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  • Postmark Africa: Half a Century as a Foreign Correspondent

    by Michael Holman ...
    Michael Holman's eye-witness reports on the state of sub-Saharan Africa for the Financial Times and other media provide rare insights into the region’s post-independence successes and setbacks. From his accounts of the atrocities committed by Rhodesian forces in the 1960s to his interviews with those who would lead Africa into its own future and assessments of how they actually performed—often in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Practices of Literary Translation

    Constraints and Creativity

    Edited by Jean Boase-Beier, Michael Holman ...
    In their introduction to this collection of essays, the editors argue that constraints can be seen as a source of literary creativity, and given that translation is even more constrained than 'original' literary production, it thus has the potential to be even more creative too. The ten essays that follow outline ways in which translators and translations are constrained by poetic form, personal ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    Last Orders at Harrods

    An African Tale

    by Michael Holman ...
    Narrated by Jerome Pride ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Kuwisha trilogy

    Unabridged

    9 hours 43 min

    Charity Mupanga is the widowed owner of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot), a favourite meeting place for the movers and shakers of Kibera. While she can handle most challenges, from an erratic supply of Worcestershire sauce, the secret ingredient in her cooking, to the political tensions in East Africa's most notorious slum and a cholera outbreak that follows the freak floods in the state ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Dizzy Worms

    by Michael Holman ...
    Narrated by Jerome Pride ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 19 min

    Charity Mupanga, the resilient and maternal proprietor of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot) faces her toughest challenge in Dizzy Worms, the final novel in Michael Holman’s acclaimed trilogy set in the African slum of Kireba. Faced with a Health and Safety closure, Charity has a week to appeal and the chances of success seem negligible: elections are imminent, and Kireba is due to become a ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Fatboy and the Dancing Ladies

    by Michael Holman ...
    Narrated by Jerome Pride ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Kuwisha trilogy

    Unabridged

    7 hours 31 min

    Ferdinand Mlambo, the youngest boy ever to become senior kitchen toto at State House, is in deep trouble. Disloyalty to Kuwisha's Life President Nduka has not only cost him his prestigious job: the sinister chief steward to the president, Lovemore Mboga, has humiliated Mlambo by stripping him of his name. Word goes out: henceforth, he will be known as Fatboy. But with the help of Titus Ntoto, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • Power Portuguese

    by Denise Coronha Lima ...
    Power Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese in 5 Steps is a self-study guide and an open door for those interested in learning Portuguese. It includes a strategic collection of words, everyday expressions and the fundamentals of grammar, carefully integrated for you to begin to communicate in basic and correct Brazilian Portuguese. Simple formulas and straightforward grammatical explanations mean that ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Translation

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    by Matthew Reynolds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Translation is everywhere, and matters to everybody. Translation doesn't only give us foreign news, dubbed films and instructions for using the microwave: without it, there would be no world religions, and our literatures, our cultures, and our languages would be unrecognisable. In this Very Short Introduction, Matthew Reynolds gives an authoritative and thought-provoking account of the field, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Learn Danish - Bilingual Book (Danish - English) The Life of Cleopatra

    by Bilinguals ...
    Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Danish! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy!   Looking for a fun way to learn Danish? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written Danish for all skill levels. Translated sentence by sentence, ... Read more

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  • Learn Norwegian - Bilingual Book (Norwegian - English) The Life of Cleopatra

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    Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Norwegian! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy!   Looking for a fun way to learn Norwegian? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written Norwegian for all skill levels. Translated sentence by ... Read more

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  • Language for God in Patristic Tradition

    Wrestling with Biblical Anthropomorphism

    by Mark Sheridan ...
    Criticism of myth in the Bible is not a modern problem. Its roots go back to the earliest Christian theologians, and before them, to ancient Greek and Jewish thinkers. The dilemma posed by texts that ascribe human characteristics and emotions to the divine is a perennial problem, and we have much to learn from the ancient attempts to address it.Mark Sheridan provides a theological and historical ... Read more

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