World in Focus: UK

World in Focus: UK
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Genres: Geography, Non-Fiction
Publisher: Wayland
Publication Year: 2006
Length: 64
ASIN: 0750246839
ISBN: 9780750246835
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About the Book

The World in Focus series provides an up-to-date view of individual countries around the world. Including discussion of the major challenges facing each country now and in the future. These books give a real insight into life in every part of the globe.

The United Kingdom is one of the world’s wealthiest countries, playing a highly significant role in global affairs.

The country’s diverse history of invasion and settlement, together with successive waves of immigrants has left its mark on British culture, language and beliefs.

As the United Kingdom looks to the future it faces a number of challenges including regional economic disparities and inter-community tensions.

About the Author
Alex Woolf

Alex Woolf is a published author of over seventy books, both fiction and non-fiction, mainly for children and young adults. His non-fiction encompasses a whole variety of subjects, from science and the natural world to politics and social issues, but his favourite subject is history. By far his biggest work to date is his Short History of the World, which has sold over 50,000 copies in the English-speaking world and been translated into seven different languages since it first appeared in 2008.

His fiction writing credits include a science fiction trilogy, 'Chronosphere' (2011/12), and a gothic Victorian detective novel 'Aldo Moon and the Case of the Ghost at Gravewood Hall' (2013), described by best-selling crime writer Peter James as 'a real delight, witty, ghostly and at times deliciously ghastly.' His horror novel, 'Soul Shadows', was published in 2013 by Curious Fox and has been shortlisted for the RED Book Award of 2014. Alex is a regular author for Fiction Express, online publishers of interactive stories for schools. He writes a chapter a week, and children vote on how the story should continue. 2014 sees the release of 'Iron Sky: Dread Eagle', his first foray into the world of steampunk.

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