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Interdisciplinary scholars rethink strategies for moving contemporary decolonization politics forward by revisiting the writings of the mid-20th century anti-colonial movements' leading intellectuals. Decolonizing Knowledge draws on intellectual histories of anti-colonial...

Visier Meyasetsu Sanyu, his family and fellow villagers of Khonoma, fled for their lives to the jungles of Nagaland in 1956. All survived privations and starvation for over two years....

Max had enjoyed the camaraderie in the Hitler Youth organisation. His week at the Berlin Olympics was a life-time highlight. He saw the Fuhrer and fell in love with Inge....

The novel's core message is: When we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat.' PUP explores the stupidity and ugliness of war and the lives it changes. It...

Published for the first time in English, the sweeping debut novel set in bohemian Paris, by the author of international bestseller The Eighth Life. In 1953, a teenage girl, Jeanne...

In this second volume of diaries from one of Australia's greatest writers, we see Garner in love; asking herself questions about relationships, individuality, morality and contentment. This volume illuminates the...

This collection of short stories resonates with the knowledge of life. The metaphor of art is a good one to apply here, for these are stories experienced and built on...

Challenging conventional wisdom about China and its relationship to the rest of the world, this study offers a sophisticated critique of Samuel Huntington's influential "clash of civilizations" hypothesis. Arguing that...

When Malika, a young orphan in rural Pakistan, is savagely attacked, her face is left disfigured and her self-esteem destroyed. Haunted by the assault, she hides from the world, finding...

Australian men and boys experience higher rates of physical and emotional health problems than women. There are many reasons for this - including that men often avoid seeking medical help...

In 1875, the beautiful and vivacious widow Florence Ricardo wedded Charles Bravo, a daring barrister. The marriage seemed a happy one, although society gossips whispered that Bravo had married Florence...

In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone's lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and...

Faith and Monty are both looking for love...but are they looking in the wrong direction? Faith Forrester is at a crossroads. Single, thirty and living on a farm in a...

Dusty: Wild Cowboy - Cathy McDavid Dusty Cody may be Markton, Wyoming's most famous good-time wrangler, but now he's got only two dreams he's hankering to fulfill. To become the...

Up from the Mission charts the life and thought of Noel Pearson, from his early days as a native title lawyer to his position today as one of Australia's most...

The open road awaited us. Only one thing held us back. 'Son of a bitch!' 'Marge,' pleaded my father, 'we can't move until you sit down. What the hell are...

A delightful journey through time and through the streets of one of the greatest cultural capitals in Europe. A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish,...

This work is Samuel Butler's only novel. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Victorian upbringing, which is revealing about the habits of mind. It tells of Ernest Pontifex, his clergyman...

The assassination of political, religious and military leaders, often dictators, is frequently seen as the short cut to solving a particular problem. The author takes issue with this argument. Examining...

This title forms part of the Arcturus Crime Classics Collection . Produced with the aim to introduce a new generation of readers to some of the great crime writing of...

Only edition to include all poems by Dylan Thomas Famous for seminal poems such as 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night', 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion' and...

This collection brings together in a single volume the four books that feature the famous young rabbit with the blue jacket and a penchant for mischief and disobedience: The Tale...

Under the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and, led by two young pigs,...

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host,...

Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, is considered by many to be the first novel in English, and its success was so enormous that by the end of the nineteenth century...

Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful...

Newly updated to include information for the UK, The Carrot Principle illustrates how ordinary organizations have made themselves extraordinary through the use of strategic employee recognition. The authors show how...

RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award winner! After being dumped on her wedding day, Zoe jumps on a plane to Boston, USA, to find work as a nanny...

It is the 1850's, and a young boy, Thomas, leaves his family to be apprenticed to a pharmacist, at the behest of his dead grandmother. He also inherits a magical...

In The Origins of Political Order , Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in...

There are 100,000 freighters on the seas. Between them they carry nearly everything we eat, wear and work with. And yet this massive global industry has remained largely unexamined: it...

In the acclaimed series, Cooking in the Danger Zone, award-winning food writer Stefan Gates eats fat-tailed sheep with Taliban warlords in Afghanistan, yak penis with Communist officials in China and...

Growing up in Dublin, John Kavanagh was a skinny kid who was frequently bullied. After suffering a bad beating when he intervened to help a woman who was being attacked,...

A guide to exploring and enjoying the river Thames and its tributaries through the 50 best riverside walks. The River Thames is a beautifully rich and diverse 215-mile stretch of...

Be transported through time with this wonderful guidebook to Britain's 60 best castles, and 60 delightful walks from and around them. Castles often sit in spectacular landscapes that also offer...

A COMING-OF-AGE TALE OF ADVENTURE AND LOVE, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'She wrote exciting plots . . . a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'One of the last...

'David ran a hand through his mop of brown hair. Dragons. It was certainly different from his last set of lodgings, where all you got were spiders and the occasional...

All through the summer of 1874, "The Times" devoted an entire page everyday to the great Tichborne trial, the longest-running and most mesmerizing legal trial of the 19th century. This...

Interest in canine massage and physical therapy has grown as greater emphasis is placed on the general fitness and agility of dogs, as pets and as sporting animals. This book...

Science has seen its fair share of punch-ups over the years, but one debate, in the field of biology, has become notorious for its intensity. Over the last twenty years,...

The princes are nothing but tyrants who flay the people; they fritter away our blood and sweat on their pomp and whoring and knavery.' These were the words of Thomas...

Hana Khan's family-run halal restaurant is on its last legs. So when a flashy competitor gets ready to open nearby, bringing their inevitable closure even closer, she turns to her...

The perfect getaway - to get away with murder... Georgie, Lissa and Bronwyn have been best friends since they met on their college swimming team. Now Lissa is dead -...

'This is a jewel of a book. Very funny, clever, moving, luminous with love of literature and landscape. Jay Parini's portrait of both Borges and Scotland is exquisite, deeply affectionate,...

THE VOICE OF THE AMERICAN WEST Don't miss CJ Box's latest thriller, The Crossroads , where Joe's daughters investigate the attempted murder of their father... Available to order now. Joe...

Two masters of deception. One dangerous game. In this deadly dance of espionage and seduction, one misstep could be their last. *** He is Her Majesty's most lethal weapon. Ronan...