Guias Turísticos e Mapas

På Sporet Av Pyramidenes Hemmeligheter

de Historie

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 I over 200 år har monumenter fra det gamle Egypt tiltrukket seg nysgjerrige og forskere fra hele verden. Alt fra små barnemumier til gigantiske pyramider er blitt nøye undersøkt for at vi skal få kunnskap om en av verdens eldste sivilisasjoner, først med graveskjeer, pensler og arkeologisk grundighet, siden med høyt avanserte skanninger og DNA-analyser. Til tross for iherdige undersøkelser er det så langt ingen som har kunnet gi et endelig svar på alle gåtene som riket langs Nilen etterlot seg da det gikk under for bortimot 2000 år siden. Derfor graver forskerne fremdeles etter svar på de store spørsmålene: Hvordan oppsto det egyptiske riket? Hvem oppførte pyramidene? Ble Kleopatra myrdet? I denne boken presenterer forskere og arkeologer de siste teoriene om Egypts storhetstid. Svarene er blant annet å finne i klimaforandringer, heftig monsunregn og en komplisert religion der gudene hadde innflytelse på alt.I bokserien VITENSKAPENS NYE VERDEN deler forskerne sine beste spådommer for de neste store vitenskapelige gjennombruddene fram mot år 2050 - gjennombrudd som blant annet omfatter et botemiddel mot kreft, utvikling av roboter som ikke kan skjelnes fra mennesker, og oppdagelse av de første sikre tegnene til liv i verdensrommet.
Egypternes Hemmeligheter

de Historie

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 Guden for kaos og uorden, Seth, rev i sjalusi liket av broren Osiris i 14 biter og spredte dem over hele Egypt. Gudinnen Isis fant alle bitene, balsamerte liket og rullet det inn i lintøy. Dermed skapte hun ifølge egypternes mytologi verdens første mumie. Skikken med å balsamere de døde slik at kroppen ble bevart for ettertiden, var utbredt i oldtidens Egypt, og de mange mumiene av både mennesker og dyr har fascinert opp gjennom historien. I perioder har pulveriserte mumier til og med vært brukt som medisin mot alle slags sykdommer. De fattige egypternes mumier lå begravd i ørkensanden. Men faraoenes mumier lå i prektige sarkofager dypt inne i gigantiske pyramider. Selv om oldtidens egyptere etterlot seg et utall tekster skrevet med hieroglyfer, er det fremdeles en gåte akkurat hvordan de udødelige monumentene ble bygd. Sikkert er det likevel at de ble skapt av en sivilisasjon som var sterk nok til å blomstre i over 3000 år.All verdens historie tar deg med på en halsbrekkende reise til fortiden, slik at du kan ta del i historiens største begivenheter. Bli med tilbake i tiden - til frontlinjene under andre verdenskrig, vikingenes herjing og egypternes gudedyrkelse. All verdens historie er for dem som vil vite mer om fortidens spennende og dramatiske begivenheter.
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Seeking Sexual Freedom - African Rites, Rituals, And Sankofa In The Bedroom

de Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

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 A delightful romp exploring African traditions around sexual pleasure, with the personal goal of self-discovery and liberation, by one of Africa's preeminent feminists.While working on her first book, The Sex Lives of African Women, acclaimed feminist and activist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah had access to the wildest dreams and spiciest realities of Black women from around the world. But so often, she noticed that something was holding them back from achieving full liberation and unfettered joy. So, she set out to apply sankofawhich means learning from the past to inform the futureto sexuality and pleasure, reclaiming African traditions in a quest to achieve true freedom. In Seeking Sexual Freedom, Sekyiamah takes readers across the African continent, from Senegal to Tanzania and beyond, where she meets and trains with gurus, ';witches', and aunties whose job it is to guide girls through puberty rites and later through ';marital training.' She discusses practices like beading and pulling, while highlighting the spiritual and gender-fluid nature of African traditional religions. With the ';interruption' of colonialism, Sekyiamah explores why we have lost our way, how western patriarchal norms led to our warped ideals of beauty and shame, internalized racism, as well as to state and interpersonal violence. Sankofa, she explains, can help rid us of these obstacles that stand in the way of our sexual liberation. Using practical advice and prompts, Sekyiamah concludes this adventure by giving us the tools we need to establish a more joyful and free sexual practice of our own. Part travelogue, part manifesto, Seeking Sexual Freedom is the powerful and bold call to pleasure women of all backgrounds need today.
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Cleopatra

de Saara El-Arifi

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 An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author'Enchanting, smart, and subversive - El-Arifi's masterpiece' R. F. KUANG'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT'Addictive and entertaining' STYLIST'An extraordinary achievement' SAMANTHA SHANNONYOU KNOW MY NAME.BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.Death will silence me no longer.This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
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Cleopatra

de Saara El-Arifi

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 An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author'Enchanting, smart, and subversive - El-Arifi's masterpiece' R. F. KUANG'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT'Addictive and entertaining' STYLIST'An extraordinary achievement' SAMANTHA SHANNONYOU KNOW MY NAME.BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.Death will silence me no longer.This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
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Elements Of Power - A Story Of War, Technology And The Dirtiest Supply Chain On Earth

de Nicolas Niarchos

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 'A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics [...] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism' Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing'Joseph Conrad called colonial ventures in Africa "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience". After reading this book you might want to add the words "until now"' The TimesHow we became addicted to a supply chain that wreaks havoc across the globe.Epic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of the war for the global supply of battery metals - essential for the decarbonization of our economies - and the terrible, bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industry.Congo is rich. Swaths of the war-torn African country lack basic infrastructure, and, after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But hidden beneath the soil are vast quantities of cobalt, lithium, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and other treasures. Recently, this veritable periodic table of resources has become extremely valuable because these metals are essential for the global "energy transition"-the plan for wealthy nations to wean themselves off fossil fuels by shifting to sustainable forms of energy, such as solar and wind. The race to electrify the world's economy has begun, and China has a considerable head start. From Indonesia to South America to Central Africa, Beijing has invested in mines and infrastructure for decades. But the U.S. has begun fighting back with massive investments of its own, as well as sanctions and disruptive tariffs.In this rush for green energy, the world has become utterly reliant on resources unearthed far away and willfully blind to the terrible political, environmental, and social consequences of their extraction. If the Democratic Republic of the Congo possesses such riches, why are its children routinely descending deep into treacherous mines to dig with the most rudimentary of tools, or in some cases their bare hands? Why are Indonesia's seas and skies being polluted in a rush for battery metals? Why is the Western Sahara, a source for phosphates, still being treated like a colony? Who must pay the price for progress?With unparalleled, original reporting, Nicolas Niarchos reveals how the scramble to control these metals and their production is overturning the world order, just as the global race to drill for oil shaped the twentieth century. Exploring the advent of the lithium-ion battery and tracing the supply chain for its production, Niarchos tells the story both of the people driving these tectonic changes and those whose lives are being upended. He reveals the true, devastating consequences of our best intentions and helps us prepare for an uncertain future. If you have ever used a smartphone or driven an electric vehicle, you are implicated.
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Extraordinary Life Of Nelson Mandela

de E. L. Norry

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 Brought to you by Puffin.Nelson Mandela was: The first Black presidentA leaderAn inspirationNelson Mandela was known for dedicating his life to fighting for equality in South Africa and overthrowing racial segregation. He grew up hearing the elders' stories of his ancestors' fighting in the wars of resistance, and he dreamed of fighting for the freedom of his people. His childhood wish was granted when he became the first black president of South Africa, and an icon for hope, change and equality.(c) E. L. Norry 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Tunisgrad - Victory In Africa

de Saul David

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 A Waterstones and BBC History Magazine Best Book of the YearThe Aspects of History Book of the Year 2025'Terrific - full of drama ... it has profoundly altered my understanding of the Second World War' PATRICK BISHOPFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SBS COMES AN EPIC HISTORY OF THE ALLIED VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.On 8 November 1942, British and American troops invaded French North Africa as part of Operation Torch, the largest amphibious operation of the war to date. The Germans responded by flooding troops into Tunisia and the stage was set for one of the most decisive clashes of the war.For months the outcome hung in the balance. The Allies failed to capture Tunis before Christmas, and early in the New Year the legendary German commander Erwin Rommel ( the ' Desert Fox ') inflicted a series of crushing defeats on inexperienced American troops in the mountain passes of central Tunisia. But once the two Allied armies - the First and the Eighth - had joined hands in southern Tunisia in early April, the defeat of Axis forces was inevitable. The end came on 13 May when the remnants of the First Italian Army surrendered to British troops in northern Tunisia, leaving the Allies ' masters of the North African shores '.It was, with Guadalcanal in the Pacific and Stalingrad in Russia, one of three Axis defeats in early 1943 that changed the course of the war. Historians have recognized the significance of the others, but not Tunisia which they have either ignored or characterized ( as the Americans did at the time ) as a sideshow. Yet it ended Axis sea power in the Mediterranean, destroyed more than 2,400 Axis aircraft ( 40 per cent of the Luftwaffe ' s strength ), and resulted in the surrender of over 250,000 German and Italian troops, more than were captured at Stalingrad. Such was the scale of their defeat that the German public wryly dubbed it ' Tunisgrad '.It was the first campaign fought by the Anglo-American alliance, and would determine how and where the Allies would fight for the rest of the war. It was where America first brought to bear the full weight of its industrial strength, and where the Allies learned, after early setbacks, how to defeat the Germans with a combination of air, land and sea power. It featured many of the great commanders of the Second World War, including ' Ike ' Eisenhower, George S. Patton Jr, Omar N. Bradley, Harold Alexander, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. But the campaign ' s chief significance is that it extinguished any lingering hopes in Italy that the war could be won and led, inexorably, to the dissolution of the Axis in Europe. By destroying the Axis it marked, for Hitler, the beginning of the end.Tunisgrad is the first comprehensive 360-degree history, told from the perspective of all the combatants, and ranging in focus from politicians and senior commanders to ordinary servicemen fighting in and over the mountains of Tunisia, and across the Mediterranean. Using a variety of first-hand sources, it restores the campaign to its rightful place as a defining moment of the war
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Decolonizing Language And Other Revolutionary Ideas

de Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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 Brought to you by Penguin.A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinkingWho owns language? In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong'o presents a series of essays that build on his vast wealth of work on language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. Intricate, nuanced and accessible, it reaffirms the revolutionary power of African languages to fight back against both the psychic and material impacts of colonialism, past and present.With immense relevance to our present moment, Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas is a brilliant distillation of the enduring themes of Ngugi's work and a vital addition to the library of one of the world's greatest and most provocative writers.(c) Ngugi wa Thiong'o 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Carthage - A New History Of An Ancient Empire

de Eve Macdonald

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 Brought to you by Penguin.The empire behind the legendCarthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real Carthage was lost. An ancient North African kingdom, Carthage was the home of Hannibal and of Dido, of war elephants and enormous power and wealth, of great beauty and total destruction.In this landmark new history, Eve MacDonald tells the essential story of the lost culture of Carthage and of its forgotten people, using brand new archaeological analysis to uncover the history behind the legend. A journey that takes us the Phoenician Levant of the early Iron Age to the Atlantic and all along the coast of Africa, Carthage puts the city and the story of North Africa once again at the centre of Mediterranean history. Reclaimed from the Romans, this is the Carthaginian version of the tale, revealing to us that, without Carthage, there would be no Rome.(c) Eve MacDonald 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Sanctuary

de Marina Warner

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 Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner's Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in today's world of global turmoil. Sanctuary is an ancient right- a haven, a place of refuge and freedom from harm. In the classical world, it offered immunity to fugitives from justice; in medieval Europe it extended a reprieve to all who sought sanctuary in a church or holy site. It was a sacrilege to lay hands on a sanctuary-seeker: sanctuary was sacred.But what are the principles that govern this ancient tradition? Could a revived practice of sanctuary today offer security, a home for those who seek it? What could 'sanctuary' offer to those who have been displaced? Or does the idea support excluding those of a certain race or creed?Increasingly, in keeping with the general growth of nationalism and individualism, the arc of the concept has been bending away from a place of openness and welcome towards a private safe place, a redoubt: home and homeland as sanctuaries to be defended against strangers, migrants, incomers.In this groundbreaking book, the distinguished cultural historian Marina Warner explores the principles that underpin the tradition of 'sanctuary'. She ranges broadly across myth and history and explores the concept of hospitality, the cult of relics, shrines and festivals, the imagination of place, and travelling tales. She asks profound questions about political ideas of a right to safety, home, freedom of movement, and peace.Sanctuary was written alongside work with the project "Stories in Transit" which brings young refugees together with artists, writers and musicians in the UK and in Sicily to invent or reimagine stories and perform them. Marina Warner reflects on the ways stories address the worst experiences of humanity and argues that the act of storytelling offers a salve, a route to a site of mutual interaction and understanding, a new place of belonging and conviviality. The book draws on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures. It is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in a world of global turmoil. Warner's inquiry could not be more relevant.
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Necessary Fiction

de Eloghosa Osunde

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 'A vital work for our times' IRENOSEN OKOJIE'Radical, gorgeous ... a queer love song, honouring chosen family'BIG ISSUE'Beautiful ... this is prose worth spending time with'MARIE CLAIRE'A gorgeously deeply humane book' NICOLE DENNIS-BENN'A vivid, stirring revolution' YRSA DALEY-WARD'The ink practically hovers off the page' KAVEH AKBARWhat makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone?Across Lagos, a rolling cast of unforgettable characters seek out love in all its forms, daring to push all other relationships - with partners, family and friends - to the brink in the process. As they form and break unexpected connections, they reveal how they know each other, have loved each other and had their hearts broken in that pursuit.Stubbornly alive and brazenly flawed, they work to establish themselves in the city's worlds of art, music, entertainment and creativity while reckoning with desire, fear, death and God. Here, we witness their collective and individual attempts to grapple with the necessary fictions that they all carry for survival.This is a shimmering, defiant cross-generational portrait of what it means to be queer in contemporary Nigeria.'Both deeply earnest and unique' VULTURE'Unabashedly queer, complicated and occasionally outright hopeful' NPR'Osunde is brilliant at character, giving the cast rich, knotty backstories that unfold in bursts of revelation' TLS'Necessary Fiction's Nigerians are inseparable from Nigeria itself: brazen, willful, sexy, dynamic, explosive' MARLON JAMES, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings'Osunde's writing shines ... It's not just beautiful - it's transformative' BASSEY IKPI, author of I'm Telling the Truth But I'm Lying
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Sanctuary

de Marina Warner

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 Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner's Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in today's world of global turmoil.Sanctuary is an ancient right- a haven, a place of refuge and freedom from harm. In the classical world, it offered immunity to fugitives from justice; in medieval Europe it extended a reprieve to all who sought sanctuary in a church or holy site. It was a sacrilege to lay hands on a sanctuary-seeker: sanctuary was sacred.But what are the principles that govern this ancient tradition? Could a revived practice of sanctuary today offer security, a home for those who seek it? What could 'sanctuary' offer to those who have been displaced? Or does the idea support excluding those of a certain race or creed?Increasingly, in keeping with the general growth of nationalism and individualism, the arc of the concept has been bending away from a place of openness and welcome towards a private safe place, a redoubt: home and homeland as sanctuaries to be defended against strangers, migrants, incomers.In this groundbreaking book, the distinguished cultural historian Marina Warner explores the principles that underpin the tradition of 'sanctuary'. She ranges broadly across myth and history and explores the concept of hospitality, the cult of relics, shrines and festivals, the imagination of place, and travelling tales. She asks profound questions about political ideas of a right to safety, home, freedom of movement, and peace.Sanctuary was written alongside work with the project "Stories in Transit" which brings young refugees together with artists, writers and musicians in the UK and in Sicily to invent or reimagine stories and perform them. Marina Warner reflects on the ways stories address the worst experiences of humanity and argues that the act of storytelling offers a salve, a route to a site of mutual interaction and understanding, a new place of belonging and conviviality. The book draws on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures. It is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in a world of global turmoil. Warner's inquiry could not be more relevant.
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Reframing Blackness - What’S Black About “History Of Art”?

de Alayo Akinkugbe

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 Brought to you by Penguin. Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history. Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education. © Alayo Akinkugbe 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Dream Count

de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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 ''Reads like a feminist War and Peace. A magnificent novel'' SUNDAY TIMES‘A complex, multi-layered beauty of a book. Extraordinary’ NEW STATESMANLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025A publishing event ten years in the making - a searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists - the story of four women and their loves, longings and desires.‘The major publication milestone of 2025’ OBSERVER''The return of a literary titan'' TELEGRAPHCHOSEN AS A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, GQ and COSMOPOLITAN BOOK OF 2025.Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America - but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.‘Expect everyone to be talking about this one’ INDEPENDENT
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Burnt-Out Case

de Graham Greene

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 Brought to you by Penguin. Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a ''burnt-out case'', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation. Querry slowly moves towards a cure, his mind getting clearer as he works for the colony. However, in the heat of the tropics, no relationship with a married woman, will ever be taken as innocent... © Graham Greene 1960 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Human Factor

de Graham Greene

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 Brought to you by Penguin. A leak is traced to a small sub-section of the secret service, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his wife and child. But no-one escapes so easily from the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the SIS. ‘Graham Greene''s beautiful and disturbing novel is filled with tenderness, humour, excitement and doubt’ The Times © Graham Greene 1978 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Heart Of The Matter - A Mid-Twentieth Century Portrait Of A Man Who Cannot Reconcile Love, Honour, And Belief Without Destroying Himself.

de Graham Greene

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 Brought to you by Penguin. Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences. © Graham Greene 1948, 1971 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Surf House

de Lucy Clarke

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 **THE BRAND NEW SUN-SOAKED THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER**''Escapist, thrilling, unforgettable’ Gillian McAllister''The queen of the destination thriller is back with her best book yet'' Claire Douglas‘Wickedly twisty, menacing, sexy, and headily atmospheric, The Surf House has got it all'' Louise Candlish____________________________________Welcome to The Surf HouseWhere everyone’s escaping something…*High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travellers chasing sunshine and waves.But the idyll hides a dark mystery.And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current.A woman her age - who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests - disappeared one year earlier, vanishing without trace.Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth - but there’ll be a price for uncovering it…*Readers love getting swept away with Lucy Clarke’s destination thrillers:‘Had me on the edge of my seat’ ‘Brilliant … kept me guessing the whole way through’ ‘Twists & turns galore, couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend!’ ''Very clever and I was gripped throughout. Will be reading more from Lucy Clarke for sure’ ‘Very evocative and you get really involved with the beautiful setting and characters’ ‘What a stonkingly fabulous read’ Lucy Clarke''s book ''The Hike'' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-10-02.
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Surf House

de Lucy Clarke

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 **THE BRAND NEW SUN-SOAKED THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER**''Escapist, thrilling, unforgettable’ Gillian McAllister''The queen of the destination thriller is back with her best book yet'' Claire Douglas‘Wickedly twisty, menacing, sexy, and headily atmospheric, The Surf House has got it all'' Louise Candlish____________________________________Welcome to The Surf HouseWhere everyone’s escaping something…*High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House: a sanctuary for travellers chasing sunshine and waves.But the idyll hides a dark mystery.And when Bea washes in, seeking refuge after a dangerous encounter in Marrakesh, she soon gets caught in the current.A woman her age - who stayed in the same area, walked the same beaches, met the same guests - disappeared one year earlier, vanishing without trace.Somewhere inside The Surf House lies the truth - but there’ll be a price for uncovering it…*Readers love getting swept away with Lucy Clarke’s destination thrillers:‘Had me on the edge of my seat’ ‘Brilliant … kept me guessing the whole way through’ ‘Twists & turns galore, couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend!’ ''Very clever and I was gripped throughout. Will be reading more from Lucy Clarke for sure’ ‘Very evocative and you get really involved with the beautiful setting and characters’ ‘What a stonkingly fabulous read’ Lucy Clarke''s book ''The Hike'' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-10-02.
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Can Feminism Be African? - A Most Paradoxical Question

de Minna Salami

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 What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey?In this shining, wide-ranging inquiry, Minna Salami explores these questions through an unhesitating and incisive vision of African feminist political philosophy.Drawing from feminist thought, postcolonial theory, historical insights, and African knowledge systems, Salami combines personal reflection with cultural criticism to offer a vivid and cohesive discussion about power, identity, patriarchy, imagination, and the human condition. Grounded in Africa’s enduring visions of agency and autonomy, Can Feminism Be African? opens new paths for rethinking the narratives that shape our world.This is a timely and thought-provoking read, calling us to rethink the past, present, and future through new perspectives.
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Training School For Elephants - The Powerful, Sunday Times Bestselling Story Of Africa, From The Author Of The Lost Pianos Of Siberia

de Sophy Roberts

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 Brought to you by Penguin From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey, following four 19th century elephants marched from the East African coast towards Congo, to tell a heartbreaking story of folly and colonial greed. Featuring immersive field recordings, created by Sophy Roberts and Wolfe Purcell. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the continent, or so he thought, was its elephants — if only he could train them. And so he commissioned the charismatic Irish adventurer Frederick Carter to ship four tamed Asian elephants from India to the East African coast, where they were marched inland towards Congo. The ultimate aim was to establish a training school for African elephants. Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Roberts pieces together the story of this long-forgotten expedition, in travels that take her to Belgium, Iraq, India, Tanzania and Congo. The storytelling brings to life a compelling cast of historic characters and modern voices, from ivory dealers to Catholic nuns, set against rich descriptions of the landscapes travelled. Roberts digs deep into historic records to reckon with our broken relationship with animals, revealing an extraordinary — and enduring — story of colonial greed, ineptitude, hypocrisy and folly. ‘Masterfully weaving adventure, intrigue and the darker truths of colonial ambition into a story as gripping as it is eye-opening.’ - Levison Wood, author of Walking the Nile ''Deeply researched. Brings to life a bizarre and long-forgotten story of Africa with empathy, intriguing encounters and memorable characters, not least the elephants themselves.’ - Luke Pepera, author of Motherland: A Journey through 500,000 Years of African Culture and Identity ‘Sophy Roberts brings history to life, tackling difficult, sensitive subjects with careful, exquisite prose. Unputdownable.’ - Mary Harper, author of Getting Somalia Wrong? ''A brave and searching book, rich in history and fierce in spirit. The best sort of travel writing: handsome prose, teeming with humanity and an unwavering sense of wonder.'' - Justin Marozzi, author of Baghdad, City of Peace, City of Blood © Sophy Roberts 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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New Carthaginians

de Nick Makoha

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 Brought to you by Penguin. An expansive new collection from one of the UK’s most daring and celebrated poetsIn The New Carthaginians, time - and with it the world - is out of joint. A hijacked plane lands at Entebbe International Airport in 1976, triggering the crisis that will lead to Idi Amin’s Uganda becoming a pariah state and, within a few years, to the young Nick Makoha’s flight from the country. A mysterious writer daubs poetic slogans on the walls of late-’70s New York City, signing them SAMO©. Three characters who are also one - the Poet, a Black Icarus and a resurrected Jean-Michel Basquiat - journey through a time that is both our own and not, watching TV, discussing art and literature and tucking their wings into their jackets on the way to airport security. Concerned throughout with flight and falling, the sample and the loop, The New Carthaginians is a poetry collection of staggering originality: a work by an author at the height of his powers, in which the familiar Western canons of art, history and philosophy are prised apart and reassembled in a new configuration. Drawing on Basquiat’s technique of the ‘exploded’ collage, our heroes’ odyssey gathers the symbols of a new mythos, through which the othering of Black life might be undone and the stage set for some fresh emergence, some transfigured understanding of myth and life. ‘Hold that note,’ writes the poet. ‘In this place you are no longer the chorus … In any future, remember you are a New Carthaginian.’ ‘In this book, Nick Makoha has found an otherworldly, visionary voice and diction that arrest you from the first page and never let you go.’ Jason Allen-Paisant, Winner of the TS Eliot Prize © Nick Makoha 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Nephthys

de Rachel Louise Driscoll

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 Brought to you by Penguin. Sister. Rival. Protector. The spellbinding story of a forgotten daughter and a forgotten goddess. Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. But although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society. But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she holds in her hands will change her life forever. Five years later, Clemmie arrives in Egypt on a mission to save what remains of her family. The childhood game she used to play about the immortal sisters, Isis and Nephthys, has taken on a devastating resonance and it is only by following Nephthys'' story that she can undo the mistakes of the past. On her journey up the Nile she will meet unexpected allies and enemies and, along with long-buried secrets and betrayals, Clemmie will be forced to step into the light. © Rachel Louise Driscoll 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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