SIMON LEWIS

Hors de tous ses repères, un inspecteur chinois sans complexes enquête sur la disparition de sa fille dans la campagne anglaise, parmi les émigrants chinois exploités et les trafiquants desclaves mod

Hors de tous ses repères, un inspecteur chinois sans complexes enquête sur la disparition de sa fille dans la campagne anglaise, parmi les émigrants chinois exploités et les trafiquants desclaves mod

Bored of the 'mango smoothie' trail and keen to spice up their Facebook albums, and perhaps also their sex lives, Jake and Will take a tour into China's jungle borderland with Burma. Their guide, however, has his own agenda and gradually the two gap-year students slip into a nightmarish spiral of murder and moral decay; their chance of survival determined by a game of hide and seek played out with deadly crossbows.

History has thrown up few events as dramatic and decisive as the four-day campaign that culminated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In 1970, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis spent $25 million to re-stage Napoleons tumultuous encounter with Wellington, portrayed by Rod Steigerand Christopher Plummer. It was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk who deployed almost 20,000 Soviet soldiers in a noble attempt to tell the story "faithfully."Author Simon Lewis celebrates the extraordinary effort taken to recreate the ghastly beauty of Napoleonic warfare for the cameras. His exhaustive account details almost every aspect of the immense production, which ranged from Rome to the vast battlefield set in Ukraine. The book also explores several of the movies myths; including the existence of a four-hour version. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 photographs, most never-before-seen, Waterloo Making An Epic will thrill fans of this much-loved, if flawed, movie giant.

Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books I have ever read - Ellie Mae OHagan An engrossing exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned expertsMeteorites, methane, mega-volcanoes and now human beings; the old forces of nature that transformed Earth many millions of years ago are joined by another: us. Our actions have driven Earth into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. For the first time in our home planets 4.5-billion year history a single species is dictating Earths future.To some the Anthropocene symbolises a future of superlative control of our environment. To others it is the height of hubris, the illusion of our mastery over nature. Whatever your view, just below the surface of this odd-sounding scientific word, the Anthropocene, is a heady mix of science, philosophy, religion and politics linked to our deepest fears and utopian visions. Tracing our environmental impact through time to reveal when humans began to dominate Earth, scientists Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin masterfully show what the new epoch means for all of us.