The “War on Terror” has politicized foreign aid in a way never before seen, with often devastating consequences. Aid workers are being killed in unprecedented numbers, and civilians in war-torn countries abandoned to their fate. From the battlefield in Afghanistan to the frontier refugee camps in Pakistan, the ravaged streets of Mogadishu to the tense flashpoint of the Turkey-Syria border, Peter Gill travels to some of the most conflict-stricken places on earth to reveal the new relationship between aid agencies and western security. While some agencies have clung to their neutrality, he finds others risking their impartiality in their pursuit of official funding.     In a world where the advance of Islamic State constitutes the gravest affront to humanitarian practice and principle faced in decades, Gill poses the crucial question—can Western nations go to war in a country and aid it at the same time?

Product Description: Catherine Ridler, the spirited daughter of Bosworthy's wise woman, campaigns against the Barleside experiment, designed to achieve solvency for Exmoor's central workhouse. Interspersed with colourful characters and customs, and occasional flashes of humour, Barleside follows Catherine through dark and difficult days in her quest for justice until her determination to establish 'the rightness of things' is put to the ultimate test...read more

Product Description: Talk to Me: By the Year 2000: Celebration (Harlequin Superromance No. 858)

Product Description: A set of five compact but surprisingly detailed guides to a small but remarkable nation, all in one slipcaseCelebrating its spectacular physical beauty, rich and turbulent history, unique architectural heritage, diverse cuisine, and varied wildlife and geology, these books will take you to the very heart of Wales...read more

Product Description: This comparative analysis of the sometimes fraught process of achieving democratic governance of security intelligence agencies presents material from countries other than those normally featured in the Intelligence Studies literature of North America and Europe...read more

Product Description: First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov's last 'comedy' still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike...read more

The role of intelligence in the contemporary world is ubiquitous: individuals, groups and organizations as well as states seek information in order to increase their sense of security. The events of 9/11 and subsequent 'war on terror' have made intelligence more central to the study of government and international affairs than at any time previously, reviving old debates and generating new ones. But what exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop it and how? What happens to the intelligence that is produced? This timely new book explores these and other key questions. Concentrating on the role of states and organizations, and using the post-9/11 security agenda as its key focus, it offers an authoritative and accessible guide to the relationship between intelligence and processes of public and private governance. Drawing on a range of contemporary examples, the book examines the limits of intelligence and asks whether the 9/11 attacks, the bombings in London and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq may be seen as intelligence 'failures'? It concludes by discussing the need for democratic control of intelligence to prevent its future abuse by unaccountable state or corporate agencies.

Product Description: In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, author Douglas Adams famously proposed that the answer to the question “What is the meaning of Life?” was the number 42. Why that number? Over the years, many theories have been put forward, but Adams steadfastly refused to clarify...read more

A photographic book on the birds, flora and fauna of Skomer Island, Marine Nature Reserve.

Product Description: Apprenticeship is Peter Gill’s potent recollection of the changing theatrical landscape of the ‘60s. Part history, part memoir, part polemic, it puts into context his recently re-discovered 1962 diary, in which he recalls his experiences as a young actor in the RSC's pioneering production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, as part of their first London season...read more

Product Description: Powerful images take you to many inspiring locations around Wales—from the glacial valley of Nant Gwynant and the stream at Fairy Glen to the sand dunes of Cardigan Bay and the mining valley of Rhondda Fawr. This book is a celebration of stunning locations, breathtaking photography, and informative captions...read more

Product Description: There are 19 mountain ranges packed within Wales’ modest 7,722 square miles, amounting to hundreds of peaks—some well-trodden such as Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales, while others are unspoilt and waiting to be discovered...read more

Product Description: From the earliest stone fortifications at Chepstow to the 19th-century folly of Castell Coch, and from the splendor of Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy, and Harlech to the spectacular ruins of Carreg Cennen, Wales boasts a stunning array of castles...read more

Product Description: In 1986, Peter Gill, the then director of the National Theatre Studio, sent a group of young actors to interview their seniors about speaking on stage. Actors interviewed include Alec Guinness, Rex Harrison, Robert Stephens, Harry Andrews, and Margaret Tyzack, with notes from John Gielgud and an introduction by Peter Gill himself...read more

A step-by-step overview of what the author believes to be the world's leaders' failures regarding the AIDS epidemic argues that the spread of the disease has occurred as a result of pharmaceutical industry greed and inappropriate conservative agendas that promote abstinence rather than safe-sex education. Original.

Product Description: Whalewatching is fast becoming a passion in Australia and New Zealand, both home to numerous species of whales and dolphins. With whalewatching trips springing up everywhere, viewing these magnificent animals in their natural habitat is now much easier...read more

The perceived threat of 'transnational organised crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy-makers and social scientists over the years. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured, and the appropriateness of governments' policy responses.

Product Description: In the past decade there have been significant changes in the operations of security and intelligence agencies throughout Europe. Those in the former Eastern Europe have undergone the most obvious changes in their targets and the legal context within which they operate, but these changes have affected all the agencies to some extent...read more