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From the award-winning author of The Bookseller of Kabul comes a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Serbs under Milosevic, and the dramatic events leading up to his fall. With characteristic perception and honesty, Åsne Seierstad offers an intimate portrait of these individuals, and a vivid study of the civil war and its aftermath.         First published in 2000, With their Backs to the World was updated extensively by the author in 2004. Click here to purchase With Their Backs to the World from kalahari.net now!	With Their Backs to the World Åsne Seierstad R142.95 ISBN: 1844082148 Release date: December 2005 Virago Press Softcover 320 pages
Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower.        In Desert Dawn she wrote about becoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation) and returning to her family in Somalia. Desert Children tells us how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn have investigated the practice of FGM in Europe - they estimate that up to 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM.         At the moment, France is the only European country in which offenders are convicted and no European country officially recognises the threat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum.         Here are the voices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by Waris Dirie's courage. They speak out for the first time and move us to action. Click here to purchase Desert Children from kalahari.net now!	Desert Children Waris Dirie R140.00 ISBN: 1844082520 Released: November 2005 Virago Press Format: Softcover 256 pages
"My name is Oscar, I'm ten years old ... They call me Egghead, I look about seven, I live in hospital because of my cancer and I've never written to you because I don't even know if you exist," writes Oscar to God.         Oscar is ill, and no one, especially not his parents, can tell him what he already knows: that he is dying.         Granny Rose, the oldest of the "ladies in pink" who come to visit the patients, makes friends with Oscar. She suggests that he play a game: to pretend that each of the following twelve days is a decade of his imaginary life. One day equals ten years, and every night Oscar writes a letter to God telling him about his life. The ten letters that follow are sensitive, funny, heartbreaking and, ultimately, life-affirming.         Oscar and the Pink Lady is a small fable with a very big heart. Click here to purchase your copy of Oscar and the Lady in Pink from kalahari.net	Oscar and the Lady in Pink Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt R100 ISBN: 1843544504 Published: October 2005 Atlantic Books Hardcover 178 pages
In the sixteenth century, Japanese monks developed the haiku, a poem consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables. Now, in One Hundred Great Books in Haiku, David Bader applies this ancient poetic form to the great works of literature. From Homer to Milton to Dostoyevsky, the entire literary canon is finally within reach of even the shortest attention spans.         The formal requirements of the haiku have, admittedly, necessitated a few cuts, such as characters, plot, dialogue and descriptive passages. Still, these are small sacrifices in view of the huge savings in time and shelf space.         Avoid eyestrain and deforestation and show off your literary prowess at parties. It's the perfect gift for today's busy reader. Click here to purchase One Hundred Great Books in Haiku from kalahari.net now!	One Hundred Great Books in Haiku David Bader R120 ISBN: 0670915777 Viking Released: November 2005 Format: Hardcover 112 pages
Eckhart Tolle's first full length book in eight years will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come. Taking off from the introspective work he began with The Power of Now, the number one bestseller that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow. About the author: Eckhart Tolle is one of the bestselling spiritual teachers of our time. The simple message in his international bestseller The Power of Now, that of living in the present, of enjoying the journey rather than always looking to the next goal, has spread fast. A wise counsellor in this ever changing, chaotic and often violent world, Tolle draws on essential spiritual teachings of all ages and traditions to reveal a fresh evolutionary model of spiritual life for the 21st Century. Click here to buy A New Earth from kalahari.net now!	A New Earth Eckhart Tolle R150.00 ISBN: 0781848576 Released : November 2005 Michael Joseph Format: Softcover

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