London is about to be drunk dry.A gritty pub crawl from the streets of South London to the hallways of vampire royalty. Blood Drunk is a pitch-black urban fantasy for fans of Slow Horses and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.**Includes an audio exclusive interview with the author Ben Shepherd and the narrator David John.‘I literally couldn't put it down’– Catriona Ward, Sunday Times be...

London is about to be drunk dry.A gritty pub crawl from the streets of South London to the hallways of vampire royalty. Blood Drunk is a pitch-black urban fantasy for fans of Slow Horses and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.**‘I literally couldn't put it down’– Catriona Ward, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Nowhere BurningFred...

How did labor NGOs come into existence in contemporary China? How do labor activists act – or not act – when the limits of state tolerance are unclear? With a focus on labor NGOs in South China and Western funding agencies, this book sets out to address these questions by investigating the dynamics of state control in post-socialist China since the 1970s, in which rapid economic and social transformations have cultivated an environment of uncertainty.Taking uncertainty as an analyt...

Discover Europe's last remaining wilderness with this unique series of PAN Parks travel guides. In this first volume, the most incredible areas of wilderness from Southern Europe are presented: Majella National Park (Italy) and Peneda-Geres National Park (Portugal). All revenues obtained from the selling of this travel guide will be used to fund the conservation projects of the PAN Parks Foundation, the leading organization working for the protection of Europe's last remaining wilderness. ...

Tucked away between the perennial waterways of the Okavango Delta and the arid Kalahari to the south are the legendary Makgadikgadi Pans. Some 12,000 square kilometres in extent, these salt flats, consisting of two large salt pans, Sowa and Ntwetwe, and a myriad smaller ones, are Botswana’s best-kept secret and one of its fastest-growing tourist attractions. In this first guidebook on the pans and their environs, Makgadikgadi Pans – A Traveller’s Guide to Botswana’s Salt Flats explores thi...

A Turn in the South is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South.Naipaul writes of his encounters with politicians, rednecks, farmers, writers and ordinary men and women, both black and white, with the insight and originality we expect from one of our best travel writers. Fascinating and poetic, this is a remarkable book on race, culture and country.‘Naipaul’s writing is supple and fluid, meticulously crafte...

The overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to address, is unemployment, which falls especially on African youths who were promised a better future after 1994. If the current unemployment challenge is not addressed, it will be impossible to sustainably lift many millions of people out of poverty. How South Africa Works reviews the country’s major economic achievements over the past two decades.Through numerous interviews with politicians, bus...

South Asia is today the region inhabited by the largest number of Muslims---roughly 500 million. In the course of the Islamisation process, which begaun in the eighth century, it developed a distinct Indo-Islamic civilisation that culminated in the Mughal Empire. While paying lip service to the power centres of Islam in the Gulf, including Mecca and Medina, this civilisation has cultivated its own variety of Islam, based on Sufism. Over the last fifty years, pan-Islamic ties have intensifi...

The Pan Theatre presents to your attention tales from the peoples of the Far East. Story No. 5 includes a South Korean fairy tale. You can expect encounters with mysterious and mystical beings, journeys to the coldest corners of the earth. Enjoy listening!

A practical handbook for navigating the climate crisis in South AfricaSouth Africa's Survival Guide to Climate Change is a crucial handbook that explores the impending impacts of climate change on South Africa and offers practical strategies for preparation and mitigation. As temperatures climb, sea levels rise, and parts of the country face the risk of becoming uninhabitable, this guide serves as a vital resource for all South Africans. Recognizing that l...

In today’s insta-everything world, cast iron reminds us of a simpler time. A time when things were built to last, not break within a year. A well-seasoned pan is a cooking Swiss Army knife. A solid flat pot is the ultimate campfire jack-of-all-trades, and the humble potjie pot is more than just a pot. It’s our version of low and slow and it has some important lessons to teach. It forces you to relax and enjoy the ride, and to realise that the best things really are worth waiting for. It’s ...

In What if there were no whites in South Africa? Ferial Haffajee examines South Africa’s history and present in the light of a provocative question that yields some thought-provoking discussion and analysis. From round-table discussions with influential South Africans, to research, personal thoughts and powerful anecdotes, Ferial takes the reader through the rocky terrain of race rage in our country and grapples with what it means to be South African in 2015.