A gripping book about the history of Ukraine and its war for independence . . . Yaroslav, a native to Kyiv and political commentator, recounts the story of Ukraine and its fight for freedom against Russia.

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In a world where food security is key and the effects of climate change, labour shortages and rising costs are a daily reality for farmers across the globe, the quest for a satisfactory and viable policy for agriculture has a continuing interest as relevant today as when these 26 books were first published between 1928 and 1994. Trading relations and trade deals in the sphere of agribusiness are also once again under the spotlight following the UK’s departure from Europe. Challenges for the 21st century are balancing the needs of agronomics – the production of food under the most economic, competitive yet sustainable conditions, alongside the effective use of land to satisfy the multiple demands upon it. The volumes in this set address these complex issues from a variety of global viewpoints encompassing economic, political, geographic and environmental perspectives.

This is a book of poetry for everyone. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating mindfulness. Read the poems aloud of curl up with them in a quiet corner. Begin your journey into a lifelong love of poetry. This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of mindfulness, from listening for silence and living in the moment to the colour of our dreams and what the trees can teach us. Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever. Featuring brilliant poetry by: Mandy Coe Jack Prelutsky Pat Mora Kate Wakeling James Carter Nikita Gill Jospeh Coelho Valerie Bloom Amina Jama Michael Rosen Sue Hardy- Dawson Mary Ann Hoberman Georgia Heard Sophia Thakur Sanah Ahsan Elizabeth Acevedo Kit Wright Noami Shihab Nye Zero Weil And awe-inspiring artwork from: Annalise Barber Mariana Roldan Masha Manapov Nabila Adani

Originally published between 1969 and 1976 these 11 volumes covering Botswana, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania combine historical approach with political analysis in an area of the world and at a time when events were constantly evolving. Reliable official sources of information were often unavailable to the authors, many of whom had spent considerable time in the countries they were writing about. Whether discussing the role of the military in newly independent countries, history, language or geography, what comes through clearly in this collection is the sense of nation building and national identity across Africa at a momentous point in the continent’s history. The books in this set: Trace the remarkable expansion of Swahili Analyse the aims and structure of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) provides a synthesis of Yoruba and Igbomina history, culture and archaeology Combine detailed technical studies of the diplomacy of the land and waterborne warfare of pre-colonial West Africa. Assess Botswana’s relations with other African states, particularly South Africa. Describe the transformation of despised colonial defence force into a Nigerian army with a popularly recognized reputation.

This cornucopia of thrills and chills features 25 of the finest English-language tales of the uncanny and macabre. In addition to works by such stellar authors as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Henry S. Whitehead, the book features three complete short novels: A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee, Serapion by Francis Stevens, and The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson.

The best entries in an Oxford-based short story competition are published in this collection. Each story reveals the joys, anxieties and complex private lives of people travelling on the No 13 bus between Oxford Station and the John Radcliffe Hospital. This is a book to dip into; it is a sequel to the successful Lucky 13 and will bring just as much pleasure to anyone who enjoys a good read. Funds raised through the sale of Double-Decker are being donated to the hospital's charity, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds (registered charity 1057295), helping to provide the best medical equipment, research and facilities for patients and staff across our hospitals.

This is a book of poetry for everyone. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world. Read the poems aloud or curl up with them in a quiet corner. Begin your journey into a lifelong love of poetry. This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of nature, from a dreaming forest and bouquets of buried stars to rivers that dance with rocks and the brushed lava fur of the mountain gorilla. Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever. Featuring brilliant poetry by: Margarita Engle Diana Hendry Grace Nichols Robert Macfarlane Ruth Awolola Naomi Shihab Nye Zaro Weil Rachel Plummer Joyce Sidman Carol Ann Duffy Jack Prelutsky Mary Anne Hoberman Nikki Giovanni Jan Dean Rebecca Perry Tom Denbigh And awe-inspiring artwork from: Annalise Barber Mariana Roldan Masha Manapov Nabila Adani

The private lives of strangers can be fascinating, as these tales reveal. In them, the strangers are all passengers on the No 13 bus leaving Oxford Station at 1.15pm on a summer's day, arriving some 40 minutes later at the John Radcliffe Hospital. During their journey more passengers get on and others get off and they rarely interact. But behind each inscrutable facade are the joys and fears of complex private worlds and private thoughts. This is a book to dip into. It will, of course, help pass the time on a bus journey or even in hospital but it is intended to give pleasure to anyone who enjoys reading about other people and lives which may be exciting, sad or just plain different. All proceeds from the book's sale are being donated to the Hidden Heroes Fund of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds which supports staff recognition, development and training across all the Trust's hospitals.

This compact compendium contains the best work by the nineteenth-century British Romantic poets including William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. It includes some of the greatest poems in the English language, among them Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn, Shelley's Ozymandias, Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey, and Coleridge's Kubla Khan.

This set of 23 volumes, originally published between 1934 and 1994 shed much light on the history of industrial relations and working-class organisation in the UK. They analyse trade union structure, organization and government and look at the pattern of union activity in the workplace. Containing fascinating insider accounts of developments in British industrial relations they analyse the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe and use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the government, growth, mergers, character and bargaining structures of British unions. They provide an introduction to the characteristics and styles of trade unionism in Europe and offer a comprehensive guide to the complex structure and administration of British Trade Unions as well as analysing the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Demographic history is now recognised as one of the most important components of social and economic history. Although the empirical contexts of some of these volumes published between 1924 and 1995, (particularly those focussed on modelling and planning for population change) can at first seem out-of-date, the concerns discussed remain very much at the focus of public discourse. Indeed, they seem to have been given added urgency into the second quarter of the 21st Century as the world seeks to recover from the long-term economic and social, as well as demographic, consequences of the COVID pandemic and the global environmental crisis. To explore the impacts of increasing human numbers on nature, many of the books examine the relationships between human population density and biodiversity change. Others discuss the causes and impacts of the considerable and widespread levels of population change, focussing on a broad spectrum of public and social infrastructure concerns, as well as economics. Demographic methods (many of which are analysed in this collection) have been evolving ever since the birth of demography in response to changes in the field's research contents and theoretical orientations. The future development of demographic methods will likely continue to incorporate new methods first developed in other disciplines, but formal demographic techniques will still play a role in population forecasting, measurements improvements, and correction of faulty data, providing foundational knowledge for other social science disciplines. The volumes are global in nature, containing research from all continents and by authors whose work on population mobility and land use laid the foundations for distinguished careers in areas as diverse as African studies and medical geography.

Writings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City. A collection of mid-century Americana (and beyond), beginning on the New York stage, and moving south and west towards the small desert town of Asteroid City. New work and vintage articles by Hilton Als, Bob Balaban, Durga Chew-Bose, K. Austin Collins, Molly Haskell, Kent Jones, Lillian Ross, Sam Shepard, Gina Telaroli, and more. Images from Roy Schatt, Stanley Kubrick and never-before-published photographs by Brigitte Lacombe.