A breathtaking escape story that reveals the power of technology to connect people across cultures with life-saving results. Growing up in Yemen, Mohammed Al Samawi was smart, bookish, & committed to his faith. He had little interest in the non-Muslim world, beyond an intense hostility to Islam`s enemies. All that changed when a teacher lent him a copy of the Bible, sparking his interest in other faiths. Venturing online, he began to connect with people of different cultures from all around the world, & started the improbable journey from dreaming of taking vengeance on the `infidels` to devoting his life to inter-faith dialogue. But then Yemen crumbled into war. Trapped & alone under bombardment, he managed to get online & put his life in the hands of a rag-tag group of Facebook friends he barely knew. Near-strangers to each another, with zero experience in military strategy, the team of four, spanning New York, San Francisco, & Tel Aviv, achieved the seemingly impossible. They crowd-sourced escape routes & activated their networks to help save Mohammed from certain death. The Fox Hunt is an exhilarating real-life survival story of faith, curiosity, & the power of human connection in the face of conflict. ...

Learn about family, happiness, & friendship in this hope-filled children`s book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. & then something unexpected happens--Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to think about what makes him happy & what friendship means--all in the pages of a bright & quirky storybook. Join Paul & the fox while helping young readers decide what makes them happy. ...

Romania, the last months of the dictator`s regime. Adina is a young schoolteacher. Paul is a musician. Clara, Adina`s friend, works in a wire factory. Pavel is Clara`s lover. But one of them works for the secret police & is reporting on the group. One day Adina returns home to discover that her fox fur rug has had its tail cut off. On another day, a hindleg. Then a foreleg. The mutilation is a sign that she is being tracked
- the fox was ever the hunter. Images of photographic precision combine to form a kaleidoscope of reflections, deflections & deceit. Adina & her friends struggle to keep living in a world permeated with fear, where even the eyes of a cat seem complicit with the watchful eye of the state, & where it`s hard to tell the victim apart from the perpetrator.
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Wintercroft masks have caught the imagination of creative people & festival-goers around the globe. Designed by Steve Wintercroft, an artist with a passion for craftsmanship & conservation, these masks have been used everywhere from music videos & fashion shoots to theatre productions & political campaigns. The Fox is considered a magical & even mischievous creature in many cultures. Nocturnal & secretive, often cultivating a little chaos, they are for the most part loved & revered. Whether you`re looking for an eye-catching accessory for a festival trip or simply a unique addition to a dressing-up party, this is the perfect choice. With a robust polygon design, the press-out templates for the mask are easy to put together with simple numbered tabs. Eye-catchingly illustrated, you can choose to wear the mask as it is or customise & embellish with feathers, lace, beads, or any trimming of your choice
- let loose your playful side!
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Set in the cities & islands of the Mediterranean, & linked thematically, the eight stories in The Foxes Come At Night read more like a novel, a meditation on memory, life & death. Their protagonists collect & reconstruct fragments of lives lived intensely, & now lost, crystallized in memory or in the detail of a photograph. In ' Paula', the narrator evokes the mysterious, brief life of a woman he once loved; in ' Paula II', the same woman is aware of the man thinking of her. No longer a body, she is slowly fading into the distance, remembering the time they spent together, & his fear of the black night when the foxes appear. & yet the tone of these stories is far from pessimistic: it seems that death is nothing to be afraid of. Nooteboom is a superb stylist who observes the world with a combination of melancholy & astonishment. These stories are textured with humour, pathos & vast knowledge, the hallmarks of this outstanding & highly respected European writer. ...

Assembled from hundreds of individual images from orbiting NOAA weather satellites, this cloud-free image shows Earth as if viewed from a point above the Mediterranean. It is enhanced with natural-looking colours to depict vegetation distribution & landscape variations. The Image is printed on special thick paper. ...

” My comedy career began in 1971, which proves I have no comic timing. In 1971 there were no comedy clubs, no comedy agents & not much comedy future.” Inspired by Spike Milligan, John Dowie embarked on his comedy career in a time when such a thing was virtually unheard of, & then, just as alternative comedy began to be recognised by popular culture, he quit. & so began his next obsession
- riding his bike. Having been blessed (or cursed) with an addictive personality, Dowie quickly realises that what was once a simple hobby
- cycling
- will soon become something very different... This book follows a similar route to his cycling habits: it meanders from place to place, occasionally gets lost but is unfailingly entertaining. Wending his way through France & Holl&, round the lanes of Norfolk & over the hills of Devon, Dowie expertly leads his readers on a delightful journey through the trials, tribulations & triumphs of his life so far.


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It is hard to describe Theodore Zeldin, he his at once a historian, a psychoanalyst & a sociologist. He is concerned less with facts & more of human emotions / ” He opens up before us a marvellouly varied landscape, not of fields & cathedrals, but of anger & passion, of love & ridicule, a subtle mosaic patiently constructed out of the daily experiences of French people � Like a talented film director, he makes the masks fall”
-"idien de Paris
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Xenophobe’s Guide to the French is a pocket-size guide that takes a frank & funny look at what makes the French French.“ In conversation, French hands are never still. They display the state of mind, heart & soul of the parties involved.” Xenophobe’s guides attempt to forewarn readers of the main stereotypes & foibles that are associated with individual nationalities. Each guide explores the characteristics of a country’s people in a series of dedicated sections, encompassing nationalism & identity, behaviour, manners, character, obsessions, beliefs & values, leisure & pleasure, culture, custom & tradition, business, systems, health & hygiene, crime & punishment, government & bureaucracy, conversation & gestures & language. ...

The French cafe epitomises the French art of living. Through its timeless glass doors float the aromas of strong coffee & black-tobacco, hot milk & fresh croissants. The cafe, open early until late, is both focus & microcosm of society. Friends talk; lovers linger; the white saucers pile up as the world goes by; a lone customer comes in to read the newspapers or for a petit verre at the bar. The French cafe is a refuge, a place to meet, to sit inside or out, somewhere to see & be seen. For anyone interested in French life & culture, here is a an intimate look at a great institution, from the grand establishments dating from the all rural bistro from the workers` local cafes to the legendary Parisian cafes where the poets, painters & philosophers gathered. From Directoire decoration to Starck style, this book reveals the rich variety & extraordinary inventiveness of cafe design. Marie-France Boyer is a freelance journalist, & represents in Paris the magazine ” The World of Interiors”. Her last book wass ” Cabin Fever: Sheds & Shelters, Huts & Hideaways” (1993), also published by Thames & Hudson. Eric Morin is a Paris-based photographer who contributes to many magazines on interior design including ” The World of Interiors”. ...