R. Kennedy

A thrilling epic in which a NATO special forces team must hunt down and take out a fanatical terrorist intent on global destruction - and it is no idle threat. Elijah Hanover has Aaron's Rod and is using its power to create a series of deadly disasters that claim the lives of tens of thousands. But his aim is to claim the lives of billions in an apocalyptic event and only two middle-aged historians can crack the code that will reveal his deadly plan and lead the crack commando team to the megalomaniac's secret New Eden. An adventure that will get the blood pumping as our heroes descend into a live volcano, rescue victims from a flooded metro and crash a helicopter in an apocalyptic storm before playing out a deadly endgame in the icy wastes of Greenland in the hope of saving humanity.

British children were mobilised for total war in 1914-18. It dominated their school experience and they enjoyed it as a source of entertainment. Their support was believed to be vital for Britain's present and future but their participation was motivated by a desire to remain connected to their absent fathers and brothers.

Through a series of close readings of most of Rousseau's major writings, this book provides a new interpretation of the eighteenth-century philosopher's sexual politics. The text argues that Rousseau's writings provide a critique of not only normative gender identity, but also normative familial and kinship relations.