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A powerful and moving love story by a writer at the top of his game' John BoyneIn West Berlin in 1989, eighteen-year-old Ralf has just left school and is living a final golden summer with his three best friends. They spend their days swimming, smoking and daydreaming about the future, oblivious to the storm gathering on the other side of the Berlin Wall.But an unsettling discovery about his family and a meeting with the mysterious Oz shatters ...

For over 25 years, Radiohead have been the most radical and fascinating rock band in the world. Fearless in their desire to change and shape-shift, the Oxfordshire quintet has - through the nine studio albums from 1993's Pablo Honey to 2016's A Moon-Shaped Pool - consistently stretched the boundaries of what 'rock' means and does. Anchored in Thom Yorke's soaring voice and elliptical lyrics, and in the compositional genius of guitarist/keyboar...

Long plagued by poverty, India's recent economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's emerging powers, but what kind of power it wants to be remains a mystery. Our Time Has Come explains why India behaves the way it does, and the role it is likely to play globally as its prominence grows.

In this book, Carl Minzner argues that China's reform era is ending. The core factors that characterized the era-political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Economic cleavages have widened, ideological polarization deepened. And China's leaders are now progressively cannibalizing institutional norms and practices that have formed the bedrock of the regime's stability since 1978. End of an Era explains h...

This workbook is one of a series of five books that explains the administration of the vision. They are tools to help leaders organize and structure their ministry for growth and success according to biblical principles step by step.Workbook 1 . . . . . . Visions from GodWorkbook 2 . . . . . . Ministry or Position? The Gifts Are in the HouseWorkbook 3 . . . . . . Infrastructure (Organization and Structure of the Gifts)Workbook 4 . . . . . . Tr...

An up-to-date guide to an overview of authentication in the Internet of Things (IoT) The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of countless physical devices that have the possibility to connect and exchange data. Among the various security requirements, authentication to the IoT is the first step to prevent the impact of attackers. IoT Security offers an important guide into the development of many authentication mechanisms that provide IoT...

Covers the period 1942-_1_945, looking in particular at the Halifax's encounters with the Luftwaffe and the individual experiences of the men involved in such engagements.

Bad Island is an extraordinary, unsettling document: a silent species-history in eighty frames, a mute future archive. I can imagine it discovered in the remnants of a civilisation, a set of runes found amid the ruins. Stark in its lines and dark in its vision, Bad Island reads you more than you read it.' Robert MacfarlaneFrom cult graphic designer and long-time Radiohead collaborator Stanley Donwood comes a starkly beautiful graphic novel abo...

Sir Ecgbert Tode of Tode Hall has survived to a grand old age - much to the despair of his younger wife, Emma. But at ninety-three he has, at last, shuffled off the mortal coil.Emma, Lady Tode, thoroughly fed up with being a dutiful Lady of the Manor, wants to leave the country to spend her remaining years in Capri. Unfortunately her three tiresome children are either unwilling or unable (too mad, too lefty or too happy in Australia) to take o...

This book reviews advances in cutting-edge micro-/nano-electrometers, and discusses the technological challenges involved in their practical implementation. The detection of electrostatic charge has a wide range of applications in ionization chambers, bio-analyte and aerosol particle instruments, mass spectrometers, scanning tunneling microscopes, and even quantum computers. Designing micro-/nano-electrometers (also known as charge sensors) fo...

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A hands-on introduction to advanced applications of power system transients with practical examples Transient Analysis of Power Systems: A Practical Approach offers an authoritative guide to the traditional capabilities and the new software and hardware approaches that can be used to carry out transient studies and make possible new and more complex research. The book explores a wide range of topics from an introduction to the subject to a re...

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The further adventures of the extraordinary animal doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh - Doctor Dolittle. Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in another amazing adventure and takes nine-and-a-half-year-old Tommy Stubbins along as his assistant.

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive discussion of how a small national cinema can remain relevant in the wider environment of globalisation. It includes chapters on the creative documentary, animation and the horror film, as well as Irish history on screen and the depiction of the countryside and the city. -- .

World War II sent the youth of the world across the globe in odd alliances against each other. Never before had a conflict been fought simultaneously in so many diverse landscapes on premises that often seemed unrelated. Never before had a conflict been fought in so many different ways - from rocket attacks on London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya. It was only in time that these battles coalesced into one war.In The Seco...

Can two wrongs ever make a right? Lorraine Mace brings us the fourth instalment in her dark and gritty series featuring DI Paolo Sterling. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and Mo Hayder.

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In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of the Philippines. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.

Shows early fluent readers why it's important to lessen our carbon footprint with fun and easy ways they can do it every day. Full-color photos and leveled text will engage young readers as they learn specific ways they can be environmentally friendly.