Through a series of mishaps Henry Warren a recently divorced City financier ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the towns inhabitants Warren risks his fortune & reputation to save the shipyard & restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town he radically changes his own. ...

' The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states & civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book Britain's former senior law lord & one of the world's most acute legal minds examines what the idea actually means. He makes clear that the rule of law is not an arid legal doctrine but is the foundation of a fair & just society is a guarantee of responsible government is an important contribution to economic growth & offers the best means yet devised for securing peace & co-operation. He briefly examines the historical origins of the rule & then advances eight conditions which capture its essence as understood in western democracies today. He also discusses the strains imposed on the rule of law by the threat & experience of international terrorism. The book will be influential in many different fields & should become a key text for anyone interested in politics society & the state of our world. ...

Keep your enemies close & your sons closer... The story of the third great Moghul Emperor Akbar leader of a triumphant dynasty which contained the seeds of its own destruction. Akbar ruler of a sixth of the worlds people colossally rich & utterly ruthless was a contemporary of Elizabeth I but infinitely more powerful. His reign began in bloodshed when he strangled his treacherous milk-brother but it ended in glory. Akbar extended his rule over much of Asia skillfully commanding tens of thousands of men elephants & innovative technology yet despite the unimaginable bloodshed which resulted his empire was based on universal religious tolerance. However Akbars homelife was more complicated. He defied family nobles & mullahs to marry a beautiful Rajput princess whose people he had conquered; but she hated Akbar & turned Salim his eldest son against him. Whats more as any Moghul prince could inherit his fathers crown & become Emperor his sons were brought up to be intensely competitive & suspicious of each other: to see eachother as rivals for the greatest prize of all. & as Salim grew to manhood the relationship between father & son became tainted by rebellion & competition to be the greatest Moghul of them all. ...

This bestselling pocket-sized racing rules book is unique in covering the rules by race situation. It explains the rules affecting each part of the race course from the start line round the marks & on to the finish line & clear diagrams show which boat is in the right or the wrong. The entire 2013-2016 racing rules are also included in this edition. This book is ideal for all racers because the rules are explained by race situation using explanatory diagrams to show the rules that apply all around the race course. The rules are graded for all levels of competition
- club national & international championship. This unique method of presentation has proved extremely popular with racers over ten editions.
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Luvvies. Tyrannical directors. Useless agents. Less job security than an England football manager. Who'd be an actor? Michael Simkins isn't sure even though he's been one himself for over thirty years. Join him backstage as he examines that business called showbusiness from am dram to Hollywood & from Shakespeare to ads for flatulence pills. In a career that started as a plump teenager in ballet tights at RADA Michael has appeared in countless West End plays & musicals presented safety training workshops for sewage workers & when resting worked as a crate smasher at a car factory. He's done movies soaps ads & voice-overs & worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Kelly Osbourne. As the ultimate jobbing actor he's flirted with triumph & oblivion without ever quite managing either. In The Rules of Acting he shares his hard-won wisdom. Covering everything from learning your lines to tilting for Oscar success in Hollywood surviving a flop to why it's advisable to read the whole script if you wish to avoid improper relations with a pig it's the ultimate survival guide for anyone contemplating a life in showbiz. Throw out An Actor Prepares! Michael Simkins' book tells actors all they need to know about the realities of the acting profession; the passion the struggle the noble idealism & the heartache". (Helen Mirren). " It is thrilling that Micahel Simkins is having such success as a writer
- anything to keep him off the stage". (Ian Mckellen)."
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The Rule Book of The FA from 1863 is one of the most important books ever published
- according to the writer & broadcaster Melvyn
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Carlos Fuentes isnt happy about leaving Mexico to start the new" life his older brother Alex has planned for him. Carlos liked his freedom; living life on the edge
- just like Alex did. Kiara Westford doesnt talk much; instead preferring to shut out the world. & when Carlos bounds into her life she struggles to understand him. Carlos is sure that Kiara thinks shes too good for him which is just fine because hes not interested anyway right? But when they finally open up to each other the connection they feel shocks them both. Can they overcome their fears & realise that sometimes opposites really do attract?"
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Incisive controversial & startlingly funny The Rules of Attraction examines a group of affluent students at a small self-consciously bohemian liberal-arts college on Americas East Coast. Lauren who changes the man in her bed even more often than she changes course is dating Victor but sleeping with Sean. Sean -- cool ambivalent & deeply cynical -- might be in love with Lauren but hes not going to let that stop him from bedding Paul. Paul as shrewd as he is passionate is Laurens ex-lover & the final point in this curious triangle. This is a breathtaking tale of sex expectation desire & frustration. A tour of the heart of darkness a moral armageddon The Times Compelling.. .sympathetic to his lost generation" the way only Fitzgerald was about his Vanity Fair One of the primary inside sources in upper-middle-class Americas continuing investigation of what has happened to its children New York Times Inspired. A wonderfully comic novel Gore Vidal" ...

WHAT THEY SAID about RULES OF CIVILITY: ' Everything about this novel set in 1930s New York is achingly stylish
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