Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Water Thief
From the award-winning author of Ishmael`s Oranges comes a searing novel with a profound moral conflict at its heart.When a heart attack kills his father, young architect Nick abandons his comfortable London life to volunteer abroad for a year – a last chance to prove himself, and atone for old sins.But in a remote village
The Parentations
Eighteenth-century London – the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household, charged with providing safe harbour to a mysterious baby from far away.Camden, London, 2015, December 17th – the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, are consumed by the wait for this boy, who may
The Baghdad Clock
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION 2018For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAEIt`s 1991 and the Gulf War is raging. Two girls, hiding in an air raid shelter, tell stories to keep the fear and the darkness at bay,
The Truth About Fat: From the author of The Angry Chef
Who or what is to blame for us getting fat and ill in increasing numbers?Sugar or fat? Gut microbes or genes? Laziness or poverty? Whatever it is, it`s placing a devastating burden on our healthcare system, and scientists in every field are desperate to explain this epidemic and stave off a modern health disaster.Anthony Warner,
An American Marriage
Winner of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2019`A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.` – Barack ObamaNewlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day
Dictator Literature
A Book of the Year for The Times and the Sunday Times’The writer is the engineer of the human soul,’ claimed Stalin. Although one wonders how many found nourishment in Turkmenbashi’s Book of the Soul (once required reading for driving tests in Turkmenistan), not to mention Stalin’s own poetry. Certainly, to be considered great, a
The House of Impossible Beauties
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed * Esquire * Bustle * The Millions * The Wall Street Journal * Entertainment Weekly * Nylon * Elle * Dazed * The Irish Times`Cassaras`s propulsive and profound first novel, finding one`s home in the world – particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance
Nine Lives: My Time As MI6`s Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda
As one of al-Qaeda`s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda`s chemical weapons programme, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to
The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto – 75th Anniversary Edition
Mary Berg was fifteen when the Nazi army poured into the country in 1939. She survived four years of Nazi terror, and managed to keep a diary throughout.This astonishing, vivid portrayal of life inside the Warsaw Ghetto ranks with the most significant documents of the WW2. Mary Berg candidly chronicles not only the daily deprivations
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2017A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territories from one of Israel`s most influential historiansFrom the author of the bestselling study of the 1948 War of Independence comes an incisive look at the Occupied Territories, picking up the story where `The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine` left off.In this comprehensive
The Angry Chef: Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating
Never before have we had so much information available to us about food and health. There`s GAPS, paleo, detox, gluten-free, alkaline, the sugar conspiracy, clean eating… Unfortunately, a lot of it is not only wrong but actually harmful. So why do so many of us believe this bad science?Assembling a crack team of psychiatrists, behavioural
Siracusa
New Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Italy with their friends from Maine – Finn; his wife, Taylor; and their daughter, Snow. “From the beginning,” says Taylor, “it was a conspiracy for Lizzie and Finn to be together.” Told Rashomon-style in alternating points of view, the characters expose and stumble
Black Tudors: The Untold Story
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to salvage lost treasures from the
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Winner of the International prize for Arabic FictionShortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize”Extraordinary… A devastating but essential read.” Kevin Powers, bestselling author of `The Yellow Birds`”Gripping, darkly humorous…profound.” Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment`From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and
Democracy and Its Crisis
The EU referendum in the UK and Trump`s victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters.First he considers those moments in history
The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
The wolf stands at the forefront of the debate about our impact on the natural world. In one of the most celebrated successes of modern conservation, it has been reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park.What unfolds is a riveting multi-generational saga, at the centre of which is O-Six, a charismatic alpha female beloved by park rangers
Otherworld
“Full of high stakes, thrillers, and fantastic twists and turns, fans of Ready Player One are sure to love this addictive read.” -BUZZFEEDWelcome to real life 2.0. Are you ready to play?There are no screens. There are no controls. You don`t just see and hear it – you taste, smell, and touch it too. In
A Siege of Bitterns: Birder Murder Mystery 1
Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn`t mind ruffling a few feathers. Indeed his success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn`t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds.Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh, located in the heart
A Pitying of Doves: Birder Murder Mystery 2
With murder, everyone pays a price …Why would a killer ignore expensive jewellery and take a pair of turtledoves as the only bounty?This is only one of the questions that piques Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune`s interest after a senior attache with the Mexican Consulate is found murdered alongside the director of a local bird sanctuary.
Kompromat
2016. The world is on the brink of crisis.In Britain, the British Prime Minister is fighting a referendum he thought couldn`t be lost.In the USA, brash showman, Ronald Craig is fighting a Presidential Election nobody thought he could win.In the USSR, Igor Popov, the Russian President, is using both events as part of his plan
