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'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' IndependentIndia, 1975. An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide forever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789360462Imprint Rockschool LtdPublisher Rockschool Ltd

Japanese no theatre or the drama of 'perfected art' flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries largely through the genius of the dramatist Zeami. An intricate fusion of music, dance, mask, costume and language, the dramas address many subjects,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784907359232Author Taro NakaFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Isobar PressPublisher Isobar PressWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957627505Author Nawashi MurakawaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Kahboom LtdPublisher Kahboom LtdWeight(grams) 921gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913793777Author Rachel SargeantFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Hobeck Books LimitedPublisher Hobeck Books Limited

A core text designed for the university and college markets, The Empowered Writer gives students a detailed yet widely applicable and accessible guide for developing skills in writing and research, including personal and business communication. This...

THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018 GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018BOOKS IN THE MEDIA BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2018FEATURED ON CRIME TIME BEST OF THE YEAR 2018 WINNER OF THE CWA DEBUT DAGGER'[A] brilliant debut' Sunday Times Crime Club'A fresh and exciting...

Nine teenagers flee North Korea, dreaming of a new life in the South. But the danger is far from over. With threats around every corner, perhaps the mysterious figure of Big Brother can help them? Or is he the very person they're running from? As...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910566961Author Hoxton Mini PressFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hoxton Mini PressPublisher Hoxton Mini Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957627543Author GestaltaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Kahboom LtdPublisher Kahboom LtdWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 165mm * 10mm

A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships.1964 — Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home, her parents’ safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors of Partition, if her medical...

A satire on the export trade in live organs from the Third World to the West. Om is driven by poverty to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive to make his home into a germ-free zone. Jeetu, his brother returns unexpectedly and is taken away as the...

Everything you need to know about The Nursing Associate ... at a Glance! The Nursing Associate at a Glance is a comprehensive guide developed to support trainee nursing associates with revision and practice-based learning, helping readers to uphold and...

'Our wars may come in many forms. On the battlefields. Within ourselves.' Mahatma Gandhi: lawyer, champion of non-violence, beloved leader. Nathuram Godse: journalist, nationalist - and the man who murdered him. Anupama Chandrasekhar's play The...

KING Yes. I shall release you - SAKUNTALA When? KING When? When, like a bee, I kiss the bud of your unbruised lip And flood my thirsting mouth with nectar. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their...

Happy Handwriting is a whole-school handwriting course that supports children in becoming confident, fluent writers. It consists of teacher guides, practice books and whiteboard slides with letter formation animations, providing a clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590309940Author ZeamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306634Author Paul HartFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis Publishing

Islam in Performance brings together six contemporary plays from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan that highlight the political performance of Islam in South Asia, especially since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent. The plays invite comparison...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739726720Author Ben HunterFormat PaperbackImprint Grumpy FoxPublisher Grumpy Fox

A highly personal account of a phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime adventure that saw Bruce and his wife, Lynn, embark on a year of travel and birding across the entire continent in a camper van. Their aim was to see Australia, but also to keep a list of the...

The BBC commissioned Tariq Ali to write a three-part TV series on the circumstances leading to the overthrow, trial and execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected prime minister of Pakistan. As rehearsals were about to begin, the BBC...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739633615Author Pony LouderFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Louder BooksPublisher Louder Books

In The Meaning of Terrorism, C. A. J. Coady clarifies competing and confusing definitions of terrorism, and of terrorist acts, that proliferate in specialist publications as well as in popular discourse. Coady aims to construct a concept of a terrorist...

A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships.1964 - Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home, her parents' safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors of Partition, if her medical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895558848Author AnonymousFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint Tan BooksPublisher Tan BooksWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 146mm * 38mm

"First published in the United States in 1917 by Alfred A. Knopf. Inc., as Noh or Accomplishment, a study of the classical stage of Japan"--T.p. verso.Book InformationISBN 9780811201520Author Ezra PoundFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint New Directions...

An intense domestic drama of global consequence - for India then and for our world now. 1659. Mughal India. The imperial court, a place of opulence and excess; music, drugs, eunuchs and harems. Two brothers, whose mother's death inspired the Taj...

Published to celebrate the 30th anniversary year of Kali Theatre this is a brand new book of 30 monologues and duologues spoken by South Asian characters to be performed by actors from a South Asian/dual heritage background in auditions, workshops and...

These new Set 7A (Grey) Storybooks are designed to give children extra practice, and to develop their fluency and vocabulary further before moving on from the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme. The books are matched to the phonic progression of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDaniel Barber is a teacher, trainer and writer based in Cadiz, Spain. He's taught classes of all types and ages over more than twenty years as well as tutoring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915504036Author Oscar Van HeekFormat PaperbackPage Count 39Imprint Sainted MediaPublisher Sainted MediaWeight(grams) 280g

As the third part of a philosophy of Christian life, A Metaphysics of Love builds on a view of Christian life as shaped by the dynamic of call, response, and promise. It argues that love is the ultimate content of this dynamic and considers how far this...

When a crisis like a pandemic sweeps through societies, it upends critical structures in health, economics, socioeconomics, institutional cultures, communities, and everyday life. This book examines how a world already stressed by rampant change reacts...

Climate change is poised to threaten, disrupt, and transform human life, and the social, economic, and political institutions that structure it. Philosophy and Climate Change argues that understanding climate change, and discussing how to address it,...

The relationship between populism and democracy is contested among scholars. While some propose that populism is inherently harmful for democracy because it is anti-pluralist and confrontational, others argue that populism can reinvigorate worn-out...

Harald Hardrada was the greatest warrior of his age. Wounded, aged 15, at Stiklestad (1030), the most savage battle ever fought on Norwegian soil, he went on to fight in Russia, Byzantium, Sicily, the Balkans, Asia Minor and Jerusalem. He returned to...

Gao Xingjian is the leading Chinese dramatist of our time. He is also one of the most moving and literary writers for the contemporary stage. His plays have been performed all around the world, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, the...

Studies on the Text of Seneca's De beneficiis is a companion volume to Kaster's Oxford Classical Texts critical edition of Seneca's De beneficiis, the first new edition in nearly a century. De beneficiis is the most detailed treatment surviving from...