Take your passion & make it happen with The Idea In You by Martin Amor & Alex Pellew. Do you have an idea in you? A hobby, a project, a product.. .something that could change your life? The Idea in You is a bulletproof system for finding the right idea & shaping it in to a success
- on your own terms. With advice from the people behind the likes of Pizza Pilgrims, Parkrun & Decoded, The Idea in You will show you what to expect, how to think & what to do when launching your own venture. Making your idea happen is possible
- & it will be one of the most inspiring & energizing experiences of your life. What are you waiting for? ”A wonderfully inspirational book that will help unleash your ideas on the world”. (Michael Acton Smith, creator of Moshi Monsters). ” Every great business starts with an idea.. .this book will help you find yours”. (Richard Reed, co-founder Innocent Drinks). ” It seems to me that many could-be creators simply lack support in their lives, someone genuine who listens to their ideas & pushes boundaries to make it all seem possible. Alex & Martin must recognize this, too, because their book is a generous offer of encouragement & spirit, a drum beat that stirred my creative confidence”. (Zach Klein, co-founder of Vimeo).

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This is one of the key books on modern India, acclaimed as the definitive account, & now republished with a new introduction. ” The Idea of India” was originally published to mark the 50th anniversary of India`s independence & has since established itself as a uniquely valuable & authoritative book on a key subject. At the heart of India`s self-image since independence has been `the idea of India`
- modern, technocratic, egalitarian, secular
- but the tensions between the idea & the reality have become almost intolerable. This book shows how. Reviews: ”A splendid
- & timely
- book... Spirited, combative & insight-filled... Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India & its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness & staying power of the secular idea of India”. (Amartya Sen, ” Times Literary Supplement”). ”A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics & religious chauvinists...[A] splendid book about definitions of the Indian nation”. (Ian Buruma, ” New York Review of Books”). ” Especially brilliant is Khilnani`s attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs”. (Chitra Divakaruni, ” Los Angeles Times”).



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As with the compass needle, so people have always been most powerfully attracted northwards; everyone carries within them their own concept of north. The Idea of North is a study, ranging widely in time & place, of some of the ways in which these ideas have found expression. Peter Davidson explores the topography of north as represented in images & literature, taking in Netherlandic winter paintings of the Renaissance, German Romantic landscapes, Scandinavian Biedermeyer & twentieth-century topographical painting & printmaking. He examines a bewildering diversity of mythologies & imaginings of north, including The Snow Queen; Scandinavian Sagas; ghost-stories; Moomintrolls, Arctic exploration; the fictitious snowy kingdoms of Zembla & Naboland; Nabokov's nostalgias; Baltic midsummer; rooms in winter light; compasses & star-stones; hoar-frost; &, ice & glass. The book also traces a northward journey, describing northern rural Engl&, industrial sites, & the long emptiness of the borders, Scotland & the Highlands. He looks at the region far north of Scotl&, then moves to the Northern Netherlands & Scandinavia to explore their identifiable northernness. The last visited place is Icel&, identified by W.H. Auden & Louis Mc Neice in 1936 as furthest, most remote, most distant, most northerly'. An engaging meditation on solitude, absence & stillness, The Idea of North shows north to be a goal rather than a destination, a place of revelation that is always somewhere ultimate & austere. ...

As with the compass needle, so people have always been most powerfully attracted northwards; everyone carries within them their own concept of north. ” The Idea of North” is a study, ranging widely in time & place, of some of the ways in which these ideas have found expression. Peter Davidson explores the topography of north as represented in images & literature, taking in Netherlandic winter paintings of the Renaissance, German Romantic landscapes, Scandinavian Biedermeyer & twentieth-century topographical painting & printmaking. He examines a bewildering diversity of mythologies & imaginings of north, including The Snow Queen; Scandinavian Sagas; ghost-stories; Moomintrolls, Arctic exploration; the fictitious snowy kingdoms of Zembla & Naboland; Nabokov`s nostalgias; Baltic midsummer; rooms in winter light; compasses & star-stones; hoar-frost; &, ice & glass. The book also traces a northward journey, describing northern rural Engl&, industrial sites, & the long emptiness of the borders, Scotland & the Highlands. He looks at the region far north of Scotl&, then moves to the Northern Netherlands & Scandinavia to explore their identifiable northernness. The last visited place is Icel&, identified by W.H. Auden & Louis Mc Neice in 1936 as furthest, most remote, most distant, most northerly`. An engaging meditation on solitude, absence & stillness, ” The Idea of North” shows north to be a goal rather than a destination, a place of revelation that is always somewhere ultimate & austere. ...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky`s The Idiot is an immaculate portrait of innocence tainted by the brutal reality of human greed. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Russian by David Mc Duff, with an introduction by William Mills Todd III. Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle & naive epileptic Prince Myshkin
- the titular `idiot`
- pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin & proceeds to charm the General, his wife, & his three daughters. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Utterly infatuated with her, he soon finds himself caught up in a love triangle & drawn into a web of blackmail, betrayal, & finally, murder. Inspired by an image of Christ`s suffering Dostoyevsky sought to portray in Prince Myshkin the purity of a `truly beautiful soul` & explore the perils that innocence & goodness face in a corrupt world. David Mc Duff`s new translation brilliantly captures the novel`s idiosyncratic & dream-like language & the nervous, elliptic flow of the narrative. This edition also contains a new introduction by William Mills Todd III, which is a fascinating examination of the pressures on Dostoyevsky as he wrote the story of his Christ-like hero. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, & in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works available in Penguin Classics include Crime & Punishment, The Idiot & Demons. If you enjoyed The Idiot, you might like Anton Chekhov`s Ward No. 6 & Other Stories, also available in Penguin Classics.` Mc Duff`s language is rich & alive` The New York Times Book Review`[ The Idiot`s].. . narrative is so compelling` Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

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As we jet off on holiday, passing from airport lounge to hotel in our desperation to escape our everyday lives & find some better weather, we`d do well to ask ourselves what on earth we`re doing. Do we really travel any more or do we just arrive? The Idle Traveller calls on us all to re-assess what we`re setting off in search of & what travel has become. Dan Kieran argues we need to bin the brochure, glide rather than fly, embrace disaster, be epic in our travel pursuits & immerse ourselves in the life-changing experience of true journeying. Full of inspiration for making the journey more meaningful & fun, The Idle Traveller will transform the way you travel forever. ...

As we jet off on holiday, passing from airport lounge to hotel in our desperation to escape our everyday lives & find some better weather, we'd do well to ask ourselves what on earth we're doing. Do we really travel any more, or do we just arrive? The Idle Traveller calls on us all to re-assess why we travel & what travel has become. Besides extolling the virtues of staycation holidaying, Dan Kieran argues we need to bin the brochure, glide rather than fly, embrace disaster, be epic in our travel pursuits & immerse ourselves in the life-changing experience of true journeying. The Idle Traveller is an inspiration to travel more meaningfully & enjoy the journey. Isn't it about time you allowed your travel plans to slow down? ...

A new psychological thriller in the Javier Falcon quartet, that

Includes:: THE HIDDEN ASSASSINS & The Blind

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The Ijssel is the first of a series two recreational maps for the Flevoland region. These maps were created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the province of Flevol&. They are double-sided indexed maps at 1:50, 000 scale, featuring a detailed topography with prominent highlighting of the cycle routes & packed with practical tourist information. They also include a calendar of annual events & feature all the local hiking trails. Falk maps give cycling distances between the junctions & indicate which roads, both within the numbered network & outside it, have separate cycling paths. Routes which are part of the LF network of long-distance cycle routes are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols shows various accommodation options, bars & restaurants, & various places of interest. Landscape information is provided by colouring for woodlands, dunes, etc. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer`s ” Iliad” tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, & his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles` close friend Patroclus, he storms back into battle to take revenge
- although knowing this will ensure his own early death. Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb & flow of battle, of the domestic world inside Troy`s besieged city of Ilium, & of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals.
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