The Sanctuary Sparrow: Sudden drama strikes the Benadictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man pursued by a lynching mob claims sanctuary just in time to save his life. Cadfael senses the young man's innocence & sets out to solve yet another tangle of human passions where love plays its inevitable part. The Devil's Novice: The Benedictine monastery at Shrewsbury finds its new novice Meriet Aspley a disturbing presence. Meek & bidable by day his sleep is rent with nightmares so violent as to earn him the nickname of Devil's Novice. Can Meriet be involved in the nearby disappearance of a superior prelate? As events take a sinister turn it falls to Brother Cadfael to detect the truth behind the young man's predicament. Dead Man's Ransom: In the battle of Lincoln the sherrif of Shropshire is captured & the King himself taken prisoner by his enemies. Nothing more natural than that an exchange of prisoners should take place. But before this can be completed one captive is murdered. & to Brother Cadfael who notices the evidence of unnatural death falls the task of gathering enough clues to prove it. ...

This title profiles the personal challenges that TCKs experience from feelings of rootlessness & unresolved grief to struggles with maturity & identity. Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication & new mobility patterns the new edition shows how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common & valuable. The authors also expand the coverage to include cross-cultural kids children of bi-racial or bi-cultural parents immigrants & international adoptees
- all of this bringing hidden diversity to our world & challenging our old notions of identity & home.
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Ellie & her friends have achieved more than they ever thought possible as an unarmed bunch of amateur teenage fighters. But its not enough. The war wages on their families are in captivity & their country is on its knees. Hiding back in Hell the friends face a big question: what to do next? The gang have another success when they manage to rescue Kevin. He returns to them equipped with a new knowledge of explosives. Suddenly the question of what to do next becomes clear
- launch an attack on the major enemy target of Cobblers Bay. Can Ellie Homer Fi Robin Lee & Kevin really stage a major military attack on the enemy? & in their attempt to pull it off what will they have to sacrifice? They have already lost Corrie & Chris; who else will the group have to lose in their desperation to defend their country? The Third Day The Frost draws the reader deeper into the struggle of these ordinary teens attempting to survive in extraordinary times. A tense & moving read that will stay with you forever.
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School life has never been so splendid as in these br&-new editions of the classic Blyton series St Clare's". Full of dilemmas & school pranks this best-selling series is guaranteed to keep young readers looking forward to each & every term at St Clare's. The holidays are over & twins Pat & Isabel O' Sullivan are dying to get back to school. The big question on everybody's lips is who will be head girl? There are plenty of candidates to choose from...A terrible accident shows the true leaders & reveals the cheats & cowards too." ...

A perplexed girl thinks she might have killed someone! Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help disappeared convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers flick-knives & blood stains. But without hard evidence it would take all Poirots tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty innocent or insane! ...

With the Keystone Pipeline dominating the news & America's addiction to oil showing no signs of waning it is more urgent than ever that wereconsider our energy needs in light of economic reality. In this New York Times bestseller Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet technology & renewable energy are merging to create a powerful new engine of economic growth wherein hundreds of millions of people will produce their own green energy in their homes offices & factories & share it with each other in an 'energy Internet.' This process willusher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships from hierarchical to lateral that will impact the way we conduct commerce govern society educate our children & engage in civic life. The Third Industrial Revolution is an insider's account of the next great economic era including a look into the personalities & players
- heads of state global CEOs social entrepreneurs & NGOs
- who are pioneering its implementation around the world.

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The number one bestselling memoir of one of New Labours three founding architects now with a revealing new chapter updating this paperback edition. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story -- of a life played out in the backroom & then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government. Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelsons life -- with Tony Blair & Gordon Brown. Charting what he terms the soap-opera years of the Labour government his book continues to ruffle feathers with an updated preface bringing the story up to the tempestuous present. ...

The Third Reich re-appraises one of the most closely studied issues in European history -- the appeal of the Nazi party -- & analyzes the reasons behind the remarkable & sustained success of National Socialism in Germany. David Welch challenges previously held assumptions about the effectiveness of Nazi Propaganda summarizes the major current debate arguing that in order to be successful propaganda must preach to the partially converted. This second edition brings the book up-to-date with a revised introduction & postscript to reflect the historiographical debates of the 1990s. It

Includes:: new material on many topics such as the continuities & discontinuities between Weimar & the Third Reich the medium of radio the ' Hitler myth' Nazi targeting of specific classes & social groups & racial purity.

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The Nazi regime was propelled to power by the new phenomenon of a cohesive mass media communication programme which encompassed press posters radio art & film. The rise & fall of the Third Reich spanned a period of just 25 years & its powerful message was shaped & projected from a vision of German heroism initially conceived & directed by Adolf Hitler & continued by Dr Josef Goebbels. This authoritative study of the propaganda generated by the Nazi party by Emmy award winning author Bob Carruthers encompasses an in-depth analysis of the surviving films posters & magazines of the Third Reich. ...

This book is an essential introduction to the major political problems debates & conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 to the fall of France in June 1940. Illuminating the contemporary issues of the day through a wealth of primary sources including memoir literature personal correspondence parliamentary debates public speeches contemporary newspapers & government documents. The Third Republic in France 1870-1940 provides an engrossing first-hand account of life in this defining period of French history. This book provides original sources detailed commentary & helpful chronologies & bibliographies on: the emergence of the regime & the Paris Commune of 1871 Franco-German relations the character of the Third Republic & the nature of French Republicanism & Socialism anti-Semitism & the Dreyfus Affair the role of women & the importance of the national birth-rate the character of the French Right & of French fascism. ...