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'Bracingly apocalyptic stuff: atmospheric, chock-full of information and with a constantly escalating sense of pace and tension' Sunday TelegraphSimon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of Alfred Wegener, the crack-pot German explorer and father of geology. In breathtaking detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt to this day.

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The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats - from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. We also discover a hugely talented and complex man - a legend in his own lifetime who nonetheless counted himself a failure.

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A gripping Quick Read from the master of the race against time thriller.Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time?You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl.She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can’t speak English.She is clearly running away from someone.Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends’ lives – and your own - in terrible danger?

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'Brisk, bawdy and reckless' Evening Standard'A freak writer, he defies classification. In wilder moments he suggests a loose, lunatic collaboration of Trollope, Ouida and Waugh' ObserverThe Alms for Oblivion sequence - an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex - draws to a close with two novels about death and retribution. But Simon Raven's achievement and the conflicted, colourful or uniquely vile characters he created are not easily forgotten after the last page is turned. Volume III includes Bring Forth the Body and The Survivors'There are some people who consider the greatest cycle of twentieth-century novels to be Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. These people are wrong. Widmerpool and his joyless accomplices are as nothing compared to the characters in Simon Raven's majestic, scurrilous and scabrous Alms for Oblivion cycle' Guardian

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They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more dreams than sense and not a clue between them how to run a record company. But when Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins decided to start their own label from a shabby Glasgow flat in 1979, nobody was going to stand in their way.Postcard Records was the mad, makeshift and quite preposterous result. Launching the careers of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and cult heroes Josef K, the self-styled ‘Sound of Young Scotland’ stuck it to the London music biz and, quite by accident, kickstarted the 1980s indie music revolution.Simon Goddard has interviewed everyone involved in the making of the Postcard legend to tell this thrilling rock’n’roll story of punk audacity, knickerbocker glories, broken windscreens, raccoon-fur hats, comedy, violence and creating something beautiful from nothing, against all the odds.

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Simon is a man who has dedicated his life to searching out the very best recipes. In Simon Hopkinson Cooks, he has created 12 menus offering dishes that not only taste good, but also complement each other perfectly. For Simon, cooking is about care, precision and love, and combining his professional skills with his understanding of home cooking, once again, he has created delicious recipes you will enjoy making - and eating.From the author of the number 1 best-selling book, The Good Cook, here are some more seriously good recipes.

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Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original and controversial voices in the history of popular music. With The Smiths, he led the most influential British guitar group of the 1980s, his enigmatic wit and style defining a generation. As a solo artist, he has continued to broach subjects no other singer would dare.Worshipped by some, vilified by others, Morrissey is a unique rock and roll creation. The 300,000 words of Mozipedia make this the most intimate and in-depth biographical portrait of the man and his music yet. Bringing together every song, album, collaborator, key location, every hero, book, film and record to have influenced his art, it is the summation of years of meticulous research. Morrissey authority Simon Goddard has interviewed almost everybody of any importance, making Mozipedia the last word on Morrissey and The Smiths.

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Simon Carter is an Australian rock climber and photographer. He began working as a professional photographer, and established Onsight Photography in 1994. Since then, he has travelled widely and built up an extensive body of work encompassing many of the world's best climbing destinations. Carter is the recipient of several photography accolades and the author of four previous coffee-table books, including Images from the Edge (2005), which won the Mountain Image award at the Banff Mountain Book Festival.

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The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever. With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water

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Following on from &i>Danubia&/i> and the bestselling &i>Germania&/i>, &i>Lotharingia &/i>is the final instalment in Simon Winders hilarious and informative personal exploration of European history.

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A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity, DOG'S BEST FRIEND reflects on how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries, and explores the universal desire for non-human companionship

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This pocket guide allows the identification of all species of orchid in the British Isles. The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world, reaching its highest diversity in the tropics where their exotic and colourful flowers are often truly breathtaking. Britain and Ireland have just 52 species of wild orchid, some of which are rare or scarce, whilst others are surprisingly inconspicuous. Yet, whether large or small, all orchids share flamboyant flower structures and incredible beauty. It has concise text highlighting ID criteria as well as notes on biology, habitat and conservation, along with stunning colour photographs and accurate range maps based on maps compiled by the Biological Record Centre. This book provides the perfect guide to these beautiful and evocative plants, and is a must for any field naturalist.

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It's 1890. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson return to Baker Street after a night pursuing a vicious criminal. Inspector Lestrade is waiting for Holmes with a proposition of national importance. Lestrade tells Holmes that a school of detection has been formed to train a new breed of modern investigators that will serve in Great Britain and the Empire. Most students will become police officers. Some, however, will become bodyguards and spies. Holmes begins instructing his decidedly curious assortment of students from home and abroad. He does so with his customary gusto and inventiveness.Scotland Yard, in the main, allocates crimes to solve and Holmes mentors his students. Occasionally, he shadows them in disguise in order to assess or even directly test their abilities with creative scenarios he devises. Certain crimes investigated by the students might appear trivial, such as the re-positioning of an ornament atop a garden wall, yet it will transpire an assassin has moved the ornament to create good sightlines in order to commit murder with a sniper's rifle. Other mysteries are considered outside the domain of the police. For example, the inexplicable disappearance of a stone gargoyle, which is linked to an ancient family curse. Or a man suffering from amnesia who discovers that not only has he acquired a secret life but also gained an implacable enemy, too. Holmes, with the ever- trustworthy Doctor Watson in his wake, is kept busy with his students' cases, ranging from minor to serious, sometimes rectifying their mistakes and saving them from a variety of disasters.These eleven wonderful new adventures and intrigues include tales such as 'The Gargoyles of Killfellen House', 'Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden' and 'The Case of the Cannibal Club'.

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We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing. But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity. With a single movement of your hand you can make reptiles appear before you. Butterflies you never saw before will bring joy to every sunny day. Creatures of the darkness will enter your consciousness. And as you take on new techniques and a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures and, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up and start working again. You become wilder in your mind and in your heart. Once you know the tricks, the wild world begins to appear before you. For anyone who wants to get closer to the nature all around them and bring it back into focus, this is the perfect read. 'Barnes describes the wonders of nature with an infectious enthusiasm' Guardian'Such a good idea' Chris Packham 'Barnes, a passionate writer on wildlife...is an endearingly boisterous guide' Daily Mail

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In the Nightside, that nightmarish realm hidden deep beneath London, it is forever 3 a.m. Here inhuman creatures walk beside mythic gods. And John Taylor, private detective with a difference, is back, working this secret supernatural heart of London to find an item of inestimable value.The Unholy Grail is missing . . . and everyone wants its corrosive power.This time he must use his unique gifts to locate the cup from which Judas drank at the Last Supper; before it falls into the wrong hands. Anyone who touches the cup will gain tremendous power - but they will also be corrupted.Angels, demons, sinners and saints are all determined to find the Unholy Grail, no matter what the cost. And it isn't long before they realise exactly who can lead them to it . . .Agents of Light and Darkness is the sequel to Something From the Nightside and the second title in Simon R. Green's New York Times bestselling Nightside series.

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One day, your son disappears from the playground. Ten years later, will you finally get the truth? The disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A phone call from an old friend leads Jonah to the warehouse Slaughter Quay, and the discovery of four bodies, with a link to his son's case. Attacked and left for dead in the dark, Jonah is the only survivor. Under suspicion himself for what happened at Slaughter Quay, Jonah uncovers a network of secrets and lies about the people closest to him - forcing him to question what really happened to his son all those years ago... 'A terrific thriller from one of our finest crime writers at the top of his game.' Peter James 'A roaring, full-throated thriller.' Daily Mail 'First in a new series, this is a tense and twisty tale.' The Sun

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Simon Tolkien’s gripping Oxford-based thriller which sees Inspector Trave in a race for justice against deception, conspiracy and the long shadow of the past. When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his estranged son, Stephen. With his fingerprints on the murder weapon, Stephen’s guilt seems undeniable. As the police begin to question five other people who were in the house at the time, it is revealed that Stephen’s father was involved at the end of World War II in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in northern France, and the case begins to unravel. As Stephen’s trial unfolds at the Old Bailey, Inspector Trave of the Oxford police decides he must go to France and find out what really happened in 1944. What artefact could be so valuable it would be worth killing for? But Trave has very little time – the race is on to save Stephen from the gallows.

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Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left behind. From 1957 to 1972 the artistic and political movement known as the Situationist International (SI) worked aggressively to subvert the conservative ideology of the Western world. The movement's broadside attack on establishment institutions and values left its mark upon the libertarian left, the counterculture, the revolutionary events of 1968, and more recent phenomena from punk to postmodernism. But over time it tended to obscure Situationism's own founding principles. In this book, Simon Sadler investigates the artistic, architectural, and cultural theories that were once the foundations of Situationist thought, particularly as they applied to the form of the modern city.According to the Situationists, the benign professionalism of architecture and design had led to a sterilization of the world that threatened to

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Enter the world of secret codes, cunning puzzles, and mind-bending conundrums. Inspired by the Raising Arcadia series, this book offers a step-by-step guide to each of these three types of problems and a quiz to test your progress. Use it to hone your own detective skills, or to baffle your friends, parents and teachers. This book contains new codes, puzzles and conundrums not seen in the original Raising Arcadia books!

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Una de las notas dominantes del pensamiento contemporáneo es el retorno de lo religioso, eco de una realidad política caracterizada por los avatares de una nueva guerra de religión. Parece que la era secular hubiera dado paso a un periodo distinto en el que la acción política resulta ser una derivada directa del conflicto metafísico. Afrontar esta situación exige dilucidar los lazos que unen política y religión en su peligrosa interdependencia en forma de violencia. Es lo que pretenden estas indagaciones histórico-filosóficas, variaciones de la tesis atrevida que ve en la modernidad una serie de metamorfosis de la sacralización en vez de un proceso de secularización.Con erudición, talento y algo de provocación, Simon Critchley emprende una múltiple lectura: desde las paradojas de la religión civil en Rousseau, pasando por los retos políticos que plantea el retorno del mesianismo paulino en Heidegger, Taubes, Agamben y Badiou, o las implicaciones de lo político y el pecado original

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Este libro está destinado a los lectores que desean conocer los mecanismos técnicos y creativos de una actividad sumamente compleja, cuyas características reales a veces permanecen ocultas por lo anecdótico. Consideramos que estos son temas que pueden interesar, tanto a estudiantes de cine como a críticos, o a quienes desean penetrar, en su rol de simples espectadores, en el conocimiento de una profesión fascinante. Con tal propósito, se incluyen ejemplos prácticos de guión y de realización, principios generales de composición de la imagen y diseños esquemáticos como ayuda preparatoria. La figura del director de cine aparece así en el centro de una compleja trama, con las responsabilidades técnicas, los recursos y los elementos que se tejen en el proceso de creación de una película. De tal modo, el autor completa y desarrolla su trabajo de introducción y de divulgación que iniciara con la publicación, en esta misma serie, de La realización cinematográfica, ahora desde la exc

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La guerra ha terminado y los Reinos Mortales han sucumbido al Caos?Khorgos Khul emprende una feroz batida por el abrasador reino de Aqshy en busca de criaturas mortales para asesinarlas o someterlas a la voluntad de Khorne. Su Marea de Sangre aplasta toda resistencia que encuentra a su paso? hasta que topa con la tormenta.Los cielos han arrojado paladines vestidos de oro. Enviados por Sigmar, los Stormcasts Eternals llegan para liberar todos los reinos del yugo del Caos. Los lidera Vandus Hammerhand, el Lord-Celestant de los Hammers of Sigmar. La esperanza resurge tras una eternidad de tinieblas. Vandus debe abrir las Puertas de Azyr para liberar la furia justiciera de Sigmar contra los siervos del Caos. De su victoria depende todo.Te presentamos la oportunidad perfecta para sumergirte por primera vez en los Reinos Mortales y ver en acción a los guerreros elegidos de Sigmar, unos héroes de magia celestial enfundados en armaduras forjadas por su dios, que cabalgan tormentas y e

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El emperador Karl Franz lidera a sus ejércitos para defender su reino de las hordas del Caos. Pero las cosas se tuercen y Kurt Helborg debe volver a Altdorf para recuperar la ciudad. Todo parece perdido hasta que llega ayuda de un lugar inesperado. Estará Helborg dispuesto a aceptarla?

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La ambigüedad moral y las contradicciones, la corrupción del poder, el carácter como motor de nuestras acciones, la responsabilidad personal? son cuestiones que nos importan mucho hoy, tanto como en la Antigüedad. De ahí que este ensayo atemporal y provocador no trate, en realidad, sobre la tragedia griega.Los dilemas que más nos preocupan no tendrán tanto que ver con la actualidad o la modernidad si ya se representaban en los teatros clásicos. Incluso personajes como el protagonista de Breaking Bad encontrarían estimulantes aquellas representaciones.Simon Critchley nos muestra de qué modo dramaturgos como Sófocles o Esquilo, pero también filósofos como Sócrates y Aristóteles, pueden servirnos de espejo. Gracias a su prosa irónica y desenfadada comprobamos que aquellos clásicos pueden llegar a ser los más posmodernos al invitarnos a convivir con la incertidumbre, y no a combatirla.

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From summer 1941 onwards, Romania actively pursued at its own initiative the mass killing of Jews in the territories it controlled. 1941 saw 13,000 Jewish residents of the Romanian city of Ia?i killed, the extermination of thousands of Jews in Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia by Romanian armed forces and local people, large-scale deportations of Jews to the camps and ghettos of Transnistria, and massacres in and around Odessa. Overall, more than 300,000 Jews of Romanian and Soviet or Ukrainian origin were murdered in Romanian-controlled territories during the Second World War. In this volume, a number of renowned experts shed light on the events, context, and aftermath of this under-researched and lesser-known dimension of the Holocaust. 75 years on, this book gives a much-needed impetus to research on the Holocaust in Romania and Romanian-controlled territories.

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Unter der Geltung eines Gewaltmonopols, dessen Dienstleistungen nicht nur durch die Rechtsgemeinschaft über Steuermittel finanziert werden, sondern auch eine individuelle Kostenbeitragspflicht auslösen, muss es ein Anliegen des Rechtsstaats sein, auch wirtschaftlich schwachen Personen Zugang zur staatlichen Gerichts- und Vollstreckungsgewalt zu gewähren. Da der moderne Rechtsstaat auf die professionelle Beratung und Prozessvertretung durch die privatrechtlich organisierte Anwaltschaft nicht verzichten kann, ist das Problem der Rechtsschutzgewährung nicht einfach durch eine Reform des Gerichtskostenwesens zu lösen. Der Staat muss im Einzelfall eine Prozesskostenhilfe erbringen.Simon Möbius befasst sich mit den rechtlichen Schwierigkeiten des geltenden einfachen Rechts der Prozesskostenhilfe und den Neuerungen, die die jüngste Reform im Sommer 2013 mit sich brachte. Er zeigt die verfassungsrechtliche Herkunft und das Wesen dieses Instituts auf und versucht, Maßstäbe für die Rechtsanwendung und Lösungen für eine Verbesserung der Prozesskostenhilfe zu entwickeln.

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This is an experimental short-story anthology featuring Alan Bennett, Jeremey Dyson and Paul Farley.

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