' To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA & Britain & Canada & Australia & Switzerland & them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti & not even this one we live in
- who wants to be a terrible place of hunger & things falling apart?' Darling & her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief & adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna & Barack Obama & David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges
- for her & also for those she's left behind.

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` To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA & Britain & Canada & Australia & Switzerland & them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti & not even this one we live in
- who wants to be a terrible place of hunger & things falling apart?` Darling & her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn`t all bad, though. There`s mischief & adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna & Barack Obama & David Beckham live. For Darling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges
- for her & also for those she`s left behind.

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This is the Orange prize winning, million copy bestseller: now a ” Serpent`s Tail” classic. Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker & a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood & Kevin`s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her absent husb&, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices & social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. ...

This title presents a film starring Tilda Swinton & John C. Reilly, directed by Lynne Ramsay, to premiere at Cannes in May 2011, with UK release in summer 2011. Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker & a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood & Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her absent husb&, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices & social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. Adapted & directed by Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, & Ratcatcher), the film of We Need to Talk About Kevin stars Tila Swinton (I Am Love) & John C. Reilly (The Aviator), with Ezra Miller (Californication) as the eponymous teenage murderer. ...

`I can`t stop biting off more than I can chew. Maybe I`m wearing everything out, but I believe the body is a fantastic thing & it will repair itself & I`ll go again. If it`s running too rich, I don`t stop what I`m doing, just weaken the mixture & carry on.` Since we last heard from him, Guy Martin has restored a 1983 Williams F1 car then raced Jenson Button in it; helped to build a First World War tank; ridden with Putin`s favourite biker gang the Night Wolves; competed on the classic endurance circuit; stood on top of one of Chernobyl`s nuclear reactors & taken part in his last ever Isle of Man TT. Then there`s the stuff he really can`t wait to get out of bed for: 12-hour shifts for a local haulage firm & tatie farming in his new John Deere tractor. Besides all this, he`s saved his local pub from closure & become a dad. But let him tell you his own stories, in his own words:` You`re getting it from the horse`s mouth. No filter. I hope you enjoy it.` ...

A personal & powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of ` Americanah` & ` Half of a Yellow Sun`, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. What does ”feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay
- adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name
- by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of ` Americanah` & ` Half of a Yellow Sun`. With humour & levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century
- one rooted in inclusion & awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviours that marginalise women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences
- in the U.S., in her native Nigeria
- offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women & men, alike. Argued in the same observant, witty & clever prose that has made Adichie a best-selling novelist, here is one remarkable author`s exploration of what it means to be a woman today
- & an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.





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Jivan Singh, the bastard scion of the Bapuji family, returns to his childhood home after a long absence
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In 1848 a motley crew of Danish sailors sets sail from the small island town of Marstal to fight the Germans. Not all of them return
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A beautifully illustrated picture book looking at the most incredible journeys undertaken by animals around the world, from the epic migration of the huge humpback whale to the unbelievable determination of the tiny hummingbird, each animal tells us the reason why they travel so very far. Animals featured include:-Whales-Albatross-Leatherback turtles-Monarch butterflies-Elephants-Polar bears-Penguins-Fruit bats-and many more! ...

Helmut & Charlotte Jacobitz were born in Berlin during the mid-1920s. They experienced depression & inflation, & witnessed violence as fascists & communists vied for control of Germany. When the Nazis prevailed, they survived the 12 years of the Third Reich. Drafted in 1943, Helmut was wounded fighting in Normandy. Charlotte, meanwhile, worked at the Reichsbank & took shelter against frequent bombing raids. After the Russians surrounded Berlin in April 1945, she witnessed firsthand the brutal battle for the city. The two young Germans met each other after the war, Charlotte joining Helmut to smuggle food into Berlin through the Russian blockade. The family finally immigrated to America, barely escaping before the Berlin Wall sliced the city in half. We Were Berliners combines the personal reminiscences of the Jacobitzs with a lively, detailed overview of historical events as they related to the family, to Germany, & to Europe. ...