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Drawn from the author's experiences growing up in a Paris banlieue, this is a portrait of a young woman finding herself in a modern world full of contradictions. Daas's journey to living her sexuality in spite of expectations about who she should be offers a powerful perspective on the queer experience.

Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio.Much in Gentileschi's life marked her out as a victim - rape at the age of 18, a forced marriage to a man she did not love and, a powerful, patriarchal father.

A collection of short stories supported by illustrations of, South Asian football trailblazers, women and men, working at the highest level of the beautiful game.

In the title story, Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and his sidekick Rudeyard Fly are sent for by the Criminal Investigation Department of Middleham-by-Sea ¿ a little town known for tea shops, pet shops, florist shops. Keen to kickstart their diversity policy, the Department sends for two black law enforcers who both think this an opportunity too good to miss: a chance to prove their cross-cultural mettle and elucidate the death of Lord Montagu, a controversial political figure possibly killed by a deadly vegetable. In other stories, an Anansi spider stows away on the Windrush, cod and chips are usurped by chicken tikka marsala, and a white landscape gardener who admires Capability Brown has a mixed race child who is dispossessed by voices from history, including that of Martin Luther King. Surreal and playful, John Agard¿s stories also reveal hidden truths that subtly change our view of how we are and where we come from.

Mwana, is a young man from Bantuland, living in Geneva with one foot in each culture. He sees Swiss society through African eyes, with all its contradictions.

14-year -old Marcus football genius, is loosing his hearing, and his world starts to crumble. With deafness, shifting friends, crazy parents and a 'special measures' school, he will have to gather all the strength he can find - in others as well as within himself.

The teen novel kicks off in Brighton 1962. Cool records and sharp fashions form the backdrop sounds and sights to this story of 15-yearold Naseem Al Yawar (¿Naz¿), a young man on the verge of adulthood and heading for his first experience of love. Naz is a typical foul-mouthed, disaffected teenage boy, bright but with no interest in school apart from a love of literature instilled in him by an inspirational teacher, Mr Easton - nicknamed ¿Easy Easton¿. The latter encourages Naz to write, directing him to read many authors including Henry Miller and John Steinbeck . Raymond Chandler is a particular favourite: ¿I love his crispness and gusty dialogue,¿ says Naz. The world is opening up for Naz, but his Arab father ¿ a moody, bitter man - is disappointed at what life has brought him and envious of his son¿s youth and freedom.

ISTANBUL, 1593. The final episode and the Ruzgär have inadvertently released an ancient demon. It now lurks within the bowels of the city.Returning from their previous mission the Ruzgär unit are declared traitors to the Ottoman Empire and banished from the Janissary order. Even the recovery of the Armour of David, so prized by the Sultan is not enough to prevent this. Desperate and on the run, Will must turn to the sinister Earl of Rothminster as an unlikely protector. Meanwhile Awa and the remaining Ruzgär, are nevertheless called upon by their supporters to protect the very people who have declared them enemies of the empire, as a mysterious force threatens to engulf the capital. All roads lead to Istanbul and all who traverse it, will be plagued by a demon¿s touch.

29 LOCKS address the on-going epidemic of knife crime, gang grooming and violence that blights urban communities. This is unique in presenting an affectionate and respectful portrayal of a drug-dependent mother, and the experience of being a child who has a parent detained in the prison system.

Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity's place in the world.

A history of the twentieth century seen through Afro-Caribbean spectacles in which the personal and political seamlessly collide. An important novel of the Windrush generation.

Set in India, an ecological novel well ahead of its time. British colonialists attempt to tame nature with disastrous consequences.

Two brothers set out on a journey from Douala to the far north of the Cameroon to find their brother who is on his way to Europe via traffickers in search of fame as a footballer.

A collection of diverse stories about love and desire by South Asian-heritage British Muslim women writers, including Ayisha Malik and Shelina Janmohamed. Reflections on migration, racism and arranged marriage.

Based on a true story of the Irish Connaught Rangers in India 1920, and a story of forbidden love in the Anglo-Indian community.

A topical tale of two Muslin schoolgirls in search of belonging and their attempt to come to terms with religious and social identity. Set against a backdrop of seething Islamaphobia.

A POWERFUL AND TIMELY PLEA FOR TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING. This is Tahar Ben Jelloun's succinct explanation of the seductions and dangers of terrorism in the modern world.

A GLORIOUS HOMAGE TO LIBRARIES From one of Mexico's foremost authors comes a wondrous adventure story of a boy who goes to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a library where books have supernatural powers. An unforgettable adventure story about the magic of books, libraries and the power of reading

Set in 1968, the year of Enoch Powell's infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech, The Nowhere Man is an intricate, perceptive tragedy of alienation centered around the violent racism sparked by Britain's post-war immigration drive.

A gripping psychological tale, enlivened by wickedly sharp insights into contemporary small-town life in China.

BOOK I OF AN EXCITING QUEST TRILOGY. Think 16th century Mission Impossible. ISTANBUL, 1591. The mighty Sultan Murad III, has been robbed. The Staff of Moses has been stolen from his private collection of religious artefacts in the Topkapi Palace - right from under his imperial nose and the furious Sultan wants it back.

Ranging widely across both historical periods and national boundaries, Qaisra Shahraz's new collection of short stories speaks powerfully to the burning ethical issues of the twenty-first century.

A rich and culturally diverse history of SUGAR! Sugar, Sugar tells the story behind India's migrant workers who first left the Sub-Continent more than a hundred and fifty years ago and their descendents who now live in contemporary Britain.