THE SECOND SEX - VINTAGE FEMINISM SHORT EDITION
ISBN : 9781784870386
When first published in 1949, this title led to outrage and scandal. This work contains the key passages of the book that changed perceptions of women forever.
Who rules the world?
ISBN : 9780241189450
'If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn]' - Noam Chomsky, 2017 Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules the World? , his definitive account of those powers, how they work, and why we should be questioning them. From the dark history of the US and Cuba to China's global rise, from torture
Blockchain Revolution - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World
ISBN : 9780241237861
Blockchain technology will change the world. in fact, it already has. Blockchain is the technology driving the future of the economy. It's best known for powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but it has the potential to transform every industry it touches. It allows virtually anything we value - from stocks, music and intellectual property to health records and even our identities - to be stored in a secure and anonymous system that no one person or company owns. From birth and death certificates to insurance claims, land titles and even votes, data will never be managed in the same way again. Written by Don Tapscott, the author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution is not only an essential and simple introduction to a complex subject, it is also a vital guide to how it will change all our lives. Read it, or be left behind.
The Power
ISBN : 9780670919963
All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control. The day of the girls has arrived - but where will it end ?
Magnus Chase Tome 2
ISBN : 9780141342566
My name is Magnus Chase. Two months ago i died fighting a fire giant and woke up in hotel Valhalla as one of Odin's warriors. Time fora rest ? I wish. When I meet Otis, an informant with a lead on Thor's missing hammer, all I get is the name "Provincetown" before a wolf-masked assassin takes him out and warns me to stay away. Someone really doesn't want me to find the hammer, and even I could it's rumoured to be underground, guarded by powerful magic. But the giant armies are on the move, preparing to invade. If I don't find it, they'll ravage the Nine Worlds, starting with the streets of Boston. There's just one person who could help. Someone who demands a very high price : the gods' worst enemy, Loki.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Tome 11
ISBN : 9780141376660
The pressures really pilhg up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his "creative side". As if that's not scary enough, Halloween is just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When he discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can Greg get his mom off his back by making a movie... and will he become rich and famous in the process ? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg's troubles ?
WONDER
ISBN : 9780552565974
Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go.
Oliver Twist
ISBN : 9780141198880
Features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets.
MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS AND CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN
MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS AND CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN
