ShiningA remarkably warm hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy's survival against the odds. Abdi's world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalia's vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others,heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almost four months, they arrived in at refugee camps in Kenya

and their culinary predilections

This volume is the first ever rigorously researched narrative of the city's making that speaks to readers of modern history

The Trumpet of the Swan

Two: family matters most

the headstrong and passionate Kitty Farrell's heart is left in tatters after the sudden death of her beloved husband

In this much-anticipated follow-up to his bestselling classic

instructive

And with the pressures of alumni bureaucracy and past failures weighing on her

a city college student who is a world unto herself

Before I Fall meets “bah

comfort and connection in the modern world through a thoughtful and passionate discourse

Dechert knows his life and those of his crew are meaningless to the politicians