In January 2011 as the crowds gathered to protest Mubarak's three decades of rule in Egypt Wendell Steavenson went to Cairo to cover the story But the revolution defied historical precedent & it defied the templates of storytelling There was no single villain no lone hero no neat conclusion that wouldn't be overturned the next day Tahrir Square changed its moods like the weather; fickle violent hopeful carnival As she walks among the tents & the tanks falling into conversation sharing cigarettes & cold soda Steavenson tells the story of a seismic historical moment as it is experienced by ordinary citizens Here we meet a young man from the slums with his homemade pistol; a seasoned observer who gives up on analysis; a leader who doesn't want to lead thrust uncomfortably into the spotlight; a Muslim Brotherhood politician trying to smooth over a restless parliament; & a military intelligence officer convinced that only the army can save Egypt Steavenson captures the cacophony of dizzying events as protests & elections ebbed & flowed around the revolution tipping it towards democracy & then back into the military's hands Mixing reportage & travelogue Circling the Square shows how the particular & the personal can illuminate more universal questions what does democracy mean? What happens when a revolution throws everything up in the air? ...

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK' Thrillingsun-soaked gin-fuelled A totally absorbing & compelling read' Richard & Judy The author of The Paris Wife takes us to the heart of another true story set in 1920s colonial Kenya Circling the Sun is about an unforgettable woman who lives by nobody's rules but her own She was a daughter of Edwardian England transplanted to Kenya as a young girl by parents who dreamed of life on an African farm But by the time Beryl Markham was sixteen that dream had fallen apart Catapulted into a disastrous marriage she emerged from its wreckage with one idea to take charge of her own destiny Circling the Sun takes us from the brittle glamour of the 1920s Happy Valley set fuelled by gin & adultery to the loneliness of life as a scandalous divorcee; from the spectacular beauty of the Kenyan landscape to the manicured lawns of Nairobi's Muthaiga Club Dazzlingly beautiful brave passionate & reckless Beryl is an unforgettable heroine whose tragic loss in love compels her to pursue her own dream
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When the heroic robots that saved Japan during World War IV are outlawed they turn against mankind waging a campaign of terror across the last city on Earth Their creator builds one more soldier isguised as his teenaged granddaughter & tasks her with dismantling the marauding mechanical militia But as she begins to question her programming will she be the last hope for humanity or the final nail in our coffin? An anime-infused sci-fi epic romp by superstar creators KEVIN Mc CARTHY & KYLE BAKER Meet the Author Kevin Mc Carthy has written 43 books mostly about the history & culture of Florida but also about Saudi Arabia Ireland & English grammar He has a bachelor&s degree from La Salle College in Philadelphia & two degrees from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill an MA in English & a Ph D in Linguistics He taught in Turkey in the Peace Corps for two years in Lebanon for one year in Saudi Arabia for two years & at the University of Florida for 33 years He has also given workshops on writing in Vietnam twice & lectured during more than 30 cruises ...

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Take a trip back to the 1980s Shoot Explode & Explore in this frenzied top down arcade blaster with a modern twist Become a supreme warrior or co-op with up to three friends to rid the universe of a ruthless intergalactic robot army Only exhilarating & frenetic arcade action can save the day Far in the future advances in artificial intelligence have created the first truly sentient robot & System 2& Fearing for its safety it escapes into deep space where on a distant planet it begins building a robot army & plotting the inevitable invasion of its former masters ...

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More knitters than ever are using circular needles & enjoying the convenience ease & efficiency of knitting in the round Circular Knitting Workshop teaches every aspect of circular knitting & it empowers knitters of all levels to discover the satisfaction of knitting in the round Circular knitting has many benefits including making it easier to follow charts (with the right-side of the work always facing the knitter) & eliminating the need for seams Margaret Radcliffe author of The Knitting Answer Book is a master teacher She presents Fair Isle twined helix tubular & other classic techniques in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences Thirty-five demonstration projects let readers try out each new technique on a mini-version of a sock hat bag mitten sweater or vest before applying it to a larger project Radcliffe also shows readers how to convert patterns written for straight needles to circular ...

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