From out of the whiteness, a dark figure comes...December, 1930, Ukraine. After the horrors of war, Luka wants a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality - but everything changes the day a stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo: the bodies of two children. When the villagers' fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. And then a little girl vanishes. Luka is the only man with the skills to find the stolen child in these frozen lands. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks through the...

This book presents a highly acclaimed survey of today's world, completely revised and updated. With over 50 full colour world maps and pages of vivid graphics, it breaks down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling, succinct analysis of the latest available social, economic and political data.This 8th edition takes as its theme the main issues that affect or will affect the state of the world as we know it. It is divided into six sections: Who We Are, Wealth and Power, War and Peace, Rights and Respect, Health and Sustainable Development, and The Growth of Knowledge.Dan Smith's...

'There were times I felt I would always be death's passenger. It moved one step ahead of me wherever I went, letting its shadow fall across me. It carried me on; shaded me from the world other people lived in.' Leaving behind his life of violence in Brazil's darkest shadows, Zico is determined to become a better man. But it seems his old life isn't quite done with him yet when he's tasked with making one last kill. It's one that could get him everything he has ever wanted; a house, some land, cash in his pocket, a future for him and his girlfriend, Daniella. But this one isn't like all the...