Such a Long Journey is set in Bombay against the backdrop of war in the Indian subcontinent & the birth of Bangladesh, telling the story of the peculiar way in which the conflict impinges on the lives of Gustad Noble, an ordinary man, & his family. Such a Long Journey is a brilliant first novel by one of the most remarkable writers to have emerged from the Indian literary tradition in many years. It was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, & won the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize. ...

Her father died instantly, her mother in the hospital. She has learned to say this flatly & without emotion, the way she says her name (Marina), her doll`s name (also Marina) & her age (seven). Her parents were killed in a car crash & now she lives in the orphanage with the other little girls. But Marina is not like the other little girls. In the curious, hyperreal, feverishly serious world of childhood, Marina & the girls play games of desire & warfare. The daily rituals of playtime, lunchtime & bedtime are charged with a horror; horror is licked by the dark flames of love. When Marina introduces the girls to Marina the Doll, she sets in motion a chain of events from which there can be no release. With shades of Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro & Mariana Enriquez, Such Small Hands is a beautifully controlled tour-de-force, a bedtime story to keep readers awake. ...

This insightful collection is the perfect gift for Michael Morpurgo fans who want to understand how writing works & where stories begin. Revealing essays from Michael about more than twenty of his most popular novels are combined with key extracts from his books along with historical context & illuminating background information from Michael`s brother Mark. stunning illustrations from Michael Foreman, photographs & facsimiles complete the immersive experience. ...

Recycling, buying locally-sourced food & vintage clothing, checking air miles & carbon footprints
- our ever-growing obsessions
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Languedoc-Roussillion (not forgetting the Midi-Pyrenees & Aquitaine) are the regions of France most settled by English expatriate colonists. Caroline Conran has spent much time there since the early 1970s & her collection of recipes reflect years of travel, conversation, cooking, eating & drinking. She has shared her knowledge with English readers in a previous book, Under the Sun: Caroline Conran`s French Country Cooking, but here she concentrates upon this single region of Languedoc which curls up from the Spanish border along the Mediterranean coast as far as the Rhone valley. This is not polite France, this is `in your face` France; it`s history buried amidst the Crusades & Cathars, its towns & cities
- Nimes, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Montpellier, Beziers
- making up a fiecely independent region. Its people are passionate about rugby, about hunting & foraging, with a cuisine of their own, more Southern, simpler, more earthy, & less influence by the Michelin style of cooking than the rest of France. There will be information on the particular specialities such as chestnuts, sweet onions, Bouzigues mussels & oysters, salt cod, poufres (baby octopus), charcuterie, salades sauvages (salads of wild plants), the rose-coloured garlic of Lautrec, wild asparagus & local mushrooms. There are descriptions of places where oysters, truffles chestnuts or calcots
- a giant spring onion, eaten roasted on a fire of vine-prunings
- are the obsession of everyone in the community.



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Over the past two decades, the situation in Africa's largest country, Sudan, has progressively deteriorated: the country is in second position on the Failed States Index, a war in Darfur has claimed hundreds of thousands of deaths, President Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court, a forthcoming referendum on independence for Southern Sudan threatens to split the country violently apart. In this fascinating & immensely readable book, the Africa editor of the Economist gives an absorbing account of Sudan's descent into failure & what some have called genocide. Drawing on interviews with many of the main players, Richard Cockett explains how & why Sudan has disintegrated, looking in particular at the country's complex relationship with the wider world. He shows how the United States & Britain were initially complicit in Darfur
- but also how a broad coalition of human-rights activists, right-wing Christians, & opponents of slavery succeeded in bringing the issues to prominence in the United States & creating an impetus for change at the highest level.
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Sudan & South Sudan as separate countries on an excellent indexed map at 1:2, 500, 000 from Gizi Maps with detailed presentation of the topography, administrative divisions, street plans of Khartoum & Juba, etc. Excellent presentation of the terrain in the publisher’s characteristic style provides a vivid picture of the region’s geography: bold altitude colouring with plenty of spot heights & names of peaks, mountain ranges, etc, plus additional graphics for flood plains, swamps, salt flats, deserts, lava fields, wadis & water wells. National parks or other protected areas & interesting natural sites are highlighted. The map indicates the boundary of the disputed Abyei area & shows the internal administrative boundaries & names of the provinces. Within North Sudan names of larger towns & of the provinces are also given in Arabic. Where appropriate, alternative versions of town names are provided (Khartoum/ Al Khartum, Omdurman/ Umm Durman, etc). The map shows the road network with desert tracks, indicating distances on main routes & locations of border crossings. Railway lines are included, local airports are marked, & also shown is the ferry connection on the Nile between Aswan & Wadi Halfa. Various places of interest are highlighted, including UNESCO World Heritage sites, pyramids, archaeological remains, etc. Also shown are areas of oil extraction & oil pipelines. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1°. The index is on the reverse. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided are large, clear street plans of Khartoum & Juba, annotated with places of interest & various facilities.

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Sudan & South Sudan at 1:1, 800, 000 on an indexed, waterproof & tear-resistant road map with topographic & tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet, with a good overlap between the sides. Clear topographic base has altitude colouring with contours, spot heights, mountain passes & names of mountain ranges. Salt pans, swamps, seasonal rivers & lakes, oases, water wells & hot springs are indicated. Road network

Includes:: seasonal local tracks, gives driving distances on main roads, & shows locations of fuel supplies & border crossings. Railway lines, local airfields & oil wells & pipelines are also marked. Internal administrative boundaries are shown with names of the provinces. Within the three Darfur provinces the map indicates areas where destruction of local villages has been independently verified. National parks & protected areas are marked & symbols highlight various places of interest, including UNESCO world heritage sites, archaeological remains, mosques, medical facilities, etc. Campsites & locations with hotel accommodations are indicated. The map has a grid with latitude & longitude at intervals of 1º, & an index of localities with a separate list of national parks & reserves. Map legend

Includes:: English. *” World Mapping Project”* is an extensive series of maps at varying scales, aiming to provide coverage of countries & regions worldwide using clear, well presented cartography with both topographic & tourist information.



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Sudan & South Sudan as separate countries on a wall map at 1:2, 500, 000 from Gizi Maps (size 87 x 94cm / 34” x 37” approx), with detailed presentation of the topography, administrative divisions, street plans of Khartoum & Juba, etc. Excellent presentation of the terrain in the publisher’s characteristic style provides a vivid picture of the region’s geography: bold altitude colouring with plenty of spot heights & names of peaks, mountain ranges, etc, plus additional graphics for flood plains, swamps, salt flats, deserts, lava fields, wadis & water wells. National parks or other protected areas & interesting natural sites are highlighted. The map indicates the boundary of the disputed Abyei area & shows the internal administrative boundaries & names of the provinces. Within North Sudan names of larger towns & of the provinces are also given in Arabic. Where appropriate, alternative versions of town names are provided (Khartoum/ Al Khartum, Omdurman/ Umm Durman, etc). The map shows the road network with desert tracks, indicating distances on main routes & locations of border crossings. Railway lines are included, local airports are marked, & also shown is the ferry connection on the Nile between Aswan & Wadi Halfa. Various places of interest are highlighted, including UNESCO World Heritage sites, pyramids, archaeological remains, etc. Also shown are areas of oil extraction & oil pipelines. The map has latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 1°. The index is on the reverse. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. Also provided are large, clear street plans of Khartoum & Juba, annotated with places of interest & various facilities.

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Sudan in the Travel Guide series from Bradt; encompassing a comprehensive range of titles to destinations worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa, Central & South America. Bradt are one of the country’s leading independent publishers & have an ethos that focuses on responsible travel, in alliance with a philosophy of sustainability; both in the destinations the guides cover but also in encouraging tourists to limit the impact they have on the local environment. Bradt guides have a reputation for appealing to more independent travelers & often cover destinations that are not available from other publishers. Each guide opens with two comprehensive chapters on Background & Practical Information, covering details of the country’s geography, culture, natural history, government & politics, economy, people, language, religion, education & culture. Important practical advice

Includes:: when to visit, highlights, suggested itineraries, tour operators, red tape, embassies & consulates, getting there & away, health, safety, what to take, money, budgeting, getting around, accommodation, eating & drinking, public holidays, shopping, arts & entertainment, media & communications, business, travel culture & cultural etiquette. Individual sections are organized geographically by region & typically open with information on practicalities & orientation, before focusing on what to see & where to go. Information on what to see, where to stay, where to eat & how to find your way around is provided, with a range of budgets catered for. Simple black & white maps locate key visitor sites & places of accommodation. Bradt Travel Guides include appendices that provide an in-depth introduction to the language of each country, a glossary of terms & a listing of books & internet resources providing further information on the destination.

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