A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides.[...]
An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.[...]
The definitive book on Afghanistan, 'Not a Shot Fired' by award-winning journalist, Christina Lamb, is the gripping account of how the West's politicians forgot about this troubled region, the root of the War on Terror, when pursuing their goals in Iraq.[...]
From the award-winning co-author of 'I Am Malala', this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong?[...]
A British war correspondent chronicles her ten-year visit to Pakistan, during which she witnessed the rise of the Taliban in the last phase of the Soviet War, the brutal victimization of the Afghan people, and the literary traditions of the women writers of Herat, in an updated edition featuring a n[...]
Christina Lamb's The Africa House is the bestselling account of an English gentleman and his African dream. In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete[...]
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought [...]
In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakistani and international media, advocating the freedom to pursue ed[...]
Tirsdag den 9. oktober 2012 trængte Taliban op i en skolebus og skød den 15-årige pakistanske pige Malala Yousafzai på klods hold. Hun overlevede det brutale attentat, og hendes historie gav genlyd over hele verden.
Fra den ene dag til den anden blev hun et globalt symbol på fredelig protest[...]
När talibanerna tog kontroll över Swatdalen i Pakistan vägrade en ofattbart modig flicka att låta sig tystas. Malala Yousafzai stred för alla flickors rätt till utbildning, vilket tisdagen den 9 oktober 2012 var nära att kosta henne livet. Malala var på väg hem då skolbussen stoppades av b[...]
Väldigt driv i historien. Den är skickligt gjord och blir aldrig ointressant Det här är en bok man måste läsa. Magnus Utvik, Gomorron Sverige Månadens årets? måsteläsning, om hur en person kan förändra världen. Caroline Engvall, Metro När talibanerna tog kontroll över Swa[...]
Väldigt driv i historien. Den är skickligt gjord och blir aldrig ointressant Det här är en bok man måste läsa.
Magnus Utvik, Gomorron Sverige
Månadens årets? måsteläsning, om hur en person kan förändra världen.
Caroline Engvall, Metro
När talibanerna tog kontrol[...]