Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano & developed by Irvine Sellar The Shard is one of the worlds most striking new skyscrapers & is now at 310m the tallest building in Western Europe. From 1 February 2013 people will be able to visit The View" on floors 68 69 & 72 almost twice the height of any other viewing gallery in London from where they will experience a 360-degree 40-mile view over one of the worlds most historic & exciting cities. Organized spread by spread easy to navigate & as elegantly designed as the building itself the official guidebook sets The Shard in the context of Southwark one of the capitals most historic boroughs before outlining the design principles & construction story of the building. Also included are Q& As with both the architect & the developer & fascinating facts & stats relating to this extraordinary building. Central to the books purpose as the official guidebook are a series of twelve high-resolution double-page panoramic photographs of the views from The Shard (three per compass point: looking left looking right & looking down) each annotated to identify Londons key buildings monuments & landmarks. An informative souvenir for visitors to The Shard the book will also be available in the trade making it available to all Londoners & visitors to the capital." ...

The world is gone destroyed by human ecological or supernatural causes. Survivors dodge chemical warfare & cruel gods; they travel the reaches of space & inhabit underground caverns. Their enemies are disease corrupt corporations & one another; their resources are few & their courage is tested. Powerful original dystopian tales from nine bestselling authors offer bleak insight prophetic visions & precious glimmers of light among the shards & ashes of a ruined world. Stories from: Kelley Armstrong Rachel Caine Kami Garcia Nancy Holder Melissa Marr Beth Revis Veronica Roth Carrie Ryan Margaret Stohl ...

The demon has been defeated & the Kingdom rejoices as the threat to the existence of every living thing on Midkemia has passed but out of the ashes of war new problems arise in the brilliant sequel to Rage of a Demon King... Shards of a Broken Crown Volume IV of Raymond E. Feist's Serpentwar Saga tells the story of the survivors of the great assault on the Kingdom by the hordes of the Emerald Queen. An ambitious General has picked up the fallen reins of command & seeks to build a personal empire out of the wreckage of the Western Realm. It is up to a handful of committed men & women to oppose him. In the forefront of this conflict stand Jimmy & Dash grandsons of the legendary Jimmy the Hand who alongside Erik von Darkmoor & Roo Avery must contest on every hand as rival Empires seek to gain from the Empire's loss. While war rages on two borders mysterious agencies of dark powers move behind the scenes from the mountains to the north to the sewers under the burned-out cities of Krondor. Dark powers move too behind the scenes & Pug the Magician & his allies attempt to engage & defeat them while the Kingdom struggles to gather together the shattered pieces of the nation & forge a new future. ...

Nothing conveys our interdependence more compellingly than the food we eat. It builds our physical resilience brings us joy & strengthens our bonds with family & friends. The recipes in this uplifting book celebrate this truth. They come from the women living in the war-torn countries in which Wf WI operate. Recipes also come from renowned international chefs such as Alice Waters Maggie Beer & Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & humanitarians such as Aung San Suu Kyi Nelson Mandela Desmond Tutu Emma Thompson Richard Branson Paul Mc Cartney & Mia Farrow. Illustrated with stunning photography of the countries as well as the food they cover everyday dishes family meals & recipes perfect for sharing & celebrating. They range from traditional Afghani bichak pastries & Congolese sticky doughnuts to spicy cashew & tomato soup beef rendang & orange-scented almond cake. Interspersed throughout are inspiring stories from the women whose lives have been changed through the intervention of Wf WI. All the royalties from the book will support Wf WI's farming & food training initiatives as well as provide micro-financing in the eight countries in which Wf WI operate
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A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But ...

Here's the bestselling guide on Share Point 2010 updated to cover Office 365 Share Point Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. The Office 365 version

Includes:: significantly enhanced cloud capabilities. This second edition of the bestselling guide to Share Point covers getting a Share Point site up & running branded populated with content & more. It explains ongoing site management & offers plenty of advice for administrators who want to leverage Share Point & Office 365 in various ways.* Many businesses today rely on Share Point Portal Server to aggregate Share Point sites information & applications into a single portal* This updated edition covers the enhanced cloud capacities of Office 365 & Microsoft Share Point Online* Shows how to use Share Point to leverage data centers & collaborate with both internal & external customers including partners & clients* Covers getting a site up & running populating it with content branding it & managing the site long term Administrators & small-business website managers will find Share Point 2010 For Dummies 2nd Edition gives them the information they need to make the most of this technology.

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The bestselling guide on running Share Point now updated to cover all the new features of Share Point 2013 Share Point Portal Server is an essential part of the enterprise infrastructure for many businesses. Building on the success of previous versions of Share Point For Dummies this new edition covers all the latest features of Share Point 2013 & provides you with an easy-to-understand resource for making the most of all that this version has to offer. You'll learn how to get a site up & running branded & populated with content workflow & management. In addition this new edition

Includes:: essential need-to-know information for administrators techsumers & page admins who want to leverage the cloud-hosted features online either as a standalone product or in conjunction with an existing Share Point infrastructure. Walks you through getting a Share Point site up & running effectively & efficiently Explains ongoing site management & offers plenty of advice for administrators who want to leverage Share Point & Office 365 in various ways Shows how to use Share Point to leverage data centers & collaborate with both internal & external customers including partners & clients Share Point 2013 For Dummies is essential reading if you want to make the most of this technology.

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Shares Made Simple" written by highly respected financial journalist Rodney Hobson tears away the mystique & jargon that surrounds the stock market. It takes you step by step through the most basic concepts of stock market investing carefully explaining issues such as: what shares are & how they are bought & sold; why share prices go up & down; why some companies shares look cheap while others appear to be expensive; & the hidden traps for the unwary. This fully revised & updated second edition of this bestselling book sets out to create a level playing field between the stock market professionals & the small investor. As rising living standards & inherited cash provide assets for investment no-one needs to suffer pitiful bank interest rates when there is real money to be made in sharing the nations wealth. Thousands of investors have already benefited from Rodneys clear explanation of the stock market
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The tiny hermit crab loves his new shell. He doesn't want to share it -- not with a blobby violet anenome & a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crab thinks & soon he finds he needs his new housemates in this rollicking story of sea shells & friendship. ...

DK Eyewitness Shark" is a visually stunning guide to some of the most fascinating & mysterious creatures in the ocean. ...