Mark Thomas is one of the UK's most effective and best-known political activists, as well as being a highly successful stand-up comedian. His show, The Mark Thomas Product, ran for six highly acclaimed series on Channel Four. Amazingly, this is his first book. As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela is a deeply funny, deeply disturbing account of Mark's rampage through the arms trade. Under a fairly flimsy disguise and with the use of some worryingly poor accents, Mark sets off on a journey of discovery in the company of arms dealers, torture victims, politicians, cops, crusties and geeks. The result is a shockingly entertaining read. Embedded within the sharpness of his humour is the truth of an industry fraught with loopholes, complacency and greed; that allows corrupt regimes to kill, maim and displace, but whose deals are often subsidised by the British taxpayer. Hard-hitting, laugh-out-loud funny and extremely unsettling, As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela is never anything less than compulsive.

As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela

Mark, Thomas

Business & Money

Ebury & Vermilion

Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, and even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in space. From Istanbul to Mexico City, Mark travels the globe investigating the stories and people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention such as: child labourers in the sugar cane fields of El Salvador; Indian workers exposed to toxic chemicals; Colombian union leaders falsely accused of terrorism and jailed alongside the paramilitaries who want to kill them; and, many more. Provocative, funny and stirring, "Belching Out the Devil" investigates the truth behind one of the planet's biggest brands.

BELCHING OUT THE DEVIL: GLOBAL ADVENTURES WITH COCA-COLA

Economics

Ebury Press

'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?'. The Israeli barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been enormous. Mark Thomas - as only he could - decided the only way to really get to grips with this huge divide was to use the barrier as a route map, to 'walk the wall', covering the entire distance with little more in his armoury than Kendal Mint Cake and a box of blister plasters. In the course of his ramble he was tear-gassed, stoned, sunburned, rained on and hailed on and even lost the wall a couple of times. But thankfully he was also welcomed and looked after by Israelis and Palestinians - from farmers and soldiers to smugglers and zookeepers - and finally earned a unique insight of the real Middle East in all its entrenched and yet life-affirming glory. And all without hardly ever getting arrested.

Extreme Rambling: Walking Israels Separation Barrier - For Fun.

History

Middle East

Sous l'Occupation, une famille française est contrainte de loger Werner von Ebrennac, un officier allemand : c'est un homme de grande culture, souriant, sensible et droit. Pourtant, soir après soir, le nouveau maître du pays ne trouvera que le silence obstiné de ses hôtes, un silence au creux duquel apparaît toute "la vie sous-marine des sentiments cachés, des désirs et des pensées qui luttent".    Le Silence de la mer, devenu un classique traduit dans le monde entier, loué, étudié, adapté au cinéma, est le premier grand livre de la Résistance où Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, a su dépeindre l'amertume et le désespoir de ces années de "catacombes", tout en catalysant avec force les vertus d'un humanisme conscient de ses devoirs.

Le Silence De La Mer (La Collection "Escrivac")

Vercors

Nelson Thornes (Publishers) Ltd

Tap Dancing

Bt Bound

History of Brougham Hall and High Head Castle

Europe

Phillimore Co Ltd

A combination of Tuesdays with Morrie and A River Runs Through It, this story is set in South Texas where Nathaniel, a veteran high school teacher, has just been named Texas Teacher of the Year. As he accepts his award, he pledges to mentor brand new first year teacher, Meghan. What follows is an extraordinary journey through his last year of teaching and her first, told through conversations they have during fly-fishing excursions. Beyond the typical talk of lesson planning, grading, and class management, Nathaniel challenges Meghan to question what she sees, what she does, and why she does it. As each chapter unfolds, new insights are gleaned from the journey that teachers take and the seasons that they experience as they strive to become teachers who change lives. This story written for teachers by teachers, is sure to provoke and inspire everyone to reflect on their experiences as both teacher and student. This book is about relationships-relationships between teachers and their students, teachers and each other, and teachers and their families. And it is about the persistence and passion with which teachers teach despite the many challenges they face. Most importantly, this story is about the art of catching and releasing those we are in a position to care for. For teachers, this is our students. If we do this well, we will become teachers who change lives.

Catch and Release: Becoming a Teacher Who Changes Lives

Greg Dale

Lynn Owens

3Dot Publishing

Project Skills

Sam Elbeik

Taylor&Francis

Loose Leaf Inclusive Access Intermediate Accounting

SPICELAND

James Nelson

Wayne

David;sepe

Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all! --Adolf Hitler Even as a young man, Hitler was often angry. When things didn't go his way, he always looked for someone to blame. After Germany was defeated in World War I, Hitler became determined to rebuild it into the most feared power on Earth. At the heart of Hitler's determination was an evil plan to destroy those he blamed for Germany's loss: the Jewish people. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Japanese armies swept through China and the Pacific, taking over lands and terrorizing citizens of the conquered countries. Before long, Japan and Germany joined forces, believing that nothing could bring them down. However, those who believed in freedom and justice also joined forces. Soon the world was in a war of unimaginable death and destruction. In the end, the evil would be defeated.

The Deadliest War (Townsend Library)

Townsend Press

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