No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict & Control, by Mark Monmonier, demonstrates how much the concept of the boundary, & therefore the power of prohibitive mapping, influences our daily lives in examples ranging from the home ownership to voting, from car insurance to fishing, from prohibiting students going to school in particular places to banishing certain industries & individuals to the periphery of society, & from settling the American West to claiming slices of Antarctica. ...

Now in paperback & updated with a new essay on his celebrated trip to Antarctica comes this best-selling inspirational memoir from beloved astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin is an American hero. Always larger than life, he is the best known surviving member of a generation of astronauts who in just a few years became both the first men in space & first men on the moon. In this inspiring book, Aldrin pauses to reflect & share what he has learned about life from the vantage point of both outer space & time. (Still a nonstop traveler & impassioned advocate for space exploration, he turned 87 in 2017.) Consisting of nine principles to live by, each illustrated by fascinating anecdotes & memories, this thought-provoking book is a beautiful memento of a life well lived--and a new opportunity for Aldrin to connect with the masses of people who recognize his unique place in human history. ...

Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, & irreverent anecdotes he`s gathered through his event-filled life
- both in outer space & on earth. No Dream Is Too High whittles down Buzz Aldrin`s event-filled life into a short list of principles he values, each illustrated by fascinating anecdotes & memories, such as: Second comes right after first. NASA protocol should have meant he was first on the moon, but rules changed just before the mission. How he learned to be proud of being the second man on the moon. Look for opportunities, not obstacles. Buzz was rejected the first time he applied to be an astronaut. Failure is an opportunity to learn to do better. Always maintain your spirit of adventure. For his 80th birthday, Buzz went diving in the Galapagos & hitched a ride on a whale shark. He stays fit, energetic, & fascinated with life.
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In the summer of 2011, Charlie found the school he taught at could not afford to renew his teaching contract. With no job & no money, but suddenly all the time in the world, he decided to travel from Cornwall to London in a peculiarly old-fashioned, quintessentially English & remarkably cheap way
- as a tramp, on foot, sleeping rough. The journey was filled with colour, surprise & danger, & a range of memorable encounters
- from Stan who once saved a boy from being raped but whose homelessness stemmed from a paralysing addiction, to Ian, who lived in a tent on Parliament Square. With a striking mix of travel & current affairs writing, No Fixed Abode sheds light on a side of the UK few ever see from within.

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Using the post-war Iraqi-Kurdish rebellion as a starting point, this book provides a history of the Kurds which touches particularly on the period since the break-up of the Ottoman Empire. The book

Includes:: discussion of who the Kurds are, historically, culturally & anthropologically, as well as a brief account of Kurdistan during the Middle Ages, under the dynasty of Saladin. The bulk of the book describes the troubled history of the Kurds since World War I.

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India`s Westernized elite, cut off from local traditions, `want to write a full stop in a land where there are no full stops`. From that striking insight Sir Mark Tully has woven a superb series of `stories` that make up “ No Full Stops in India”, which explores Calcutta, from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (probably the biggest religious festival in the world) to the televising of a Hindu epic. Throughout, Tully combines analysis of major issues with a feel for the fine texture & human realities of Indian life.` The ten essays, written with clarity, warmth of feeling & critical balance & understanding, provide as lively a view as one can hope for of the panorama of India`
- K. Natwar-Singh in the ” Financial Times”.
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In 1779, driven out of his home, Calum Mc Donald set sail from the Scottish highlands with his extensive family. After a long, terrible journey, Calum settles his family in ”the land of the trees” until they become a separate Nova Scotian clan, with its own identity & history. ...

Naomi Klein
- award-winning journalist, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine & This Changes Everything, scourge
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` An ordinary person`s guide to hope. Read this book` Arundhati Roy` As accessible as it is brilliant` Owen Jones`A genuine page turner` Michelle Alexander Naomi Klein
- award-winning journalist, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine & This Changes Everything, scourge of brand bullies & corporate liars
- gives us the toolkit we need to survive our surreal, shocking age.` This is a look at how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, & how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script.` Remember when love was supposed to Trump hate? Remember when the oil companies & bankers seemed to be running scared? What the hell happened? & what can we do about it? Naomi Klein shows us how we got here, & how we can make things better. No Is Not Enough reveals, among other things, that the disorientation we`re feeling is deliberate. That around the world, shock political tactics are being used to generate crisis after crisis, designed to force through policies that will destroy people, the environment, the economy & our security. That extremism isn`t a freak event
- it`s a toxic cocktail of our times. From how to trash the Trump megabrand to the art of reclaiming the populist argument, Naomi Klein shows all of us how we can break the spell & win the world we need. Don`t let them get away with it.` Who better than Naomi to make sense of this madness, & help us find a way out? A top-of-the-stack must read` Michael Stipe` Naomi Klein`s new book incites us brilliantly to interweave our No with a programmatic Yes. A manual for emancipation` Yanis Varoufakis` Magnificent.. . a courageous coruscating counterspell` Junot Díaz


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In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one Syrian family descends into tragedy & ruin. Irrepressible Sawsan flirts with militias, the ruling party, & finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. She & her siblings & mother are slowly choked in violence & decay, as their lives are plundered by a brutal regime. Set between the 1960s & 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City unravels the systems of fear & control under Assad. With eloquence & startling honesty, it speaks of the persecution of a whole society. ...