Abel as she battles for the highest office of all.. .'A storyteller in the class of Alexandre Dumas'
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The weather magic that holds the kingdom of Lur safe is failing & the earth feels broken to those with the power to see. Among Lur's sorcerers only Asher has the skill to mend the antique weather map that governs the seasons keeping the land from being crushed by natural forces. Yet when Asher risks his life to meddle with these dangerous magics the crisis is merely delayed not averted. Asher's son Rafel has inherited his father's talents but has been forbidden to use them. Many died in the last Mage War & these abilities aren't to be loosed lightly into the world. But when Asher's last desperate attempt to repair the damage leaves him on this deathbed Rafel's powers may not be denied. For his countrymen are facing famine devastation & a rift in the very fabric of their l&. ...

SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Created centuries ago by a madman possessed of seemingly supernatural powers & a dogged drive for justice the mysterious Deucalion arrives in New Orleans as the next generation of Dr Frankenstein's monsters are about to be unleashed by their deranged maker now known as Victor Helios. Deucalion's path will cross with that of tough police detective Carson O' Connor & her partner Michael Maddison who are on the trail of a vicious serial killer stalking the city a killer who selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Reluctantly Carson will join forces with Deucalion against a far greater terrifying threat: an entire race of killers who are much more
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- than human.. . Deucalion seeks one final confrontation with the evil genius who created him Dr Frankenstein. Dean Koontz the master storyteller creates a bold new legend.

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SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Created centuries ago by a madman possessed of seemingly supernatural powers & a dogged drive for justice the mysterious Deucalion arrives in New Orleans as the next generation of Dr Frankenstein's monsters are about to be unleashed by their deranged maker now known as Victor Helios. Deucalion's path will cross with that of tough police detective Carson O' Connor & her partner Michael Maddison who are on the trail of a vicious serial killer stalking the city a killer who selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Reluctantly Carson will join forces with Deucalion against a far greater terrifying threat: an entire race of killers who are much more
- & less
- than human! Deucalion seeks one final confrontation with the evil genius who created him Dr Frankenstein. Dean Koontz the master storyteller creates a bold new legend.

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