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To the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort. ...

To the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916375819Author Stephen DornanFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Ulster-Scots Academy PressPublisher Ulster-Scots Academy PressWeight(grams)...

With an introduction by Graham Whybrow, literary manager of the Royal Court Theatre, this anthology collects the defining plays of the 1980s and 1990s in one volume - Top Girls 'The best British play ever from a woman dramatist' (The Guardian) Hysteria...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374608033Author Paul CelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Richard Ford, who is among the finest of American novelists and short-story writers, edits and introduces this volume. First published by Granta Books in 1992, it became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the...

In this new edition of the poems of Robert Henryson, David Parkinson offers editions of Henryson's "Fables," "The Testament of Cresseid," "Orpheus and Eurydice" and twelve shorter poems, grouped according to the strength of their attribution to Henryson,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692198636Author Corina Luna DeaFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Archaeology for the SoulPublisher Archaeology for the SoulWeight(grams)...

A stunning classic set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis - Naples - in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These lively and superbly written stories helped inspire Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. Ortese's work was also championed...

Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments.Sometimes it's easy to forget the things that make us smile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494181314Author Francis L WellmanFormat HardbackPage Count 498Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955507922Author Ivor Agyeman-DuahFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdPublisher Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 660g

'This solitude, the romance and wild loveliness of everything here . . . all make beloved Scotland the proudest, finest country in the world.' Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wrote a diary nearly every day of her life. Originally intended for private...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400076154Author Eric LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 388gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In modern-day Hong Kong, major constitutional controversies have caused people to demonstrate on the streets, immigrate to other countries, occupy major thoroughfares, and even engage in violence. These controversies have such great resonance because...

A writer who defies categorization, Daniil Kharms has come to be regarded as an essential artist of the modernist avant-garde. His writing, which partakes of performance, narrative, poetry, and visual elements, was largely suppressed during his lifetime,...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372204Author Galen StrawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

For more than 35 years, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins covered the biggest stories in golf, from Major Championships to Ryder Cups and Amateur competitions. During these four decades, he wrote about all the golfing greats and covered the biggest stories of the...

This new collection of stories offers a candid peek at infidelity in all its guises. These are tales of lust, deceit, resentment and regret - and of the secrets and lies that can chip away at human relationships.In a series of interwoven dramas, we...

A classic memoir by one of the great British journalists of the twentieth century, a man who earned universal respect not only for his courage in reporting from dangerous places, but for his candour and independence. Point of Departure features Cameron's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954839182Author Henry David ThoreauFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Reader's Library ClassicsPublisher Reader's Library ClassicsWeight(grams)...

A delightful memoir of Mary Elizabeth Lucy and her life at Charlecote.Mary Elizabeth Williams, an heiress from North Wales, was only twenty when in 1823 she reluctantly married George Lucy and became mistress of Charlecote Old Hall in Warwickshire. Sixty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060726461Author Fedor DostoevskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 610gDimensions(mm)...

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR * HENRY IV * THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS Pirandello ranks with Strindberg, Brecht, and Beckett as a seminal figure in modern drama. Innovative and influential, he broke decisively with the conventions of realist theatre...

Tom Daley: diver, sporting legend, Olympian. Dive into the world of sports with of one of the greatest athletes of all time, Tom Daley. A Life Story: this exciting series throws the reader directly into the lives of...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451614183Author Gavin McInnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't...

Notable writers-including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow-celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the pastWhat can a house tell us...

This is the first comprehensive and accessible survey in English of Old Norse eddic poetry: a remarkable body of literature rooted in the Viking Age, which is a critical source for the study of early Scandinavian myths, poetics, culture and society...

The OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for examination in 2017-2019, giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486270661Author David WyllieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with...

A classic introduction to Latin literature, with translations of the best passages from Virgil, Livy, Ovid, Seneca and many others.This classic anthology traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582430348Author Ruth Prawer JhabvalaFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 369g

Karl Marx (1818-1883) is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During his eleven years writing for the New York Tribune (their collaboration began in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739421236Author Jean FollainFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CB EditionsPublisher CB Editions

In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible. In this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of...

Scattered in a crescent in the sparkling waters of the Aegean, the islands of the Sporades are known to Greek fishermen as 'the gates of the wind'. It was to this unspoilt archipelago that Michael Carroll sailed Astarte, a boat of sleek mahogany with...