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.` ...

Based on a huge trove of diary & personal letter material regarding principally British & American, but also Russian & French, correspondents, ” We Saw Spain Die” is a study of how the war correspondent came of age. It examines the problems
- political, professional & personal, faced by some of the century`s greatest war correspondents both within Spain & also in America, Britain, France & Russia. It throws light not just on the Spanish Civil War but also on internal politics within all those countries. The most powerful message is that it re-vindicates a number of America`s greatest liberal journalists. Along with the professional war correspondents, some hardened veterans of Abyssinia, others still to win their spurs, came some of the world`s most prominent literary figures: Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Josephine Herbst & Martha Gellhorn from the United States; W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Kim Philby & George Orwell from Britain; Andre Malraux & Antoine de Saint Exupery from France.
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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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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. ...

Powerful & necessary, a state-of-the-nation portrait of America under Obama from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Between the World & Me. From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world was a black man. Obama`s presidency reshaped America & transformed the international conversation around politics, race, equality. But it attracted criticism & bred discontent as much as it inspired hope
- so much so, that the world now faces an uncertain future under a very different kind of US President. In this essential new book, peerless writer Ta-Nehisi Coates takes stock of the Obama era, speaking authoritatively from political, ideological & cultural perspectives, & draws a sophisticated & penetrating portrait of America today.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER`I`ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates` Toni Morrison` Searing. One of the foremost essayists on race in the West... [ He] is responsible for some of the most important writing about what it is to be black in America today` Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant An essential account of modern America, from Obama to Trump, from black lives matter to white supremacists rising
- by the bestselling author of Between the World & Me Obama`s presidency was a watershed moment in American history. From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world was a black man. In those eight years, Obama transformed the conversation around race, gender, class & wealth
- inspiring hope but also attracting criticism & breeding discontent. In this unflinching book, Ta-Nehisi Coates takes stock of Obama`s eight years in power, through such iconic, unmissable essays as ` Fear of a Black President` & ` The Case for Reparations`. His account traverses the intersections of the political, the ideological & the cultural, presenting an America in radical flux & yet still in the grip of racial injustice, class warfare & institutional conspiracy. & it reflects on the author`s own journey through these eight years, charting the public through the private in passages of startling intimate & piercingly relevant memoir. Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of our most brilliant, most fearless & most essential living writers
- & his work is crucial to understanding race in America today. Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize 2018 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2018RAVE READER REVIEWS:` Brilliantly written, incisive, & extremely relevant. Read it with your families, use it in your classrooms, give copies to your friends` (Liz)` Coates thinks more deeply & writes more clearly about the national tragedy & disgrace that is our collective failure to confront the legacy of White Supremacy than just about anyone... I can`t recommend it highly enough` (Worddancer Redux)` Every white person who wants to really know how it looks from `the other side` should take on the responsibility of reading Coates` eye-opening, informative book... A must read for everyone of every colour` (Indy JV)`A masterful understanding of how the USA really works` (shedgirl)` If you want to know the wellsprings of racism in America
- then read this book!` (David C. R. Hancock)



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