The author considers the possibility that the Basques may be one of the oldest people in Europe. Whether or not this is so there is no doubt that the region has always been strongly independent. In this book Mark Kurlansky uses & interesting mixture of reportage, photographs, anecdote & recipes to examines the history of the Basque region & the role of the Basque people in European & World history. ...

From the backlist of Elif Shafak, author of The Architect`s Apprentice, The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse & was longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor`s surgery. `I need to have an abortion`, she announces. She is nineteen years old & unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change her life. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse, all the Kaznci men die in their early forties, so it is a house of women, among them Asya`s beautiful, rebellious mother Zeliha, who runs a tattoo parlour; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as clairvoyant; & Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. & when Asya`s Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long hidden family secrets connected with Turkey`s turbulent past begin to emerge. ” Wonderfully magical, incredible, breathtaking...will have you gasping with disbelief in the last few pages.” (Sunday Express). ”A beautiful book, the finest I have read about Turkey.” (Irish Times). ” Heartbreaking...the beauty of Islam pervades Shafak`s book.” (Vogue). ...

Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, & Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders & disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim. Appearing in English for the first time, The Bat is the legendary first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo. ...

Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, & Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He`s not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders & disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the next victim. Appearing in English for the first time, ” The Bat” is the legendary first novel from the worldwide phenomenon Jo Nesbo. ...

Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize & a modern Chinese classic with over one million copies sold. Sisters Tiao & Fan grew up in the shadow of the Cultural Revolution where they witnessed ritual humiliation & suffering. They also witnessed the death of their baby sister in a tragic accident. It was an accident they could have prevented; an accident that will stay with them forever. In the China of the 1990s the sisters lead seemingly successful lives. Tiao is a successful children's publisher but incapable of finding love. Fan has moved to America, desperate to shun her Chinese heritage. Then there is their childhood friend Fei: beautiful, hedonistic & outwardly ambitious. As the women grapple with love, rivalry & past secrets will they find the freedom & redemption they crave? Spellbinding, unforgettable, & an important chronicle of modern China, The Bathing Women is a powerful & beautiful portrait of the strength of female friendship in the face of adversity. ...

In her bestseller The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment, Isabel Losada set out with a modest aim
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Drawing on the author`s personal experience of living & working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country`s bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment offers a mirror to the community that inhabits it. From Syria`s tolerant past, with churches & mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs & members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria`s cities, with the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community & corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, actions symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With first-hand accounts of mortar attacks & stories of refugees struggling to find a home, this compelling & original book explores the personal impact of the conflict & offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society. ...

Drawing on the author`s personal experience of living & working as an architect in Syria, this timely & fascinating account offers an eyewitness perspective on the country`s bitter conflict through the lens of architecture, showing how the built environment & its destruction hold up a mirror to the communities that inhabit it. From Syria`s tolerant past, with churches & mosques built alongside one another in Old Homs & members of different religions living harmoniously together, the book chronicles the recent breakdown of social cohesion in Syria`s cities. With the lack of shared public spaces intensifying divisions within the community, & corrupt officials interfering in town planning for their own gain, these actions are symptomatic of wider abuses of power. With firsthand accounts of mortar attacks & stories of refugees struggling to find a home, The Battle for Home is a compelling explanation of the personal impact of the conflict & offers hope for how architecture can play a role in rebuilding a sense of identity within a damaged society. ...

” Fearless necessary reporting... Klein exposes the `battle of utopias` that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico—a battle that pits a pitilessly neoliberal plutocratic ‘paradise` against a community movement with Puerto Rican sovereignty at its center.” — Junot Díaz” We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma & María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, & the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality & sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. & this book explains, with careful & unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become & who is Puerto Rico for?” — Yulin Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans & ultrarich “ Puertopians” are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the isl&. In this vital & startling investigation, bestselling author & activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics & disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation`s radical, resilient vision for a “just recovery.” ...

` We may be about to see a new country
- indeed, two new countries,
- emerging on these islands. Half a lifetime ago, I

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