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Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941
In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. ...
Killing Floor: (Jack Reacher 1)
"This was the first Jack Reacher novel and with its lean, spare prose it has one of the most intriguing heroes of our times and displays a gift for explosive drama." (Daily Express) Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he...
Who Was Gandhi?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an independent nation. Calling for non-violent civil disobe...
Hard Times (Vintage Classics Dickens Series)
`Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.' The children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard to come by and ...
Dinosaurs: A Children's Encyclopedia
Part of the series of award-winning, best-selling DK encyclopedias for children, this title has been completely revised to provide a comprehensive visual exploration of the entire range of prehistoric animal life. Dinosaurs- a children's encyclopediais not simply a catalogue of facts and photos - it is ...
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties
Bill Gates's Five Books for Summer Reading 2019 From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it. Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies: thri...
Clementine Rose and the Best News Yet (#15)
Clementine Rose is getting a new brother or sister - she can't wait! But everything needs to be perfect for the baby's arrival and no one seems to care as much as Clementine. Not to worry, she's sure she can take matters into her own hands. As the due date gets closer, things at the hotel get busier and...
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society.'Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything ...
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