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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days New edition of annually revised, politically coloured road map of France at 18 miles to 1 inch / 11km to 1cm (1:1,120,000). The map shows individual department by name, and cities, towns, roads, European route numbers, motorways and toll motorways are clearly shown, making it the ideal map for planning and route-finding. The map shows the road network in detail for easy route planning. With its political colouring of departments, it is ideal for reference and business users also. AREA OF COVERAGE Covers the whole of France from the Belgian and German borders in the north to the Spanish border in the south, and from the Brest Peninsula in the west to the Italian and Swiss borders in the east. Also includes the island of Corsica. MAIN FEATURES * Fully revised and updated for 2017. * Clear, detailed road network. * Through-route maps of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, and Toulouse. * Distance chart giving distances in kilometres between main towns. * Key to department names and numbers, and list of regions. * Internet links to further information. * Full Index to place names. * Map legend in English, French and German. Features Summary New edition of annually revised, politically coloured road map of France at 18 miles to 1 inch / 11km to 1cm (1:1,120,000). The map shows individual department by name... Author Collins Maps Publisher Collins Release date 20161201 ISBN 0-00-820360-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-820360-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Following her award-winning monograph "5683 miles away," Yael Ben-Zion fixes her camera on another personal but politically charged theme: intermarriage. Ben-Zion initiated the project in 2009, inviting couples who define themselves as "mixed" to participate. Her own marriage "mixed," she was interested in the many challenges faced by couples who choose to share their lives regardless of their different origins, ethnicities, races, or religions. Through layered images and revealing texts--including excerpts from a questionnaire she asked her subjects to fill out--"Intermarried" weaves together fragments of reality to compose a subtle narrative that deals with the multifaceted issues posed by intermarriage. Features Summary Following her award-winning monograph "5683 miles away," Yael Ben-Zion fixes her camera on another personal but politically charged theme: intermarriage... Author Yael Ben-Zion (Photographer), Amy Chua (Foreword by) Publisher Kehrer Verlag Release date 20140102 Pages 126 ISBN 3-86828-418-4 ISBN 13 978-3-86828-418-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours The Guptas, arguably South Africa¿s most infamous family, have dominated news headlines for many years. But the landing of a commercial airliner packed with wedding guests at Air Force Base Waterkloof in 2013 sparked the most severe onslaught of public outrage the politically connected family had endured up to that fateful day. Since then, they have become embroiled in allegations of state capture, of dishing out cabinet posts to officials who would do their bidding, and of benefiting from lucrative state contracts and dubious loans. The Republic Of Gupta examines the various controversies surrounding the family and explores the path that took the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta from an obscure town in India to the inner circle of South African president Jacob Zuma. This book investigates: What were the Guptas up to during Thabo Mbeki¿s tenure as president? What role did they play in Zuma¿s dramatic rise to power? How do they get senior government officials to do their bidding? What is it like being in the family¿s employ? What does state capture really involve? Unpacking these and other questions, Pieter-Louis Myburgh delves deeper than ever before into the Guptas¿ business dealings and their links to prominent South African politicians, and explains how one family managed to transform an entire country into The Republic Of Gupta. Features Summary The Guptas, arguably South Africa’s most infamous family, have dominated news headlines for many years. But the landing of a commercial airliner packed with wedding guests at Air Force Base Waterkloof in 2013 sparked the most severe onslaught of public outrage the politically connected family had endured up to that fateful day... Author Pieter-Louis Myburgh Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170424 Pages 306 ISBN 1-77609-089-6 ISBN 13 978-1-77609-089-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Husband and wife, parents and grandparents, Grace Paley and Robert Nichols are also two writers and activists who constantly engage the world. This collection, juxtaposing stories and poems by each of them, yields revealing comparisons while validating the truth that artists can write politically in many different ways. "Here and Somewhere Else" is redolent with implications about the settings and themes in the collection. The stories are rooted in New York City and rural Vermont, yet the world outside constantly intrudes with its problems, its demands, its crises. It includes previously uncollected or unpublished fiction by each author. Features Summary Presents a collection of juxtaposing stories and poems, revealing their comparisons while validating the truth that artists can write politically in many different ways... Author Grace Paley (Author), Robert W. Nichols (Author) Publisher Feminist Press at The City University of New York Release date 20070301 Pages 147 ISBN 1-55861-537-7 ISBN 13 978-1-55861-537-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days 'Bury My Clothes' is a meditation on violence. It is a meditation on race. It is a meditation on the places at which they intersect, politically, culturally and personally. Amongst oppressed communities of colour, it is about survival. It is about establishing personhood in the world, where everything around suggests non-personhood. And as such, it establishes legacy in a culture and history of non-ownership, through the ownership of idea and ideal. The poems in this powerful collection offer a prayer, a signpost for a new, more total way to exist. Features Summary 'Bury My Clothes' is a meditation on violence. It is a meditation on race. It is a meditation on the places at which they intersect, politically, culturally and personally... Author Roger Bonair- Agard Publisher Haymarket Books Release date 20130425 Pages 160 ISBN 1-60846-269-2 ISBN 13 978-1-60846-269-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Annually revised and updated, politically coloured road map of France at 18 miles to 1 inch / 11km to 1cm (1:1,120,000). The map shows individual department by name, and cities, towns, roads, European route numbers, motorways and toll motorways are clearly shown, making it the ideal map for planning and route-finding. The map shows the road network in detail for easy route planning. With its political colouring of departments, it is ideal for reference and business users also. Area of coverage: Covers the whole of France from the Belgian and German borders in the north to the Spanish border in the south, and from the Brest Peninsula in the west to the Italian and Swiss borders in the east. Also includes the island of Corsica. Main features of this map include: * Fully revised and updated * Clear, detailed road network * Through-route maps of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, and Toulouse * Distance chart giving distances in kilometres between main towns * Key to department names and numbers, and list of regions * Internet links to further information * Full Index to place names * Map legend in English, French and German Features Summary Annually revised and updated, politically coloured road map of France at 18 miles to 1 inch / 11km to 1cm (1:1,120,000). The map shows individual department by name... Author Collins Maps Publisher Collins Release date 20181101 ISBN 0-00-831350-4 ISBN 13 978-0-00-831350-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A prelude to fame, Just Kids recounts the friendship of two young artists--Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe - whose passion fueled their lifelong pursuit of art. In 1967, a chance meeting between two young people led to a romance and a lifelong friendship that would carry each to international success never dreamed of. The backdrop is Brooklyn, Chelsea Hotel, Max's Kansas City, Scribner's Bookstore, Coney Island, Warhol's Factory and the whole city resplendent. Among their friends, literary lights, musicians and artists such as Harry Smith, Bobby Neuwirth, Allen Ginsberg, Sandy Daley, Sam Shepherd, William Burroughs, etc. It was a heightened time politically and culturally; the art and music worlds exploding and colliding. In the midst of all this two kids made a pact to always care for one another. Scrappy, romantic, committed to making art, they prodded and provided each other with faith and confidence during the hungry years--the days of cous-cous and lettuce soup. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. Beautifully written, this is a profound portrait of two young artists, often hungry, sated only by art and experience. And an unforgettable portrait of New York, her rich and poor, hustlers and hellions, those who made it and those whose memory lingers near. Features Summary Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Author Patti Smith Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Release date 20101215 Pages 288 ISBN 0-7475-6876-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7475-6876-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Los Angeles Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new legal thriller from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE BLACK ECHO, Michael Connelly. In the LA Police's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other evidence is virtually non-existent. Now Bosch and his new partner, rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case. Starting with the bullet that's been lodged for years in the victim's spine, they must pull new leads from years-old information, which soon reveals that this shooting may have been anything but random in this gripping police procedural. Features Summary Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new thriller from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Michael Connelly. Author Michael Connelly Publisher Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd) Release date 20150324 Pages 388 ISBN 1-4091-5458-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4091-5458-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1 documentary BOMBER BOYS, presented by Ewan McGregor. They came from every corner of Britain and its Empire. They were the best of their generation...heading for one of the worst tasks of WWII. Like RAF pilots, the thousands of brave young men who joined Bomber Command took to the air to help Britain triumph in World War Two. But in the glow of victory, the fighter pilots were lauded for their efforts while the Bomber Boys faded in national memory. Crucial in the heat of combat, they were politically awkward afterwards. Yet with an average life expectancy shorter than that of soldiers on the Western front in WWI, these men faced death, injury and capture time and again to send bombs through the shrieking flak onto enemy territory. 'Bomber Boys' is a tribute to their strength, courage and heroism - filling in the historical blanks and immortalising their memory. Features Summary Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945... Author Patrick Bishop Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20080303 Pages 429 ISBN 0-00-719215-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-719215-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Alek and Deryn are back onboard the Leviathan. The ship is ordered to pick up Tesla, a Russian inventor who has created a machine he claims can destroy half of the world, which he is using as a threat to impose peace. Alek wants to the end the war, so decides to back Tesla politically, as do the Darwinists. Meanwhile Deryn is still pretending to be a boy, though Alek has figured out her true identity, and promises to keep her secret. With stops in New York, California and Mexico, Deryn and Alek encounter adventure and intrigue at every turn, but when a secret German plan to sabotage Tesla's machine leads to a heart-stopping stand-off, as Tesla threatens to fire his weapon, it's up to the two of them to stop him - or face the end of the world for real... Features Summary The concluding part of this New York Timesbestselling series by Uglies'author Scott Westerfeld. Author Scott Westerfeld Publisher Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Release date 20120705 Pages 543 ISBN 1-84738-680-6 ISBN 13 978-1-84738-680-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days 'A Scottish Parliament. Not an end: a means to greater ends' - Donald Dewar. 'The new parliament building will be a significant moment in the history of the Scottish Nation...But a Parliament is not a building...it is one of the formal aspects of a political organisation...' - Enric Miralles. This book is from an initially skeptical standpoint James Robertson, the first writer in residence in the Parliament, soon found he admired the building and the enthusiasm of those who sail her. 'Literature, like a parliament, has the capacity to give us back to ourselves better, new, re-imagined.' - Marc Lambert, Scottish Book Trust. It contains politically relevant poems and essays anchoring the new Parliament building to its literary heritage. It includes Enric Miralles's first sketches for the parliament - some never seen before and is from the author of "Joseph Knight", "The Saltire" and "SAC Book of the Year Awards 03-04". With full colour throughout, it will interest those with an interest in Scottish history, culture, politics or architecture, contemporary Scottish poetry and literature in context. Features Summary Here are 11 sonnets and three essays written by James Robertson. They create snapshots of the Scottish Parliament and the people working and living in and around it... Author James Robertson Publisher Luath Press Ltd Release date 20050701 Pages 64 ISBN 1-905222-26-2 ISBN 13 978-1-905222-26-1

Subtitle: Post-War Sculptures and Assemblages in South Africa Author: Elizabeth Rankin Publisher: Witwatersrand University Press (1994) Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: 1868142574 ISBN-13: 9781868142576 Condition: Very Good - Slight wear to cover edges Binding: Softcover Pages: 206 Dimensions: 28 x 22.5 x 1 cm Weight: 0.81 Price: 200 +++ by Elizabeth Rankin +++ The post-war period has seen a remarkable development in sculpture in bronze, steel and other metals in South Africa. Economic growth, the establishment of bronze foundries and developments in new media at art schools stimulated sculptural production amongst white sculptors, who drew on modernist trends from Europe and America. Excluded from art institutions, black artists rarely had the opportunity to share in international aspirations, but, making use of unusual media and informal training, produced innovative works. Images of Metal explores these developments and offers over twenty individual essays on sculptors represented in the University of the Witwatersrand collections. From wire toys and representational bronzes, through modernist steel constructions, to politically charged multi-media assemblages, the work show the common history and the creative diversity of sculpture in South Africa.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Western civilization tends to view secularism as a positive achievement. From this perspective, benefits of secularizing trends include the separation of church and state, the rule of law, and freedom from organized religion. In the Arab Middle East, however, Islamist intellectuals increasingly cite Western-inspired secularism as the source of the region's social dislocation and political instability. While secularism in the West led to the spread of democratic values, in the Muslim world it has been associated with dictatorship, the violation of human rights, and the abrogation of civil liberties. Islam and Secularism in the Middle East examines the origins and growth of the movement to abolish the secularizing reforms of the past century by creating a political order guided by Shariah law. Contributors explain the Islamic rejection of secularism as a failed Western Christian ideal and also discuss how secularization was pioneered by those who thought Muslims could only advance politically by emulating Western practices, including the renunciation of religion. Features Summary An examination of the origins and growth of the Middle East movement to abolish the secularizing reforms of the 20th century by creating a political order guided by Shariah law... Author John L. Esposito (Editor), Azzam Tamimi (Editor) Publisher New York University Press Release date 20000531 Pages 295 ISBN 0-8147-8261-2 ISBN 13 978-0-8147-8261-3

"Today [1989] the Afrikaners are embarked upon their final trek. It is a journey to the very core of South Africa's racial problem; a journey which will determine whether this singular and stubborn people can live side by side with their black fellow countrymen, whose political aspirations they have so far thwarted." For South Africa the year 1988 was one of politically charged anniversaries. It was 500 years since the Portuguese explorer, Bartholomeu Dias, became the first European to set foot on the southern tip of Africa. The ruling National Party marked 40 years in power, while President P.W. Botha celebrated ten years as the country's controversial leader. Most important of all was the 150th anniversary of the Great Trek, the heroic focal point in the history of the Afrikaners, the white tribe that dominates South Africa. The trek was undertaken by Afikaner or "Boer" fugitives from British colonial rule in the Cape. Dragging their ox-wagons over mountains and through swirling rivers, they made their way north to establish their own republics, suffering hardship and death on the way. The commemoration of the Great Trek was therefore a tumultuous event for the Afrikaners. But it was celebrated by a bitterly divided people. President Botha's cautious moves towards sharing power with people of colour have led to Afrikanerdom's most fundamental schism to date. Hardliners seeking a return to rigid apartheid have moved to the right. Liberal Afrikaners have gone in search of common ground with black nationalists. This leaves the National Party trying to hold the centre ground. Every level of Afrikaner society has been torn by the rifts. Given the Afrikaner's firm grip on power in South Africa and his determination to survive despite overwhelming opposition from the rest of the world, what happens within Afrikanerdom is of crucial importance to the country's future. The violent unrest in the black townships during the mid-1980s was crushed in a clear demonstration that the Afrikaners are not about to surrender control over their future. Today the Afrikaners are embarked upon their final trek. It is a journey to the very core of South Africa's racial problem; a journey which will determine whether this singular and stubborn people can live side by side with their black fellow countrymen, whose political aspirations they have so far thwarted.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Koen Wessing's "Chili, September 1973" is a shocking account of government brutality, from a socially concerned and politically engaged Dutch photojournalist who has gone on to make similarly powerful images in Ireland, Chile, Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, El Salvador, China, Berlin and Amsterdam. First published in 1973, just months after the fall of Salvador Allende to Augusto Pinochet's coup d'etat, it describes the tense days of the military attempt to root out public opposition in the streets of Santiago, and has since become one of documentary photography's most exemplary moments. This entry in Errata Editions' "Books on Books" series reproduces every spread from Wessing's gritty documentation of Chile's darkest historical moment; art historian and film theorist Pauline Terreehorst contributes a contemporary essay titled "The Man in the Grey Suit: Koen Wessing: Chili 1973." Errata Editions' "Books on Books" series is an ongoing publishing project dedicated to making rare and out-of-print photography books accessible to students and photobook enthusiasts. These are not reprints or facsimiles but complete studies of the original books. Each volume in the series presents the entire content, page for page, of an original master bookwork which, up until now, has been too rare or expensive for most to experience. Through a mix of classic and contemporary titles, this series spans the breadth of photographic practice as it has appeared on the printed page and allows further study of the creation and meanings of these great works of art. Each volume in the series contains illustrations of every page in the original photobook, a new essay by an established writer on photography, production notes about the creation of the original edition and biographical and bibliographical information about each artist. Features Summary Text by Pauline Terreehorst, Jeffrey Ladd. Author Pauline Terreehorst Publisher Errata Editions Release date 20100228 Pages 64 ISBN 1-935004-14-X ISBN 13 978-1-935004-14-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Liddy sounds an alarm for all freedom-loving Americans, warning that liberties are being chipped away in the name of good causes, civic convenience and left-wing demagoguery. Liddy also divulges new information in a shocking, tell-all chapter on Watergate. Features Summary The inimitable G. Gordon Liddy offers his unabashedly politically incorrect view on America. Author G. Gordon Liddy Publisher Regnery Publishing Release date 20020901 Pages 308 ISBN 0-89526-175-8 ISBN 13 978-0-89526-175-5

  Green Arrow Issue # 1 "The Death and Life of Oliver Queen", part 1 As Oliver struggles with how he can fight 'the man' when his huge fortune makes him the man, he and Black Canary uncover a deadly new threat to Seattle that cuts the Archer to the bone. THEY SAID IT: 'My touchstones are [former GA writers] Dennis O'Neil and Mike Grell, while trying to make the series my own,' says writer Benjamin Percy. 'Green Arrow will be a politically and culturally relevant series. Expect stories that aim a broadhead into the zeitgeist, that are ripped from the headlines.' Regular Juan Ferreyra Cover

 Divine by Karen Kingsbury (Paperback)   est-selling author Karen Kingsbury weaves another dramatic story of tragedy and redemption! Mary Madison was a child of unspeakable horrors, a young woman society wanted to forget. Now a divine power has set Mary free to bring life-changing hope and love to battered and abused women living in the shadow of the nation's capital. Mary is educated and redeemed, a powerful voice in Washington, D.C.—both to the politically elite and to other women like her. But she also has a past that shamed polite society. Her experiences created in her paralyzing fear, faithlessness, addiction, and promiscuity. At the crossroads of her life, only one power set Mary free and gave her a lifetime of love and hope. A power that could only be divine.

Native Nostalgia In this, his first book, Jacob Dlamini writes about growing up in Katlehong in Gauteng, in the tradition of Orhan Pamuk's and Walter Benjamin's accounts of their childhoods in Istanbul and Berlin respectively. Using fragments from his own childhood, he examines the nostalgia that many black people feel for the past their lives under apartheid. In arguing that people do not stop being moral agents just because they are politically oppressed or discriminated against, the author seeks to recover the moral content of black life under apartheid. This book is about nostalgia, an affliction of the heart that began life as a passing ailment but became an incurable modern condition. The book uses the life of a young black South African who spent his childhood under apartheid to ask the following question: What does it mean to remember a (black) life lived under apartheid with fondness and longing? The nostalgia examined here should not be understood the same way that the archetypal black pensioner trotted out by newspapers at each general election in South Africa says: "Things were better under apartheid." No, apartheid had no virtue. But the author insists that we confront facile accounts of black life under apartheid that paint the 46 years in which the system existed as one vast moral desert, as if blacks produced no art, literature, music, bore no morally upstanding children or, at the very least, children who knew the difference between right and wrong even if those children did not grow up to make the "right" moral choices in their lives. This is not to say there was no poverty, crime or moral degradation. There was, of course. But none of this determined the shape of black life in its totality. This is not to suggest that all black families were happy the same way. Each family was, of course, unhappy in its own way. The differences between black families extended beyond questions of domestic bliss or strife. There were class, ethnic and gender differences aplenty. It behoves any history worthy of the name to take these differences seriously, which could be as small as the type of lawn one had in one's yard, the type of furniture in each bedroom, or the type of fencing one had around the yard whether the concrete slabs colloquially called "stop nonsense" or a wire mesh fence. The author is interested also in the role of the senses in a person's experience of nostalgia. He uses fragments drawn randomly from the past to look at his childhood in Katlehong as a lived experience of the senses. He tries to imagine how one might relay the history of Katlehong in terms of the senses of smell, hearing, taste, touch and sight. He uses his sensory experience of Katlehong, for example, to examine the place of radio in the life of an urban black family in apartheid South Africa. Here he does not simply wish to relay the auditory experience of listening to the radio but to look, rather, at how the very instrument that was supposed to be the government's propaganda tool actually had the opposite effect, awakening in him a political consciousness that saw him adopt a politics at odds with the political gradualism and religious conservatism of his mother. Again, he looks at how black schools, intended by government to be a great downward leveller of black ambition, inadvertently served to heighten class consciousness within black society, often pitting the local elite against the mass of the great black unwashed. Finally, he studies how local political identities were formed in relation to both a national black identity and a much broader black diasporic identity. About the Author Jacob Dlamini is one of South Africa's bright young intellectuals. A PhD student at Yale, he has written for a number of magazines and newspapers such as the Sunday Times. Author Jacob Dlamini ISBN 9781770097551 Format Paperback Pages 169p. _

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Shadow Play is a powerful novel of subterfuge, betrayal, risk and deep bonds of friendship formed during a time of struggle and pain while a new nation, determined to rise, faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles. When confronted with his call-up papers for the apartheid army, with his fellow student activists either scattered or in jail, Matthew chooses exile in Europe. In Amsterdam, he reconnects with his friend Oliver, who is studying music there. As he falls into a different rhythm of life, as contented as he is in a loving relationship and a job in a music store, the pull of his homeland never leaves him. When he receives an unexpected call from a former activist comrade, he makes a decision that will put at risk everything he has built in his new life. And when he meets Mandla for the first time, he knows there will be no going back. For Matthew, the reality of living as a refugee and an immigrant in Europe begins to intrude and with it a new and sometimes disquieting understanding of protest politics and the liberal ideal. For Mandla, directions to a liberated country that were once clear to him and untainted by self-interest and the seduction of power, become blurred at times and increasingly uncomfortable. Both men have to search deep in their hearts when they are asked to make choices that challenge them morally, personally and politically. (Author Gerald Kraak passed away in 2014. Kraak was in the process of writing Shadow Play when he died, leaving an unfinished draft in the care of his literary executor with the novel evenutally being completed by Alison Lowry). Features Summary Shadow Play is a powerful novel of subterfuge, betrayal, risk and deep bonds of friendship formed during a time of struggle and pain while a new nation... Author Gerald Kraak (Author), Alison Lowry (Continued by) Publisher Jacana Media Release date 20170508 Pages 250 ISBN 1-4314-2507-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4314-2507-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The inside story of London's housing crisis, by the award-winning author of Ground Control London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK. Despite the desperate shortage of housing, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are being pulled down, replaced by luxury apartments aimed at foreign investors. In this ideological war, housing is no longer considered a public good. Instead, only market solutions are considered - and these respond to the needs of global capital, rather than the needs of ordinary people. In politically uncertain times, the housing crisis has become a key driver creating and fuelling the inequalities of a divided nation. Anna Minton cuts through the complexities, jargon and spin to give a clear-sighted account of how we got into this mess and how we can get out of it. Features Summary The inside story of London's housing crisis, by the award-winning author of Ground Control London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK... Author Anna Minton Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20170518 Pages 160 ISBN 0-14-198499-6 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198499-5

Softcover. English. Beacon Press. 2002. ISBN: 9780807043295. 155pp. Good condition in softcover, but some sections have pen lines next to them. After the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, American flags appeared everywhere. Is patriotism a good response at a time of national crisis? What does it mean for us to think of ourselves as a nation first? With our connections to the world growing stronger and more vital than ever, Martha C. Nussbaum argues that we should distrust conventional patriotism as parochial and instead see ourselves first of all as 'citizens of the world.' Sixteen prominent writers and thinkers respond, including Benjamin R. Barber, Sissela Bok, Nathan Glazer, Robert Pinsky, Elaine Scarry, Amartya Sen, and Michael Walzer. NEW DEMOCRACY FORUM A series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. The series editors (for Boston Review), Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental issues-both on and off the agenda of conventional politics. Book No: 48273

"KAPSHIDA!:The North Korean Video Game, is about a new braver North Korea. Imagine a non-dystopian, politically friendly, and progressive North Korea.This fictional story is centered around May Day, South Korean Olympics, and Youth Fairs. There are hipsters, video games, renewable energy, and video game mascots to have achieved fame. This new epoch might be weird, but it is theirs! So, Kapshida! by Lucas Alan Dietsche (Author) Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Paperback: 190 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 12, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1976573440 ISBN-13: 978-1976573446 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.4 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Wealth, Poverty, and Politics: An International Perspective An International Perspective by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook) Title: Wealth, Poverty, and Politics: An International Perspective An International Perspective Author: Thomas Sowell Narrator: David Cochran Heath Genre: Political Science - Public Policy - Economic Policy Type: Audiobook Delivery method: Please refer to "Shipping & Payment" Description: In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture.Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others, Sowell draws on empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe.Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Equipping teachers and learners to succeed in Global Politics from day 1, this student Course Book has been developed directly with the IB. Helping to develop politically engaged learners who can think critically about the changing 21st Century world, you can rely on it providing the most comprehensive coverage of this subject. Embracing a truly concept-based approach, fully in line with the syllabus, and structured around the central theme of People, Power and Politics, it ensures learners develop critical understanding of big picture political issues, problems and solutions. Fully cover the syllabus - written by syllabus developer and UNESCO Chair in Human and Cultural Rights Max Kirsch and developed directly with the IB. Adopt a fully concept-based approach - the truly concept-based structure drives trans-disciplinary understanding. Build critical thought - student-centered activities drive exploration and analysis. Relate politics to the real world - a rich base of current, engaging case-studies ensures subject material is immediately relevant to learners own experiences. Equip learners for assessment - assessment support directly from the IB accurately prepares students to achieve in exams. This pack includes one print Course Book and one online Course Book. The online Course Book will be available on Oxford Education Bookshelf until 2024. Access is facilitated via a unique code, which is sent in the mail. The code must be linked to an email address, creating a user account. Access may be transferred once to an additional user. Features Summary Equipping you to plan and implement Global Politics from day 1, this Course Book has been developed directly with the IB to help you get your programme off the ground... Author Max Kirsch Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20170127 Pages 224 ISBN 0-19-835496-7 ISBN 13 978-0-19-835496-3