Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career using his fluency in Korean & personal contacts to build a rich nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea Lankov substitutes cold clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation he turns his focus to what North Korea is what its leadership thinks & how its people cope with living in such an oppressive & poor place. He argues that North Korea is not irrational & nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. A living political fossil it clings to existence in the face of limited resources & a zombie economy manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Its leaders are not ideological zealots or madmen but perhaps the best practitioners of Machiavellian politics that can be found in the modern world. Even though they preside over a failed state they have successfully used diplomacy-including nuclear threats-to extract support from other nations. But while the people in charge have been ruthless & successful in holding on to power Lankov goes on to argue that this cannot continue forever since the old system is slowly falling apart. In the long run with or without reform the regime is unsustainable. Lankov contends that reforms if attempted will trigger a dramatic implosion of the regime. They will not prolong its existence. Based on vast expertise this book reveals how average North Koreans live how their leaders rule & how both survive. ...

In this new book from David Wells explore first hand what it's like to go back in time to revisit your past lives. David tells the stories of many of his clients who have done just that with astounding results. You will be amazed at the fascinating lives that people have led both recently & many years ago & what they have learned from regaining these memories & experiences. In his down-to-earth style David uses his wealth of experience to guide you through the mists of time to explore what really happens during past-life regression. ...

What if you could spot deception instantly & see through people like Sherlock Holmes? After having been raised by professional psychic readers Joe Riggs left all that behind to become the internationally acclaimed Mentalist Psychological Performer & Consultant that he is today. In this brief yet extremely powerful book Joe Riggs will not only teach you the hidden methods employed by psychic readers everywhere; he will also teach you some of the most powerful techniques in the art of Mentalism. Joe Riggs has been repeatedly hailed by the press as The Man Who Knows Too Much" as well as " The Real Sherlock Holmes." His uncanny ability to gather a literal wealth of information from a person in seconds is legendary. Get ready to see everyone & everything in a way you never thought possible. These skills & techniques will catapult you into the world of literal mind reading & mental acuity." ...

Real Swansea 2 is a further look at his hometown by poet Nigel Jenkins. With characteristic insight humour & an eye for the odd & unusual Jenkins explores the part of the city which he was forced to omit from Real Swansea. Is subjects include sport the Welsh language drama sex & drugs refugees & asylum seekers key buildings such as the Guildhall the Glynn Vivian & the National Waterfront Museum & districts such as Morriston the Hafod & Sandfields. From Dylan Thomas' Kardomah cafe & the Grand Theatre to brothels & the Welsh School of Architectural Glass from Mumbles Pier to Llangyfelach & from Salubrious Passge to the National Waterfront Musuemall Swansea life is here celebrated in stylish prose & pin sharp poetry. ...

The mistreatment & captivity of women by the Japanese is a little known & poorly documented aspect of the Second World War. In The Real Tenko Mark Felton who has a fast growing reputation as an authority & author on the war in the Far East redresses this omission with a typically well researched yet necessarily gruesome account of the plight of Allied service-women female civilians & local women in Japanese hands. Among the atrocities shamefully committed by the Emperors forces were numerous massacres of nurses; that at Alexandra Hospital Singapore being perhaps the best known. The lack of respect for their defeated enemies extended in full measure to both European & Asian women & their vulnerability was all too often shockingly exploited. Those who found themselves imprisoned fared little better & suffered appalling indignities & starvation. Also covered are the hardships of gruelling marches under extreme conditions. Whereas the sexual enslavement of so called Comfort Women has been regarded as affecting only Asiatic women it transpires that this horror was experienced by whites as well. The Real Tenko is a disturbing & shocking testimony both to the callous & cruel behaviour of the Japanese & to the courage & fortitude of those who suffered at their hands. ...

The Real Thing" is a sparkling romantic comedy about not being quite able to let go of the past from bestselling author of "A Rural Affair" & "A Crowded Marriage" Catherine Alliott. Every girls got one
- that old boyfriend they never quite fell out of love with... Tessa Hamiltons thirty with a lovely husband & home two adorable kids & not a care in the world. Sure her husband ogles the nanny more than she should allow. & keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time occupation. But shes settled & happy. No seven-year itch for Tessa. Except at the back of her mind is Patrick Cameron. Gorgeous moody rebellious hes the boy she met when she was seventeen. The boy her vicar father told her she couldnt see & who left to go to Italy to paint. The boy shes not heard from in twelve long years. & now hes back. Questioning every choice every decision shes made since Patrick left Tessa is about to risk her family & everything she has become to find out whether she did the right thing first time round... Step into Alliott country with " The Real Thing". Praise for Catherine Alliott: " The writing is both intelligent & sparkling". (Marian Keyes). " Youre in for a treat". (" Daily Express"). Catherine Alliott is the author of twelve bestselling novels: "A Crowded Marriage" "A Married Man" " Not That Kind of Girl" " Going Too Far" " The Old-Girl Network" " Olivias Luck" " Rosie Meadows Regrets..." " The Wedding Day" " The Real Thing" " The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton" " One Day in May" & "A Rural Affair". She lives with her family in Hertfordshire."
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Hannah moves to a new school where she must decide who is her real true friend
- the Queen of Cool or Zoe Freaky Frost. A funny
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Real Vintage Maverick Folks in Thunder Canyon havent seen Cody Overton smile much in the years since he lost his wife. But now rumour has it that the eldest Clifton sister has found Cody Overtons heart! Is it true that cutie Catherine has put the spring back in Codys boot-scootin step? The Mavericks Ready-Made Family Sexy single dad Clayton Traub already has a full plate with adorable six-month-old Bennett. But now tipsters tell us Clays got a new main squeeze in Antonia Wright. Yes that Antonia
- feisty independent...and eight months pregnant!
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Where Darkness Lives" by Alexandra Ivy
- No ones more surprised than Sophia when shes struck by an unfamiliar maternal urge
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Includes: around 100 spells & recipes
- many revealed for the first time
- for eating drinking & making your life


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