1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or 'canaries', are
Faced with the austerities of a bitterly cold English winter, the theatre is deserted and Westfield’s Men find themselves out of work. Fortuitously, the company is invited to perform at a country home
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.
This collection of 20 essays, half in English and the rest in Afrikaans, examines the narrative techniques of South African writer Andre Brink, one of the leading figures of African magical realism. T
Margaret Roberts is a household name in the field of natural products that enhance health and well-being. "My 100 Favourite Herbs" draws on the established success of Margaret's earlier work, adding a
1914. British forces are desperately holding off the German invasion in France. The only respite from attack comes as star shells fly high into the night, freezing the action and illuminating the chao
Experienced freelance photographer David Freese and writer Simon Winchester (The Map that Changed the World) have gotten together to change the way readers see the West Coast. They do it through a boo
Jozi, Joburg, Johannesburg--however it's known, the South African city speaks stories of a turbulent past, a tense present, and a future that no one can predict. Schadeberg is a photographer who migra
This book documents the photography of Jan Myers in the wildlife refuges of India. Myers is a American photographer whose work appears in major museum collections and award-winning books. Most of the
After the foreigner-hating Boxers in 1900 China begin the Siege of Peking, Simon Fonthill, "352" Jenkins and Chang, a British missionary's adopted son, embark on a dangerous mission to slip through en
The year is 1861 and Inspector Faro's rest is disrupted when he is given a special assignment by old friend, Detective Superintendent Macfie. Macfie’s cousin-in-law, a champion swimmer, has drowned in
A classically-told crime series with historical background and railway focus used to great effect. A volume in the series, Blood on the Line, went straight into the Small Publisher’s Top Ten in Spring
North West India, July 1897. Simon and Alice Fonthill are travelling with their old friend Jenkins to Marden, India for an anniversary party with the Guides Corps. But when they are ambushed on their
North West India, July 1897. Former army scout Simon Fonthill and his wife Alice are travelling with their old friend Jenkins to India for an anniversary party with the Guides Corps. However, an ambus
Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security? Born as the heir to an Indian kingdom, Prince Siddhartha knows only happiness, luxu
Three linked portfolios make up this book of black-and-white art photographs. The first is landscape images of wooded thickets from one square mile of Bear Creek Canyon. The second is landscape images
Eminent South African novelist and historian Schoeman wrote most of the 17 essays here for the Quarterly Bulletin of what is now the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town, with the intention of
A member of several print and broadcasting standards boards at various times, Van Rooyen describes the different stages that the Appeal Board went through after it was formed in 1974 to buffer the dif
Escaping to America from the turmoil of her life in Edinburgh, DI Jim Meldrum's daughter, Betty, is lonely and vulnerable. When she meets a witty, charming stranger with an accent that reminds her of
It's morning service in a quiet village church. Josie Welford, wealthy widow of one of the country's most wanted criminals and now licensee of the White Hart gastro-pub, is day-dreaming during Father
It's morning service in a quiet village church. Josie Welford, wealthy widow of one of the country's most wanted criminals and now licensee of the White Hart gastro-pub, is day-dreaming during Father
While Egypt is one of the most-photographed countries of the world, and many of its monuments are familiar sights, these photographs are evocative of life in the country before the rush of modernizati
Marnie Bruce has hyperthymesia; she can remember everything she has ever seen. Everything except from one fateful night when she was eleven; she woke up in an isolated cottage with a head injury and h
Maddy's husband, the poet Michael Donaghy, died suddenly at the age of fifty, leaving her to bring up their young son alone. After the shock of his unexpected death, the funeral and public mourning of
Kim examines the iconography of US 66, first as an idea, then as a connection of physical spaces, and finally as an American symbol. In this J.B. Jackson Best Book in Cultural Geography, readers will
Muhammad is an honest trader living in Mecca. He is happily married to a wealthy merchant, and they have lovely children. Life should be wonderful. But for Muhammad it isn’t enough. He begins to spend
This book provides an overview of CSS3 for people who are comfortable with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and who want to learn CSS3. This Pocket Primer serves as a starting point for deeper exploration of CSS3.
Among the great trees of this ancient woodland are said to have roamed the folk hero Robin Hood and his band of loyal supporters.Where he is reputed to have trod, walker Brian Conduit follows, creatin
Gifted with a mind that continues to impress the elders in his village, Ichmad Hamid struggles with the knowledge that he can do nothing to save his Palestinian friends and family. Ruled by the Israel
Tom Young is a retired career art teacher at Greenfield Community College (MA). He is also a photographer of radical vision who continues to teach in four-year art schools, and whose work is represent
1855, Lucknow. As tensions simmer in the heat of repressive colonial India, a prince of Avadh and an English woman defy their societies prejudices to fall in love. But in a world where private happine
In the wake of the resounding victory at the Battle of Oudenarde, career soldier Captain Daniel Rawson must take a leading role in the Allies new strategy to strike deeper into French Flanders and lay
"Around South Africa in Eighteen Days" documents the author s journey to the country s most scenic and photogenic areas. The book is divided into eighteen sections, each one representing a day in a di
An unidentifiable woman is found on a roadside - beaten into a coma and raped. The man who finds her, troubled by his inability to resuscitate her, spends hours at her hospital bedside, talking to th
1855. On the LNWR train a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, con-man, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a ruthless accomplice
As a key figure and one-time president of the Lebanese Kataeb Party (better known in the US as the Phalange) until his resignation in 2008, the author engaged in weekly meetings to discuss Lebanese po
After two of his men are impressed into His Majesty's Navy, high-seas smuggler John Pierce and his friend Michael O'Hagan attempt to rescue the two men from the ship of Pierce's old adversary, Ralph B
Most of the literature on slavery during the first 60 years in the colony that is now South Africa, is Dutch or Afrikaans, says Schoeman, and his purpose with this volume is to translate that material
