Tanja Lucic teaches at the University of Amsterdam & lives on the edge of the city`s red light district. She & her pupils, fleeing the violent break-up of their homeland Yugoslavia, have found temporary refuge in the Department of Slavonic Languages. Desperate to make ends meet, many of the students find work at the ` Ministry`, a fetish-wear factory in North Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Tanja & her student Igor form a dangerously close relationship that threatens to unleash all the tensions of life in exile. With her sharp & melancholy observations, Dubravka Ugresic illuminates with savage compassion our shared human homelessness. ...

Kaddish Poznan chips the names off gravestones for a living, removing traces of disreputable ancestors for their more respectable kin. His wife Lillian works in insurance, earning money when people live longer than they fear. As Argentina`s Dirty War unfolds around them, their sometimes hilarious misadventures are soon replaced by something much darker. A visit to the dreaded Ministry of Special Cases is only the start of Englander`s stunning vision of a nation in the hold of corruption & torture, a place where absurdity, despair & hope are the end products of a bureaucracy run out of control. ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES 1 BESTSELLER & THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER` Magnificent
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 & THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017`A sprawling kaleidoscopic fable` Guardian, Book of the Year * `A dazzling return to form` Independent THE SUNDAY TIMES 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS` An astonishing intimate epic. This is the novel one hoped Arundhati Roy would write about India` Daily Telegraph` At magic hour; when the sun has gone but the light has not, armies of flying foxes unhinge themselves from the Banyan trees in the old graveyard & drift across the city like smoke... ` So begins The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy`s incredible follow-up to The God of Small Things. We meet Anjum, who used to be Aftab, who runs a guesthouse in an Old Delhi graveyard & gathers around her the lost, the broken & the cast out. We meet Tilo, an architect, who, although she is loved by three men, lives in a `country of her own skin`. When Tilo claims an abandoned baby as her own, her destiny & that of Anjum become entangled as a tale that sweeps across the years & a teeming continent takes flight... ` Glorious, colourful & compelling. Roy`s second novel proves as remarkable as her first` Financial Times` The book filled me with awe. Propulsive, playful, gorgeous` New York Times Book Review` The unmissable literary read of the summer. With its insights into human nature, its memorable characters & its luscious prose, Ministry is well worth the wait` Time` Staggeringly beautiful
- a fierce, fabulously disobedient novel. Roy is writing at the height of her powers. Urgent, intimate ecstatic` Boston Globe`A searing portrait of modern India` Tatler` This vast novel will leave you awed by the heat of its anger & the depth of its compassion` Washington Post
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As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains & the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husb&, but after her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Ramotswe`s challenging but irreplaceable associate Mma Makutsi has joyful news. With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire & Mma Makutsi busy with motherhood, Mma Ramotswe must tackle tea-making & detective work alone. Well-known troublemaker violet Sephotho may or not be behind a smear campaign against the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, & a dispute over the will of a local dignitary points to a shocking family secret. But the No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency is resilient & adaptable, & change brings salutary lessons: that our enemies are not always obvious, that a snake under the bed may be an ally, & that a mother`s love conquers all. ...

When Abwehr Captain Eberhard Mock is called from his New Year`s Eve revelries to attend a particularly grisly crime scene, even his notoriously robust stomach is turned. A young girl
- & suspected spy
- who arrived by train from France just days before, has been found dead in her hotel room, the flesh torn from her cheek by her assailant`s teeth. Ill at ease with the increasingly open integration of S.S., Gestapo & police, Mock is partially relieved to be assigned to liaise with officers in Lvov, Pol&, where a series of similar crimes
- as yet unsolved
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Beer is the most popular alcoholic drink on the planet, but few who enjoy it know much about how its four ingredients
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The Incredible Journey meets The Mouse & His Child, an enchanting tale that begs to be read aloud. The magical story of the adventures of a lost toy rabbit from a New York Times bestselling author, twice winner of the Newbery Medal. Abilene loves her blue china rabbit, but Edward Tulane is extremely vain & only loves himself. On a voyage from New York to London, Edward falls overboard & from there finds himself on an amazing journey. He travels with tramps, works as a scarecrow, comforts a dying child.. . & finally learns what it is to truly love. ...

The Mirror is one of the UK`s best-loved dinghies. This book teaches you how to sail & race one & how to get the best out of it. The Mirror dinghy is a British sailing icon & continues to evolve, keeping up with modern sailing technology & requirements. Written by the national UK Mirror Coach, this fully illustrated book covers everything you need to know including rigging, sailing theory & practice, reefing, launching & landing, capsizing, racing & transportation. It also

Includes:: four master classes which aim to get the reader to advanced racing standard. This is the only book you`ll ever need to sail your Mirror. Fully illustrated with step-by-step photography. It teaches everything from the essentials of sailing theory & rigging, through faster upwind & downwind sailing, to racing tactics & how to outsmart the opposition. Written by the National Mirror Coach

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The Mirror dinghy was a significant factor in the boom of dinghy sailing in the 1960s, introducing thousands to the delights of sailing. While sailing has come a long way since then & there have been a lot of far more exotic craft launched, the Mirror remains a fantastic boat in which to learn to sail & to compete at the highest levels. With this second edition, The Mirror Book has been bought into the Start to Finish series format alongside such revered books as The Laser Book & The Topper Book, The Catamaran Book & The Foiling Dinghy Book. Like these titles, this book tells you everything you need to know about sailing the Mirror (whether it be the original gaff-rigged boat or has the newer Bermuda rig). Written for both those starting out through to those striving to win a championship, the book is packed with practical advice & illustrated with step-by-step photographs. It covers: setting up the Mirror & early sailing experiences; developing skills on all points of sailing & with the spinnaker; racing & masterclasses to become a championship winner. Over 180 photographs show you exactly how it`s done, & 72 diagrams illustrate key boat parts, the different points of sailing & complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. It is written by Peter Aitken, formerly the UK National Mirror Coach, who has coached teams to win world championships in the Mirror, Cadet & 420 classes, & Tim Davison, a successful racer & author of countless books on sailing. The UK Mirror Class Association have contributed to this update & it is endorsed by Dave Wade, double Mirror National Champion, who says: ” Armed with this book, your understanding of Mirror sailing techniques will grow, & your results will improve. I thoroughly recommend it.” ...