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Politics affects us all and the same questions reverberate across history. Who should rule? Is property theft? What's mightier - the bullet or the ballot? Discover 80 of the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives today. Humankind has always asked profound questions about how we can best govern ourselves and how rulers should behave. The Politics Book charts the development of long-running themes, such as attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from Confucius in ancient China to Mahatma Gandhi in 20th-century India. Justice goes hand in hand with politics, and in this comprehensive guide, you can explore the championing of people's rights from the Magna Carta to Thomas Jefferson's Bill of Rights and Malcolm X's call to arms. Ideologies inevitably clash and The Politics Book takes you through the big ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism exploring their beginnings and social contexts i...

Meet the artists shaking up the cultural scene and leaf through this literary hub's many libraries - did someone mention the Moomins? Helsinki is a tale of two cities. Arrive mid-winter and you'll find a frosty wonderland of deserted, snow-caked streets, the residents holed up in cosy, impeccably designed cafés. Come in summer, when the sun refuses to set, and you'll catch locals partying merrily into the early hours and leaping gleefully into the Baltic Sea. The Finnish capital is used to being eclipsed by its older - and perhaps trendier - Nordic neighbours but it has far more to offer than the first-time visitor might think. We've taste tested both the classic restaurants serving heartwarming dishes (reindeer fillet, anyone?) and those taking new Nordic cuisine to all-new heights. We've mapped out runs along the waterfront and sized up the visionary structures of design icon Alvar Aalto. Plus, one or two saunas to kick back and relax in - it's up to you ...

Revised for its third edition, Brazil: Five Centuries of Change vividly traces the development of Brazil over the last 500 years. Product details Format Paperback | 384 pages Dimensions 156 x 235 x 16mm | 486g Publication date 07 Sep 2021 Publish...

The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). The men on board the HMS Terror -- part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage -- are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. "The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years." --Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe Product details Format ...

Used Very Good Different cover. Pages are smooth and bright with no writing, highlighting, folds, creases or curl. Minor cover wear. Fast Amazon *, delivery tracking number, no-hassle return policy - your satisfaction *! Product details Format Paperback Publication date 01 Jun 2012 Publisher Japan Times,The Publication City/Country ...