In this startling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, the author tackles the moving and compelling story of a young man, Martin, whose life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a joyriding accident. Brilliantly written with a real ear for dialogue, this is Benjamin Zepaniah breaking new boundaries

Human Rights fact sheets are intended to assist an ever-wider audience in better understanding basic human rights, what the United Nations is doing to promote and protect them, and ther international machinery available to help reaize those rights

This is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes we take what we value for granted

Amazing story of courage in the face of overhelming odds. As knights of old on hazardous quest for the Holy Grail buckled on armour of supernal power6 so Hunter Thompson entered Las Vegas armed with a veritable magus's arsenal of 'heinous chemicals' in his search for the American Dream

In the summer of 2009, 2,000 men were digging trenches and boring holes and none of them, not the diggers, not the planners, not the engineers, really knew why. Some of them, the most important ones, knew they were linking the South Side of Chicago with northern New Jersey. And that they had to dig in a straight line, as straight as possible. Others just knew they were laying some sort of cable and that they had to keep it secret

The author gives readeres from first time investors to seasoned professionals fresh insights into how to successfully navigate their way through Wall Street's myriad of opportunities and pitfalls

These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age: the idealism of young people, the stresses of marriage, the anxieties of parenthood, and the loneliness and fears of older people. The wide variety of writing styles includes black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observation of the follies and foibles of humankind. Unabridged short stories for advanced English students

In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together―some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries―to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits

This perticular volume focuses on Korea's financial industry which underwent seicmic changes in the wake of the devastating 1997-98 financial crisis