Rainforest<p>Rainforests are the lungs of our planet regulators of the earth's temperature and weather. They are also home to 50 per cent of the world's animals and plants which for centuries have been the source of many of our key medicines. And yet we've all heard of their systematic destruction; the raising of trees to make way for plantations of oil palms or cattle the disenfranchisement of indigenous peoples and the corruption that leads to illegal logging

and with bold illustrations throughout

The Medici faced two apparently insuperable problems: how did a banker deal with the fact that the Church regarded interest as a sin and had made it illegal

But what awaits him isn't fitting rooms and food courts

there are still mysteries left to be revealed

more powerful or more famous than everyone else

With visionary intensity she conjures their worlds their dilemmas their defiant brilliance

childhood play

tells the unlikely story of his involvement in sending sophisticated hardware into space

Although it's the last thing he wants

diarrhoea and

sometimes called Twice Exceptionality or 2E)

This updated volume is an invaluable guide to all of Mid-World and one of Stephen King's most significant literary achievements