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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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! ...

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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In 1950s Boston, the best way to survive is keep your head down & your mouth shut. But Cal & Dante prefer to do the right thing, not the sensible one. When a body is discovered tarred, feathered & shot, it is dismissed as a gangland killing. But Cal O` Brien`s cousin, detective Owen Lackey, recognises the murder as the typical retribution for IRA informers. Owen knows that no one in the tight-knit Boston Irish community will talk. He turns to Cal & Dante for help, sending them into the city`s shadowy underbelly. But there`s a war on its way
- & they`re walking straight into the middle of it.
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”E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, & she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, & blisteringly smart, We were Liars is utterly unforgettable”. (John Green, number 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault In Our Stars). ” Irresistible.” (The New York Times Book Review). ” Haunting, sophisticated.” (The Wall Street Journal). ” Bowl-you-over.” (Cosmopolitan). ” So freaking good.” (Sarah Dessen). ” Such beautiful writing.” (Libba Bray). ” Beautiful & disturbing.” (Justine Larbalestier). ” Better than the hype.” (Lauren Oliver). We are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged & live a life of carefree luxury. We are cracked & broken. It is a story of love & romance. It is a tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth? ...

The kibbutzim are collective settlements in Israel which have been written about extensively over the years, & are praised as the only example in world history of entire communities attempting, voluntarily, to live in total equality. Conceived as a socialist utopia by its early pioneers, the kibbutz was a radical experiment in communal living, gender equality, economic egalitarianism, & the reorganisation of family life. But in spite of its progressive ideals, there is a dark side to the kibbutz which is being told in the accounts of children who were raised in the communal `children`s houses`, suggesting this was an institution which victimised its offspring for the sake of ideology. In this spare & lucid memoir, Neeman
- a child of the kibbutz in the `60s
- draws on the collective memory of the hundreds of thousands of people who grew up in kibbutzim during their height & who have intimately shared their memories with her. We Were the Future is more than merely a compelling personal account of growing up in a kibbutz: it is an unstintingly honest examination of the perils of organising society & a new lens through which to see the history of Israel.

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