Oneworld Publications: 450 books
by Majok Tulba
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror - a child soldier. Marched...
by Deborah Kay Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
When she was good she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid!Pearl can be very, very good. More often, though, she is very, very bad. But she’s just a child. A mystery to all who know her; a little girl who has her own secret reasons for escaping to the nearby woods. What might those...
by Durian Sukegawa
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn’t managed to fulfil his dream of becoming a writer. Instead, he works in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing...
Gold Fever
One Man's Adventures on the Trail of the Gold Rush
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
One Thursday in 2008 the price of gold went above a thousand dollars an ounce for the first time in history. All over the world, at least in countries with gold-bearing soil, people with no experience of prospecting began shopping for shovels and pickaxes, gold pans, tents, generators and all manner...
Huxley
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception, and inventor of the term psychedelic’, Aldous Huxley was a global trend-setter ahead of his time. In this new biography Kieron O’Hara explores the life of this great visionary, charting his transformation from society satirist to Californian...
The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 3)
Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and India
Modern French Philosophy
From Existentialism to Postmodernism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This handy guide provides detailed coverage of all the key movements of the last 100 years of French though and gives short but readable accounts of the life, works and influence of famous philosophers and eccentric personalities.
Shari'ah Law
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shari’ah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim...
by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Shariah law is a subject that is misunderstood and misrepresented by many in the West. More than simply a system of law, it is concerned with a set of values and rules that are essential to the understanding and practice of Islam. In this volume, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, a world-renowned expert on Shariah,...
Murder in the Name of Honor
The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Rana Husseini’s hard hitting and controversial examination of honour crimes is a fearless, groundbreaking account of a topic that can no longer be ignored. Claiming the lives of 5,000 women every year, and common in many traditional societies around the world, as well as in migrant communities in Europe...
Jihadi John
The Making of a Terrorist
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
It was a defining moment, the first time Jihadi John’ appeared. Suddenly Islamic State had a face and the whole world knew the extent of their savagery. Weeks later, when his identity was revealed, Robert Verkaik was shocked to realise that this was a man he’d interviewed years earlier.Back in...
Who Really Runs Britain?
The Private Companies Taking Control of Benefits, Prisons, Asylum, Deportation, Security, Social Care and the NHS
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Who do you think is running our prisons, providing healthcare, transport, legal aid and child protection? You might think it has to be the government, but in reality £80 billion of public money is given every year to private companies to handle some of our most sensitive and important services. These...
Modern Slavery
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
There are 27 million slaves alive today - more than at any point in history. Written by the world’s leading experts, this shocking examination combines original research with first-hand stories from the slaves themselves to provide a reliable account of one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us...
The World Trade Organization
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
The World Trade Organization is one of the most important yet least understood organizations in the world. As a lynchpin of globalization, the WTO allows us to enjoy products and services from around the world, but it also lays bare the frailty of many industries, in some cases leading to unemployment...