A picture book that is written by the author of The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child. Following the huge success of these two titles in their Scots language versions, it is suitable for Scottish mums
Our beloved pooches bring us a world of happiness. They're loyal companions, kindred spirits, and lifelong chums. But they also chew the stuffing out of the couch, keep us up all night with their bark
When the Turks entered Anatolia in the 11th century, the Byzantine Emperor appointed a minor Turkish prince with the title of Sultan of Rome. Ball believes that this was no accident, and instead was a
Now a retired business executive in Texas, Nammar describes his 1941 birth in a neighborhood of West Jerusalem named after his own family, and his experience growing up as a native person in the path
Always up to her elbows in flour or stirring bubbling pots of homemade jam, the author has been baking cracking cakes, braw biscuits and perfect pastry for her hungry family for years. In this book, s
A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul's Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer - and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man's mysterious widow, the Secr
A complete history of England from its earliest times right up to the present day printed in one volume. It is written in a lively and literate style that pinpoints all the essentials of English hist
Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to Turkey in the nineteenth. The wealth of designs and colors used to
She was Arab, and she taught American literature. She was a little out of place in her own time. For one thing, she was a female academic; further, she was Arab-American. Finally, she taught largely t
Over the past 14 years Boardman-Tasker award-winner Ian R Mitchell has been a frequent visitor to the wilds of Utah and the surrounding mountain states. His motive has been not only to learn about the
Glasgow has emerged into the 21st century as one of the world's most dynamic and vibrant cities. Over the course of the last 20 years it has shed its reputation as a decaying, grey, post-industrial 'n
As the only witness to an attack on a bus carrying a prominent Lebanese politician, a botanist uses the clues of an injured acacia tree and a victim's last words to try to uncover the truth about the
?Yogurt is consumed in a variety of ways in many cultures throughout the world. The authortruly an expert on the subjecttells us the history of yogurt, how to make it, and how it is easily used in all
It is 1971, and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will
Every time I want to write, want to write love stories. But as soon as I pick up the pen I'm overcome by horror.The story is simple. A woman and a man marry; their marriage ends in cruelty, infidelit
It is 1971, a year after the Biafran War, and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of wa
The Wind in My Hair is the memoir of Salwa Salem, who was just eight years old when she and many other Palestinians were uprooted by the Zionists in the Nakba. After her family fled, she spent the res
Although Yemen is one of the oldest inhabited regions of the world, in the West it is one of the least known places. Yet this land of frankincense and myrrh may be the source of some of human civiliz
Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern wor
Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks has been written both as a self-tuition course for beginners and also for use within the classroom. You may want to learn Gaelic because of a general interest in Celtic
