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Admiralty standard
nautical charts comply
with Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulations
and are ideal for
professional, commercial
and recreational use.
Charts within the series
consist of a range of
scales, useful for
passage planning, ocean
crossings, coastal
navigation and entering
port.Standard Admiralty
charts are folded to fit
in a chart table drawer.
If you prefer your
Admiralty charts rolled
without any folds or
creases (suitable for
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before ordering on
+44(0)207 759 7150 or
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Chef Benny Se Teo is the
creative force behind a
highly successful chain
of restaurants, known
not just for its hearty,
no-nonsense good food,
but also for its
continuing efforts to
help ex-offenders and
youths at risk. Himself
an ex-offender, Chef
Benny`s inspirational
life story is now the
backdrop of his first
cookbook, Honest Good
Food, where he brings
together a collection of
comfort food recipes,
inspired by his childhood
memories and personal
experiences, and most
notably his internship at
Jamie Oliver`s Fifteen in
London. With
punchy"es, personal
anecdotes and cooking
tips, Honest Good Food
provides an insight into
what drives this
plain-speaking chef, his
culinary secrets, and
what some of his
favourite dishes are. As
Chef Benny says,
”cooking, like life,
becomes better through
trial and error. If the
experiment fails, just
try again!
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The entity known (in one
of many variants) as the
Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) has come to
feature regularly in the
news, and in our
imaginations. The
dreadful, Grand Guignol
spectacle of beheadings,
abductions, cages,
flames and triumphalist
proclamations arouses
powerful emotions:
disgust, rage, hatred,
grief, a yearning for
vengeance - and the sense
that something must be
done.Yet, argues veteran
political journalist
Gwynne Dyer in this
short, sharp, new book,
the Western tendency is
to overreact, time after
time, to the threat
posed by Islamist
terrorists. ISIS is the
most repellent of the
bunch by far, yet the
common perception that it
is run by crazed madmen
with no coherent strategy
is sorely misleading.
Even more difficult to
accept is that the
attacks they perpetrate
actually have nothing to
do with the West, and do
not significantly
increase the likelihood
of terrorist attacks in
Western countries,
either; rather, they are
designed to use Western
overreaction as a
stepping stone to seizing
power in the states they
are trying to overthrow.
Intervening militarily
will give ISIS precisely
what it wants: a glue
with which to bind its
infernal project more
tightly.In failing to
recognise the ISIS
phenomenon as a
revolution calculated to
court foreign
intervention, the
Western countries
currently pondering the
scale of their response
risk playing into the
hands of the
extremists.`The
revolution will eat its
children, ` Dyer writes -
but only if the West
resists the natural urge
to do something big, and
allows ISIS to play
itself out.Intelligent
and wryly articulated,
Don`t Panic! is one of
few new books on ISIS
that will not date as
events change.
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Shanghai: a global city
in the midst of a
renaissance, where
dreamers arrive each day
to partake in a mad
torrent of capital,
ideas and opportunity.
Rob Schmitz is one of
them. He immerses himself
in his neighbourhood,
forging relationships
with ordinary people who
see a brighter future in
the city`s sleek skyline.
There`s Zhao, whose path
from factory floor to
shopkeeper is sidetracked
by her desperate measures
to ensure a better future
for her sons. Down the
street lives Auntie Fu,
a fervent capitalist
forever trying to improve
herself while keeping her
sceptical husband at bay.
Up a flight of stairs,
CK sets up shop to
attract young dreamers
like himself, but learns
he`s searching for
something more. As
Schmitz becomes
increasingly involved in
their lives, he makes
surprising discoveries
which untangle the
complexities of modern
China: a mysterious box
of letters that serve as
a portal to a family`s -
and country`s - dark
past, and an abandoned
neighbourhood where fates
have been violently
altered by unchecked
power and greed.A tale of
twenty-first-century
China, Street of Eternal
Happiness profiles
China`s distinct
generations through
multifaceted characters
who illuminate an
enlightening, humorous
and, at times,
heartrending journey
along the winding road to
the Chinese dream. Each
story adds another layer
of humanity to modern
China, a tapestry also
woven with Schmitz`s
insight as a foreign
correspondent. The result
is an intimate and
surprising portrait that
dispenses with the tired
stereotypes of a country
we think we know,
immersing us instead in
the vivid stories of the
people who make up one of
the world`s most
captivating cities.
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”China is changing
faster than any other
nation on earth today.
Written by a Chinese
language teacher and a
travel professional who
works with students in
China all the time,
Studying in China is an
invaluable resource...”
--Chinese Language
Teachers Association
(CLTA) Newsletter A visit
to China can change your
life. Would you like to
study in China, but are
not sure what you will
find there? A trip to
China to live, work or
study promises an
amazing, life-changing
experience in the most
historically and
culturally fascinating
nation on earth. Find all
the information you need
for your educational
experience abroad in
Studying in China. China
is changing faster than
any other nation on earth
today. Written by a
travel professional who
works with students in
China all the time,
Studying in China is an
invaluable resource that
tells you: What to pack
that you won`t find over
there How to arrive at
your destination and
settle in safely How to
make your Chinese
instructors happy How
your day-to-day
experiences will unfold
once you are there How to
get the most from a
limited stayAuthor
Patrick McAloon is a
co-founder of
SinoConnect, a firm that
connects students of all
ages with educational
opportunities in China
and the United States. He
has been helping students
prepare to study in China
for 15 years. Having
conducted hundreds of
study abroad seminars,
McAloon is uniquely
qualified to supply
students going to China
with the latest
up-to-date information on
how to study abroad.
Readying yourself for
this experience can be
daunting, and Studying
in China makes it easy
from start to finish.
Prepare to make new
friends in your classes
and while traveling
around China, but first
learn how to avoid common
pitfalls and mistakes.
Being an international
student in China can be a
life-changing experience.
Don`t take our word for
it. Read this book and go
study in China!
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This is a lavish
pictorial record produced
in collaboration with the
Royal Geographical
Society (with IBG). It
features 200 unique
photographs taken by
Isabella Bird that
transport the reader to
the China of the late
19th century. It includes
supporting text by travel
photography expert Debbie
Ireland. Ammonite Press
is proud to collaborate
with the Royal
Geographical Society
(with IBG) in celebrating
the achievements of
Isabella Bird in this
lavish pictorial record
of her last great journey
through China, in the
closing years of the 19th
century, with supporting
text by travel
photography expert Debbie
Ireland. Bird was in her
mid-sixties when she
undertook her travels,
to a land that was
largely unknown and
largely misunderstood in
the West, where a woman
travelling alone was
greeted with incredulity
and, occasionally,
hostility. The highlight
of her visit was
journeying by boat and
sedan chair to make a
major tour of the valley
of the Yangtze River and
much beyond, right up to
the border with Tibet.
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The incredible story of
Gyles Mackrell and his
Burmese,
elephant-assisted wartime
rescue mission. In the
summer of 1942, Gyles
Mackrell - a decorated
First World War pilot and
tea plantation overseer,
performed a series of
heroic rescues in the
hellish jungles of
Japanese-occupied Burma -
with the aid of twenty
elephants. At the age of
53, Mackrell went into
the `green hell` of the
Chaukan Pass on the
border of North Burma and
Assam. Here, Mackrell
and a team of elephant
riders rescued Indian
army soldiers, British
civilians and their
Indian servants, from
the pursuing Japanese,
directing the elephants
through raging rivers,
and territory infested
with sand flies,
mosquitoes and
innumerable leeches.
Those he saved were all
on the point of death
from starvation or fever:
that summer was spent in
a fight against time. Now
in Andrew Martin`s hands
this tale of heroics is
given the shape of a
suspenseful adventure, a
wartime rescue whose
facts are the stuff of
fiction. `Flight By
Elephant` is a gripping
chronicle of war and
survival, starring
everyone`s favourite
animal - the powerful,
exotic and hugely
loveable elephant.
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Java and Bali on a
double-sided map at
1:600, 000 from Periplus,
accompanied by
enlargements of southern
Bali and overview street
plans of Jakarta and
Yogyakarta. All are
annotated with numerous
places of interest.Java
is divided between the
two sides of the map,
with the whole of Bali
shown at the same scale
of 1:600, 000 as an
inset. Coverage includes
the south-eastern tip of
Sumatra with the Sunda
Straight and
Krakatoa/Krakatau
National Park. Road
network includes selected
local roads and tracks,
and gives driving
distances on main and
secondary routes. Railway
lines and ferry
connections are included
and airports are marked.
Also shown are internal
administrative boundaries
with names of the
provinces. Topography is
shown by colouring and
relief shading to shown
the main mountains.
Latitude and longitude
lines are drawn at 1º
intervals. The map has no
index.The map includes
plans of Jakarta and
Yogyakarta (both at
1:100, 000) showing main
traffic arteries and
principal streets. An
enlargement at 1:120, 000
presents in greater
detail the southern tip
of Bali around Denpasar,
Seminyak, Kuta, Tuban,
Jimbaran and Nusa Dua.
All are annotated with
places of interest
including selected
accommodation. Also
provided is a distance
table for Java.
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Helen and Lisa Tse have
been cooking the original
recipes that have been
handed down through the
generations of their
family all their lives.
Dim Sum they offer
everyone a chance to
experience the popular
Sweet Mandarin Cookery
School dim sum
masterclass in their very
own kitchen. Dim sum
recipes span a huge
variety of techniques and
ingredients, and Helen
and Lisa share their
skills to demonstrate the
perfect creation of an
authentic Chinese
experience at home with
ease. The delicious
recipes include Shanghai
Dumplings, Mango and
Prawn Rolls and Spare
Ribs, favourites such as
BBQ Skewers and Pork
Dumplings, as well as
more challenging dishes
such as Chrysanthemum
Shaped Pastry,
Cuttlefish Dumplings,
and a range of dim sum
desserts.
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A masterclass in sushi
making from London-based
teacher Atsuko, who
combines authentic
knowledge and skills with
contemporary, innovative
ideas to give 60 recipes
for rolls, wraps,
moulded and deconstructed
sushi.The word `sushi`
refers to `vinegared
rice`, which is used for
any kind of sushi with
raw, pickled, smoked,
grilled or seared
ingredients. In this
book, the simple secrets
behind making good sushi
are revealed, such as
how to select your sushi
components based on the
three principles of
colour, taste and
texture. Author Atsuko
offers an approachable,
diverse and colourful
selection of sushi
dishes. Classic white
sushi rice will always be
a favourite, but here
you will find options to
use brown rice, quinoa
and pink beetroot rice
too. Familiar rolls and
wraps are included as
well as sushi burgers,
bombs and deconstructed
salad bowls. The book
opens with Your Sushi
Pantry, listing
essential ingredients.
After this comes Basic
Cooking Methods and
Step-by-step Techniques.
The recipes are then
divided into Sushi Rolls
which include Futomaki,
Uramaki, Temaki cones
and Gunkanmaki. Moulded
Sushi features classic
Nigiri, Temari, Oshi
Sushi and pretty Chakin
Sushi parcels. Creative
Moulded Sushi includes
new ideas like Sushi
bombs, Burgers and Sushi
Cakes. Deconstructed
Sushi features
celebration Chirashi
sushi, Poke Bowls and
Jarred Salads. Finally,
Vegetarian and Vegan
sushi offers a delicious
selection of plant-based
treats sush as Inari
Sushi and Vegetable
Nigiri.
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In the summer of 2006,
Colour-Sargeant Kailash
Limbu`s platoon was sent
to relieve and occupy a
police compound in the
town of Now Zad in
Helmand. He was told to
prepare for a forty-eight
hour operation. In the
end, he and his men were
under siege for
thirty-one days - one of
the longest such sieges
in the whole of the
Afghan campaign. Kailash
Limbu recalls the
terrifying and exciting
details of those
thirty-one days - in
which they killed an
estimated one hundred
Taliban fighters - and
intersperses them with
the story of his own life
as a villager from the
Himalayas. He grew up in
a place without roads or
electricity and didn`t
see a car until he was
fifteen. Kailash`s
descriptions of Gurkha
training and rituals -
including how to use the
lethal Kukri knife - are
eye-opening and
fascinating. They combine
with the story of his
time in Helmand to create
a unique account of one
man`s life as a Gurkha.
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The Bangkok Travel Map
from Periplus is designed
as a convenient,
easy-to-use tool for
travelers. Created using
durable coated paper,
this map is made to open
and fold multiple times,
whether it`s the entire
map that you want to view
or one panel at a
time.Following highways
and byways, this map
will show you how to
maneuver your way to
banks, gardens, hotels,
golf courses, museums,
monuments, restaurants,
churches and temples,
movie theaters, shopping
centers and more!This 6th
edition includes maps and
plans that are scaled to:
City Plans: Central
Bangkok 1:15, 000 Greater
Bangkok 1:45, 000Periplus
Travel Maps cover most of
the major cities and
travel destinations in
the Asia-Pacific region.
The series includes an
amazing variety of
fascinating destinations,
from the multifaceted
subcontinent of India to
the bustling city-state
of Singapore and the
`western style`
metropolis of Sydney to
the Asian charms of Bali.
All titles are
continuously updated,
ensuring they keep up
with the considerable
changes in this
fast-developing part of
the world. This extensive
geographical reach and
attention to detail mean
that Periplus Travel Maps
are the natural first
choice for anyone
traveling in the region.
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WINNER of the PULITZER
PRIZE for NON-FICTION
2016. In a thrilling
dramatic narrative,
Pulitzer Prize-winning
reporter Joby Warrick
traces how the strain of
militant Islam behind
ISIS first arose in a
remote Jordanian prison
and spread to become the
world`s greatest threat.
When the government of
Jordan granted amnesty to
a group of political
prisoners in 1999, it
little realized that
among them was Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, a terrorist
mastermind and soon the
architect of an Islamist
movement bent on
dominating the Middle
East. In Black Flags, an
unprecedented
character-driven account
of the rise of ISIS,
Joby Warrick shows how
the zeal of this one man
and the strategic
mistakes of Western
governments led to the
banner of ISIS being
raised over huge swathes
of Syria and Iraq.
Zarqawi began by
directing terror attacks
from a base in northern
Iraq, but it was the
allied invasion in 2003
that catapulted him to
the head of a vast
insurgency. By falsely
identifying him as the
link between Saddam
Hussein and Osama bin
Laden, Western officials
inadvertently spurred
like-minded radicals to
rally to his cause.Their
wave of brutal beheadings
and suicide bombings
persisted until American
and Jordanian
intelligence discovered
clues that led to a
lethal airstrike on
Zarqawi`s hideout in
2006. His movement,
however, endured. First
calling themselves
al-Qaeda in Iraq, then
Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria, or ISIS, his
followers sought refuge
in unstable, ungoverned
pockets on the Iraq-Syria
border. When the Syrian
civil war broke out in
2011, and the rest of
the world largely stood
by, ISIS seized its
chance to pursue
Zarqawi`s dream of an
ultra-conservative
Islamic caliphate.
Drawing on unique
high-level access to
global intelligence
sources, Warrick weaves
gripping,
moment-by-moment
operational details with
the perspectives of
diplomats and spies,
generals and heads of
state, many of whom
foresaw a menace worse
than al Qaeda and tried
desperately to stop it.
Black Flags is a
brilliant and definitive
history that reveals the
long arc of today`s most
dangerous extremist
threat.
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Filipino food is having
its moment. Sour, sweet,
funky, fatty, bright,
rich, tangy, and bold -
no wonder adventurous
eaters like Anthony
Bourdain consider
Filipino food ”the next
big thing.” But so do
more mainstream food
lovers - Vogue declares
it ”the next great
American cuisine.”
Filipinos are the
second-largest Asian
population in America,
and finally, after
embracing Chinese,
Japanese, Thai, and
Vietnamese food, we`re
ready to eat like a
Filipino. And ready to
cook like one, too.
Written by trailblasing
restaurateurs Nicole
Ponseca and Miguel
Trinidad, I Am a
Filipino is a cookbook of
modern Filipino recipes
that captures the
unexpected and addictive
flavours of this vibrant
and diverse cuisine.The
techniques (including
braising, boiling, and
grilling) are simple,
the ingredients are
readily available, and
the results are
extraordinary. There are
puckeringly sour adobos
with meat so tender you
can cut it with a spoon,
along with other national
dishes like kare-kare
(oxtail stew) and kinilaw
(fresh seafood dressed in
coconut milk and ginger).
There are
Chinese-influenced pansit
(noodle dishes) and
lumpia (spring rolls);
Arab-inflected Muslim
cuisine, with its
layered spicy curries;
and dishes that reflect
the tastes and
ingredients of the
Spaniards, Mexicans,
and Americans who came to
the Philippines and
stayed. Included are
beloved fried street
snacks like ukoy
(fritters), and an array
of sweets and treats
called meryenda. Filled
with suitably bold and
bright photographs, I Am
a Filipino is like a
classic kamayan dinner -
one long, festive table
piled high with food.
Just dig in!
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Best Newcomer in the
Observer Food Monthly
Awards 2013. This is our
food, this is our
restaurant - fresh fruit
and vegetables, wild
honey, big bunches of
herbs, crunchy salads,
smoky lamb, bread
straight from the oven,
old-fashioned stews,
Middle Eastern
traditions, falafel,
dips, and plenty of
tahini on everything.
Squeeze in, grab a
chair, ignore or enjoy
the noise, the buzz,
and tuck in. Leave room
for dessert - cheesecake,
a marzipan cookie with a
Turkish coffee. Let us
look after you - welcome
to Honey & Co.
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Anyone who has read Jon
Krakauer`s famous account
of the 1996 Everest
disaster, INTO THIN AIR,
will remember the story
of Beck Weathers: the
gregarious Texan climber
who went snow-blind in
the Death Zone below the
summit and who spent a
night out in the open
during a blizzard that
took the lives of a dozen
colleagues and friends.
Even as he staggered back
into Camp 4 the next
morning, Beck`s
condition was such that
the other survivors
assumed he would not make
it back down the
mountain. He was
effectively left for
dead, but drawing upon
reserves of determination
and courage he didn`t
know he had - as well as
the extraordinary
selflessness and bravery
of a Nepalese helicopter
pilot he`d never met - he
finally made it to
safety. Only then could a
new battle begin: to
rebuild his life with a
family he`d taken for
granted for too long.
Heartstoppingly exciting
and ultimately very
moving, LEFT FOR DEAD is
a terrific read.
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Thailand: The Cookbook is
the definitive guide to
the food and cooking of
Thailand. It includes
more than 500
easy-to-follow,
authentic recipes
collected from the length
and breadth of Thailand,
including snacks and
drinks; soups; salads;
curries; stir-fries;
noodle and rice dishes;
grilled fish and meat
dishes; and desserts. The
recipes have been
extensively researched,
tested and fully updated
for the western kitchen
without diluting any of
their authenticity.
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Increasingly the
segmentation between
birders, butterfly
watchers, dragonfly
watchers and
photographers is reducing
as interests overlap and
there is a demand for
books that cover the
three popular groups of
birds, butterflies and
dragonflies. Having
written and photographed
the guide to the birds of
Sri Lanka in the series,
Gehan de Silva
Wijeyeratne has produced
a single, compact and
portable photographic
guide to the butterflies
and dragonflies of the
country. The emphasis in
the 280 species featured
is on the commoner
species, covering around
90 per cent of the
species that a visitor is
likely to see. It is also
an excellent book for
residents to learn about
the commoner butterflies
and dragonflies before
progressing to more
advanced technical
books.The guide is
focused on field use to
help beginners and
experts identify species
and provides information
on their distribution and
habitats. As
identification of
butterflies and
dragonflies require a
different approach, the
two sections are done as
two mini photographic
field guides with common
introductory sections to
wildlife watching in Sri
Lanka.The book includes
information on the key
wildlife sites, general
introductions to the
biology of dragonflies
and butterflies,
up-to-date checklists
with local status and
useful references for
people who wish to
progress further with
their study of these
charismatic and
photogenic animals.
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A powerful curiosity is
the hallmark of new kind
of Indian writing:
important questions about
the country`s past and
present have found their
expression in different
forms of non-fiction
story-telling that twenty
years ago tended to be
the preserve of writers
from the west. Biography,
memoir, narrative
history, reportage, the
travel account: all these
forms now have their
interesting and original
practitioners in India.
In this Granta issue they
tackle questions ranging
from rape in village
India to scandal in
Mumbai clubs. And there
is room, as always, for
the best of India`s
fiction.
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As read on BBC Radio 4
Book of the Week. This is
the generation that will
change China. The youth,
over 320 million of them
in their teens and
twenties, more than the
population of the USA.
Born after Mao, with no
memory of Tiananmen,
they are destined to
transform both their
nation and the world.
These millennials,
offspring of the
one-child policy, face
fierce competition to
succeed. Pressure starts
young, and their road
isn`t easy. Their stories
are also like those of
young people all over the
world: moving out of
home, starting a career,
falling in love. Wish
Lanterns follows the
lives of six young
Chinese. Dahai is a
military child and
netizen; `Fred` is a
daughter of the Party.
Lucifer is an aspiring
superstar; Snail a
country migrant addicted
to online games. Xiaoxiao
is a hipster from the
freezing north; Mia a
rebel from Xinjiang in
the far west. Alec Ash,
a writer in Beijing of
the same generation, has
given us a vivid,
gripping account of young
China as it comes of age.
Through individual
stories, Wish Lanterns
shows with empathy and
insight the challenges
and dreams that will
define China`s future
global impact.
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Welcome to Quadrille`s
new cookbook series:
Alphabet Cooking. This
brand new series focuses
on creating a collection
of must-have books filled
with 50 of the most
on-trend dishes from
cuisines around the
world. The series will
kick off with M is for
Mexican and K is for
Korean which will
introduce the ultimate
recipes from both
cuisines all in a highly
desirable and on-trend
gift package.Containing
50 recipes that cover the
fundamental dishes from
these zeitgeist cooking
traditions, merging both
ancient dishes and modern
reinterpretations: K is
for Korean covers the
fermented food stars of
the moment Kimchi, Oi
Jee, Kkakdugi whilst
also offering Bibimap and
KFC (Korean Fried
Chicken).This trend-led
series of cookbooks will
be filling the
bookshelves ofbudding new
foodies across the
country whilst also
making for the perfect
gift for anyone who
hasn`t yet experimented
with bringing these
cuisines into their home
cooking.
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Path of Blood tells the
horrifying true story of
the underground army
which Osama Bin Laden
created in order to
attack his number one
target: his home country,
Saudi Arabia. His aim
was to conquer the land
of the Two Holy Mosques,
the birthplace of Islam
and, from there, to
re-establish a Muslim
Empire that could take on
the West and win. Thomas
Small and Jonathan Hacker
use new insider evidence
to expose the real story
behind the Al Qaeda. Far
from the image of
single-minded holy
warriors they presented
to the world, the bands
of soldiers are shown to
be riven by infighting
and lack of discipline.
Yet the threat they posed
was unquestionable.
Ill-disciplined or not,
these were men who killed
with impunity, and who
tried to acquire a
nuclear bomb. Drawing on
unprecedented access to
Saudi government
archives, interviews
with top intelligence
officials in the Middle
East and in the West, as
well as with captured Al
Qaeda militants, and
with access to exclusive
captured video footage
from Al Qaeda cells,
Path of Blood tells the
full story of the
terrorist campaign and
the desperate attempt by
Saudi Arabia`s internal
security services to put
a stop to it.
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This pioneering insight
into contemporary Thai
folk culture delves
beyond the traditional
Thai icons to reveal the
casual, everyday
expressions of Thainess
that so delight and
puzzle. From floral truck
bolts and taxi altars to
buffalo cart furniture
and drinks in a bag, the
same exquisite care,
craft and improvisation
resounds through home and
street, bar and
wardrobe. Never
colonised, Thai culture
retains nuanced ancient
meaning in the most
mundane things. The days
are colour coded, lucky
numbers dictate prices,
window grilles become
guardian angels, tattoos
entrance the wearer.
Philip Cornwel-Smith
scoured each region to
show how indigenous
wisdom both adapts to the
present and customises
imports, applying Roman
architecture to
shop-houses, morphing
rock into festive farm
music, turning the
Japanese motor-rickshaw
into the tuk-tuk.
Colour-saturated
illustrations help you
navigate various social
traits, whether
white-faced hi-so matrons
or Red Bulls, willing
workers wearing coins in
their ear. This is Thai
culture as it has never
been shown before. Born
in England, Philip never
expected to live in
Thailand for almost two
decades.He`d been in the
capital only four days
before becoming the
founding editor of its
first
international-standard
city listings magazine,
`Bangkok Metro`, which
he helmed until 2002.
Throughout his time in
Thailand, Philip has
organised events, from
film festivals and dance
productions to themed
parties and award
ceremonies. He also acted
as location consultant on
several international
projects, including the
Grammy-nominated
video-album `1GiantLeap`
and the Discovery Channel
city-guide `Noodle Box:
Bangkok`, which he
presented. Among the
other publications
Philip`s edited or
contributed to are
`Thailand: A Traveller`s
Companion`, `Eyewitness:
Thailand Guidebook`,
`Lonely Planet`s World
Food: Thailand` and the
city`s first mobile phone
guide for Nokia.
International magazines
he`s worked on include
`Wallpaper*`, `Colors`,
`World Architecture`,
`Attitude`, and `Inside:
Australian Design
Review`.
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With journalistic acumen
and a novelist`s flair,
Xinran tells the
remarkable stories of men
and women born in China
after 1979 - the recent
generations raised under
China`s single-child
policy. At a time when
the country continues to
transform at the speed of
light, these generations
of precious `one and
onlies` are burdened with
expectation, yet have
often been brought up
without any sense of
responsibility. Within
their families, they are
revered as `little
emperors` and `suns`,
although such cosseting
can come at a high price:
isolation, confusion and
an inability to deal with
life`s challenges. From
the businessman`s son
unable to pack his own
suitcase, to the PhD
student who pulled
herself out of extreme
rural poverty, Xinran
shows how these
generations embody the
hopes and fears of a
great nation at a time of
unprecedented change. It
is a time of
fragmentation,
heart-breaking and
inspiring in equal
measure, in which
capitalism vies with
communism, the city with
the countryside and
Western opportunity with
Eastern tradition.
Through the fascinating
stories of these only
children, we catch a
startling glimpse of the
emerging face of China.
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On 26th November 2008 the
Taj Mahal Palace hotel in
Mumbai is besieged by
Pakistani Islamists,
armed with explosives and
machine guns. For three
days, guests and staff
of the hotel are trapped
as the terrorists run
amok. On 29th November
commandos launch
Operation Black Tornado.
The world holds its
breath. The Siege is a
helter-skelter thriller,
threaded with powerful
human stories. By turns
tragic and heroic, the
events are told through a
cast of real characters,
who were thrown together
in the luxurious,
century-old Taj: waiters,
chefs, captains of
industry, hedge funders,
celebrities, tourists,
policemen, special
forces and terrorists.
For the first time, this
astonishing book takes us
through the news footage
and into the heart of the
hotel. Each hostage has a
choice: hide, run or
fight. What would you do?
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Think about the most
wretched day of your
life. Maybe it was when
someone you loved died,
or when you were badly
hurt in an accident, or
a day when you were so
terrified you could
scarcely bear it. No
imagine 4, 000 of those
days in one big chunk. In
1978, Warren Fellows was
convicted in Thailand of
heroin trafficking and
was sentenced to life
imprisonment. The Damage
Done is his story of an
unthinkable nightmare in
a place where sewer rats
and cockroaches are the
only nutritious food,
and where the worst
punishment is the khun
deo - solitary
confinement, Thai style.
Fellows was certainly
guilty of his crime, but
he endured and survived
human-rights abuses
beyond imagination. This
is not his plea for
forgiveness, nor his
denial of guilt; it is
the story of an ordeal
that no one would wish on
their worst enemy. It is
an essential read:
heartbreaking,
fascinating and
impossible to put down.
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The first major book on
ISIS to be published
since the group exploded
on the international
stage in summer 2014.
Drawing on their unusual
access to intelligence
sources and material,
law enforcement, and
groundbreaking research
into open source
intelligence, Stern and
Berger outline the
origins of ISIS as the
formidable terrorist
group it has quickly
become. `State of Terror`
delves into the `ghoulish
pornography` of
pro-jihadi videos, the
seductive appeal of
`jihadi chic` and the
startling effectiveness
of the Islamic State`s
use of social media as a
means of luring and
recruiting citizens from
countries such as the
United States, Great
Britain, and
France-using recent
examples such as Douglas
McCain, the American
citizen from Minnesota
who joined ISIS and died
in combat fighting on the
side of the Islamic
State. Although the
picture Stern and Berger
paint is bleak, `State
of Terror` also offers
well-informed thoughts on
potential government
responses to ISIS - most
importantly, emphasizing
that we must alter our
present conceptions of
terrorism and react to
the rapidly changing
jihadi landscape, both
online and off, as
quickly as the terrorists
do.`State of Terror:
Jihad in the 21st
Century` is not only a
compelling account of the
evolution of a terrorist
organization, but also a
necessary book that
attempts to answer the
question of what our next
move - as a country, as
a government, as the
world - should be.
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A hundred years ago, a
character made his first
appearance in the world
of literature who was to
enter the bloodstream of
20th-century popular
culture: the evil genius
called Dr Fu Manchu,
described at the
beginning of the first
story in which he
appeared as the yellow
peril incarnate in one
man. Why did the idea
that the Chinese were a
threat to Western
civilization develop at
precisely the time when
that country was in
chaos, divided against
itself, victim of
successive famines and
utterly incapable of
being a peril to anyone
even if it had wanted to
be? Here, Sir
Christopher Frayling
assembles an astonishing
diversity of evidence to
show how deeply ingrained
Chinaphobia became in the
West so acutely relevant
again in the new era of
Chinese superpower.Along
the way he talks to
Edward Said, to the last
Governor of Hong Kong,
to Sax Rohmers widow, to
movie stars and a host of
others; he journeys
through the opium dens of
the 19th century with
Charles Dickens; takes us
to the heart of popular
culture in the music
hall, pulp literature
and the mass-market
press; and shows how film
amplifies our
assumptions,
demonstrating throughout
how we neglect the
history of popular
culture at our own peril
if we want to understand
our deepest desires and
fears.
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Architectural Guide
Yangon presents around
one hundred memorable
buildings from Myanmar`s
historical capital.
Following decades of
international isolation,
the city`s vast heritage
remains largely,
surprisingly and
spectacularly intact.
Rangoon_- as it was known
under the British - was a
melting pot of British
India. Vivid traces of
this legacy are
everywhere, especially
in the city`s Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu,
Jewish and Muslim houses
of worship that often
stand side by side, down
town, in Yangon`s
tightly-gridded streets.
Since the country`s
independence from the
British in 1948,
successive authoritarian
regimes have also stamped
the cityscape with their
legacies. Today Yangon is
a bustling and busy city
in flux, at the frontier
of Myanmar`s rapid
opening to the wider
world. Yangon`s urban
fabric deserves a
systematic guide that
nourishes every visitor
and resident`s shared
fascination for the city
and its history,
offering countless
anecdotes and notes on
architectural detail.
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Ask anyone what single
object they associate
with China and the most
common answer will be a
Ming vase. Probably
without even knowing the
dates of the Ming dynasty
(1368-1644), people are
aware of the fragility of
its porcelain, its
rarity and value. But
porcelain is just one
part of the story of one
of the most glorious
epoques of Chinas past.
By focusing on the
significant years of the
early Ming dynasty and
through the themes of
court people and their
lives, extraordinary
developments in culture,
the military, religion,
diplomacy and trade,
this magnificent book
brings the wider history
of this fascinating
period to colourful life.
This was an age of great
voyages of exploration,
undertaken for many
reasons including trade
and diplomacy. Long
before the regular
arrivals of Europeans in
China, court-sponsored
expeditions were sent to
Asia, the Middle East
and the African coast,
bringing back knowledge
of and objects from lands
thousands of miles away
gold, gems and foreign
fashions.This period also
saw the compilation of
the worlds first
comprehensive
encyclopaedia (worked on
by over 2000 scholars);
the undertaking of major
building projects such as
the Forbidden City and
Ming tombs; the creation
of beautiful textiles,
paintings, ceramics,
gold, jewellery,
furniture, jade and
lacquer. The engaging
narrative is richly
illustrated with over 250
images, drawing on the
objects specially
selected for the British
Museums major exhibition.
Some of these are the
finest pieces ever made
in China.
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Over thirteen centuries,
Baghdad has enjoyed both
cultural and commercial
pre-eminence, boasting
artistic and intellectual
sophistication and an
economy once the envy of
the world. It was here,
in the time of the
Caliphs, that the
Thousand and One Nights
were set. Yet it has also
been a city of great
hardships, beset by
epidemics, famines,
floods, and numerous
foreign invasions which
have brought terrible
bloodshed. This is the
history of its
storytellers and its
tyrants, of its
philosophers and
conquerors. Here, in the
first new history of
Baghdad in nearly 80
years, Justin Marozzi
brings to life the whole
tumultuous history of
what was once the
greatest capital on
earth.
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Placed under house arrest
for more than fifteen
years, Aung San Suu Kyi
has become an
international icon for
her courage and the
personal sacrifices she
has made in the struggle
against Burma`s military
regime. With her passion
for freedom and human
rights, she stands
alongside Mahatma Gandhi,
Nelson Mandela and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
as an inspirational role
model. Aung San Suu Kyi -
A Portrait in Words and
Pictures tells the life
story of the Nobel Prize
winner and her fight for
democracy. Her personal
photographs and powerful
words provide an intimate
understanding of her
uncommon strength and
grace, together with
insights from family,
friends and well-known
figures. Christophe
Loviny`s narrative and
moving images reveal the
Lady`s unbreakable bond
with her people. Together
with the best young
Burmese photographers,
he has followed every
step of the recent
democratic process and
evokes the formidable
challenges that still lie
ahead. Cover image
copyright A(c) Platon
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The Silk Road - a name
that has enchanted for
centuries. Yet a well
kept secret, even today,
is that this fabled
route linking Europe with
Asia is also the most
spectacular floral region
on earth. Chris and Basak
Gardner offer a unique
pictorial celebration of
the plants and scenery to
be found along its 5, 000
miles. Embracing Turkey,
Syria, Lebanon, Iran,
Central Asia and China,
more than five hundred of
the finest wild flowers
are depicted together
with the beautiful
landscapes in which these
botanical paradises are
found. With an
accompanying text giving
descriptions of the
species, plant families
and their distribution,
as well as information on
photographing plants in
the wild, this unique
book will amaze and
delight not only those
with an interest in the
spectacular and legendary
landscapes that form the
Silk Road but also
plantsmen and
horticulturalists
worldwide.
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Hong Kong is an eclectic,
vibrant city which
delights travellers from
around the world with its
expansive skyline, deep
natural harbour and
bustling city centre and
markets. Hong Kong
Precincts is a curated
guide to the city`s best
shops, eateries, bars
and other must-see
hangouts, for those
looking to delve into the
heart of the culture of
this fascinating city.
Divided into chapters
with itineraries for 15
precincts including
Macau, this book offers
tailor-made ways to
discover Hong Kong`s very
best shopping, eating
and drinking experiences,
suited to a variety of
budgets and preferences.
Also included are
interviews with some of
Hong Kong`s stylish,
creative types, who
highlight their favourite
haunts to ensure you can
get in amongst the
trendiest of the locals
to see what life in Hong
Kong is really like. With
informative precinct
maps, and valuable
information such as
typical Hong Kong food
and drinks (stylishly
illustrated at the start
of the book) Hong Kong
Precincts is the only
guide you`ll need to the
city.
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This easy-to-use
identification guide to
the 280 bird species most
commonly seen in the
Philippines is perfect
for resident and visitor
alike.High quality
photographs from some of
the Philippines` top
nature photographers are
accompanied by detailed
species descriptions
which include
nomenclature, length,
plumage, distribution,
habits and habitat. The
user-friendly
introduction covers
geography, climate,
habitat types,
biogeography, the main
sites for viewing the
listed species and tips
for identifying birds in
the field. Also included
is an all-important
checklist of all of the
birds of the Philippines
encompassing, for each
species, its common and
scientific names as well
as vernacular names, and
its global status.
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Straddling the equator,
Southeast Asia comprises
Myanmar, Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Singapore, and
the Philippines, as well
as Laos, Cambodia,
Brunei, and East Timor.
Despite its extraordinary
diversity of ethnicities,
religions, and
political systems,
Southeast Asia plays a
key role in global
economies and
geopolitics, especially
in light of its strategic
position bordering China
and India. This Very
Short Introduction
explores the contemporary
character of Southeast
Asia`s national societies
through the lens of their
historical evolution,
from the eras of
indigenous kingdoms and
colonies under Western
rule to the present`s
independent nation
states. Deftly combining
historical analysis and
geopolitical insights,
the book paints a bird`s
eye view of contemporary
Southeast Asia as a
community of diverse
societies and traditions
as well as a political
theater-of-action nested
between India and China
and tangled in global
economic traffic
patterns, balance of
powers, and
environmental forces. As
James R.Rush explains,
archaic structures, such
as religious and ethnic
rivalries, tenacious
feudal hierarchies, and
age-old trade and
migration patterns,
remain rooted in today`s
Southeast Asia beneath
the surface of modern
national governments. The
book draws on a wide
range of examples from
the major nations,
including the
ethno-religious violence
in Myanmar, the
Muslim-led rebellion in
the southern Philippines,
the Thai-Cambodian
territorial rivalries,
the Confucian-inspired
governance in Singapore,
the military rule and
democratization in
Indonesia, the
environmental
consequences of
agribusiness, mining,
and unchecked
urbanization, and the
big-power alignments and
tensions involving the
United States, China,
and Japan. By delving
into the cultural,
political, and
geographical background
of Southeast Asia, Rush
shows that Southeast Asia
is unquestionably modern,
but it is modern in
distinctively Southeast
Asian ways.
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A reappraisal of the
tumultuous Partition and
how it ignited
long-standing animosities
between India and
Pakistan This new edition
of Yasmin Khan`s
reappraisal of the
tumultuous India-Pakistan
Partition features an
introduction reflecting
on the latest research
and on ways in which
commemoration of the
Partition has changed,
and considers the
Partition in light of the
current refugee crisis.
Reviews of the first
edition: ”A riveting
book on this terrible
story.”-Economist
”Unsparing....
Provocative and
painful.”-Times
(London) ”Many
histories of Partition
focus solely on the elite
policy makers. Yasmin
Khan`s empathetic account
gives a great insight
into the hopes, dreams,
and fears of the millions
affected by it.”-Owen
Bennett Jones, BBC
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While dozens of recent
books and articles have
predicted the
near-certainty of China`s
rise to global supremacy,
this book boldly
counters such widely-held
assumptions. Timothy
Beardson brings to light
the daunting array of
challenges that today
confront China, as well
as the inadequacy of the
responses. He presents
bold policy prescriptions
addressing these
challenges and explains
why - without substantial
reform - China is
unlikely to replace
America as the next
superpower. Drawing on
extensive research and
experience living and
working in Asia over the
last thirty-five years,
the author spells out
China`s situation: an
inexorable demographic
future of a shrinking
labour force, relentless
ageing, extreme gender
disparity, and even a
falling population. Also,
the nation faces social
instability, a
devastated environment,
a predominantly low-tech
economy with inadequate
innovation, the absence
of an effective welfare
safety net, an ossified
governance structure,
and radical Islam lurking
at the borders.
Beardson`s nuanced,
first-hand look at China
acknowledges its historic
achievements while
tempering predictions of
its imminent hegemony
with a no-nonsense dose
of reality.
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With recommendations to
300+ restaurants and 60+
hotels, the MICHELIN
Guide Hong Kong & Macau
2017 presents great
places to eat and stay.
Updated annually, the
guide appeals to all
budgets and tastes.
Decision-making is easy
with user-friendly themed
listings of restaurants
with a view and
restaurants grouped by
area and cuisine.
Anonymous, experienced
inspectors carefully
select restaurants,
using the celebrated
Michelin food star-rating
system. Travelers can
rely on Michelin since
all establishments in the
guide are recommended.
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With an introduction by
Kevin Powers A
groundbreaking piece of
journalism which inspired
Stanley Kubrick`s classic
Vietnam War film Full
Metal Jacket. We took
space back quickly,
expensively, with total
panic and close to
maximum brutality. Our
machine was devastating.
And versatile. It could
do everything but stop.
Michael Herr went to
Vietnam as a war
correspondent for
Esquire. He returned to
tell the real story in
all its hallucinatory
madness and brutality,
cutting to the quick of
the conflict and its
seductive, devastating
impact on a generation of
young men. His
unflinching account is
haunting in its violence,
but even more so in its
honesty. First published
in 1977, Dispatches was
a revolutionary piece of
new journalism that
evoked the experiences of
soldiers in Vietnam and
has forever shaped our
understanding of the
conflict. It is now a
seminal classic of war
reportage.
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Landlocked, almost
inaccessible to
foreigners, Nagaland has
been fighting a secret,
often brutal war for
independence for more
than half a century.
Portrayed either as a
land of ruthless
guerrillas or exotic
natives, Nagaland is in
fact a complex and
divided region, with an
incredible history. The
breathtaking Naga hills
take us to the offices of
Adolf Hitler and Emperor
Hirohito, via
well-meaning colonialists
and anthropologists, and
one of the most important
battles of the Second
World War. The third
generation of his family
to be seduced by
Nagaland, Jonathan
Glancey tries to
reconcile his childhood
idealism with the reality
he finds there, and
explores his family ties
to the region. Through
his ancestral history,
extensive travels beyond
the tourist zone, and
through the voices of the
Nagas he meets, he tells
the true story of this
forgotten land.
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The Road East To India is
the memoir of Devika A.
Rosamund, written at the
time of her travels to
India alone in 1976,
aged just 22. In her
diary she records her
adventures and reflects
on her personal
experiences, emotions
and the relationships she
formed with fellow
travellers and indigenous
people. Devika`s journey
begins in Amsterdam where
she saves money for her
exciting trip. Once she
has earned enough money
by working relentlessly,
she travels by bus as far
as Iran, and then
continues by local
transport through
Afghanistan and Pakistan
to India, braving many
dangers on the way. The
journey to India takes
six weeks, and once
there she goes on to
travel around the
country, visiting many
famous places she has
only ever dreamt about
before, including the
Himalayas and Sri Lanka.
Devika takes many risks
and experiences some
frightening situations on
her journey which are
recorded in this diary.
On one occasion a hotel
worker breaks into her
room in the middle of the
night. Finally, after
travelling up the west
coast of India, Devika
discovers an ashram and
finds herself sat at the
feet of a spiritual
master, where she learns
about meditation.Her
spiritual journey takes a
turn for the worst when
the monsoon season
arrives. The house where
she is staying is
completely flooded and
consequently she becomes
very sick, with doctors
worried for her life. She
very fortunately
recovers, and is able to
return to England to
complete the final year
of her studies. Devika
concludes her memoir by
saying that great
adventures inevitably
always include risk and
danger and this is what
makes it a journey of a
lifetime. The Road East
To India will appeal to
those who enjoy travel
memoirs and are
interested in what it was
like for a young woman to
travel alone overland to
India.
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`Important, brave and
necessary` Naomi Wolf As
political change sweeps
the streets and squares,
parliaments and
presidential palaces of
the Arab world, Shereen
El Feki has been looking
at upheaval a little
closer to home - in the
sexual lives of men and
women in Egypt and across
the region. The result is
an informative,
insightful and engaging
account of a highly
sensitive, and still
largely secret, aspect
of Arab society. Sex is
entwined in religion and
tradition, politics and
economics, gender and
generations, so it makes
the perfect lens for
examining the region`s
complex social landscape.
From pregnant virgins to
desperate housewives,
from fearless activists
to religious firebrands,
Sex and the Citadel takes
a fresh look at the
sexual history of the
Arab region, and brings
new voices to the debate
over its future. This is
no peep show or academic
treatise. Sex and the
Citadel is a highly
personal, often
humorous, account of one
woman`s journey to better
understand Arab society
at its most intimate,
and in the process,
better understand her own
origins.Rich with five
years of groundbreaking
research from Egypt to
Saudi Arabia, Tunisia to
Qatar, Sex and the
Citadel gives us unique
and timely insight into
everyday lives in a part
of the world that is
changing in front of our
very eyes.
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From Lotus root crisps,
Taiwanese popcorn chicken
with basil and Baked pork
buns to Crispy aromatic
duck, Chilli barbecued
five-spiced Dover sole
and Singapore noodles,
A. Wong - The Cookbook
offers a host of new and
exciting authentic
Chinese recipes. Andrew
Wong`s philosophy is
simple: maintain the
fundamentals of the
original Chinese recipes
whilst adding an
unmistakably `Wong` spin
to it. For Andrew Wong,
cooking is all about
inclusiveness; cooking
and creating a meal is an
act of love and
friendship, which is
perhaps why his
restaurant in London`s
Victoria is so incredibly
popular. This unmissable
new cookbook introduces a
way of eating Chinese
that is unlike any other.
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By sea and on the
airwaves, by dollar and
yuan, a contest has
begun that will shape the
next century. China`s
rise has now entered a
critical new phase, as
it seeks to translate its
considerable economic
heft into a larger role
on the world stage,
challenging American
supremacy. Yet he also
shows why China may
struggle to unseat the
West - its ambitious
designs are provoking
anxiety, especially in
Asia, while America`s
global alliances have
deep roots. If Washington
can adjust to a world in
which it is not the sole
dominant power, it may
be able to retain its
ability to set the global
agenda.
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Accessible Korean cooking
with a modern twist.The
backbone of Korean
cuisine, jang, has a
flavour that can`t be
found anywhere else in
the world. The cuisine`s
combination of savoury,
sweet, salty and spicy
flavours makes it
uniquely delicious, yet
there are few resources
for those who wish to
enjoy it at home. Until
now. These recipes,
packed with Korean
flavors and cooking
techniques, will open
the door for readers
unfamiliar with the
cuisine. Recipes include:
Traditional and Modern
Bulgogi; Kimchi-Bacon Mac
and Cheese; Silky Sweet
Potato Noodles (Japchae);
Kimchis, sauces, teas,
sweets, soju cocktails
and more.Beautifully
photographed with tips
for building a Korean
pantry, drink pairings
(from soju to microbrews)
and menu ideas, Everyday
Korean is the ultimate
guide to one of the
world`s most unique and
delicious cuisines.
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The colourful narrative
history of Duleep Singh,
the last Emperor of the
Sikhs and protege of
Queen Victoria, and his
bizarre attempts to
regain his kingdom of the
Punjab from the British
Empire in the late 19th
century. In July 1997 the
Swiss Bankers`
Association, under
international pressure to
atone for wartime
compliance with Hitler`s
Germany, published a
list of over 1, 700
`dormant accounts`,
untouched for over fifty
years. The names were
supposedly those of
Jewish victims of the
Holocaust, but among
them was an Indian
princess, `last heard of
in 1942 living in Penn,
Bucks`. Intrigued,
Christy Campbell, a
journalist on the Sunday
Telegraph, started to
search the records, and
so uncovered the
remarkable story of how
Maharajah Duleep Singh,
the last Emperor of the
Sikhs, was made by the
British - as a
nine-year-old in 1849 -
to sign away his kingdom
of the Punjab and give
Queen Victoria the
Koh-i-Noor diamond (the
most celebrated diamond
in the world, and the
jewel in Britain`s
Crown).Duleep Singh, a
virtual prisoner of Queen
Victoria in England,
began to dream of
regaining his kingdom,
and so embarked on a
series of adventures
(involving Russia and the
`Great Game` of Central
Asia) before finally
begging Victoria`s
forgiveness. He had six
children and died in
1893. Today the Sikhs
still claim their
inheritance, including
the Koh-i-Noor and the
now-divided Punjab.
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The debut of a brilliant
young writer, Farthest
Field tells the lost
history of India`s Second
World War narrated
through the joys and
tragedies of a single
family, the author`s
own. If you loved The
English Patient or
Rohinton Mistry`s Fine
Balance or Katherine
Boo`s Behind the
Beautiful Forevers, you
will love this book.
Three young men gazed at
him from silver-framed
photographs in his
grandmother`s house,
`beheld but not noticed,
as angels are in a frieze
full of mortal
strugglers`. They had all
been in the Second World
War, a fact that
surprised him. Indians
had never figured in his
idea of the war, nor the
war in his idea of India
- and he thought that he
had a good idea of both.
One of them, Bobby,
even looked a bit like
him, but Raghu Karnad
had not noticed until he
was the same age as they
were in their
photo-frames. Then he
learned about the Parsi
boy from the sleepy south
Indian coast, so eager
to follow his
brothers-in-law into the
colonial forces and onto
the front line. Manek,
dashing and confident,
was a pilot with India`s
fledgling air force;
gentle Ganny became an
army doctor in the arid
North-West
Frontier.Bobby`s pursuit
would carry him as far as
the deserts of Iraq and
the green hell of the
Burma battlefront. The
years 1939-45 might be
the most revered,
deplored and replayed in
modern history. Yet
India`s extraordinary
role has been concealed,
from itself and from the
world. In riveting prose,
Karnad retrieves the
story of a single family
- a story of love,
rebellion, loyalty and
uncertainty - and with
it, the greatest
revelation that is
India`s Second World War.
Farthest Field narrates
the lost epic of India`s
war, in which the
largest volunteer army in
history fought for the
British Empire, even as
its countrymen fought to
be free of it. It carries
us from Madras to
Peshawar, Egypt to Burma
- unfolding the saga of a
young family amazed by
their swiftly changing
world and swept up in its
violence.
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Out of the failures of
Iraq and Afghanistan,
the Arab Spring and
Syria, a new threat
emerges. While Al Qaeda
is weakened, new jihadi
movements, especially
ISIS, are starting to
emerge. In military
operations in June 2014
they were far more
successful than Al Qaeda
ever were, taking
territory that reaches
across borders and
includes the city of
Mosul. The reports of
their military
coordination and
brutality are chilling.
While they call for the
formation of a new
caliphate once again the
West becomes a target.
How could things have
gone so badly wrong? In
The Rise of Islamic
State, Cockburn analyzes
the reasons for the
unfolding of US and the
West`s greatest foreign
policy debacle and the
impact that it has on the
war-torn and volatile
Middle East.
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This hilarious new book
records the
tongue-in-cheek journey
of an expat in Singapore,
told through vignettes,
snapshots and Top 10
lists: ”10 sure signs
you`re in a Singapore
taxi”; ”Things
first-time visitors to
Singapore say”; ”10
signs you`ve
overstayed”;
”Politically-incorrect
expat profiling by
nationality”; and many
more. Based on the author
Jennifer Gargiulo`s
popular blog of the same
name, Diary of an Expat
in Singapore packs in a
wealth of quirky
observations, witty
one-liners, and
laugh-out-loud
misunderstandings as the
author tries to adjust to
life in a strange new
land and raise two kids
while at it. You may
marvel as Jennifer
enlists the help of her
young son, Alexander
(who learns Chinese at
school), to find out
what her hairdressers are
saying about her at the
salon! Expats will share
many of the experiences
of the author told in
this book, but few will
have heard them told with
more humour and flair.
And Singaporeans will
also find much to enjoy
and laugh over, when
local customs and foibles
are seen anew through the
author`s eyes.
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In December 1941 the
Japanese invaded Burma.
For the British, the
longest land campaign of
the Second World War had
begun. 100, 000 African
soldiers were taken from
Britain`s colonies to
fight the Japanese in the
Burmese jungles. They
performed heroically in
one of the most brutal
theatres of war, yet
their contribution has
been largely ignored.
Isaac Fadoyebo was one of
those `Burma Boys`. At
the age of sixteen he ran
away from his Nigerian
village to join the
British Army. Sent to
Burma, he was attacked
and left for dead in the
jungle by the Japanese.
Sheltered by courageous
local rice farmers,
Isaac spent nine months
in hiding before his
eventual rescue. He
returned to Nigeria a
hero, but his story was
soon forgotten. Barnaby
Phillips travelled to
Nigeria and Burma in
search of Isaac, the
family who saved his
life, and the legacy of
an Empire. Another Man`s
War is Isaac`s story.
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It`s time we got to know
a little more about the
Chinese. Did you know
they don`t eat soup,
they drink it? That their
surnames come before
their first names? That
their good sense is to be
found not in their heads
but in their hearts? Or
that white is their
colour of mourning? This
guide to avoiding the
numerous pitfalls of
Chinese etiquette is both
amusing and informative.
The writer and journalist
Kai Strittmatter lived
and worked in China for
ten years. This amusing,
affectionate and
perceptive book provides
a fascinating guide to
this lively, sociable
and friendly people and
their complex and often
contradictory society. As
the author says: `Be
prepared for everything
when you come to Beijing.
It really is unbelievable
what can happen here`.
The new material in this
edition takes a critical
look at the challenges
posed by this, the next
global superpower.
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Remember Hong Kong for
ever with this exquisite
cut-paper souvenir.
Presented in a beautiful
slipcase, this stunning
memento features twelve
of Hong Kong and
neigbouring Macau`s most
famous sites: Peninsula
Hotel, Tai O, Tian Tan
Buddha, The Peak, Chi
Lin Nunnery, Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition
Centre, Aberdeen
Harbour, Happy Valley
Race Course, Kowloon,
Statue Square, the ruins
of St Paul`s (Macau) and
Guia Fortress (Macau).
Stylishly illustrated and
folding out to a length
of 150 cm, this is a
perfect souvenir for
anyone visiting China`s
bustling cities. Great
things come in small
packages, and buyers
will be amazed at how
much of Hong Kong is
folded into this petite
box. Printed front and
back, twelve famous
sites are featured along
with brief
descriptions/histories in
a concertina. Fully
extended, the cityscape
is almost 5 feet long! It
is an impulse buy; great
for counter displays or
baskets. It can be sold
in travel, novelty and
gift sections. It is a
nice alternative to a
postcard.
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The Japan Travel Map from
Periplus is designed as a
convenient, easy-to-use
tool for travelers.
Created using durable
coated paper, this map
is made to open and fold
multiple times, whether
it`s the entire map that
you want to view or one
panel at a time.Following
highways and byways,
this map will show you
how to maneuver your way
to banks, gardens,
hotels, golf courses,
museums, monuments,
restaurants, churches
and temples, movie
theaters, shopping
centers and more!This 5th
edition includes maps and
plans that are scaled to:
Area Map: Japan 1:2, 200,
000Ryukyu Islands 1:4,
000, 000 Tokyo Area
1:750, 000 Kansai Area
1:250, 000City Plans:
Tokyo 1:17, 500 Kyoto
1:20, 000 Osaka 1:15, 000
Kobe 1:15, 000Periplus
Travel Maps cover most of
the major cities and
travel destinations in
the Asia-Pacific region.
The series includes an
amazing variety of
fascinating destinations,
from the multifaceted
subcontinent of India to
the bustling city-state
of Singapore and the
`western style`
metropolis of Sydney to
the Asian charms of Bali.
All titles are
continuously updated,
ensuring they keep up
with the considerable
changes in this
fast-developing part of
the world. This extensive
geographical reach and
attention to detail mean
that Periplus Travel Maps
are the natural first
choice for anyone
traveling in the region.
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For over a decade Tony
Kitous has been Britain`s
most passionate provider
of contemporary Lebanese
and North African food.
His restaurants were the
first in London to merge
traditional Arabic
cooking with easy
contemporary eating.
There are now five
Comptoir Libanais
restaurants in London
with six more planned in
the next 18 months. The
success of Comptoir
Libanais restaurants
centres on an easy,
relaxed cafe-style of
food: light Arabic home
cooking mixed with
familiar bistro flavours
and techniques. Tony
Kitous` recipes combine
fresh vibrant vegetable
dishes with simple
grills, flat breads,
grains, herb salads and
dips. Pastries are richly
flavoured and delicate,
made with syrups and
spices. Absolutely the
menu for today and
adaptable for the home
cook. Containing eighty
recipes, each one with a
full-page photograph,
Comptoir Libanais makes
achieving a great result
easy at home. Tony
Kitous` approach and
shortcuts inspire new
ways to prepare
readily-available
ingredients: big on
spices, fresh herbs and
bright citrus flavours
drawn from traditional
Arabic cooking.The book
is strong on vegetarian
and vegan dishes,
alongside simple grilled
or poached meats, fish
and beautiful sauces that
are quick to prepare or
make in advance. If you
want a quick snack for
yourself, or an
extraordinary celebration
feast, all the how-to
you`ll need is here.
Bringing together the
passion of owner Tony
Kitous, the
extraordinary designs of
award-winning graphic
artist Rana Salam, and
bestselling author and
photographer Dan Lepard,
the Comptoir Libanais
cookbook blends a vibrant
culinary tradition with
modern flavours and
cooking methods.
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It is often the smallest
details of daily life
that tell us the most.
And so it is under
occupation in Palestine.
What most of us take for
granted has to be
carefully thought about
and planned for: When
will the post be allowed
to get through? Will
there be enough water for
the bath tonight? How
shall I get rid of the
rubbish collecting
outside? How much time
should I allow for the
journey to visit my
cousin, going through
checkpoints? And big
questions too: Is working
with left-wing Israelis
collaborating or not?
What affect will the Arab
Spring have on the future
of Palestine? What can
anyone do to bring about
change? Are any of life`s
pleasures untouched by
politics?
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An in-depth, personal
journey around Japan`s
whisky
distilleries.Award-winning
author and Japanese
whisky expert, Dave
Broom, tells their story
and unveils the
philosophy that lies
behind this fascinating
whisky culture, and how
it relates to many
Japanese concepts. Dave
looks at the history and
output of each
distillery, considering
the elements that make
that particular whisky
what it is, and
including tasting notes.
Features on aspects of
Japanese life and culture
that are crucial to a
wider understanding,
from the importance of
the seasons to the role
of craftsmanship, add to
the picture. And
interwoven throughout the
book is the fascinating
narrative of the journey
across Japan which Dave
made with photographer
Kohei Take, offering
further insight into the
country which creates
this wonderful drink and
making this a must-have
edition for any whisky
lover, whisky drinker,
whisky collector or
Japanophile.
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This easy-to-use
identification guide to
the 280 butterfly species
most commonly seen in
India is perfect for
resident and visitor
alike.High quality
photographs from India`s
top nature photographers
are accompanied by
detailed species
descriptions, which
include nomenclature,
size, distribution,
habits and habitat.The
user-friendly
introduction covers
geography and climate,
vegetation,
opportunities for
naturalists and the main
sites for viewing the
listed species.Also
included is an
all-important checklist
of all of the butterflies
of India encompassing,
for each species, its
common and scientific
name, its status in the
country as well as its
global IUCN status as at
2015.
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A journey into Japan`s
fabled running culture
from the award-winning
author of Running With
The Kenyans Welcome to
Japan, the most
running-obsessed nation
on earth, a place
where...A 135-mile relay
race is the country`s
biggest annual sporting
event. Thousands of
professional runners
compete for corporate
teams in some of the most
competitive races in the
world. Marathon monks run
a thousand marathons in a
thousand days to reach
spiritual enlightenment.
Adharanand Finn -
award-winning author of
Running With The Kenyans
- spent six months
immersed in this unique
running culture to
discover what it might
teach us about the sport
and about Japan. As an
amateur runner about to
turn 40, he also hoped
to find out whether the
Japanese approach to
training might help him
run faster. What he
learned - about
competition, team work,
form, chasing personal
bests, and about himself
- will fascinate anyone
keen to explore why we
run, and how we might do
it better.
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This TV tie-in cookbook
to THE HAIRY BIKERS`
ASIAN ADVENTURE BBC
series, airing in 2014,
follows the boys` dream
trip - a journey through
Asia to discover the
secrets of some of the
world`s most inspiring
cuisines. The boys
travelled to Hong Kong,
Japan, Thailand and
Korea, sampling and
preparing every kind of
food they could lay their
hands on - from great
home cooking to
sensational street
snacks. Along the way
they`ve learned loads
about their favourite
food, as well as honing
their Asian cooking
skills, and now they`ve
brought home the very
best recipes for us all
to try. Si and Dave are
truly passionate about
these amazing recipes.
These dishes are their
favourites; they are
speedy, easy to make and
packed with flavour.
What`s more, many are
nice and healthy too, so
won`t bust the diet! So,
it`s time to rock your
wok and join the boys on
their culinary Asian
adventure...
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Described as `a
masterpiece` by critics,
this remarkable book
tells the story of war
through the lives,
heartbreaks and deaths of
a single family. If you
loved The English Patient
or Rohinton Mistry`s Fine
Balance or Katherine
Boo`s Behind the
Beautiful Forevers, you
will love this book.
Three young men gazed at
him from silver-framed
photographs in his
grandmother`s house,
`beheld but not noticed,
as angels are in a frieze
full of mortal
strugglers`. They had all
been in the Second World
War, a fact that
surprised him. Indians
had never figured in his
idea of the war, nor the
war in his idea of India
- and he thought that he
had a good idea of both.
One of them, Bobby,
even looked a bit like
him, but Raghu Karnad
had not noticed until he
was the same age as they
were in their
photo-frames. Then he
learned about the Parsi
boy from the sleepy south
Indian coast, so eager
to follow his
brothers-in-law into the
colonial forces and onto
the front line. Manek,
dashing and confident,
was a pilot with India`s
fledgling air force;
gentle Ganny became an
army doctor in the arid
North-West
Frontier.Bobby`s pursuit
would carry him as far as
the deserts of Iraq and
the green hell of the
Burma battlefront. The
years 1939-45 might be
the most revered,
deplored and replayed in
modern history. Yet
India`s extraordinary
role has been concealed,
from itself and from the
world. In riveting prose,
Karnad retrieves the
story of a single family
- a story of love,
rebellion, loyalty and
uncertainty - and with
it, the greatest
revelation that is
India`s Second World War.
Farthest Field narrates
the lost epic of India`s
war, in which the
largest volunteer army in
history fought for the
British Empire, even as
its countrymen fought to
be free of it. It carries
us from Madras to
Peshawar, Egypt to Burma
- unfolding the saga of a
young family amazed by
their swiftly changing
world and swept up in its
violence.
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Gain some new ideas along
with the principles and
history of Japanese stone
gardening with this
useful and beautiful
garden design book.
Japanese Stone Gardens
provides a comprehensive
introduction to the
powerful mystique and
dynamism of the Japanese
stone garden from their
earliest use as props in
animistic rituals, to
their appropriation by
Zen monks and priests to
create settings conducive
to contemplation and
finally to their
contemporary uses and
meaning. With insightful
text and abundant
imagery, this book
reveals the hidden order
of stone gardens and in
the process heightens the
enthusiast`s appreciation
of them. The Japanese
stone garden is an art
form recognized around
the globe. These gardens
provide tranquil settings
where visitors can shed
the burdens and stresses
of modern existence,
satisfy an age-old
yearning for solitude and
repose, and experience
the restorative power of
art and nature. For this
reason the value of the
Japanese stone garden
today is arguably even
greater than when many of
them were created.Fifteen
gardens are featured in
this book, some well
known, such as the
famous temple gardens of
Kyoto, others less so,
among them gardens spread
through the south of
Honshu Island and the
southern islands of
Shikoku and Kyushu and in
faraway Okinawa.
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The riveting story of two
sisters, one raised in
the United States, the
other in South Korea,
and the family that bound
them together even as the
Korean War kept them
apart`A gorgeous
achievement` Min Jin Lee,
author of
Pachinko`Graceful,
poignant and moving` Viet
Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of
The SympathizerIn 1948
Najin and Calvin Cho,
with their young daughter
Miran, travel from South
Korea to the United
States in search of new
opportunities. Wary of
the challenges ahead,
Najin and Calvin make the
difficult decision to
leave their other
daughter, Inja, behind
with their extended
family; soon, they hope,
they will return to her.
But then war breaks out
in Korea, and there is
no end in sight to the
separation. Miran grows
up in prosperous American
suburbia, under the
shadow of the daughter
left behind, as Inja
grapples in her war-torn
land with ties to a
family she doesn`t
remember. Najin and
Calvin desperately seek a
reunion with Inja, but
are the bonds of love
strong enough to
reconnect their family
over distance, time and
war? And as deep family
secrets are revealed,
will everything they long
for be upended? Told
through the alternating
perspectives of the
distanced sisters, and
inspired by a true story,
The Kinship of Secrets
explores the cruelty of
war, the power of hope,
and what it means to be a
sister.
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Bangladesh is the world`s
eighth most populous
country. It has more
inhabitants than either
Russia or Japan, and its
national language,
Bengali, ranks sixth in
the world in terms of
native speakers. Founded
in 1971, Bangladesh is a
relatively young nation,
but the Bengal Delta
region has been a major
part of international
life for more than 2, 000
years, whether as an
important location for
trade or through its
influence on Buddhist,
Hindu, and Muslim life.
Yet the country rarely
figures in global affairs
or media, except in
stories about floods,
poverty, or political
turmoil. The Bangladesh
Reader does what those
portrayals do not: It
illuminates the rich
historical, cultural,
and political
permutations that have
created contemporary
Bangladesh, and it
conveys a sense of the
aspirations and daily
lives of Bangladeshis.
Intended for travelers,
students, and scholars,
the Reader encompasses
first-person accounts,
short stories,
historical documents,
speeches, treaties,
essays, poems, songs,
photographs, cartoons,
paintings, posters,
advertisements, maps,
and a recipe.Classic
selections familiar to
many Bangladeshis - and
essential reading for
those who want to know
the country - are
juxtaposed with
less-known pieces. The
selections are translated
from a dozen languages;
many have not been
available in English
until now. Featuring 100
images, including
seventeen in color, The
Bangladesh Reader is an
unprecedented,
comprehensive
introduction to the South
Asian country`s turbulent
past and vibrant present.
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DEALING WITH CHINA takes
the reader behind closed
doors to witness the
creation and evolution
and future of China`s
state-controlled
capitalism. Hank Paulson
has dealt with China
unlike any other
foreigner. As head of
Goldman Sachs, Paulson
had a pivotal role in
opening up China to
private enterprise. Then,
as Treasury secretary,
he created the Strategic
Economic Dialogue with
what is now the world`s
second-largest economy.
While negotiating with
China on needed economic
reforms, he safeguarded
the teetering U.S.
financial system. Over
his career, Paulson has
worked with scores of top
Chinese leaders,
including Xi Jinping,
China`s most powerful man
in decades. In DEALING
WITH CHINA, Paulson
draws on his
unprecedented access to
modern China`s political
and business elite,
including its three most
recent heads of state,
to answer several key
questions: How did China
become an economic
superpower so quickly?
How does business really
get done there? What are
the best ways for Western
business and political
leaders to work with,
compete with, and
benefit from China?How
can the West negotiate
with and influence China
given its authoritarian
rule, its massive
environmental concerns,
and its huge population`s
unrelenting demands for
economic growth and
security? Written in an
anecdote-rich,
page-turning style,
DEALING WITH CHINA is
certain to become the
classic and definitive
examination of unlocking,
building, and engaging
an economic superpower.
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From our new series the
Silk Series we bring
internationally acclaimed
author Hideo Dekura who
has taught Japanese
cooking all over the
world to students and
chefs working in 5 star
restuarants on the
techinques of cooking
Japanese cusine. This
series covers step by
step instructions and
photographs on how easy
Japanese Cuisine is to
make. Each book features
over 60 recipes and a
silk band cover.
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In August 1979
twenty-seven-year-old
Mike Trueman set sail
from the south-west coast
of Wales, en route to
Cornwall. The young army
helicopter pilot was
helping to move his
friend`s yacht from
Northern Ireland to the
south coast of England.
But as they sailed out
into the Irish Sea, the
sky turned progressively
darker and the winds
gathered pace. Over the
next twenty-four hours
the two young sailors
battled to survive
force-10 gales in what
became known as the
Fastnet disaster and
which claimed the lives
of fifteen sailors off
the coast of
Ireland.Almost seventeen
years later, Trueman was
at Camp 2 at 6, 400
metres on Mount Everest
as the May 1996 tragedy
unfolded high above him.
As stricken guides,
clients and Sherpas tried
to survive the fierce
storms which engulfed the
upper mountain, Trueman
was able to descend and -
using his twenty-four
years of experience as an
officer in the British
Army - coordinate the
rescue effort from Base
Camp. The Storms is the
remarkable memoir of a
British Army Gurkha
officer. Trueman, a
veteran of twenty
expeditions to the
Himalaya, gives a candid
account of life inside
expeditions to the
highest mountain in the
world.He gives a unique
personal perspective on
the 1996 Everest storm,
as well as on the fateful
day in May 1999 when
Briton Mike Matthews
disappeared high on the
mountain after he and
Trueman had summited.
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A sweeping,
breath-taking story of
love and betrayal from
the Number One Sunday
Times bestselling author
of The Tea Planter`s
WifeCeylon, 1935. Louisa
Reeve, the daughter of a
successful British gem
trader, and her husband
Elliot, a charming,
thrill-seeking
businessman, seem like
the couple who have it
all. Except what they
long for more than
anything: a child.While
Louisa struggles with
miscarriages, Elliot is
increasingly absent,
spending much of his time
at a nearby cinnamon
plantation, overlooking
the Indian ocean. After
his sudden death, Louisa
is left alone to solve
the mystery he left
behind. Revisiting the
plantation at Cinnamon
Hills, she finds herself
unexpectedly drawn
towards the owner Leo, a
rugged outdoors man with
a chequered past. The
plantation casts a spell,
but all is not as it
seems. And when Elliot`s
shocking betrayal is
revealed, Louisa has
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The Arab Revolt against
the Turks in World War
One was, in the words of
T.E. Lawrence, `a
sideshow of a sideshow`.
Amidst the slaughter in
European trenches, the
Western combatants paid
scant attention to the
Middle Eastern theatre.
As a result, the
conflict was shaped to a
remarkable degree by a
small handful of
adventurers and low-level
officers far removed from
the corridors of power.
At the centre of it all
was Lawrence. In early
1914 he was an
archaeologist excavating
ruins in the sands of
Syria; by 1917 he was
battling both the enemy
and his own government to
bring about the vision he
had for the Arab people.
Operating in the Middle
East at the same time,
but to wildly different
ends, were three other
important players: a
German attache, an
American oilman and a
committed Zionist. The
intertwined paths of
these four young men -
the schemes they put in
place, the battles they
fought, the betrayals
they endured and
committed - mirror the
grandeur, intrigue and
tragedy of the war in the
desert.
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The lost civilization of
Angkor left no written
records, leaving only
ancient stones to tell
the tale. The Story of
Angkor exposes the
history of this
once-mighty Southeast
Asian empire through the
secrets hidden inside the
temples and buildings
located around the city
of Siem Reap. Written in
a concise, accessible
style, with photos and
maps, The Story of
Angkor presents an
in-depth analysis of the
ancient Angkor
civilization that will
appeal to both readers
and travelers. Jame
DiBiasio is the founding
editor of Asian Investor
magazine and website.
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Tanjore, 1765. Young
Maya plays among the
towering granite temples
of this ancient city in
the heart of southern
India. Like her mother
before her, she is
destined to become a
devadasi, a dancer for
the temple. She is
instructed in dance, the
mystical arts and
lovemaking. It is
expected she will be
chosen as a courtesan for
the prince himself. But
as Maya comes of age,
India is on the cusp of
change and British
dominance has risen to
new heights. Far from
home, the East India
Company is acting like a
country in its own right
and the British troops
are more of a rabble than
the King`s army. The
prince is losing his
power and the city is
sliding into war. Maya is
forced to flee her
ancestral home and heads
to the bustling port city
of Madras, where East
and West collide. In this
new home, Maya
captivates all who watch
her dance, including
Thomas Pearce, an
ambitious young
Englishman who has
travelled to India to
make his fortune. But
their love is forbidden
and comes at enormous
cost. Weaving together
the uneasy meeting of two
cultures, The Pagoda
Tree is a captivating
story of love, loss,
fate and exile in
18th-century India.
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From the 9/11 attacks to
waterboarding to drone
strikes, relations
between the United States
and the Middle East seem
caught in a downward
spiral. And all too
often, the Central
Intelligence Agency has
made the situation worse.
But this crisis was not a
historical
inevitability--far from
it. Indeed, the earliest
generation of CIA
operatives was actually
the region`s staunchest
western ally. In
America`s Great Game,
celebrated intelligence
historian Hugh Wilford
reveals the surprising
history of the CIA`s
pro-Arab operations in
the 1940s and 50s by
tracing the work of the
agency`s three most
influential--and
colorful--officers in the
Middle East. Kermit
”Kim” Roosevelt was
the grandson of Theodore
Roosevelt and the first
head of CIA covert action
in the region; his
cousin, Archie
Roosevelt, was a Middle
East scholar and chief of
the Beirut station. The
two Roosevelts joined
combined forces with
Miles Copeland, a
maverick covert
operations specialist who
had joined the American
intelligence
establishment during
World War II.With their
deep knowledge of Middle
Eastern affairs, the
three men were heirs to
an American missionary
tradition that engaged
Arabs and Muslims with
respect and empathy. Yet
they were also fascinated
by imperial intrigue,
and were eager to play a
modern rematch of the
”Great Game, ” the
nineteenth-century
struggle between Britain
and Russia for control
over central Asia.
Despite their good
intentions, these
”Arabists” propped up
authoritarian regimes,
attempted secretly to
sway public opinion in
America against support
for the new state of
Israel, and staged coups
that irrevocably
destabilized the nations
with which they
empathized. Their
efforts, and ultimate
failure, would shape the
course of U.S.--Middle
Eastern relations for
decades to come. Based on
a vast array of
declassified government
records, private papers,
and personal interviews,
America`s Great Game
tells the riveting story
of the merry band of CIA
officers whose spy games
forever changed U.S.
foreign policy.
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As a civil war shatters a
country and consumes its
people, historian
Christian Sahner offers a
poignant account of
Syria, where the past
profoundly shapes its
dreadful present. Among
the Ruins blends history,
memoir and reportage,
drawing on the author`s
extensive knowledge of
Syria in ancient,
medieval, and modern
times, as well as his
experiences living in the
Levant on the eve of the
war and in the midst of
the `Arab Spring`. These
plotlines converge in a
rich narrative of a
country in constant flux
-- a place renewed by the
very shifts that, in the
near term, are proving
so destructive. Sahner
focuses on five themes of
interest to anyone
intrigued and dismayed by
Syria`s fragmentation
since 2011: the role of
Christianity in society;
the arrival of Islam; the
rise of sectarianism and
competing minorities; the
emergence of the Ba`ath
Party; and the current
pitiless civil war. Among
the Ruins is a brisk and
illuminating read, an
accessible introduction
to a country with an
enormously rich past and
a tragic present. For
anyone seeking to
understand Syria, this
book should be their
starting point.
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Winner of the Hay
Festival Award for
ProseWinner of the 2016
IWMF Courage in
Journalism
AwardShortlisted for the
New York Public Library`s
Helen Bernstein
Excellence in Journalism
AwardShortlisted for the
2017 Moore Prize for
Non-Fiction Literature In
May of 2012, Janine di
Giovanni travelled to
Syria, marking the
beginning of a long
relationship with the
country, as she began
reporting from both sides
of the conflict,
witnessing its descent
into one of the most
brutal, internecine
conflicts in recent
history. Drawn to the
stories of ordinary
people caught up in the
fighting, Syria came to
consume her every moment,
her every
emotion.Speaking to those
directly involved in the
war, di Giovanni relays
the personal stories of
rebel fighters thrown in
jail at the least
provocation; of children
and families forced to
watch loved ones taken
and killed by regime
forces with dubious
justifications; and the
stories of the elite,
holding pool parties in
Damascus hotels, trying
to deny the human
consequences of the
nearby shelling.Delivered
with passion,
fearlessness and
sensitivity, The Morning
They Came for Us is an
unflinching account of a
nation on the brink of
disintegration, charting
an apocalyptic but at
times tender story of
life in a jihadist war -
and an unforgettable
testament to human
resilience in the face of
devastating,
unimaginable horrors.
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This collection of rare
and vintage postcards
offers a unique look at a
vanished China and its
storied capital.
Comprising 355
black-and-white and
hand-tinted Beijing
photography postcards
that span the period from
the last years of
Imperial China to the
Japanese invasion of
1937, it is a treasure
trove for buffs of
Beijing history,
collectors, Sinophiles,
and anyone fascinated by
people and cultures from
times past. Readers will
enjoy the wide selection
of images showing
different aspects of the
life of old Peking from
the arrival of a camel
train at a city gate to
hand-coloured views of
the Forbidden City and an
array of vendors, street
performers, officials,
gentry, commoners, and
foreign tourists. Several
chapters present the
city`s distinctive
Beijing architecture its
walls and gates, towers,
fountains, temples,
pagodas, memorial
arches, and public or
imperial buildings,
including the Summer and
Winter Palaces and the
Ming Tombs. Other
chapters of Chinese
photography look at the
Manchu rulers, street
life, the Legation
Quarter and Western
presence, and the Great
Wall. Included are some
rare scenes depicting the
aftermath of the Boxer
Rebellion and 1911
revolution Manchu
fashion, colourful means
of transportation, and
the coming of the
railroad. Of particular
note are images of the
Empress Dowager, the
child emperor Puyi, and
other personalities at
the Manchu Court. The
book also includes eight
colour postcards of
paintings by the famous
artist Carl Wuttke and
rare cards showing etched
drawings of the Old
Summer Palace now only a
field of ruins. The
author, who was born and
lived in China before
1949, has written an
informative introduction
to each chapter as well
as a general introduction
to classical Beijing. A
foreword by historian and
Beijing expert Susan
Naquin situates this
collection at once as a
precious record of old
Peking and a revealing
snapshot of Western views
of China in the first
golden age of tourism.
Old Beijing: Postcards
from the Imperial City
offers a visual time
capsule of both Beijing`s
history and traditional
Chinese culture in a
unique and revealing
postcard format.
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Dr Ernest Cromwell Peake
was the first medical
missionary to arrive in
the region of Hankow,
inland China, and he had
to overcome significant
obstacles in the building
and establishment of his
hospital, as well as the
intense hostility of the
Chinese towards
foreigners and towards
Western medical practice.
He succeeded in his
endeavour, and during
his time in China he also
married and had two
children, one of whom
was the writer and artist
Mervyn Peake, whose
first 12 years were spent
there. Dr Peake wrote his
memories of this period
many years later when he
had returned with his
family to England,
recording his arrival,
his impressions of the
Chinese, and the story
of his establishment of a
hospital. He also
witnessed the historic
events of the Chinese
Revolution in 1911, the
overthrow of the Qing
Dynasty and the Boxer
Rebellion. The memoirs
provide a fascinating
account of a Westerner in
China at the turn of the
last century. Of equal
interest is the influence
of the China years on Dr
Peake`s son Mervyn, who
was born in China and
went on to become one of
the most talented British
writers and artists of
the twentieth century.An
introduction by the
renowned biographer
Hilary Spurling explores
the connection between
Mervyn Peake`s years in
China and his Gormenghast
novels.
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Born against a background
of privation and civil
war, divided along lines
of caste, class,
language and religion,
independent India
emerged, somehow, as a
united and democratic
country. Ramachandra
Guha`s hugely acclaimed
book tells the full story
- the pain and the
struggle, the
humiliations and the
glories - of the world`s
largest and least likely
democracy.While India is
sometimes the most
exasperating country in
the world, it is also
the most interesting.
Ramachandra Guha writes
compellingly of the
myriad protests and
conflicts that have
peppered the history of
free India. Moving
between history and
biography, the story of
modern India is peopled
with extraordinary
characters. Guha gives
fresh insights into the
lives and public careers
of those long-serving
Prime Ministers,
Jawaharlal Nehru and
Indira Gandhi. But the
book also writes with
feeling and sensitivity
about lesser-known
(though not necessarily
less important) Indians -
peasants, tribals,
women, workers and
musicians.Massively
researched and elegantly
written, India After
Gandhi is a remarkable
account of India`s
rebirth, and a work
already hailed as a
masterpiece of single
volume history. This
tenth anniversary
edition, published to
coincide with seventy
years of India`s
independence, is revised
and expanded to bring the
narrative up to the
present.
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Leap & Hop India By
Isabelle Demenge
Illustration by Emilie
SarnelLeap & Hop is a
series of travel books
written especially for
children by Isabelle
Demenge with
illustrations by Emilie
Sarnel. The idea of the
series is to turn a
”grown-up” trip into
a fun adventure for
children. These
interactive books aim at
getting children to
discover new places and
learn about other
cultures through
interesting information
as well as games and
activities. For parents,
the books provide an
ideal way to stick to a
grown-up itinerary with a
focus on cultural sites,
and to create an
unforgettable travel
experience for their
children. As kids play
along by drawing,
writing, and collecting
items of interest
throughout the journey,
they`ll find themselves
creating a very personal
souvenir as the book is
transformed into a travel
scrapbook for them to
keep. Leap & Hop India
focuses on Agra and
Rajasthan. Kids can learn
to distinguish between
history and myths
surrounding the Taj
Mahal, go on a scavenger
hunt in the palaces of
maharajahs in Udaipur,
write their name in
Hindi, and read about
the palace intrigues of
the Mughal emperors,
among others.
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One of Vikas Khanna`s
favorite places in the
world growing up was the
garden he and his
grandmother planted at
their home in Amritsar,
India. He would rush home
from school to tend to
the aromatic basil and
cardamom, tomatoes,
peas, and squash. His
intimate knowledge of
spices and produce would
guide him on his journey
to become the
Michelin-starred chef at
one of New York`s most
highly regarded Indian
restaurants, Junoon. And
this knowledge of
nature`s bounty and its
seasons informs his
inspiring and beautiful
cookbook, in which
vegetables are the star
ingredients. Vegetables
have always been integral
to Indian cuisine, and
Khanna`s dishes expertly
showcase their natural
goodness, their flavor
and color and hidden
nuances. Khanna brings
together traditional
recipes, handed down
over generations,
alongside exciting new
ones--for soups, salads,
and starters; main
courses; rice dishes and
lentil dishes; breads;
condiments; desserts; and
drinks. Though the
flavors are complex, the
recipes are written to be
simple and inviting, to
encourage seasonal
substitutions and
experimentation. Vikas
Khanna`s love of food and
culture, his enthusiasm
and warm hospitality
shines on every
page.Bursting with 125
recipes and more than 200
color photographs from
Michael Swamy and Khanna
himself, Indian Harvest
opens a new world of
inspiration to
vegetarians and omnivores
alike.
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An astonishing record of
the knowledge of a
civilization, The
Ultimate Ambition in the
Arts of Erudition
catalogues everything
known to exist from the
perspective of a
14th-century Egyptian
scholar and litterateur.
More than 9, 000 pages
and 30 volumes--here
abridged to one volume,
and translated into
English for the first
time--it contains entries
on everything from
medieval moon-worshiping
cults, sexual
aphrodisiacs, and the
substance of clouds, to
how to get the smell of
alcohol off one`s breath,
the deliciousness of
cheese made from buffalo
milk, and the nesting
habits of flamingos.
Similar works by Western
authors, including
Pliny`s Natural History,
have been available in
English for centuries.
This ground-breaking
translation of a
remarkable Arabic
text--expertly abridged
and annotated--offers a
look at the world through
the highly literary and
impressively
knowledgeable societies
of the classical Islamic
world. Meticulously
arranged and delightfully
eclectic, it is a
compendium to be
treasured--a true
monument of erudition.
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When FIFA awarded the
tiny desert state of
Qatar the rights to host
the 2022 World Cup, the
news was greeted with
disbelief and allegations
of corruption. How had a
country with almost no
football infrastructure
or tradition, a high
terror risk and searing
summer temperatures of
50C beaten more
established countries
with stronger bids? The
story behind the Qatari
success soon developed
into one of the greatest
sporting scandals of our
time. And when the Sunday
TimesInsight team
received a cache of
hundreds of millions of
documents from a
whistleblower, the
contents of the FIFA
Files became a global
sensation, unearthing
the corruption that lay
at the heart of the
bidding process. Now in
this remarkable new book
by the Sunday
Timesjournalists at the
centre of the
investigation, Heidi
Blake and Jonathan
Calvert, comes the most
comprehensive account yet
of what happened and who
was involved. Above all,
it explains why, despite
all the evidence, FIFA
under Sepp Blatter
continues to support
Qatar - even to the
extent of publishing an
edited and abbreviated
report into the process
that was immediately
denounced by its original
author.Longlisted for the
William Hill Sports Book
of the Year, The Ugly
Gameis undoubtedly the
biggest sporting story of
our times.
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Soon to be a major film,
co-written and directed
by Angelina Jolie
PittUntil the age of
five, Loung Ung lived in
Phnom Penh, one of seven
children of a
high-ranking government
official. She was a
precocious child who
loved the open city
markets, fried crickets,
chicken fights and being
cheeky to her
parents.When Pol Pot`s
Khmer Rouge army stormed
into Phnom Penh in April
1975, Loung`s family
fled their home and were
eventually forced to
disperse to survive.
Loung was trained as a
child soldier while her
brothers and sisters were
sent to labour camps. The
surviving siblings were
only finally reunited
after the Vietnamese
penetrated Cambodia and
started to destroy the
Khmer Rouge.Bolstered by
the bravery of one
brother, the vision of
the others and the gentle
kindness of her sister,
Loung forged on to create
for herself a courageous
new life.First They
Killed My Father is an
unforgettable book told
through the voice of the
young and fearless Loung.
It is a shocking and
tragic tale of a girl who
was determined to survive
despite the odds.
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At the time of Burma`s
military coup in 1962,
Wendy Law-Yone was
fifteen. A year later,
her father Ed Law-Yone,
daredevil proprietor of
The Nation newspaper,
was arrested and his
newspaper shut down.
Eventually, Wendy was
herself briefly
imprisoned before
managing to escape the
country. Ed would spend
five years as a political
prisoner. But from the
moment he was freed he
set about forming a
government-in-exile in
neighbouring Thailand.
There he tried,
unsuccessfully, to stage
a revolution. Yet even
after emigrating to
America, he never gave
up hope for the
restoration of democracy
in Burma. He died
disappointed - but not
before placing in his
daughter`s hands an
extraordinary bequest. Ed
had asked Wendy for help
in editing his papers,
but year after year she
avoided the daunting
task. When at last she
found the confidence to
take up the neglected
manuscript, she
discovered a captivating
saga. Here was the
forceful testimony of an
ambitious, audacious,
idiosyncratic and above
all determined patriot
whose career had spanned
Burma under colonial
rule, under Japanese
occupation, through the
turbulence of the
post-war years, and into
the catastrophe of a
military dictatorship.The
result of this discovery
is Golden Parasol: a
unique portrait of Burma,
a nation whose
vicissitudes continue to
intrigue the world. It is
also a powerfully
evocative family memoir:
a daughter`s journey of
reconciliation that
illuminates the twin
histories of country and
kin.
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As a young boy, Raja
Shehadeh was entranced by
a forbidden Israeli
postage stamp in his
uncle`s album, intrigued
by tales of a green land
beyond the border.He
couldn`t have known then
what Israel would come to
mean to him, or to
foresee the future
occupation of his home in
Palestine. Later, as a
young lawyer, he worked
to halt land seizures and
towards peace and justice
in the region. During
this time, he made close
friends with several
young Jewish Israelis,
including fellow thinker
and searcher Henry. But
as life became
increasingly unbearable
under in the Palestinian
territories, it was
impossible to escape
politics or the past,
and even the strongest
friendships and hopes
were put to the test.
Brave, intelligent and
deeply controversial, in
this book award-winning
author Raja Shehadeh
explores the devastating
effect of occupation on
even the most intimate
aspects of life. Looking
back over decades of
political turmoil, he
traces the impact on the
fragile bonds of
friendship across the
Israel-Palestine border,
and asks whether those
considered bitter enemies
can come together to
forge a common future.
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Is `Romeo and Juliet`
really a love story, or
is it a play about young
people living in
dangerous circumstances?
How might life under
occupation produce a new
reading of `Julius
Caesar`? What choices
must a group of
Palestinian students
make, when putting on a
play which has Jewish
protagonists? And why
might a young Palestinian
student refuse to read?
For five months at the
start of 2013, Tom
Sperlinger taught English
literature at the Abu Dis
campus of Al-Quds
University in the
Occupied West Bank. In
this account of the
semester, Sperlinger
explores his students`
encounters with works
from `Hamlet` and `The
Yellow Wallpaper` to
Kafka and Malcolm X. By
placing stories from the
classroom alongside
anecdotes about life in
the West Bank,
Sperlinger shows how his
own ideas about
literature and teaching
changed during his time
in Palestine, and asks
what such encounters
might reveal about the
nature of pedagogy and
the role of a university
under occupation.
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As a young boy, Raja
Shehadeh was entranced by
a forbidden Israeli
postage stamp in his
uncle`s album, intrigued
by tales of a green land
beyond the border.
Impossible then to know
what Israel would come to
mean to him, or to
foresee the future
occupation of his home in
Palestine. Later, as a
young lawyer, he worked
to halt land seizures and
towards peace and justice
in the region, and made
close friends with
several young Israelis.
But as life became
increasingly unbearable
under Occupation, and
horizons shrank, it was
impossible to escape
politics or the past,
and friendships and hopes
were put to the test.
Brave, intelligent and
deeply controversial, in
Where the Line is Drawn
award-winning author Raja
Shehadeh explores the
devastating effect of
Occupation on even the
most intimate aspects of
life. Looking back over
decades of political
turmoil, Shehadeh traces
the impact on the fragile
bonds of friendship
across the
Israel-Palestine border,
and asks whether those
considered bitter enemies
can come together to
forge a common future.
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Publishers Weekly`s Top
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2015 Pomegranates and
pistachios. Floral waters
and cinnamon. Bulgur
wheat, lentils, and
succulent lamb. These
lush flavors of Maureen
Abood`s childhood,
growing up as a
Lebanese-American in
Michigan, inspired
Maureen to launch her
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Here she revisits the
recipes she was reared
on, exploring her
heritage through its
most-beloved foods and
chronicling her riffs on
traditional cuisine. Her
colorful culinary guides,
from grandparents to
parents, cousins, and
aunts, come alive in her
stories like the heady
aromas of the dishes
passed from their hands
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approach that makes the
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more than 100
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will delight readers with
their evocative flavors:
Spiced Lamb Kofta
Burgers, Avocado
Tabbouleh in Little Gems,
and Pomegranate Rose
Sorbet. Weaved throughout
are the stories of
Maureen`s
Lebanese-American
upbringing, the path
that led her to culinary
school and to launch her
blog, and life in Harbor
Springs, her lakeside
Michigan town.
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A Buddhist monk takes up
arms to resist the
Chinese invasion of Tibet
- then spends the rest of
his life trying to atone
for the violence by hand
printing the best prayer
flags in India. A Jain
nun tests her powers of
detachment as she watches
her best friend ritually
starve herself to death.
Nine people, nine lives;
each one taking a
different religious path,
each one an
unforgettable story.
William Dalrymple delves
deep into the heart of a
nation torn between the
relentless onslaught of
modernity and the ancient
traditions that endure to
this day. LONGLISTED FOR
THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON
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In this culinary
exploration of the
Mediterranean, Middle
East, and North Africa,
Diana Henry has gathered
together dishes that
combine exotic flavours
in ways long forgotten -
or never discovered - in
many Western kitchens.
Colourful, aromatic and
perfumed ingredients,
from leathery
pomegranates, with their
insides bursting with
ruby seeds, to
flower-waters that allow
you to drink in the scent
of a garden, combine to
bring an intoxicating
whiff of the exotic to
your table and pleasure
to your kitchen. The core
ingredients of these
cuisines are increasingly
available so dishes such
as Chermoula-marinated
Tuna, Fennel,
Pomegranate and Feta
Salad, and Lavender,
Orange and Almond Cake
are both delicious and
accessible to cook.
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This is a complete,
two-volume set of one of
the greatest books on
19th century Japanese
history and culture.
Though Lafcadio Hearn
went on to write a dozen
more books on Japan,
this collection of first
impressions remains his
most popular. Among the
reasons is that here,
more than anywhere else,
the author most vividly
captured a place that so
affected him that he
stayed for the rest of
his life. The modern
reader can still,
through these pages,
experience that first
charm of Japan,
intangible and volatile
as a perfume. Glimpses of
Unfamiliar Japan combines
two volumes of a work
that first appeared in
1894. In the pages of
this book are the
customs, the
superstitions, the
charming scenery, the
revelations of Japanese
character, and all the
other elements that
Lafcadio Hearn found so
bewitching. Here, for
example, are essays on
such subjects as the
Japanese garden, the
household shrine, the
festivals, and the
bewildering Japanese
smile; all aspects of
Japanese life that have
endured in spite of the
changes that have taken
place during the
modernization of
Japan.The Japanese
character and the
Japanese tradition are
still fundamentally the
same as Hearn found them
to be, and for this
reason his writing is
still extremely revealing
to modern readers. This
edition also contains a
new foreword by noted
writer and examiner of
Japanese culture Donnie
Richie that puts Lafcadio
Hearn and his classic
works into perspective
for readers just
discovering Hearn`s
writing for the first
time.
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In his first book,
Hussien Dekmak opens the
door to his country`s
food and traditions with
over 100 delicious,
authentic recipes that
you can cook at home.
With emphasis on fresh
ingredients and aromatic
spices, Lebanese food
reflects the healthy
Mediterranean diet, with
an abundance of fresh
vegetables, olive oil,
garlic, fish, lamb,
chicken and grains.
Hussien shows how you can
cater for all tastes and
appetites by putting
different dishes together
from chapters on Soups,
Salads, Hot and Cold
Starters, Main Dishes,
Barbecues, Sweets and
Drinks.
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The Legendary Cuisine of
Persia is an original and
fascinating cookery book
which will provide
stimulation to all the
senses. The book won the
Glenfiddich award and was
first published by Grub
Street in 2000, since
when it has never been
out of print, and is
justly regarded as a
classic. It is now
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colour photographs
throughout.Persian
cooking is one of the
oldest and greatest
cuisines of the world. It
is refined,
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and varied. Fruits,
nuts, herbs and spices
are combined with rice,
fish and meat in
combinations whose
ancient influence can be
found in the cooking of
the Middle East, Spain
and India.Persian cuisine
is perfectly suited to
today`s style of eating -
many of the dishes are
vegetarian, and the
marriage of sweet and
savoury, such as grains
and pulses stewed with
fruit and spices, make
for unforgettable meals.
The sweetmeats and
pastries are especially
mouthwatering.
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Narrated by dozens of
activists and everyday
individuals involved in
the Arab Spring, this
book documents the
unprecedented events that
led to the collapse of
dictatorial regimes in
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya,
and Yemen. Beginning in
2011, these stories
offer unique access to
the message that inspired
citizens to act, their
experiences during
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the most dramatic changes
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occur in the history of
the Arab world. The
riveting, revealing,
and at times
heartbreaking stories in
this volume also include
voices from Syria.
Featuring participants
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backgrounds and political
commitments, these
personal stories of
action represent the true
phenomenon of the Arab
Spring`s united though
broad social movements,
collective identities,
and youthful character.
For years, these
participants lived under
regimes that brutally
suppressed free
expression and protest.
Their testimony speaks to
the multifaceted
emotional,
psychological, and
cultural factors
motivating citizens to
join together and fight,
putting a human face on
events that might seem
abstract or impersonal to
many in the West.
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The crash of the Indian
plate into Asia is the
biggest known collision
in geological history,
and it continues today.
The result is the
Himalaya and Karakoram -
one of the largest
mountain ranges on Earth.
The Karakoram has half of
the world`s highest
mountains and a
reputation as being one
of the most remote and
savage ranges of all. In
this beautifully
illustrated book, Mike
Searle, a geologist at
the University of Oxford
and one of the most
experienced field
geologists of our time,
presents a rich account
of the geological forces
that were involved in
creating these mountain
ranges. Using his
personal accounts of
extreme mountaineering
and research in the
region, he pieces
together the geological
processes that formed
such impressive peaks.
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At the beginning of the
twenty-first century,
India stood on the brink
of an exciting new era.
Yet only a decade later,
a series of corruption
scandals and acts of
violence against women
had tarnished the
nation`s image and slowed
her economic growth. When
Narendra Modi became
India`s fifteenth prime
minister in May 2014, he
promised to revitalise a
nation which seemed to
have lost its way. With a
record turnout, the
elections were a powerful
testament to Indians`
aspirations for a
brighter future. Rogue
Elephant uncovers the
gripping struggle between
powerful vested interest
groups and those trying
to foster change. Simon
Denyer exposes the
failures that undermined
India`s self-confidence
and paved the way for
Modi`s triumphant
victory, but also
examines the heroic
efforts of those who are
fighting for a better
future in the world`s
largest democracy.
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With Australian tourists
flocking to Japan in
numbers greater than ever
before, Rice, Noodle,
Fish coulnd`t have
arrived in a better
moment. Part travel
guide, part cultural
celebration, this is the
perfect book for anyone
obsessed with food (and
aren`t we all!).
Celebrated traveller and
writer, Matt Goulding,
navigates the
intersection between
food, history and
culture. Organised into
seven key regions, Rice,
Noodle, Fish explores
Japan`s most intriguing
culinary disciplines in
an informative,
intelligent, jovial
manner. From the kaiseki
of Kyoto and sushi
masters of Tokyo, to the
street food of Osaka and
the ramen of Fukuoka,
Rice, Noodle, Fish
countless facts you never
knew and would never have
guessed. Its a
wonderfully detailed,
artful book that will
have you appreciating
your japanese adventure
that much more.
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