Category Archives: World Music
Murder on the Safari Star
Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, Murder on the Safari Star, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli.Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on
British and Black
`[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.` – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday TimesIn this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis
โ€Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.โ€ Greta ThunbergThe climate crisis has long been envisaged by those in the Global North as a problem hurtling towards humanity from the future. In `A
We Are All From Somewhere Else
`A prodigy, a book of wonders. Wonder, pity and terror, the searing section of voices in transit coercing compassion – and beyond that, empathy` IndependentHome is where you start from, but where is a swallow`s real home? And what does `native` mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain?In ninety richly varied poems
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant Signed Copy
Signed by the authorThis book comes at a critical time. Fifty years ago, Africa was home to just over 1.3 million elephants, but by 1990 the number had halved. Meanwhile in the span of a lifetime, the human population has more than doubled. In Levison Wood`s The Last Giants, he explores the rapid decline of
Who Dares Wins
Following the phenomenal success of Born Fearless, Who Dares Wins is the long-awaited sequel: – Wild and Shocking Childhood Stories – A chequered past, from terrible abuse suffered in a string of kids` homes to psychological abuse suffered at a top public school. – The Royal Hampshires – the so called โ€green armyโ€ and laying
Kilimanjaro: A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa
Click for full cover Kilimanjaro A Photographic Journey to the Roof of Africa Michel Moushabeck (text), Hiltrud Schulz (photography) published 2009 [[ 8โ€ X 8โ€ [[ 151 pages [[ full-color photos throughout Available Options: ISBN 9781566567534 [[ paperback [[ $20.00ISBN 9781566567817 [[ hardback [[ $30.00 โ€Blazing with photographs as radiant as the African sun, this
Literary Sudans
This anthology of literatures from Sudan and South Sudan will one day be appreciated as essential to our understanding of these people`s rich history. The carefully selected array of texts offers a rare glimpse into contemporary fiction writings by mixed of established and new Sudanese talents. The translation is lucid and poetic, and kept with
Of Bonobos and Men: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don`t kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to building peaceful coalitions and sharing resources has much to teach
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Christopher Award Winner Los Angeles Times Bestseller Washington Post Top 100 Books of the Year Selection A stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousin–hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a โ€moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm and tender.โ€ Between 1987 and 1989, Alepho, Benjamin, and Benson,
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his bestseller My Traitor`s Heart, he is still strongly committed to the struggle against suffocating political rectitude. Malan eviscerates politicians, provokes rabid
Lion Sleeps at Night
For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his bestseller My Traitor`s Heart, he is still strongly committed to the struggle against suffocating political rectitude. Malan eviscerates politicians, provokes rabid
Egypt
Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to which Egypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the ties that hold its political community together, while rendering ever more difficult the
We Are All Birds Of Uganda
WINNER of the Merky Books New Writers` Prize `A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.` MALORIE BLACKMAN`Rightfully tipped for greatness` SUNDAY TIMES`This moving tale of love and loss … is well worth the wait` INDEPENDENT`You can`t stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will…` 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family
Go Tell the Crocodiles: Chasing Prosperity in Mozambique
In the tradition of Katherine Boo`s Behind the Beautiful Forevers, an unforgettable exploration of the trials of daily life in Mozambique, long heralded as Africa`s โ€rising starโ€Over the past twenty-five years, Mozambique has charted a path of dizzying economic growth nearly as steep as China`s, making it among the fastest-growing economies on the planet. But
Dolls House Museum Sticker Book
Step inside this museum and discover millions of years of history, with exhibitions on everything from Ancient Egypt and dinosaurs to space exploration and the Industrial Revolution. There are over 170 stickers of fascinating objects from around the world to arrange in the galleries and links to websites where you can see museum treasures up
Where the Wild Coffee Grows: The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Coffee is one of the largest and most valuable commodities in the world. This is the story of its origins, its history and the threat to its future, by the IACP Award-winning author of Darjeeling.Located between the Great Rift Valley and the Nile, the cloud forests in southwestern Ethiopia are the original home of Arabica,
The Shark Caller
A SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN`S BOOK OF THE WEEK Dive beneath the waves with this spell-binding adventure of friendship, forgiveness and bravery, set on the shores of Papua New Guinea, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Eva Ibbotson.โ€I want to be able to call the sharks. Teach me the magic and show me the ways.โ€Blue
A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey
In A Forest in the Clouds, John Fowler takes us into the world of Karisoke Research Center, the remote mountain gorilla camp of Dr. Dian Fossey, a few years prior to her gruesome murder. Drawn to the adventure and promise of learning the science of studying mountain gorillas amid the beauty of Central Africa`s cloud
