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. ...

As the world becomes more modern, it is not becoming more secular. Instead, on the street & in the corridors of power, religion is surging. As ” God is Back” shows, for better or for worse, faith is on the increase
- fuelled by an American-style model of personal, customer-driven, aggressively marketed religion. Shining a light on this huge, hidden world of faith, from Californian megachurches to exorcisms in Sao Paulo, from China`s aspirant middle-class Christians to mosques in Nigeria, this book shows that if you want to understand the modern world, you cannot afford to ignore God
- whether you believe in Him or not.

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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`. ...

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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Godalming in 1895 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the centre of Godalming, extending southward to Busbridge church. Features include railway with New Station, St Peter & St Paul church, Meath Home, Ockfordwood, Ockford Mill, Killcott, Hollowayhill House, Westbrook, mills, tannery, Rivey Wey, Godalming Bridge, Crownpits, Holloway Hill, Lammas Lands, Godalming Laundry, The Wharf, Salgasson Mill, Heath Farm, etc. A list of private residents from a 1903 directory is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

There are nearly 1, 400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world-from auxerrois to zierfandler-but 80% of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be & takes the reader on a journey into what else is out there. From Switzerl&, Austria, & Portugal through France & Italy, & back to the United States, Wilson delves into the rare & wonderful. Blending extensive travels in wine-producing regions & conversations with wine evangelists, cutting-edge hipster winemakers, & explorers on an obsessive hunt for the strangest grapes in the world, Godforsaken Grapes is an entertaining love letter to wine. ...