OMS Latest:
Malcolm Henderson (1955; Millfield) Caroline Williams (1951-53; Wraxleigh) “Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide” This new edition of a popular and handy guide continues to walk the visitor around two hundred of the city’s most interesting Islamic monuments. For each site, the book provides a wealth of detail and also keeps pace with recent developments with updated and revised material. As some of the less-visited sites, where no guides are available, the book really comes into its own. It will make sure that once you have found a site, you do not miss anything of interest and can put the monument into its historical interest. Paperback: 276 pages Damian Miller (1987-88; Holmcroft) “Selling Solar” To solve the climate crisis, the world must make a wholesale shift to renewable energy technologies. With surging growth in emerging markets, this transformation takes on even greater urgency. The challenges - and opportunities - are immense. Hardback: 336 pages Victoria Lang (1967-69; Grange) “To Liberia – Destiny’s Timing” An adventure story based on the life of Matilda Newport, a little known black American heroine, who sailed back to Africa during the flight of slaves from the United States in the 1840s. Set in a historical setting, it is about the first African Republic founded by escaped slaves from the US fleeing back to their roots, and touches on African folklore and custom. Paperback: 52 pages Sophie Dahl (1985-87; Edgarley) “Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights” Sophie Dahl shares delicious secrets from her slinky kitchen, funny stories and favourite recipes in a beautifully illustrated hardback. With delectable recipes for each season, this luscious abundant take on food will delight readers. This is a book that doesn't encourage guilt or monastic deprivation, but celebrates the joy in food and eating. Original, funny, quirky with a bit of whimsy, and scattered with Sophie's own lovely Matisse-like line drawings. Hardback Early in 2010, Sophie will be presenting a cookery series on BBC2: “Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights”. It will feature reminiscences about her “personal food memories”. Chantel Coles(1974-75; Great House) “Valentina: Lisa’s Dream Come True” Valentina is a story about an eleven-year-old girl with a passionate dream to own her own horse. Lisa’s interest in horses grows once the local stable she frequently visits is bought by two Spanish families. With not too much persuasion, Lisa’s father buys her a horse they find in poor condition at the local market. After realizing that they can’t just take the horse home because they don’t have the facilities or the knowledge, they get advice from the stables, where they came to an agreement about the mare. Lisa works very hard both at school and with her new horse, and she secretly prepares the mare for a surprise. Paperback: 50 pages
Paperback: 716 pages Publisher: Raider Publishing International
"Don't Kill The Cow Too Quick"
Malcolm has recently been in touch to tell us of his book, subtitled ‘An Englishman’s Adventures Homesteading in Panama’, which relates all the hazards of adapting to Latino culture based on self-experience. It is a 5 star book on Amazon.
Malcolm has also told us that he has much to thank Millfield for, turning a hopeless case into, in just two terms, a successful Civil Service Examination candidate, who graduated from Sandhurst and Staff College (Indian). After retiring to deal in art for twenty five years he took up organic farming in Panama, where he has been living for the past twelve years.
Published: American University in Cairo Press, 5th edition 2004
£13.95
ISBN-10: 9774246950
ISBN-13: 9789774246951
This book is about the diffusion of solar photovoltaic systems in emerging markets. It communicates the promise of solar energy in those markets, and what it takes to realise that promise. The more it’s read, the better!
Published: Earthscan
£49.95
ISBN: 9781844075188
Published: PublishAmerica
£11
ISBN-10:1413718299
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
£18.99
ISBN 13: 9780007261178
Publisher: Publish America
£8
ISBN: 9781413797718
Dato Selamat Munap (1958-63; Orchards)
“The Wild Men of the East”
Selamat’s first novel concerns the inevitable fragility of lifelong friendships and shared ideals in the face of greed, ambition and the lust for power. It is also about man's natural weakness, his propensity for folly, his fallibility and corruptibility that allow predators and wild men of greed, ambition and acquisitiveness to thrive and prosper where principled men and idealistic leaders should hold sway.
Selamat is hoping to have a second novel published soon.
Simon Mawer (1964-1967; Shapwick)
“The Glass Room” – Booker Prize Nominee
Simon Mawer’s latest book, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, is an historical novel set in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930’s. The Glass Room is a book about a culture slipping from decadence into catastrophic decline. It is a study of a marriage and concerns itself with art, music, architecture, terror, betrayal, sex, and the Holocaust. “It is, unexpectedly, a thing of extraordinary beauty and symmetry.”
Hardback: 416 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN-10: 1408700778
ISBN-13: 978-1408700778
Michael Ridpath (1973-1978; Mill House)
“Where the Shadows Lie”
“Amid Iceland’s wild, volcanic landscape, rumours swirl about the secret sale of a long-lost ancient manuscript containing a saga about a ring of terrible power. The manuscript, guarded by one family for nearly eight centuries, was shown to J R R Tolkein in the 1930’s and was the spark that inspired The Lord of the Rings. That alone is enough to make the manuscript worth killing for…..but what if, as some think, the ring exists too? The book will be published in the UK in March, as well as in 9 other countries.
Hardback: 352 pages
Publisher: Corvus
ISBN: 9781848873971
£12.99