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This year you can change the world.Every single day 30,000 children around the world are dying from extreme poverty and Make Poverty History, a huge global campaign, has decided that 2005 is the year for this crisis to be taken in hand. In the lead up to the G8 Summit in Scotland this July Make Poverty History will be campaigning heavily to influence the world leaders to finally do something about it.Ending poverty is not about charity, it's about justice. The changes we need aren't monstrous or unimaginable. But they will require everyone to do something this year.This book tells you what and how.'Make poverty history in 2005. Make history in 2005. Then we can all stand with our heads held high' NELSON MANDELA, Trafalgar Square, 2005

The bleak coast of East Anglia serves as the backdrop for a gripping mystery involving St. Anselm’s, a small theological college perched on low cliffs. The body of a young ordinand, son of the flamboyant businessman Sir Alred Treves, is discovered buried beneath sand. Treves insists that Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigate his son’s death, despite the apparent lack of leads. Dalgliesh, motivated by fond memories of summers spent at the college, agrees to take on the case. However, his arrival coincides with a shocking and sacrilegious murder that shatters the college’s calm. As Dalgliesh delves deeper, he becomes ensnared in a complex web of violence and intrigue. P. D. James masterfully weaves a classic detective story with rich psychological and emotional depth, showcasing her unparalleled talent for crafting intricate plots filled with suspense and horror. The novel features unforgettable characters and vividly captures the East Anglian landscape and its religious context. In this work, James reaffirms her status as a master of the crime genre and one of the finest contemporary novelists.

Professor Aisling, ein Mythologieprofessor, reist mit seinen Töchtern und einer Mannschaft aus Zwergen und Kobolden auf der H. M. S. Basset in ein fantastisches Land. Dort begegnen sie märchenhaften Wesen wie Feen, Nixen, Minotaurus und Medusa. Die Geschichte zeigt, dass Glaube und Phantasie mächtiger sind als trockene Wissenschaft.

Offering a library of Western literature in a portable format, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Seventh Edition, includes 41 complete longer works, over 230 lyric poems, and 32 short prose works in accurate, authoritative, and readable translations. Maps, timelines, and pronouncing glossaries, all new to the Seventh Edition, help students read works with confidence and in context. With the Seventh Edition, the anthology continues to evolve--responding to the changing needs of instructors and students by adding new texts and new apparatus--while maintaining Norton's standards of reliability an excellence.

Both first editions in hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations, notes, bibligraphy, index. Both volumes have a discard stamp on top edge, no other marks of any kind. Jackets have light rubbing. Near Fine/Near Fine.