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Olivia is a professional fixer who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist.
But no matter how careful you are, when you do damage control for a living, you're bound to cause some damage to your own life.
Each week, as Olivia and her team race against the clock to defuse intriguing new problems before they become full-blown disasters, they also have to deal with their own personal issues. They may call themselves 'gladiators in suits', but little by little, Olivia and her crew begin to reveal the chinks in their armour.
The monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last twenty years.
Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. The regime he heads is autocratic and corrupt. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Despite western sanctions, the majority have been living better than at any time in the past. By fair means or foul, under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with.
Philip Short's magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of its enigmatic and ruthless leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia. Since becoming President in 2000, his obsession has been to restore Russia's status as a great power, unbound by western rules. What forces and experiences shaped him? What led him to challenge the American-led world order that has kept the peace since the end of the Cold War?
To explain is not to justify. Putin's regime is dark. He pursues his goals relentlessly by whatever means he thinks fit. But on closer examination, much of what we think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths.
This book is as close as we will come to understanding Russia's ruler. It also makes us revise long-held assumptions about the course of global politics since the end of the Cold War.
Tim Burton's Academy Award-nominated black and white stop-motion
homage to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is a remake of his 1984
short of the same name.
The story follows a young boy called Victor
(voiced by Charlie Tahan), who harnesses the powers of science to
bring his beloved pet dog, Sparky, back to life - with unexpected
and alarming consequences.
500 puzzles; the biggest collection of Sunday crosswords ("the
Times'" most popular) EVER. Everything about the "New York Times
Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords" is, well, supersized. At one
hour per puzzle (that's pretty fast ), eight hours of solving per
day, it would still take two months of solid solving to finish this
book.
Drawing upon over a quarter of a century’s worth of research, The
Urban Now illuminates our present urban condition. John Rennie
Short captures the main features of this moment of urban
significance, investigating the city as a crucial arena
strategically located between global flows and national surfaces.
Divided into seven distinct parts, concise and accessible chapters
delve into the city and its relation to globalization, urban
imaginaries, climate change, Covid-19 and public health, traffic,
technology, and everyday life. Conducting poignant analyses of a
diverse group of changing cities, including Cali, Megalopolis,
Mparntwe and Syracuse, the book explores questions surrounding
postcolonial culture, deindustrialization, social inclusion,
informal economies, and new class relationships. Short ultimately
highlights the progressive possibilities and redemptive power of
the urban experience to change lives and attitudes. Providing a
theoretically sophisticated and empirically informed assessment of
public policies, this unique book will prove an essential tool for
students and scholars of urban and regional studies, human
geography, sociology and social policy. Practical in scope, its
appeal will extend to policymakers and practitioners with an
interest in cities, urban development, globalization and
urbanization.
A feel-good, smash-hit comedy about the outrageous trials and tribulations a well-meaning father goes through trying to prepare for his only daughter's wedding.
The prenuptial pandemonium begins when the bride-to-be announces her engagement, setting off an outrageous chain of events, including a chaotic first meeting with the in-laws and and a wedding day snowstorm.
Starring Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, this remake of the 1950 comedy classic is a warm, wacky look at a daughter's dream-come-true... and a father's proudest moment!
Sequel to the Disney animated classic about a huge litter of
dalmation puppies and their adventures in London town. When young
Patch accidentally becomes separated from his siblings, he takes
the opportunity to strike out on his own and meet his canine hero
Thunderbolt, whose TV adventure show is currently shooting nearby.
The young pup can't believe his luck when he gets the chance to
serve as Thunderbolt's real-life sidekick in a series of adventures
around the city; and when Cruella de Ville kidnaps all of Patch's
brothers and sisters, the two new friends realise that it is up to
them to save the day.
'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading'
Observer Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power
to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours,
meddles in western elections and orders assassinations. Yet many
Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia
has once again become a force to be reckoned with. Philip Short's
magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the
personality of Russia's leader and demolishes many of our
preconceptions about Putin's Russia. To explain is not to justify.
Putin's regime is dark. But on closer examination, much of what we
think we know about him turns out to rest on half-truths. This book
is as close as we will come to understanding Russia's ruler.
'Exhaustively researched... as a chronicle of Putin's public
doings, the book is near faultless' The Times 'Timely... a
comprehensive, extensively researched account of Putin's life' New
Statesman 'Extensively covers the dark moments of Putin's
career.... The Putin of Short's book is not someone you would
invite to dinner' New York Times
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