The Cypriot by Andreas Koumi is set in the British ruled Cyprus of the 1950s. To the Orthodox Christian majority, freedom means enosis – union with Greece. To the Muslim minority, the same sort of freedom means disaster. Alongside the choice & identity of the nation are the issues of personal freedoms & choices. Andonis, a young Christian, is struggling to escape his father’s fields & become a tailor, struggling with formulating his own sense of Cypriot national identity & fighting to be with his forbidden Muslim love. ...

For nearly 60 years-from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek & Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s, & the United Nation`s ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the isl&-the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight. & while it has been often in the news, accurate & impartial information on the conflict has been nearly impossible to obtain. In The Cyprus Problem, James Ker-Lindsay offers an incisive, even-handed account of the conflict. Ker-Lindsay covers all aspects of the Cyprus problem, placing it in historical context, addressing the situation as it now stands, & looking toward its possible resolution. The book begins with the origins of the Greek & Turkish Cypriot communities as well as the other indigenous communities on the island (Maronites, Latin, Armenians, & Gypsies). Ker-Lindsay then examines the tensions that emerged between the Greek & Turkish Cypriots after independence in 1960 & the complex constitutional provisions & international treaties designed to safeguard the new state. He pays special attention to the Turkish invasion in 1974 & the subsequent efforts by the UN & the international community to reunite Cyprus. The book`s final two chapters address a host of pressing issues that divide the two Cypriot communities, including key concerns over property, refugee returns, & the repatriation of settlers. Ker-Lindsay concludes by considering whether partition really is the best solution, as many observers increasingly suggest. Written by a leading expert, The Cyprus Problem brings much needed clarity & understanding to a conflict that has confounded observers & participants alike for decades. ...

The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts & illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 & the Czech Republic in 1993, into the twenty-first century. The Slav-speaking Czechs have lived for more than a millennium surrounded on three sides by German-speaking people. The Czechs have preserved their language, traditions, & customs, despite their incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Third Reich, & the Eastern Bloc. Organized chronologically, the selections in The Czech Reader include the letter to the Czech people written by the religious reformer & national hero Jan Hus in 1415, & Charter 77, the founding document of an influential anticommunist initiative launched in 1977 in reaction to the arrest of the Plastic People of the Universe, an underground rock b&. There is a speech given in 1941 by Reinhard Heydrich, a senior Nazi official & Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia & Moravia, as well as one written by Vaclav Havel in 1984 for an occasion abroad, but read by the Czech-born British dramatist Tom Stoppard, since Havel, the dissident playwright & future national leader, was not allowed to leave Czechoslovakia. Among the songs, poems, folklore, fiction, plays, paintings, & photographs of monuments & architectural landmarks are ” Let Us Rejoice, ” the most famous chorus from Bedrich Smetana`s comic opera The Bartered Bride; a letter the composer Antonin Dvorak sent from New York, where he directed the National Conservatory of Music in the 1890s; a story by Franz Kafka; & an excerpt from Milan Kundera`s The Joke. Intended for travellers, students, & scholars alike, The Czech Reader is a rich introduction to the turbulent history & resilient culture of the Czech people. ...

The Czechs, in the Xenophobe guide series; consisting of a range of pocket-sized guides which take a humorous & irreverent approach to a wide range of world cultures. Each guide explores the characteristics of a country’s people in a series of dedicated sections, encompassing nationalism & identity, behaviour, manners, character, obsessions, beliefs & values, leisure & pleasure, culture, custom & tradition, business, systems, health & hygiene, crime & punishment, government & bureaucracy, conversation & gestures & language. Written in a wholly irreverent style, Xenophobes guides attempt to forewarn readers of the main stereotypes & foibles that are associated with individual nationalities. ...

This powerful study chronicles the evolution of the invasion plan & culminates in a day-by-day account of the landings by sea & by air on the Normandy beaches, followed by the grim six-week struggle to break through the German defences. An important feature is the space devoted to the German point of view, based on the latest archival research, & the organization of the French Resistance in northern & western France. At the heart of the book are 71 maps in full colour, many drawing in detail on those used by the Allies in 1944. Specially commissioned reconstruction drawings & contemporary photographs help bring the beaches & bocage of Normandy to life. ...

Now entering its seventeenth year, the Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa`s leading literary prize, & is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. This collection brings together the five 2016 shortlisted stories, along with stories written at the Caine Prize Writers` Workshop, taking place April 2016. ...

Ryan Holiday has led the popular revival of stoicism since 2014, with his acclaimed bestsellers The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, &
- in partnership with Stephen Hanselman
- The Daily Stoic. This latter offered powerful"ations, fresh anecdotes, & insightful commentary on the wisdom of Epictetus, Seneca, & Marcus Aurelius. Now Holiday & Hanselman are back with The Daily Stoic Journal, an interactive guide to integrating this ancient philosophy into our 21st century lives. Readers will find weekly explanations "ations to inspire deeper reflection on Stoic practices, as well as daily prompts & a helpful introduction explaining the various Stoic tools of self-management. The beautifully designed hardback features space for morning & evening notes, along with advice to encourage ongoing writing & insights, day by day through the year. As a companion volume for those who already love The Daily Stoic, or as a stylish st&-alone journal, this is perfect for anyone seeking inner peace & clarity in our volatile world.

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A man, a bike & the open road. What could be simpler? Certainly not the Tour de France, the annual travelling circus which for more than a century has been the ultimate test of sporting endurance. There's been pain. There's been joy. There's been death. There's been derring-do of mythic proportions. There's been cheating. There've been drugs. There've always been drugs. & there's always been the Daily Telegraph. On the peaks of Mont Ventoux, Alpe D' Huez & Col du Galibier, in amongst the picnicking, partying crowds, whizzing through London in 2007's wondrous opening stage, dropping in & out of the peloton, the Telegraph has been there for every turn of the wheel. The book features eyewitness accounts of cycling greats Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain & Lance Armstrong, along with details of the contest's darker side
- including the 1967 death of Tom Simpson & the stain of doping. Boasting contemporary, firsthand reports from leading cycling correspondents including J.B Wadley, David Saunders & Phil Liggett, this book captures the full drama of the tour. Chris Boardman & David Millar provide views from the saddle; James Cracknell swaps his boat for a bike on a pre-race reconnaissance mission; Paul Hayward catalogues the 1998 ' Tour of Shame'; while Brendan Gallagher eulogises the colossi who bestrode the race, & searches for their modern-day successors. Together, they chronicle the greatest show on two wheels. Martin Smith was formerly assistant sports editor & sports writer at the Daily Telegraph, where he worked for more than twenty years. An enthusiastic cyclist in his youth, he graduated to the less arduous four wheels as soon as he was able.
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Dal is to India what pasta is to Italy. Cheap to produce, highly nutritional, suitable for long storage & capable of being cooked in a basic pot on an open fire, dal has been providing nourishment to millions of Indians for millennia. It truly is a pan-Indian dish consumed by rich & poor alike. It is high protein & has practically no sugar
- in fact it is known as `poor man`s meat` in India
- hence doctors now include this as an essential item in a diet for diabetics. Dal is a genuinely impressive dish of infinite variety
- there are at least 50 recipes for this humble food. There are multiple ways of cooking it, wide-ranging seasonings are used & there are diverse supplements to serve with it. Over the centuries Indian cooks became innovative & with locally available ingredients they dished out dal to satisfy a regional palate. In the process they also invented new dishes using dal lentils such as kedgeree (khichari
- a risotto made with lentil), dosas (pancakes mixed with lentil flower), vadas (lentil cakes), dhokla (baked lentil cakes), papadam (dried lentil snack) & pakoras (fritters dipped in lentil batter).



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A special edition of The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan`s 70th anniversary. On 17 May 1943, nearly 350 million tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr when the Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne & Eder Dams with colossal `blockbuster` bombs. The Dam Busters tells the story of the raid & the squadron of fearless airmen who carried it through. Again & again, the crews of 617 Squadron Bomber Command used their flying skills, their tremendous courage & Barnes Wallis` highly accurate bouncing bombs to deal devastating blows to Nazi Germany. One of the most daring true stories to emerge from the Second World War, Paul Brickhill`s The Dam Busters inspired the famous 1955 film starring Michael Redgrave & Richard Todd. ...