Big Ben is perhaps the most famous clock in the world. Here is its story, from its conception in the 1830s, after the fire destroyed the Palace of Westminster, to its establishment as the national timepiece and the symbol of Britain up to the present day. Big Ben is a character, an icon known to millions through the film The Thirty-Nine Steps - in which one of the protagonists clings to the hands as he swings above London - but above all it is a masterpie...

The validity of a contract can be undermined by factors affecting contractual consent. Issues of contractual validity frequently arise for consideration in all types of litigation, not least commercial disputes. This book provides practitioners and academics with an invaluable reference tool, which will enable them to navigate the complex issues of vitiation of contract.When contractual disputes arise, there are a variety of vitiating factors which may be relied on to undermine a c...

Deceit: The Lie of the Law will provide a complete and detailed account of the law of deceit as developed over the past two centuries. This new book by Peter MacDonald Eggers examines the commercial, contractual and civil relationships in which claims in deceit have been made.

Good Faith and Insurance Contracts sets out an exhaustive analysis of the law concerning the duty of utmost good faith, as applied to insurance contracts. Now in its fourth edition, it has been updated to address the arrival of the Insurance Act 2015, as well as any references to new case law. In addition, it synthesises all known judicial decisions by the English Courts concerning good faith in this area.This book is still the only text devoted to a discussion of the duty...

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her late father, Tony.”—BooklistAn ancient mystery resurfaces with ramifications for the present day in this gripping chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series from New York Times bestselling...

First published in 1952 and 1955, John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician, The Old Chieftain remains a classic in Canadian arts and letters. Described as the greatest biography ever written in Canada, it earned Donald Creighton two Governor General's Awards. In 2013, the Toronto Review of Books recommended it to anyone who wished to become a better Canadian.In this book, Creighton examines the public and private lives of Canada’s first prime minister, his victorie...

Considered by many to be the greatest account of The Beatles at work, song by song. It's full of revelations about how and why some of the best known songs in the world were created.

Practical techniques for improved plant performance! Grafting is a long-established skill that is used to improve the performance of ornamental and food plants. Fruit trees are grafted to control their size, willows to produce attractive weeping forms, and tomatoes and melons to enhance their disease resistance and productivity. Peter MacDonald describes the latest grafting techniques for students, professionals and enthusiastic amateurs, including information on the reasons for grafting, ...

Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the lasttwenty years. Running to twelve editions, it was edited by Andrew McNeillie, with theassistance later of James McDonald Lockhart, and began as an attempt to reimagine therelationships between the islands of Ireland and Britain. Archipelago has brought togetherestablished and emerging artists in creative conversations that have transformed the studyof islands, coasts and...

This Golden Deer Classics compilation contains the following classic fantasy works: Phantastes - George MacDonald The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) - Lewis Carroll Lilith - George MacDonald The Well at the World's End - William Morris The Sundering Flood - William Morris The Lost Continent - Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne The Wallet of Kai Lung - Ernest Bramah Smith The Wonderful W...

Peter MacDonald was elected Chairman of the Navajo Nation for an unprecedented fourth term with Johnny R. Thompson as his chosen Vice-Chairman. MacDonald convinced the Tribal Council that the purchase of the Big Boquillas Ranch will help rejuvenate the Navajo Nation’s economy. The Tribal Council agreed and approved the purchase in lopsided vote. It was purchased by the tribe for $33.4 million dollars, just minutes after Byron Brown, a Scottsdale developer and MacDonald friend and another a...

Die arabische Welt ist mehr als die Summe der Länder, in denen überwiegend Arabisch gesprochen wird. Seit der Expansion des Islams bildet sie einen religiösen und kulturellen Resonanzraum mit immer wieder neuen Ansätzen zur politischen Einheit. in dieser neuen Geschichte der arabischen Welt beschreiben international renommierte Experten, wie sich diese «Welt» seit der Spätantike formiert hat, wie die arabische Kultur weit über diesen Raum hinaus – bis nach Europa und Amerika – verbreitet w...