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Gorbachev
When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR. was one of the world's two superpowers. By 1989, his liberal policies of perestroika and glasnost had permanently transformed Soviet Communism, and had made enemies of radicals on the right and left. By 1990 he, more than anyone else, had ended the Cold War, and in 1991, after barely escaping from a coup attempt, he unintentionally presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union he had tried to save. In the first comprehensive biography of the final Soviet leader, William Taubman shows how a peasant boy became the Soviet system's gravedigger, how he clambered to the top of a system designed to keep people like him down, how he found common ground with America's arch-conservative president Ronald Reagan, and how he permitted the USSR and its East European empire to break apart without using force to preserve them. Throughout, Taubman portrays the many sides of Gorbachev's unique character that, by Gorbachev's own admission, make him "difficult to understand." Was he in fact a truly great leader, or was he brought low in the end by his own shortcomings, as well as by the unyielding forces he faced?
Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel.
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Mangasia
This beautiful and engaging volume charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late 19th-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animation created throughout Asia for more than 100 years.
World authority on comic art Paul Gravett details the evolving meanings of the myths and legends told and retold by manga artists of every decade and reveals the development and cross pollination of cultural and aesthetic ideas between manga artists throughout Asia. He explores the explosion of creativity in manga after the Second World War with the emergence of such artists as Osamu Tezuka, whose pioneering Astro Boy spawned a new and much imitated visual dynamic. He highlights how creators have responded to political events since 1950 in the form of propaganda, criticism and commentary in manga magazines, comics and books.
There have been many remarkably powerful and sophisticated graphic novels, although some sexually explicit and emotionally dark adult manga has also attracted criticism, raising questions about taste and acceptability. Gravett discusses the influence of censorship on manga and concludes with a survey of current multi- platform offerings of manga in Asia and the transition from cut-price rental libraries to the booming specialist emporia and comic conventions that champion the kaleidoscope of creativity apparent in the digital age.
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Frankenstein ELI 4 + CD
‘After many more days and nights of study, I discovered exactly how life was created. With this knowledge I became the first man in history to have the power to create life from death.’ Victor Frankenstein is a young, ambitious scientist who wants to make a better world, but does not understand the consequences of his work. Victor makes great advances in the study of medicine and biology and creates a new species of human being – one that is so terrifying it is known simply as ‘the monster’. In this fantastic adventure story, Victor and the monster fight an epic battle of courage and endurance.
„Po mnohých ďalších dňoch a nociach štúdia som zistil, ako presne vznikol život. S týmto poznatkom som sa stal prvým človekom v histórii, ktorý mal moc vytvoriť život zo smrti.“
Victor Frankenstein je mladý, ambiciózny vedec, ktorý chce spraviť svet lepším. Avšak si neuvedomuje následky svojej práce. Victor robí veľké pokroky v medicíne a biológii a vytvorí nový ľudský druh, ktorý je taký strašidelný, že sa nedá nazvať inak ako monštrum. V dobrodružnom príbehu bojuje Victor s monštrom epickú bitku odvahy a vytrvalosti. Toto majstrovské sci-fi dielo kladie dodnes relevanté otázky o vede.
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Restaurátor
Po úspěšném románu Starožitník nechává Julián Sánchez ožít své alter ego v dalším napínavém příběhu. Spisovatel Alonso přijíždí z New Yorku zpět do milovaného města San Sebastiánu za bývalou ženou Bety, s níž v předchozím románu prožil dobrodružství v Barceloně. Bety mu představuje nového kolegu a dobrého přítele, restaurátora obrazů Brucknera. Stárnoucí, ale elegantní Američan ve Španělsku shromažďuje materiál pro celoživotní dílo – monografii o malíři Sertovi. Krátce po Alonsově příjezdu je však Bruckner nalezen utonulý a začíná se rozvíjet příběh ještě záhadnější a rozvětvenější než ten předchozí. Alonso díky úspěchu svých předchozích titulů dostává v Americe výhodnou smlouvu od nového nakladatele a zaváže se napsat historický thriller. A za námět si bere skutečnou událost Brucknerovy smrti. Potřebuje jej však rozpracovat do románového děje se zápletkou, a tak se spolu s Bety nechává vtáhnout do pátrání po okolnostech Brucknerova úmrtí. Sám se začíná zajímat o život a dílo Josého Serta, před válkou nejlépe placeného malíře na světě, a zjišťuje dalekosáhlé souvislosti. Pátrání jej zavede třeba až do Paříže za nacistické okupace, kde se dozvídá o tajuplném – a pro příběh možná zásadním – pokladu židovské rodiny Wendelů… Ovšem i postava restaurátora Brucknera je obestřena složitými záhadami: byl veteránem války ve Vietnamu, členem plavecké reprezentace Spojených států na dvou olympiádách (takže se jistě neutopil jen tak) a jeho družka zahynula při tragické nehodě. Věděl snad o Sertovi či pokladu, s nímž měl umělec co do činění, příliš mnoho? Je možné, aby sedmdesát let staré události takto doznívaly v současnosti? Sejde se v jednom bodě linie pátrání, které provádí spisovatel Alonso na vlastní pěst, s historickou skutečností, o níž věděl restaurátor možná tolik, že ho to stálo život?
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Lacná kniha Restaurátor (-50%)
Po úspěšném románu Starožitník nechává Julián Sánchez ožít své alter ego v dalším napínavém příběhu. Spisovatel Alonso přijíždí z New Yorku zpět do milovaného města San Sebastiánu za bývalou ženou Bety, s níž v předchozím románu prožil dobrodružství v Barceloně. Bety mu představuje nového kolegu a dobrého přítele, restaurátora obrazů Brucknera. Stárnoucí, ale elegantní Američan ve Španělsku shromažďuje materiál pro celoživotní dílo – monografii o malíři Sertovi. Krátce po Alonsově příjezdu je však Bruckner nalezen utonulý a začíná se rozvíjet příběh ještě záhadnější a rozvětvenější než ten předchozí. Alonso díky úspěchu svých předchozích titulů dostává v Americe výhodnou smlouvu od nového nakladatele a zaváže se napsat historický thriller. A za námět si bere skutečnou událost Brucknerovy smrti. Potřebuje jej však rozpracovat do románového děje se zápletkou, a tak se spolu s Bety nechává vtáhnout do pátrání po okolnostech Brucknerova úmrtí. Sám se začíná zajímat o život a dílo Josého Serta, před válkou nejlépe placeného malíře na světě, a zjišťuje dalekosáhlé souvislosti. Pátrání jej zavede třeba až do Paříže za nacistické okupace, kde se dozvídá o tajuplném – a pro příběh možná zásadním – pokladu židovské rodiny Wendelů… Ovšem i postava restaurátora Brucknera je obestřena složitými záhadami: byl veteránem války ve Vietnamu, členem plavecké reprezentace Spojených států na dvou olympiádách (takže se jistě neutopil jen tak) a jeho družka zahynula při tragické nehodě. Věděl snad o Sertovi či pokladu, s nímž měl umělec co do činění, příliš mnoho? Je možné, aby sedmdesát let staré události takto doznívaly v současnosti? Sejde se v jednom bodě linie pátrání, které provádí spisovatel Alonso na vlastní pěst, s historickou skutečností, o níž věděl restaurátor možná tolik, že ho to stálo život?
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Dog`s Purpose
The phenomenal New York Times Number One bestseller about the unbreakable bond between a dog and their human. Now a major film starring Dennis Quaid.This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, A Dog's Purpose touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here?Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden-haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of eight-year-old Ethan. During their countless adventures, Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog.But this life as a family pet is not the end of Bailey's journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders - will he ever find his purpose?Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny, A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This moving and beautifully crafted story teaches us that love never dies, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.
Mezi hrdiny
Brandon Webb je bývalým odstřelovačem jednotek Navy SEALs a jedním z nejúspěšnějších spisovatelů v žebříčku bestsellerů deníku New York Times. Nyní vám přináší své osobní vzpomínky na osm kamarádů – bývalých příslušníků Navy SEALs, kteří přinesli tu nejvyšší oběť. „To, že jsem měl možnost tyto jedinečné muže poznat – jejich život i činy – změnilo můj život. Nesmí zůstat zapomenuti. Proto se seznamte s těmito hrdiny, poznejte jejich životní příběhy a odneste si z nich ponaučení stejně jako já. Jejich smrt jsme již oplakali. Teď je na čase oslavit jejich život.”– Brandon Webb Brandon Webb se stal příslušníkem elitní odstřelovačské jednotky, prošel náročným výcvikem a účastnil se bojových misí v Perském zálivu i v Afghánistánu. Díky svým schopnostem se později stal vedoucím utajovaného výcvikového programu jednotek Navy SEALs pro odstřelovače a vychoval novou generaci špičkových profesionálů. Webb se za tu dobu sblížil s řadou mužů, kteří společně s ním procházeli výcvikem, bojovali po jeho boku, stali se jeho blízkými přáteli a později hrdinně padli. Kniha Mezi hrdiny přináší autorovy osobní vzpomínky na osm výjimečných příslušníků jednotek Navy SEALs, kteří položili život za své spolubojovníky – a za svou vlast. Zde jsou tedy pravdivé příběhy plné příkladné udatnosti a upřímné lidskosti, již prokázali tito „ovčáčtí psi“ (jak si sami říkají), kteří nás ochraňují před krvelačnými vlky tohoto světa. Jedním z nich byl Matt „Axe“ Axelson, který zahynul v Afghánistánu při operaci zachycené ve filmu Na život a na smrt. Chris Campbell, Heath Robinson a J. T. Tumilson byli mezi třiceti osmi oběťmi, které si vyžádalo sestřelení vrtulníku Extorsion 17 v dubnu roku 2011. Glen Doherty, který byl po více než deset let jedním z Webbových nejlepších přátel, zahynul tragicky 11. září roku 2012 v libyjském Benghází, kde se podílel na evakuaci amerických diplomatů a příslušníků CIA. Webb kromě nich vzpomíná i na ostatní přátele, spolužáky a spolubojovníky. Webb nám ve své knize Mezi hrdiny předkládá osm medailonů statečných mužů, které prokládá svými vzpomínkami – dozvídáme se, jací to byli lidé, jaké hodnoty vyznávali a jak zemřeli. Tito muži nám po sobě zanechali přesvědčivý odkaz – ukázali nám, jak prožít naplněný život a co to znamená stát se opravdovým hrdinou. Brandon Webb je autorem knih The Red Circle a Benghazi: The Definitive Report, které pronikly na přední místa v žebříčku bestsellerů deníku New York Times. Tento bývalý příslušník jednotek Navy SEALs, jehož posledním úkolem bylo vedení elitního odstřelovačského kursu, se podílel na vypracování jeho nové koncepce a zasloužil se o to, že z něj vycházejí jedni z nejlepších odstřelovačů 21. století. Webb si vysloužil řadu vyznamenání, například i tzv. prezidentskou citaci. V současnosti je ředitelem mediálního holdingu Force12 Media a editorem stránek SpecialOperations.com. Řídí největší síť serverů s vojenskou tematikou na internetu. John David Mann spolupracoval s Webbem i na textu knihy The Red Circle. Jedná se o úspěšného spisovatele, který je například autorem knihy Flash Foresight z žebříčku bestsellerů deníku New York Times a knihy The Go-Giver, která se prosadila i v mezinárodním měřítku „Fascinující a dojemný pohled na soukromí příslušníků Navy SEALs — prostředí, z nějž pocházejí, záliby, jimž se věnují ve volném čase, a jejich rodinné zázemí… Jedná se o skutečně důstojný hold.“ — časopis Men’s Journal
The Grammar of Spice
Even the most enthusiastic cooks and food lovers have jars of dusty powders inhabiting kitchen cabinets long past their expiration dates. We often don't know much about them, where they come from, or how to use them. And yet, spices can elevate the everyday act of making and consuming food to a higher plane of experience. Spices have played an intrinsic part in the human story, running through history, geography, anthropology, politics, religion, culture, art, and design. From alligator pepper seeds, which in the Yoruba culture are given to newborn babies to taste a few minutes after birth, to charoli seeds, which are used in traditional Indian desserts eaten during the festival of Holi, and caraway seeds, which were added to medieval love potions, each spice has its own significance in the lives of the people who use it. The Grammar of Spice is a practical resource for cooks that also changes the way we understand the role spices play in defining not only our food but also our place in the world. Featuring custom illustrations for each of the more than sixty spices featured here--inspired by the work of Owen Jones, one of the great designers and travelers of his time--this beautiful, informative book celebrates the world of flavors that spices open up to us.
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Blood and Land - The Story of Native North America
Blood and Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today. It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada: Native Americans, First Nations and Arctic peoples. This highly personal book, based on years of travel and first-hand research in North America, introduces a deeply complex story, of myriad identities and determined ethnicities - from the desert Southwest to the high Arctic, from first contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the challenges of Native leadership today. Instead of writing a chronological history, King confronts the reader with the paradoxes, diversity and successes of Native North Americans. Their astonishing ingenuity and supple intelligence enabled, after centuries of suffering both violence and dispossession, a striking level of recovery, optimism and autonomy in the twenty-first century. Beautifully illustrated and filled with arresting and surprising stories, Blood and Land looks well beyond the 'feathers-and-failure' narratives beloved by historians to show us Native North America as it was and is.
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Oxford A-Z of Food and Drink (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Seasoned throughout with literary wit and wisdom, this veritable feast of gastronomic words and phrases traces the origins and history of over 1,200 English terms for foodstuffs, dishes, and drinks. Previously published as The Diner's Dictionary and Gourmet's Guide, this includes hundreds of illuminating quotations, ranging from the French writer, Misson, on seventeenth-century puddings, to Anthony Burgess on eating durians. Tuck into foods and drinks named after their place of origin, such as stilton, cheddar, or Dublin Bay prawns. Get your teeth stuck into such eponymous fruits and vegetables as Cox's Orange Pippin and Webb's Wonder. Or whet your appetite with wines named after their grape, including cabernet sauvignon and riesling. The book also covers the terminology of foreign cuisine that has become popular in Britain, such as Italian ciabatta. This edition also features a new introduction by Alan Davidson, author of theOxford Companion to Food.
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The Bone Tree
The electrifying second installment of the NATCHEZ BURNING trilogy by No.1 New York Times bestseller, Greg Iles THE DARKEST TRUTHS WILL COME TO LIGHT Former prosecutor Penn Cage faces the crisis of a lifetime. His family has been torn apart and his father made a fugitive after being accused of murdering an African-American nurse. Now, Penn has unwittingly started a war with the Double Eagles, a violent faction of the KKK who know more about Dr. Tom Cage than Penn ever did. Tracking his father through Natchez and beyond, Penn is targeted by criminals and corrupt police whose power reaches the top levels of state government - people who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out. To clear Tom's name, Penn must either make a deal with the devil or destroy him. But there are others pursuing a different mission - one which will lead them to the 'Bone Tree', a legendary killing site that conceals far more than the remains of the dead.
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Shed That Fed A Million Children
In 1992, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when he got an idea that would change his life - and radically change the lives of others. After watching a news bulletin about war-torn Bosnia, the two brothers agreed to take a week's hiatus from work to help. What neither of them expected is that what began as a one-time road trip in a beaten-up Landrover rapidly grew to become Magnus's life's work - leading him to leave his job, sell his house and direct all his efforts to feeding thousands of the world's poorest children. Magnus retells how a series of miraculous circumstances and an overwhelming display of love from those around him led to the creation of Mary's Meals; an organisation that could hold the key to eradicating child hunger altogether. This humble, heart-warming yet powerful story has never been more relevant in our society of plenty and privilege. It will open your eyes to the extraordinary impact that one person can make.
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Modern Way To Cook
From the author of the brilliant A Modern Way to Eat, a new collection of delicious, healthy, inspiring vegetarian recipes - that are so quick to make they're achievable on any night of the week. Many more of us are interested in eating healthier food on a regular basis but sometimes, when we're home late, tired after work, and don't have time to buy lots of ingredients, it can just seem too complicated. In this brilliant new collection of recipes, Anna Jones makes clean, nourishing, vegetable-centred food realistic on any night of the week. Chapters will be broken down by time (recipes for under 15, 20, 30 or 40 minutes) and also by planning a little ahead (quick healthy breakfasts, dishes you can make and re-use throughout the week). Anna's new book will be a truly practical and inspiring collection for anyone who wants to put dinner on the table quickly, without fuss, trips to specialist shops or too much washing up, but still eat food that tastes incredible and is doing you good.
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The Future of War
A new approach to ideas about war, from one of the UK's leading strategic thinkers
In 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. It was dismissed by the British admirals of the day, not on the basis of technical feasibility, but because sinking civilian ships was not something that any civilised nation would do. The reality of war often contradicts expectations, less because of some fantastic technical or engineering dimension, but more because of some human, political, or moral threshold that we had never imagined would be crossed.
As Lawrence Freedman shows, ideas about the causes of war and strategies for its conduct have rich and varied histories which shape predictions about the future. Freedman shows how looking at how the future of war was conceived about in the past (and why this was more often than not wrong) can put into perspective current thinking about future conflicts. The Future of War - which takes us from preparations for the world wars, through the nuclear age and the civil wars which became the focus for debate after the end of the Cold War, to present preoccupations with hybrid and cyber warfare - is filled with fascinating insights from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation.
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Urban Pioneer
Urban living is soaring in popularity as we flock to cities to pursue jobs, easy commutes and other amenities. New pressures on housing mean that pioneering homeowners are converting ex-industrial, non-residential spaces into innovative homes. The conversion of such buildings into residential spaces first emerged in the 1960s and '70s. A decline in manufacturing in city centres meant that many warehouses and factories became vacant, attracting the first wave of urban pioneers - artists and creatives seeking cheap rents and large interiors to use as studio spaces. Since then, industrial areas in many cities have become sought-after residential districts and urban regeneration has gone from strength to strength. Nowadays the trend shows no sign of waning, with a second generation of urban pioneers cleverly converting former lofts, warehouses, schools, factories, offices and retail spaces into highly desirable homes full of personality and soul.In Urban Pioneer, Sara Emslie investigates the practic for transforming non-residential spaces into homes, the key elements of the look - from exposed brickwork to copper piping and metal roof trusses - and the related rise in the popularity of industrial design. She then explores twelve inspiring and varied real-life homes that showcase the very best of the Urban Pioneer look.
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019
'Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, all in Shafak's haunting, beautiful and considered prose' Vanity Fair
'Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative' Pandora Sykes, The High Low
'Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing' Nicola Sturgeon
'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore...'
For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . .
'Simply magnificent, a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty, on the essence of life and its end' Philippe Sands
'A vivid carnival of life and death, cruelty and kindness, love, politics and deep humanity. Brilliant!' Helena Kennedy
'Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words' Colum McCann
'Elif Shafak's extraordinary 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness' Simon Schama
'A rich, sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible, the untouchable, the abused and the damaged, weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty.' Financial Times
'One of the best writers in the world today' Hanif Kureishi
'Haunting, moving, beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece' Peter Frankopan
'Extraordinary' Guardian
'Life-affirming' Stylist
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KINDNAPPED PR2
After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to live with his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour. Ebenezer is an old man but dangerous. He puts David on a ship to America and a difficult time begins. Can the mysterious stranger on the ship help David? Or is life more dangerous with him than without him?
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Lou Reed
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once the height of sanctity and perversity, transcended a genre, speaking to millions of listeners, inspiring a new generation of musicians, and forever changing the way we think of that iconic era of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
Throughout his five-decade career, Reed embodied artistic self-awareness and captured the beauty, paranoia, and vivacity of his time into an array of hit songs, experimental albums, and a larger-than-life persona. With such masterpieces as 'Sweet Jane' and 'Walk on the Wild Side', Reed exerted an influence on popular music rivaled only by the likes of Bob Dylan and the Beatles and is recognized to this day as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century.
Now, just a few years after Reed's death, comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends, family, and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens our understanding of his indelible music. We travel deep into the underground artist clubs, listen along in the studio as the Velvet Underground record their signature work, and revel in Reed's relationship with legendaries like Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, and David Bowie. Insightful, revelatory, and intimate, Lou Reed is a gripping tribute to a quintessential American icon.
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When the Rivers Run Dry
FULLY UPDATED FOR 2019
We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up.
In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis, from Kent to Kenya. His powerful reportage takes us to places where waterways are turning to sand before they reach the ocean; where fields are parched and crops no longer grow; where once fertile ground has turned to desert; where wars are fought over access to water and cultures are dying out. But he offers us hope for the future - if we can radically revolutionise the way we treat water, and take personal responsibility for the water we use.
This landmark work, from a respected and accomplished scientist, will transform the way we view the water in our reservoirs and rivers, and change the way we treat the water in our taps.
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