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This book offers true stories of bloodthirsty pirates and the courageous men trying to stop them during the Western Hemisphere's golden age of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Based on phonic vocabulary, this series features two cats, Pix and Pax, who have lots of adventures. In "Pix the Hero", Pix alerts the neighbours whose house is on fire!

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A ten-year-old boy 'hires' native Alaskan investigator Kate Shugak to find her missing father and when Kate stumbles across a body in the woods she fears she may have found him. Finding out what happened will lead Kate to a right-wing religious sect, a conspiracy of silence and a smouldering evil.

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Lucia went home from school with her new friend Josie for a playdate. Later that evening, Lucia's mother dropped her overnight things round and kissed her little girl goodnight. That was the last time she saw her daughter.

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A handy introduction to one of the 21st century's most important works on the economy.

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Starting with an examination of various forms of prayer, this book looks at the poetic imagination as a way into private prayer. Based on the raw experience in almost all its aspects, each of the chapters in this book covering the Lentern season focuses on one poem or part of one poem.

(Hardback)

The book explores, in interview format, issues raised but not fully explored by Scotts poem Coming to Jakarta on the 1965 Indonesian massacre. In addition, Scott reflects on ways that poetry can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to the evolution of human culture and thus our second nature.

(Hardback)

"A practical guide to the art and craft of writing poetry including an anthology of contemporary poetry" --

(Hardback)

This collection explores policing and race in relationship to political challenges, economic realities, and social ramifications. This is done through the use of evidence-based research and established best practices as presented in fourteen chapters written by accomplished scholars across various academic disciplines.

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This book is devoted to anticipating and addressing where the field of political humor and its effects will move in the next generation of scholarship, exploring the continued evolution of the study of political humor as well as the normative implications of these developments.

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The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Western World is fraught with challenges and tensions. This book includes the central concepts and nuances of the ideological map of post-revolutionary Iran, and examines the rise and development of Shi'i Islamism.

(Hardback)

Native scholars explore the relationship between political parties and democracy in regions around the world.

The development of political parties over the past century is the story of three stages in the pursuit of power: liberation, democratization, and de-democratization.

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This book is an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of the takeover of politics by entertainment. The author looks for answers in the parallel evolution of satire, the media, and politics, and how each has influenced the other and the implications of this interconnectedness for political discourse.

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This book looks at critical regional topics, such as the conflicts in Moldova, Crimea, Georgia, and South Ossetia and compares the countries energy politics.

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This book uses multiple methods to consider flaws in the current regulation of direct-to-consumer advertising, using Mercks launch of Gardasil as a primary case study. It offers a specific way forward for both regulators of Big Pharma as well as scholars of mass communication.

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This book explores the impact of scientific advances, archaeological innovations, and contemporary politics upon interpretations of Pompeii over the last 250 years, including the ways in which advances in volcanology have transformed our picture of its last moments.

Covering prehistoric times to the modern era, this fascinating resource presents pro-and-con arguments regarding unresolved, historic controversies throughout the development of the world.

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(Hardback, 5th edition)

A comprehensive text on population and demography from a geographic perspective, with coverage of the tools and methods used in the field.

(Paperback, 5th edition)

A comprehensive text on population and demography from a geographic perspective, with coverage of the tools and methods used in the field.

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A programme play text of Simon Stephens' play that captures the euphoria and promise at London being awarded the 2012 Olympics and the chaos and tragedy of the London bombings of 7/7. The play is published for the English language premiere at the International Edinburgh Festival 2008.

(Hardback, New edition)

A collection of photographs taken by Bill Brandt, ranging from a portrait taken of Ezra Pound in 1928 to pictures of poets, actors, musicians, philosophers and artists of all kinds.