The Red Sea is the closest tropical sea to Europe. It is almost an extension of the Mediterranean from which it is separated by the Isthmus of Suez. This proximity to the early civilisations of the Mediterranean have strongly affected the history of the Red Sea which has always progressed in parallel to that of the Old World. The Red Sea was frequented by the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks & Romans who left traces of their passing in shipwrecks that every now & then are rediscovered. The ships that have ploughed the waters of the Red Sea for millennia have had to deal with strong currents & high winds that have turned this sea into a graveyard of ships from every age. The result is a delight for divers who have always found in the sea an underwater Eldorado. The famous Austrian pioneer, Hans Hass, came here after World War II & took the first photographs of the Umbria & her 360, 000 unexploded bombs using his legendary Robot. The Italians arrived in 1953 on the Formica in an expedition whose members counted names that have gone down in diving history: Vailati, Quilici, Cousteau... This book tells the story of the exploration of the Red Sea, especially underwater, taking both history & natural history into account. The reader is guided through the magical submerged gardens of the Sinai, on the adventurous discovery of unknown wrecks, on a search for the remains of the Precontinente II, to Cousteau's village, face to face with sharks, & to the beaches. This new title in the Secrets of the Sea series, contains dramatic underwater photography. ...

There`s a rebellion in Khemed & the Emir`s life is in danger! He has entrusted his mischievous son to Captain Haddock`s care, but when an old friend of Tintin`s is caught smuggling arms to the Khemed rebels, Tintin & Haddock jump straight on a plane to find out what on earth is going on... ...

The Red Sea has, from time immemorial, been one of the world`s most navigated spaces, in the pursuit of trade, pilgrimage & conquest. Yet this multidimensional history remains largely unrevealed by its successive protagonists. Intrigued by the absence of a holistic portrayal of this body of water & inspired by Fernand Braudel`s famous work on the Mediterranean, this book brings alive a dynamic Red Sea world across time, revealing the particular features of a unique historical actor. In capturing this heretofore lost space, it also presents a critical, conceptual history of the sea, leading the reader into the heart of Eurocentrism. The Sea, it is shown, is a vital element of the modern philosophy of history. Alexis Wick is not satisfied with this inclusion of the Red Sea into history & attendant critique of Eurocentrism. Contrapuntally, he explores how the world & the sea were imagined differently before imperial European hegemony. Searching for the lost space of Ottoman visions of the sea, The Red Sea makes a deeper argument about the discipline of history & the historian`s craft. ...

An elegant exploration of the hugely influential simplicity, beauty, & functionality of Nordic design
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The Red Tram by C K Stead is another fine collection by one of New Zealands best writers. It

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The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal Security Service (FSB), is a box the size of a VHS player marked SORM. The Russian government`s front line in the battle for the future of the Internet, SORM is the world`s most intrusive listening device, monitoring e-mails, Internet usage, Skype, & all social networks. But for every hacker subcontracted by the FSB to interfere with Russia`s antagonists abroad--such as those who, in a massive denial-of-service attack, overwhelmed the entire Internet in neighboring Estonia--there is a radical or an opportunist who is using the web to chip away at the power of the state at home. Drawing from scores of interviews personally conducted with numerous prominent officials in the Ministry of Communications & web-savvy activists challenging the state, Andrei Soldatov & Irina Borogan peel back the history of advanced surveillance systems in Russia. From research laboratories in Soviet-era labor camps, to the legalization of government monitoring of all telephone & Internet communications in the 1990s, to the present day, their incisive & alarming investigation into the Kremlin`s massive online-surveillance state exposes just how easily a free global exchange can be coerced into becoming a tool of repression & geopolitical warfare. Dissidents, oligarchs, & some of the world`s most dangerous hackers collide in the uniquely Russian virtual world of The Red Web. ...

From the Nobel Prize winner & best-selling author of Snow & My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers & sons & the desires that come between them. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger & his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before -not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend on each other & exchange stories reflecting disparate views of the world. But in the nearby town, where they buy provisions & take their evening break, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a travelling theatre company, catches his eye & seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. The young man`s wildest dream will be realized, but, when in his distraction a horrible accident befalls the well digger, the boy will flee, returning to Istanbul. Only years later will he discover whether he was in fact responsible for his master`s death & who the redheaded enchantress was. ...

Shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize for best work of literary fiction translated into English. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well-digger & his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating metre by metre, the two will develop a father/son bond that neither has known before. But in the nearby town, where they spend their evenings, the boy will find an irresistible diversion. The Red-Haired Woman, an alluring member of a travelling theatre group, catches his eye, & she seems as fascinated by him as he is by her. But in his distraction a horrible accident occurs, & he will spend his life unaware of the outcome, or who the Red-Haired Woman was, until many years later. ...

In Jo Nesbo’s The Redbreast, a report of a rare & unusual gun – the type favoured by assassins
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It is a freezing December night & Christmas shoppers have gathered to listen to a carol concert. Then a shot rings out & one of the singers falls to the floor, dead. Detective Harry Hole & his team are called in to investigate but have little to work with
- there is no immediate suspect, no weapon & no motive. But when the assassin discovers he`s shot the wrong man, Harry finds his troubles have only just begun.
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