Famine drought paperback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Jo Brundle Publisher Book Life Release date 20160930 Pages 32 ISBN 1-78637-102-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78637-102-7

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Features Author Roland Buti (Author), Charlotte Mandell (Translator) Publisher Old Street Publishing Release date 20180621 ISBN 1-910400-76-9 ISBN 13 978-1-910400-76-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants' lives. Features Summary Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history Author Mike Davis Publisher Verso Books Release date 20170117 Pages 480 ISBN 1-78478-662-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78478-662-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days Down to the secret waterhole the animals all come, As seasons bring forth drought and flood, they gather there as one. United in their common need, their numbers swell to ten, But hidden deep amongst the trees lie ten times that again! The Waterhole is an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book - an exhilarating journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the Jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia. Features Summary Down to the secret waterhole the animals all come, As seasons bring forth drought and flood, they gather there as one. United in their common need, their numbers swell to ten... Author Graeme Base Publisher Puffin Release date 20030701 Pages 32 ISBN 0-14-056753-4 ISBN 13 978-0-14-056753-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age--and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece. Features Summary The Description for this book, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, will be forthcoming. Author Eric H. Cline (Author), Eric H. Cline (Afterword by) Publisher Princeton University Press Release date 20150911 Pages 241 ISBN 0-691-16838-5 ISBN 13 978-0-691-16838-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read...Read it!' David Baldacci WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CRIME THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2017 Amazon.com's #1 Pick for Best Mystery & Thriller 2017 The Gold Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year Australian Book Industry Award for Fiction Book of the Year WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH THE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'Packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the reader guessing...The Dry is a breathless page-turner' Janet Maslin, New York Times WHO REALLY KILLED THE HADLER FAMILY? I just can't understand how someone like him could do something like that. Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the Hadler family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guilty. Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. As questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth. And as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crime. And if you loved The Dry and Force of Nature, pre-order The Lost Man by Jane Harper now Features Summary In a town without rain, some secrets are never washed away... Author Jane Harper Publisher Abacus Release date 20170601 Pages 401 ISBN 0-349-14211-4 ISBN 13 978-0-349-14211-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Set in the 15th century just after the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel of ideas traces the intersecting lives of a Turkish adventurer, an idealistic Lombard revolutionary, an intellectual heretic from Bohemia, and a woman disappointed in love and with her limited options. Agnese chooses to spend 47 years in a cell, looking out on the bustling public life of the Cemetery of the Holy Innocents, where she seeks to confront the oppressions of an age marked by war, famine, disease, and brutal injustice--an age much like our own. Toni Maraini is an Italian poet, novelist, and art critic. She grew up in an literary family in Sicily, and has lived in Paris, London, Casablanca, and New York. Features Summary Self-imprisoned in a Parisian cemetery wall, a woman reflects on the savage turmoil of the medieval world. Author Toni Maraini (Author), Arthur Bierman (Translator) Publisher City Lights Books Release date 20020716 Pages 184 ISBN 0-87286-388-3 ISBN 13 978-0-87286-388-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days THE HUNGER is the exciting tale of a girl swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland, set at the time of the Potato Famine. It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom... Features Summary It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom... Author Carol Drinkwater Publisher Scholastic Release date 20150205 Pages 182 ISBN 1-4071-5255-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-5255-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Covering three centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic changes, this textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive view of the shaping of Irish society, at home and abroad, from the famine of 1740 to the present day. The first major work on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective, it focuses on the experiences and agency of Irish men, women and children, Catholics and Protestants, and in the North, South and the diaspora. An international team of leading scholars survey key changes in population, the economy, occupations, property ownership, class and migration, and also consider the interaction of the individual and the state through welfare, education, crime and policing. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently setting Irish developments in a wider European and global context, this is an invaluable resource for courses on modern Irish history and Irish studies. Features Summary This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Author Eugenio F Biagini (Editor), Mary E Daly (Editor) Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20170427 Pages 648 ISBN 1-107-47940-1 ISBN 13 978-1-107-47940-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days THE HUNGER is the exciting tale of a girl swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland, set at the time of the Potato Famine. It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom... Features Summary It's 1845, and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in Ireland's fight for freedom... Author Carol Drinkwater Publisher Scholastic Release date 20150205 Pages 182 ISBN 1-4071-5255-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-5255-4

Paperback. English. Faber & Faber. 1999. In good condition. Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case. A sullen government worker, Sampath is inspired only when in search of a quiet place to take his nap. 'But the world is round', his grandmother says. 'Wait and see! Even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up the other side. Yes, on top of the world. He is just taking a longer route.' No one believes her until, one day, Sampath climbs into a guava tree and becomes unintentionally famous as a holy man, setting off a series of events that spin increasingly out of control. A delightfully sweet comic novel that ends in a raucous bang, 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard' is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought.

In a place near Mozambique where no one knows the boundary, drought is changing everything. Tens, then hundreds of people seek refuge in a forgotten outpost where a clinic is run by lonely souls of uncertain training, nuns staunchly determined to serve. But the inundation soon becomes too much for them, and there is no help from outside. Within the small community of outcasts a plan takes shape that is as outrageous as it is inspired. The illegal adventure that follows is a humanitarian act of heroic proportions, yet unsung in the greater world. And in its wake unanswered questions remain: what is it that lies just beyond our reach; why can we not take the final step towards each other? Bundu is about the people and the animals of Africa at the height of their beauty and the depth of their despair. It is a love story and a meditation on the mystery of our powers and the limitations that we share with our brothers, the animals. Format:Paperback (Trade paperback, B format) Pages:208

Jonathan Ball, 2006. Paperback. Book Condition: Very good, slight corner bumps. 13 x 19.8 cm. 752 pp. Mellow yellow. Africa is forever on our TV screens, but the bad-news stories (famine, genocide, corruption) massively outweigh the good (South Africa). Ever since the process of de-colonialisation began in the mid-1950s, and arguably before, the continent has appeared to be stuck in a process of irreversible decline. Constant war, improper use of natural resources and misappropriation of revenues and aid monies contribute to an impression of a continent beyond hope. How did we get here What, if anything, is to be done Fully revised and updated and weaving together the key stories and characters of the last sixty years into a stunningly compelling and coherent narrative, Martin Meredith has produced the definitive history of how European ideas of how to organise 10,000 different ethnic groups has led to what Tony Blair described as the 'scar on the conscience of the world'.