Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English the writer who opened the magic casements of African fiction for an international readership. Following the 50th anniversary of the publication of his ground-breaking Things Fall Apart" Everyman republish Achebes first & most famous novel alongside " No Longer at Ease" & " Arrow of God" under the collective title " The African Trilogy". In " Things Fall Apart" the individual tragedy of Okonkwo strong man & tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity & colonialism. In " No Longer at Ease" Okonkwos grandson Obi educated in England returns to a civil-service job in colonial Lagos only to clash with the ruling elite to which he now believes he belongs. Arrow of God is set in the 1920s & explores the conflict from the two points of view
- often but not always opposing
- of Ezuelu an Igbo priest & Captain Winterbottom a British district officer. In spare & lucid prose Achebe tellsa universal tale of personal & moral struggle in a changing world which continues to resonate in Africa today & has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere."

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The African violet (Saintpaulia) continues to increase in popularity having developed over the last fifty years from its few hundred varieties to the thousands that exist today in an ever-increasing range of colour & type. This guide

Includes:: chapters on the plant's history development & classification & provides practical information & advice on propagation general care hybridization & the prevention & treatment of pests & diseases. Written in a non-technical style it seeks to explode the myth that African violets are difficult to grow.

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In The African Wars Chris Peers provides a graphic account of several of the key campaigns fought between European powers & the native peoples of tropical & sub-tropical Africa in the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries. His pioneering & authoritative study describes in vivid detail the organization & training of African warriors their weapons their fighting methods & traditions & their tactics. He concentrates on the campaigns mounted by the most successful African armies as they struggled to defend themselves against the European scramble for Africa. Resistance was inconsistent but some warlike peoples fought long & hard
- the Zulu victory over the British at Isandhlwana is the best known but by no means the only occasion when the Africans humiliated the colonial invaders. Chris Peers is a leading expert on the history of the armies of nineteenth-century Africa & has written widely on the subject. He has also compiled a series of books on the armies of China. He has contributed many articles to military history wargaming & family history magazines & his major publications include Warlords of China 700BC-AD1662 Warrior Peoples of East Africa & Soldiers of the Dragon.
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After" is the fourth shocking funny & heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's " Second World War" series. After
- The Nazis took
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Mark Steyns New York Times" bestseller " After America" is now in paperback! Featuring a new introduction & updated throughout " After America" takes on Obamas disastrous plan for our nation & reveals exactly what a post-American world will look like if we dont change our ways soon. Says Steyn: " Nothing is certain but debt & taxes. & then more debt. If the government of the United States had to use GAAP (" The Generally Accepted Accounting Practices" that your company & the publisher of this book have to use) Uncle Sam would be under an SEC investigation & his nephews & nieces would have taken away the keys & cut up his credit card". Slim as it is however Steyn argues there is still hope. " Americans face a choice: you can rediscover the animating principles of the American idea-of limited government a self-reliant citizenry & the opportunities to exploit your talents to the fullest-or you can join most of the rest of the western world in terminal decline. This is a battle for the American idea & its an epic one but you can do anything you want to do. So do it." Bitingly funny & wickedly clever " After America" is Mark Steyn at his best." ...

Osama bin Laden is dead but al-Qaida remains the CIAs number one threat. With branches in strategic hotspots from Yemen & Somalia to North Africa & an increasing influence among home grown jihadis in the West journalist & al-Qaida expert Abdel Bari Atwan investigates how the organisation has survived all attempts to destroy it. Al-Qaida after bin Laden has expanded its reach by cementing new alliances & exploiting the opportunities regional turmoil affords. The Arab Spring has opened new battlegrounds for jihadists particularly in Libya the Sahel Syria & Egypt. As the extremist zeal for a global caliphate shows no sign of abating Atwan profiles the next generation of foot soldiers & leaders & explores the new methods they embrace in the pursuit of jihad in a digital age. ...

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee & glances up from a book as a young man a musician intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. Later Mari is interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese & requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home & sleeps a deep heavy sleep that is too perfect too pure to be normal; pulse & respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth
- a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible a hint of life flickers across the TV screen though the televisions plug has been pulled. Strange nocturnal happenings or a trick of the night?
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A thousand years ago humanity abandoned Earth after an environmental apocalypse engulfed the globe. In the ensuing centuries the survivors settled on a hospitable planet called Nova Prime withstood an onslaught from a mysterious alien force & carved out a new home in the farthest reaches of the galaxy. This is the fractured home to which General Cypher Raige of the United Ranger Corps returns after an extended tour of duty. For Kitrai his thirteen-year-old son tagging along with his famous father is the adventure of a lifetime
- & a chance to salvage their relationship. When an asteroid collides with their craft they make a crash landing that leaves Cypher seriously
- perhaps fatally
- wounded. Kitai Raige has always wanted to prove that he has what it takes to be a Ranger. Now all too soon he gets his chance. With his father's life on the line Kitai must venture out into the strange hostile terrain of a new world that seems eerily familiar: Earth.


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Whether youre new to After Effects & want to get up to speed quickly or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together youll learn how to tap this programs vast potential
- whether you create motion graphics for network television corporate communications or your own projects. Fully updated to cover the major new features introduced in After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 this edition of the book presents a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to master in order to use After Effects effectively. Youll learn to creatively combine layers animate eye-catching titles manipulate 3D space track or rotoscope existing footage to add new elements color key & stabilize a shot to place it in a new environment & use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions guide you through the features with explanations of the why" instead of just the "how" behind each technique. Youll learn more than just the tools; youll learn skills that you can immediately put to work expressing your own ideas in your productions. Topics include how to: Animate edit layer & composite video & still images. Manipulate keyframes & the way they interpolate to create more refined animations. Use masks mattes stencils & blending modes to add sophistication to your imagery. Create & animate text & shape layers Place your layers in 3D space. Use tracking & keying to create special effects such as replacing screen displays. DVD contains: All exercise source material & project files for After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 plus 90 minutes of video tutorials."
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Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jacksons childhood until one day on a cold January morning in 1976... He was awoken by the police knocking on the door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer
- soon to become known as the Yorkshire Ripper. This evil act exposed a web of secrets & lies that was to devastate Neil & change his life forever. Jane Carter Woodrow an experienced criminologist discovers what happens when the camera & the lurid headlines fade away. Neils riveting story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family & shows how incredibly he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britains most notorious serial killer.
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