A dazzling short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Balkan politics.

In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in "The Guardian, ""There are very few books that really help us understand the present. "The Shock Doctrine" is one of those books."

Paperback. Pub Date :1996-05-20 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: Faber and Faber This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme. the interior of a thought. the interior of a single. unique situation the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a book about laughter and about forgetting. about forgetting and about Prague. about Prague and about the angels.The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the most secret of Kunderas novels. This new translation is the first to be fully authorized by Milan Kundera.

This OS Landranger Map Sheet 98 covering Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale is a single sided, boarded cover map covering an area 40km x 40km that is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts. The Yorkshire Dales National Park, Wensleydale and Wharfedale are designated an Area of Natural Beauty. A section of the famous Pennine Way and the E2 European Long Distance Path is marked on map 98. Some of the places covered on map sheet 98 include Gunnerside, Newbiggin, Wensleydale, Wharfedale, Settle, Malham, Ingleton, Clapham, Horton in Ribblesdale and Kettlewell.

Presents a cutting edge overview of tackling and adapting to climate change, written by a lead member of the IPCC.

It's springtime in Japan and the Tadano High School swimming team is barely keeping afloat. When a pretty new coach turns up with the nutty idea of creating a top synchronized swimming team of her own, she has a few problems to overcome. First, she's teaching at an all-boys school; second, the 5 boys who have committed to the team are all hopelessly bad swimmers; third, she suddenly discovers she's 8 months pregnant and due for maternity leave.

HardCover. Pub Date: June 1999 Pages: 512 in Publisher: Phaidon Press Steve McCurry never set out to take portraits. Critically acclaimed and recognized internationally for his classic reportage. over the last twenty years he has worked for the National Geographic and other publications on numerous assignments. travelling extensively throughout the Middle and Far East. McCurry's coverage of the monsoon won first prize in the World Press Awards. and was part of his portfolio when he was named Magazine Photographer of the Year in 1984. He joined Magnum photo agency in 1990.

A polemic against anti-science movements of several kinds. Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world.