The Swahili-speaking coast of Africa has many attractions: its beaches safaris & great cultural diversity. This dictionary & phrasebook contains all of the vocabulary & phrases necessary to communicate in Swahili the most widely spoken African language. Designed for the visitor the phrasebook offers terms & phrases for travel & daily life situations; a two-way dictionary contains over 2500 essential Swahili words. A basic Swahili grammar & cultural information arc also included. Spoken originally along the eastern coast (the name ki Swahili means coastal language) & now the official language of Tanzania as well as a major language in Kenya Uganda & the eastern Congo Swahili is the lingua franca of Eastern Africa with over 40 million speakers. ...

Rowan is desperate for a horse of her own
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John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies Nancy & Peggy otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island there's always Swallowdale the secret valley hidden from the world & containing an extra secret concealed within it... ...

The world that the children enter as soon as they get off the train in the Lake District is as separate from their everyday world as Hogwarts or Narnia... For most readers the idea of cooking trout you have caught yourself is as strange & poetic as the idea of casting a spell that turns a teacup into a turtle. --Guardian "' Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'" Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout & cooked it yourself? The four Swallows John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake full of such plans & they can't wait to meet up with Nancy & Peggy the Amazon Pirates. When the " Swallow" is shipwrecked & the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley & things take a turn for the better." ...

' Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout & cooked it yourself? The four Swallows John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake full of such plans & they can't wait to meet up with Nancy & Peggy the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is shipwrecked & the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley & things take a turn for the better...BACKSTORY: Discover the real Swallowdale swot up on seafaring & learn all about the adventurous author. ...

John Susan Titty & Roger sail their boat Swallow to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring & playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates Nancy & Peggy challenge them to war & a summer of battles & alliances ensues. ...

The ultimate children's classic
- long summer days filled with adventure. John Susan Titty & Roger sail their boat Swallow to a
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A master storyteller sympathetically in touch with real children & their interests has created characters who are accepted as friends by children everywhere not to mention plots which are eminently plausible & unexpected.' SUNDAY TIMES in an article listing Swallows & Amazons among '99 Best Books for Children. ...

Swallows & Amazons for ever!' The Walker children
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Moshen & his wife Zunaira met at the university & once looked forward to a happy & prosperous life together. But Moshems dream of becoming a diplomat halted by the war with Russia dies with the ascendancy of the Taliban. Zunaira formerly a lawyer who worked for womens rights can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul without a veil over her face. It is only in their own home that they can be themselves. One day unable to resist Moshens pleas Zunaira dons her burqa & goes to market with him. The outing turns into a nightmare. Atiq a veteran of the Russian war is now a part-time jailer who watches over those condemned to death. The darkness of the prison & the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul. His home offers little respite from his rage & misery; his wife Musarrat is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure & even the most furvent prayers cannot alleviate. As Atiq begins to lose all faith in his own ability to survive the arbitary demands & extreme cruelties of the Taliban he is drawn to Zanaira now in prison awaiting public execution. In a final act of defiance Musarrat conceives a plan that will allow her husband to live & hope again... Already a best seller in France The Swallows of Kabul" brilliantly exposes the differences between religiosity & dangerous religious extremism. Written in spare exquisite prose it is an unforgettable portrait of life under a fascist theocracy." ...