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  • Rethinking Poverty

    What Makes a Good Society?

    by Barry Knight ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.In our society, a wealthy minority flourish, while around one-fifth experience chronic poverty and many people on middle incomes fear for their futures.Social policy has failed to find answers to these problems and there is now a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society.With the aim of ending poverty, this book ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Beyond The Pavilion

    Reflections on a Life in Cricket

    by Barry Knight, Andrew Leeming, Gideon Haigh ...
    Beyond The Pavilion spans seventy years of social, regional and cultural history through the eyes of one of cricket's earliest Test match wayfarers, Barry Knight. As a ten-year-old, Barry saw Don Bradman's 1948 'Invincibles' at Lord's. His early days were spent playing street cricket in London's East End, captaining his school against Eton College, and later captaining England Schoolboys. At the ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

  • Reviving Democracy

    Citizens at the Heart of Governance

    by Barry Knight, Rajesh Tandon ...
    The aim of this text is to analyze the conditions for a good society and, from extensive international research, to show how citizens can be put at the centre of the political process. This has enormous importance for future policy which the authors explore. With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, the book sets out to change the current political consensus and demonstrate the route forward ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • My Struggle for Syria

    A Woman in Arab Politics

    by Bassma Kodmani ...
    This account by Bassma Kodmani details her passionate fight for democratic change in Syria. It is both her personal testimony and a unique historical document. As a westernised Syrian intellectual who, in 2011, became a figure of the Syrian opposition in exile, her candid narrative sheds fresh light on this conflict with its multiple twists and turns drawn from her direct involvement over a decade ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The New Cuban Presence In The Caribbean

    by Barry B Levine, Franklin W Knight ...
    The Caribbean area projects an image—not entirely accurate—of instability, and it is within that context that the United States and Cuba, the region's chief protagonists, struggle. This book explores in detail the history and nature of Cuba's influence in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America, as well as its relations wi ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Our Island Story, Part 1 (Unabridged)

    by HENRIETTA ELIZABETH MARSHALL ...
    Narrated by Barry Knight ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 52 min

    Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England. Marshall freely mixes folk ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    by David Lloyd ...
    Bumble is back! The funny, forthright and not infrequently filthy author of best-seller ‘Start the Car’ and star of Sky Sports returns with a new collection of yarns from his years at the crease and at the microphone. It’s the book that Bumble’s many fans have been longing forAfter three long years, Bumble is finally back! The outspoken author of best-seller ‘Start the Car’ returns with a whole ... Read more

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  • Cuba : What Everyone Needs To Know

    What Everyone Needs to Know

    by Julia E Sweig ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America's fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive waves of Cuban immigration and Castro's larger-than-life persona. Cubans are now a major ethnic group in Florida, and the exile community is so ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • First Tests: Great Australian Cricketers and the Backyards That Made The m

    by Steve Cannane ...
    Some of Australia's best-known cricketers relive their childhood summers of playing cricket in their backyards.Australia has dominated test cricket over the last 130 years. But it's not the formal cricket academies or high-end coaching that are responsible for the Australian cricket team's winning ways. the backyard has been the real academy of Australian cricket. Don Bradman's unique grip, stance ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Thanks, Johnners

    An Affectionate Tribute to a Broadcasting Legend

    by Jonathan Agnew ...
    Perfect for cricket fans everywhere, Thanks Johnners is a warm and witty tribute to Brian Johnston and his time at the helm of Test Match Special.The Test Match Special on-air incident, in which Jonathan Agnew's comment on Ian Botham's attempt to avoid stepping on his stumps – "He just couldn't quite get his leg over" provoking prolonged fits of giggles, most notably from Brian Johnston, has been ... Read more

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  • Cuba

    A Brief History

    by Sergio Guerra Vilaboy, Oscar Loyola Vega ...
    A concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country’s turbulent history.Cuba: A Brief History covers the pre-Hispanic period, through Cuba’s struggle to maintain the revolution in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the period after Fidel Castro’s decision to step down from office, to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Over But Not Out

    The heart of the game and beyond

    by Richie Benaud ...
    The story of a lifetime at the very centre of international cricket, from the most respected TV commentator in the game.Few people understand cricket as well as Richie Benaud. For sixty years, as player and commentator, he has set the standards for others to follow and has witnessed all the major events in the game. No one else has found such favour with the vast numbers of cricket lovers in both ... Read more

    $7.99 USD