Goats in Trees 2013 calendar with thirteen rather interesting images of Goats in trees
- in arid regions like Southern Morocco,
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Alfonzo the goat couldn`t be happier. He`s just got himself a dashing new coat & he feels like a million dollars. But when he discovers some creatures in need of help, will Alfonzo be able to part with his treasured possession to save the day? Let me tell you the tale of Alfonzo the goat, Who was terribly fond of his lovely new coat.. . The perfect picture-book pick-me-up showing that love, kindness & friendship make the best recipe for happiness. ...

Meet the wiliest jackal in the forest. Too lazy to hunt for food, he decides to trick his friend the crane, & then proceeds to gobble up every animal he comes across
- This story, with cumulative rhyme, is an adaptation of an oral trickster tale from Rajasthan in India. It is illustrated with finger painting by the talented Sunita, from the Meena tribe in Rajasthan. She adapts a traditional Meena art form called Mandana, which is traditionally painted by women on the walls & floors of their village homes. This is the first time that this style
- rarely seen outside the confines of Meena villages
- has been used in a children`s book.


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`A profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging & beautifully written fable.. . a marvellous piece of work.`
- Stuart Kelly,
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The new novel from the author of Beloved The past has a hold like no other... Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black & panther-like, wants to love her man, Booker, but she finds herself betrayed by a moment in her past, a moment borne of a desperate burn for the love of her mother. Booker cannot fathom Bride`s depths, with his own love-lorn past bending him out of shape. Can they find a way through the damage wrought on their blameless childhood souls, to light & happiness, free from pain? Toni Morrison`s fierce & provocative new novel exposes the damage adults wreak on children, & how this echoes through the generations. ...

God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive & distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, & proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without `him`. ...

Philomena is a born rebel, disillusioned with her middle-class comfort & the expectations of her parents. Nestor is an impoverished African exile with the heart of a poet. When the two meet by chance on the streets of 1960s Bombay, their attraction will change their lives forever. Spanning two continents & following a story of love, loss & politics set against a backdrop of turbulent societies, times & allegiances, God on Every Wind is a powerful debut novel exploring the possibilities & limitations of individual & political revolution. ...

God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America. It is a Republican state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn`t elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years; but it is also a state in which minorities already form a majority (including the largest number of Muslim adherents in the United States). The cities are Democrat & among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king but Texas now leads California in technology exports & has an economy only somewhat smaller than Italy`s. The Texas economic model of low taxes & minimal regulation has produced extraordinary growth but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. & Wright`s profound portrait of the state not only reflects the United States back as it is, but as it was & as it might be. Completed as Texas battles to rebuild after the devastating storm of summer 2017, Lawrence Wright`s new book manages to be both delighted & appalled by the place he has lived much of his life. ...

A wealth of fascinating facts about Queen Elizabeth II

She's one of the most well-known women on the planet, but while many

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The efficiency of the Hutu killers in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 exceeded even that of the Nazi Holocaust. It happened in front of the world`s eyes, every moment broadcast on television
- but nothing was done. Among the 80, 0000 Tutsis killed were Joseph Sebarenzi`s parents & seven siblings. ” God Sleeps in Rwanda” follows Sebarenzi`s return to Rwanda as an elected speaker of parliament, his attempts to reform the ravaged country, & the assassination plot that once again forced him into exile. Today, he educates the world about Rwanda, working to prevent these atrocities from ever happening again.
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