The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China’s capital city, was the setting of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China. These large events takes place every five years. Why are they so important? In this issue, we provide a brief history of China, what happens at a National Congress and why, this year’s did not follow recent tradition.
In the year 2100, mankind on Earth, settlers in a lunar colony and aliens from the para-universe, a strange universe parallel in time to our own, are faced with a race against time to prevent total destruction of the Earth. The invention of the Inter-Universe Electron Pump has threatened the rate of hydrogen fusion in the sun, leading, inevitably, to the possibilty of a vast explosion -- and the vapourisation of the Earth exactly eight minutes later...
What was the Renaissance? How did it begin and why? A History of the Renaissance answers these questions and more as it investigates the driving forces behind this brilliant period of artistic and scientific achievement. Discover how humanists like Petrarch pioneered the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture and ideas, sparking an explosion of creativity and innovation. Changes abounded not only in the arts and sciences, but also in politics and religion.
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The Cat Who Said Cheese
The events at the Great Food Explo in Moose County are overshadowed by the arrival of a distracting and mysterious woman, and Qwill and his Siamese sidekicks investigate a fatal explosion at the New Pickax Hotel.
Who would garrote a middle-aged housewife and leave her body in the parking garage of a suburban shopping mall? Chief Inspector Wexford is no sooner on the case than a car bomb's explosion lands him in the hospital. It's now up to Mike Burden to step in and solve the case. He's got a suspect . . . but will he be able to make him talk?
