Hafsa and the Magical Ring (Bengali) / Hafsa Ebong Jadukori Angti
Hafsa, a young Rohingya girl, lives in a Bangladeshi refugee camp with her mother and little brother. Life isn't easy there, but they struggle by, with the help of kind neighbors and their mother's resourcefulness. One day, Hafsa finds her brother, Hafiz, playing with an old razor. The incident stirs up memories of her life in their homeland of Myanmar, where Hafsa used to play with safe, homemade toys. When Hafiz is curious to know about the home they had left behind, Hafsa and her mother share beautiful memories of their village and family life. Her mother also tells them a Rohingya folk tale about a king who possessed a magical ring that could grant any wishes. Though Hafsa is taken by the story and wishes she owned a magical ring to change their circumstances, it is her mother's love and their supportive community that gives her the most comfort.This story is part of The Asia Foundation's Gom Acho Collection.
Undiscovered Heroes of the Second World War
An important commemorative collection to mark the eightieth anniversary of VE Day, to ensure the world never forgets. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the British empire covered one quarter of the earth's land surface and included one fifth of the world's population. People all around the British empire were caught up in the war in very different and unexpected ways, and had their lives completely changed, sometimes in ways that they could never have ever imagined. Leading historian Professor Yasmin Khan tells the stories of some of those people, from tea pickers in India to a Maori army lieutenant serving on the front line, and from a Singaporean resistance fighter to the first Australian woman journalist to report on the D-Day landings in Dunkirk. Each account gives a voice to these incredibly brave unsung heroes, who deserve to be remembered for their courage and dedication to the Allied war effort.
Zaitoun
A dazzling cookbook with vibrant recipes, captivating stories and stunning photography from Palestine 'A moving, hugely knowledgeable and utterly delicious book' Anthony Bourdain 'A big bowl-full of delicious Palestinian recipes, plus lots of insi...
The Coin
Winner of the Swansea Dylan Thomas Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind The Coin's narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start. In New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags. But America is stifling her--her willfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied
Great Partition
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan "Eloquently discusses the making of India and Pakistan after British rule on the subcontinent was dismantled in 1947. . . . A ne...
Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen
Yasmin Khan unlocks the flavors and fragrances of modern Palestine, from the sun-kissed pomegranate stalls of Akka, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through evergreen oases of date plantations in the Jordan Valley, to the fading fish markets...
Ripe Figs - Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus
For thousands of years, the eastern Mediterranean has stood as a meeting point between East and West, bringing cultures and cuisines through trade, commerce, and migration. Traveling by boat and land, Yasmin Khan traces the ingredients that have s...
All the Things We Never Said
Runner-up YA in the inaugural Diverse Book Awards 2020. 16-year-old Mehreen Miah's anxiety and depression, or 'Chaos', as she calls it, has taken over her life, to the point where she can't bear it any more. So she joins MementoMori, a website tha...
Adam Green: Subcultural Karate Turtles
A graphic-novel parody of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the author of War and Paradise A satirical graphic novel by artist, musician, creative polymath and Moldy Peaches founder Adam Green (born 1981), Subcultural Karate Turtles is a parody of...
Healing the Emptiness
In this Bengali translation of Yasmin Mogahed's book, translator Hamid Sirajy translates this deeply motivational self-help guide to spiritual well-being. Individuals will learn how to heal from the emptiness within when feeling lost or hopeless. When people give up hope, they see no way out of their pain, problems, and failures. Some people carry years of shame and self-hatred. Moreover, some live with a profound emptiness, despite worldly success. However, there is hope and always a road back. Just as we were sent on this worldly journey with the capacity to fall, we were also given the capacity to rise. Just as we would bleed, we would also heal. We would be designed with the divine capacity to cope. To survive. To even thrive through the storms. Each one of us would be given the God-given potential to see through the darkness. To rise through the cold. To break again and again and to heal again and again. And then to be even more beautiful at the broken parts.
Why Is Nobody Laughing?
'A warm, sensitive and hopeful portrayal of a young person struggling with their mental health and family dynamics ... it has depth and great heart as well as charming characters that you will grow to love.' - Ciara Smyth, author of NOT MY PROBLEM...
This Is My Truth
This Is My Truth
Sundays in Paris
Sundays in Paris is your comprehensive guide to the best places to eat, drink and explore in Paris, from an insider's perspective. Sundays are famously a dead zone in Paris, with visitors confronted with one 'closed' sign after another. So frustra...
Marrakesh, Explore the Magic of the Red City
Marrakesh, Explore the Magic of the Red City is a comprehensive guide to the very best places to eat, drink, shop and explore in this ancient city. Go beyond the souq's intoxicating scent of spices and colourful displays of fabrics to discover delicious local food, beautiful mosques and palaces, secret gardens and relaxing teahouses. The neighbourhoods it covers are: Central Medina, North Medina, East Medina, South Medina, West Medina, Kasbah, Guéliz/Ville Nouvelle, Hivernage, Sidi Ghanem, Palmeraie, and Route de L'Ourika. Author Yasmin Zeinab shares not only Marrakesh's highlights, but also unlocks some of its secrets, so in no time you'll be living like a local. Full-day itineraries help you navigate the best of the city, while the day trips section covering places in the nearby Atlas Mountains allows you to make the most of your trip. Experience the best of Marrakesh, whether you have just a few days or longer to enjoy the city.
Death and the Migrant
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Death and the Migrant is a sociological account of transnational dying and care in British cities. It chronicles ...
A Jar of Wild Flowers
A Jar of Wild Flowers
Researching 'Race' and Ethnicity
'Gunaratnam's framework is rich in its examination and synthesis of approaches to the study of "race"? the reward for the reader who does pick up the book is that the author deftly articulates the complicated view of research on "ra...
Reclaim Your Heart
Reclaim Your Heart is not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a book about redemption, about hope, about renewal. Every heart can heal, and each moment is created to bring us closer to that transformative return. Reclaim Your Heart is about finding that moment when everything stops and suddenly looks different. It is about finding your own awakening. And then returning to the better, truer, and freer version of yourself. Many of us live our lives, entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment. Many of us have no idea why this happens. Reclaim Your Heart is about freeing the heart from this slavery. It is about the journey in an out of life's most deceptive traps. This book was written to awaken the heart and provide a new perspective on love, loss, happiness, and pain.
Power Up
'A stimulating and affable overview of how major feats of engineering can help the world beat the climate crisis.' NEW STATESMAN 'A highly engaging personal account of changes in our complex energy system to enable a low carbon world.' MIKE BERNER...
