Between the splendours of the modern & ancient worlds that make up The Eternal City there lie the small backstreets & wide piazzas humming with the hustle & bustle of everyday Roman life. Small, local trattorias sit beside the chicest & smartest of international restaurants. From the majesty of the Colosseum to the magical frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, Rome oozes history, style & sophistication. Hg 2 Rome delves into the Rome of the Romans, covering the thriving bar & club scene alongside the best of the best restaurants, intimate cafes & world-class shopping. ...

Deep in a wood in the Marches of Wales, in an ancient school bus there lives an old man called Bob Rowberry. A Hero for High Times is the story of how he ended up in this broken-down bus. It`s also the story of his times, & the ideas that shaped him. It`s a story of why you know your birth sign, why you have friends called Willow, why sex & drugs & rock`n`roll once mattered more than money, why dance music stopped the New-Age Travellers from travelling, & why you need to think twice before taking the brown acid. It`s the story of the hippies for those who weren`t there
- for Younger Readers who`ve never heard of the Aldermaston marches, Oz, the Angry Brigade, the Divine Light Mission, Sniffin` Glue, Operation Julie, John Seymour, John Michell, Greenham Common, the Battle of the Beanfield, but who want to understand their grandparents` stories of turning on, tuning in & not quite dropping out before they are gone for ever. It`s for Younger Readers who want to know how to build a bender, make poppy tea, & throw the I-Ching. And it`s a story of friendship between two men, one who did things, & one who thought about things, between theory & practice, between a hippie & a punk, between two gentlemen, no longer in the first flush of youth, who still believe in love.
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A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov`s only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky & Chekhov. Lermontov`s hero, Pechorin, is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts & his cynicism, & desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. In five linked episodes, Lermontov builds up a portrait of a man caught in & expressing the sickness of his times. ...

On his travels through the wild mountainous terrain of the Caucasus, the narrator of A Hero of Our Time chances upon the veteran soldier & storyteller Maxim Maximych, who relates to him the dubious exploits of his former comrade Pechorin. Engaging in various acts of duelling, contrab&, abduction & seduction, Pechorin, an archetypal Byronic anti-hero, combines cynicism & arrogance with melancholy andsensitivity. Causing an uproar in Russia when it was first published in 1840, Lermontov`s brilliant, seminal study of contemporary society & the nihilistic aspect of Romanticism
- accompanied here by the unfinished novel Princess Ligovskaya
- remains compelling to this day.

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Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children & adults alike. THE STORY CONTINUES in the sixth volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer & the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn`t always like that. Hiccup`s memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, & finding it very hard to be a Hero. Hiccup is lost in the Library Labyrinth & the Driller-Dragons & Madguts & Murderous are on the prowl. Hiccup`s birthday is not going to be the quiet affair he might have hoped for. Also contains a comprehensive Dragonese Dictionary for those who`d like to dragon-whisper as well as the dragon-whisperer himself. How to Train Your Dragon is now a major Dream Works franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 2 hits cinemas in Summer 2014 starring Gerrard Butler, Cate Blanchett & Jonah Hill & the TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies & Cartoon Network. Read the rest of Hiccup`s exploits & check out the website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com. It`s the place to go for games, downloads, activities & sneak peeks! Read all about Hiccup & all of your favourite characters, learn to speak Dragonese & train your own dragon to do tricks! ...

Set in the last century against a tropical landscape & the ever-present sea, A High Wind in Jamaica tells the story of a family of English children who, on being sent by their parents back to England from Jamaica, fall into the hands of pirates. As this voyage of innocence continues, the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached & haunting quality. ...

In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, & how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, & a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, & the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia & Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration`s policies on torture & electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign & Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases & policies of recent history. ...

The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization
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In this engaging & ambitious work, John Romer aims to refocus the gaze of the non-specialist away from the Pharaonic period (about which there are any number of popular histories) onto the Neolithic, & the growth of a centralised Egyptian state. He traces fifteen hundred years of development, from the emergence of farming communities along the route of the Nile to the creation of the sophisticated administrative, transport & supply systems which allowed the construction of the Great Pyramid. His approach is avowedly archaeological, aiming to get away from the priviledging of textual court-focused history, & stressing the role & lives of the ordinary peoples of Egypt. ...

Sussex, East & West, has been well served by fine cartographers over the past four centuries, but this exciting work is no mere collection of historic maps. All 70 maps are completely new & original, presenting the history of Sussex in a way never previously attempted. Prepared by leading experts, they plot a huge diversity of subject matter, ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, & each is accompanied by a text which places it in context & reveals a remarkable amount of new research. From the geological structure of Sussex to the Saxon settlement that gave the county its name; & from 17thcentury inns to the patterns of employment & commuting in the late 20th century – including such contemporary issues as the Health Service, education & planning – so much of the past & the life of the county that can be illuminated by a map has been included. This major new work of reference is the result of a partnership between the University of Sussex, the Sussex Archaeological Society & East & West Sussex County Councils. The editors have worked closely with the University’s Cartographic Department to produce maps of high quality & accuracy to ensure that this millenial volume is a landmark publciation of which Sussex can be proud. ...