`A humane, humorous & ultimately extremely moving novel` Guardian Louis Lasker loves his family dearly
- apart from when he doesn`t.
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Guardian pick as one of the biggest & most interesting books of the year The story of the father who inspired the phenomenon For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality
- first for Malala, his daughter
- & then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. & when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, & he founded a school that Malala could attend. Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father`s school, & Ziauddin almost lost the very person for whom his fight for equality began. Let Her Fly is Ziauddin`s journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality & the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, & now one of the most influential & inspiring young women on the planet. Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin`s closest relationships
- as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala & her brothers, educated & growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read & write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy
- Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage & fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail & universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls & women everywhere.



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A young journalist, recently married with a young child, is seeking a quieter life away from the city & has bought a large new home in his parent`s hometown. It`s a complicated return
- his wife hates his parents
- but they are also moving back to live in an Arab village in Israel. Nothing is as they remember: everything is smaller, the people petty & provincial & the villagers divided between sympathy for the Palestinians & dependence on the Israelis. Suddenly & shockingly, the village becomes a pawn in the never-ending power struggles of the Middle East. When Israeli tanks surround the village without warning or explanation, everyone inside is cut off from the outside world. As the situation grows increasingly dire, paranoia begins to threaten the community`s fragile equilibrium, forcing the hero to decide what it means to be human in an inhuman situation.

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Celebrate the holiday season with this book featuring real lights that glow with every turn of the page. Set in a winter wonderl&, follow one child on his journey home through a snowy landscape. Lights are revealed by diecuts throughout, becoming lit-up shop windows, carol singers` candles, stars in the sky & finally a star on the tree. Told in verse, this gift book will bring the magic of Christmas into everyone`s home. ...

An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow & causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train & sets off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), & the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista. A trio of today`s bestselling authors
- John Green, Maureen Johnson, & Lauren Myracle
- brings all the magic of holidays to life in three hilarious & charming interconnected tales of love, romance, & kisses that will steal your breath away.

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LET NOT THE WAVES OF THE SEA is Simon Stephenson`s account of his journey following the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. If it is a story of grief, it is also a story of hope & of the unexpected places where healing can be found. Simon`s journey takes him from Edinburgh in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, to Downing Street in London, to Thailand & the island where his brother died, to the scene of an ancient tsunami on the north-west coast of the United States, & to the town where he & his brother`s favourite childhood film was made. Along the way there is heartbreak, dengue fever, Greek mythology, & hard physical labour in the tropical heat, but there is also memory, redemption & humour as well. ...

Let our Fame be Great brings together untold stories from the conquest of the Caucasus. Two centuries ago, the Russians pushed out of the cold north towards the Caucasus Mountains that blocked their access to the riches that lie beyond. The mountains & those that lived there were in their way
- the Caucasus had to be conquered
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Oliver Bullough`s ” Let Our Fame be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant Peoples of the Caucasus” is the extraordinary untold story of the inhabitants of the Caucasus & their unbreakable spirit. The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks & rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia`s attempts to add them to its empire. Oliver Bullough`s extraordinary debut tells their story for the first time. Travelling from remote village to refugee camp, rocky mountain gorge to forgotten massacre site, he discovers exiles, fighters, lost sects, defiant survivors
- & an unbreakable spirit. ” With this impassioned volume Bullough has struck a blow for the glory of the Caucasus & helped to give voice to the voiceless”. (Justin Marozzi, ” Financial Times”). ” Gripping stories that tell of the terrible things that happen to people caught up in constant warfare... Now their stories are sung by a champion & will resound beyond their boundaries”. (” The Times”). ”A haunting portrait of a people blown to the winds by a forgotten storm”. (” Economist”). ” Wonderful, moving”. (Norman Stone). ” Brilliant... Bullough draws you irresistibly into his narrative, fusing reportage, history & travelogue in colourful, absorbing prose... The book is a pleasure”. (” Spectator”). ” Gr&, furious”. (” Sunday Times Books of the Year”). ” Let its fame be great”. (Scotsman Oliver). Bullough (b. 1977) studied modern history at Oxford University & moved to Russia in 1999. He lived in St Petersburg, Bishkek & Moscow over the next seven years, working as a journalist first for local magazines & newspapers, & then for Reuters news agency. He reported from all over Russia & the former Soviet Union, but liked nothing more than to work among the people & mountains of the North Caucasus.
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It's South Africa, 1953. The National Party's rigid race laws have split the nation & a gruelling poverty grips many on the edges of its society. When former Detective Sergeant Emmanuel Cooper stumbles across the body of a child, Jolly Marks, at the Durban docks, he can little imagine what the discovery will lead him to. Soon Cooper finds himself under suspicion for not only Jolly's murder, but others as well. The only way he can clear his name is to find out who the real killer was
- & he's got 48 hours in which to do it. His investigations will lead him into Durban's murky underworld of pimps, prostitutes, strange & sinister preachers, & those on the wrong side of the race laws. For there is more to Jolly's barbaric murder than Cooper could ever have realized.
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It`s New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid & proud despite decades of hardship; Tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a better life; & Jazzlyn, her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of New York. In the shadow of one reckless & beautiful act, these disparate lives will collide, & be transformed for ever. ...