Category Archives: World Music
It Happened on the Way to War
This is a book about two forms of service that may appear contradictory: war-fighting and peacemaking, military service and social entrepreneurship. In 2001, Marine officer-in-training Rye Barcott cofounded a nongovernmental organization with two Kenyans in the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Their organization-Carolina for Kibera-grew to become a model of a global movement called participatory development,
Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed
Ahdaf Soueif was born and brought up in Cairo. When the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 erupted on January 25th, she, along with thousands of others, called Tahrir Square home for eighteen days. She reported for the world`s media and did, like everyone else, whatever she could. Cairo tells the story of the Eygyptian Revolution, of
No Time Like the Present
Nadine Gordimer is one of our most telling contemporary writers. With each new work, she attacks – with a clear-eyed lack of sentimentality, and an understanding of the darkest depths of the human soul – the inextricable link between personal life and political, communal history. The revelation of this theme in each new work, not
Women, Writing, and Travel in the Eighteenth Century
The eighteenth century witnessed the publication of an unprecedented number of voyages and travels, genuine and fictional. Within a genre distinguished by its diversity, curiosity, and experimental impulses, Katrina O`Loughlin investigates not just how women in the eighteenth century experienced travel, but also how travel writing facilitated their participation in literary and political culture. She
Lion Heart
Richard Cathar was named after his father`s hero, Richard the Lionheart. Richard remembers his recently-deceased father, Alaric, as a delusional hippy, who saw himself as an intellectual and historian. Following in his father`s footsteps, Richard travels to Jerusalem where he falls deeply in love with Noor, a beautiful but mysterious Canadian-Arab journalist. When Noor is
Bringing Down Gaddafi: On the Ground with the Libyan Rebels
In February 2011, Andrei Netto, a reporter for O Estado de Sao Paulo , one of Brazil`s main newspapers, traveled without permission into a region of Libya controlled by the regime, aiming to cover the first armed revolution of the Arab Spring. One of the first foreigners to reveal to the world the extent of
The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt`s Past and Present
From Herodotus`s day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt`s heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in
Climbing the Seven Volcanoes: A Search for Strength
Everything changed for Sophie Cairns when she was thirty and a party-loving journalist in China. Her father died so suddenly that she arrived at his bedside two hours too late. In her grief, she defied her chronic asthma and climbed the world`s seven highest volcanoes to raise funds for charity in his memory. This is
The Gorilla Who Wanted To Grow Up
A heart-warming classic children`s story from Jill Tomlinson about a Gorilla who`s looking to the future. Pongo is a young gorilla who lives in the mountains of Africa. He has long glossy black hair and a black shiny nose. But Pongo can`t wait to grow up, when he will have a silver back like his
The Wreck of the Zanzibar
A gripping children`s story from War Horse author and former Children`s Laureate Michael Morpurgo.โ€We all knew what was going to happen. We`d seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again.โ€ Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907
The Akimbo Adventures
Three classic adventure tales from the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency, now together in paperback for the first time. Imagine living in the heart of Africa. Imagine living in a place where the sun rises every morning over blue mountains. Akimbo and his parents live on the edge of an African
Julius Zebra: Entangled with the Egyptians!
The third title in Gary Northfield`s exciting, action-packed and hysterically funny series brimming with entertaining Roman and Egyptian facts.After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt and mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can`t believe his luck! Soon he and his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria; preened and
Mr Men Adventure in Egypt
Little Miss Splendid is on holiday in Egypt with her friends where she dreams of being Queen Splendid of the Nile! Will the mummies have more bandages than Mr Bump and how will they find their way out when they get lost inside a pyramid? This is a brand new series featuring your favourite Mr.
The Ugly Five
From the bestselling author and illustrator duo of The Gruffalo! Who`s that singing on the savannah? It`s the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savannah, rejoicing in their ugliness – and delighting their babies, who think they`re perfect just the waythey are. Inspired by
Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs
Full of mystery and adventure, the stories of the Egyptian pharaohs and their ancient gods are steeped in thousands of years of history. From the creation myth to the curse of Tutankhamen and the fall of Cleopatra, Marcia Williams` classic comic strip retellings bring new life to the myths and wonders of this ancient civilization.
Magnificent Birds
Discover incredible birds from around the world with this exquisite picture book. From the bird-of-paradise that performs its extravagantly colourful courtship dance in the rainforest to the bar-tailed godwit that flies thousands of miles across the ocean without stopping, explore the world of magnificent birds in this beautiful gift book, created in association with the
Myth Atlas
Step inside twelve magical mythological worlds. You might wantto take a map.But the maps in Myth Atlas are special: they show how twelve extraordinary cultures saw the world. For some it`s a giant tree or an upside-down mountain. Others reckon we`re living on the back of a giant turtle. All of them are fascinating.As you
Incredible Shrinking Girl – Egypt
The fourth book in this hilarious series – with illustrations throughout. Violet Potts is CRAZY about Ancient Egypt. When Gran wins a cruise down the River Nile, Violet thinks shemight EXPLODE with excitement. Especially when her cousin Anthony is invited along too! But when they`re drawn into a SPOOKY mystery of cursed tombs and vanishing
Birds of the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa has the highest endemism of any region in Africa, and around 70 species are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these are confined to the isolated highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, but a large number of larks specialise in the arid parts of Somalia and adjoining eastern Ethiopia, whilst
Tangerine
`Girl on a Train meets The Talented Mr Ripley under the Moroccan sun. Unputdownable` The Times The perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller. The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband
