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Explore The Lost City of Z!
Posted On: July 15, 2010Posted In: Articles, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
David Grann discusses his ventures into the hazardous wild world of the Amazon to retrace the footsteps of the great Colonel Fawcett and his followers, in a bracing attempt to solve one of the greatest mysteries.
Read More...Read the prologue to The Temptress
Posted On: May 28, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
In Kenya’s ‘Happy Valley’ in the years spanning the 1920s to the 1940s no one paid too much attention to the privileged colonial set as they farmed their estates, partied until dawn and indulged in extra-marital affairs. Not until Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll, was shot dead at the wheel of his Buick in the early hours of 24 January 1941.
Read More...Understanding Africa, with Africa United
Posted On: May 20, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
A superb portrait of the divided continent of Africa, told through one of the few things that unites it: football.
Read More...April non-fiction round-up – part one
Posted On: April 22, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Part one of our selection of fantastic non-fiction releases from April – from the West Coast of American to Africa, from Nelson Mandela to Bonnie and Clyde, there’s something here for all tastes.
Read More...An extract from Six Months in Sudan
Posted On: April 12, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
James Maskalyk set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan, in 2007. The newest Médicins Sans Frontières’ doctor in the field, he arrived with only his training, full of desire to understand this most desperate part of the world. He returned home six months later profoundly affected by the experience.
Read More...Alexander Maitland on Speke and the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Posted On: February 25, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
John Hanning Speke was among the greatest British explorers of the Victorian era, whose greatest achievement was the discovery of the source of the White Nile – the holy grail of Victorian exploration. Following expeditions with Sir Richard Burton, Speke died in mysterious circumstances, at the age of 37.
Read More...The February Competition [closed]
Posted On: February 19, 2010Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate and Sceptre in February’s fabulous Bookhugger competition!
Read More...Win a copy of The Boy Next Door [closed]
Posted On: February 12, 2010Posted In: Competitions, Video
Publisher: Sceptre
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Find our more about Irene Sabatini’s tale of growing up and falling love amidst the chaos of post-colonial Zimbabwe, watch a trailer and try and win a copy too.
Read More...Paul Theroux on Joyce Cary
Posted On: September 22, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
The American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux uncovers the works of a writer inspired by life in West Africa after World War One.
Read More...Read the first chapter of Sunset Oasis – and win a copy too [closed]
Posted On: September 7, 2009Posted In: Competitions, Extracts
Publisher: Sceptre
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Sunset Oasis won the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008, and now it’s being published in English. Bookhugger brings you a chance to read the first chapter, and to win a copy so you can read on…
Read More...James Maskalyk on death
Posted On: May 30, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
Dr. James Maskalyk returned last year from Sudan where he was the first official blogger for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders.
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