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From the Local to the Global: Key Issues in Development Studies

Year: 2009 | Published by: Pluto Press

‘Think global, act locally’ is a phrase often used to describe the importance of popular activism and an awareness of …

The Activist’s Handbook: A Guide to Activism on Global Issues

Year: 2011 | Published by: Centre for Global Education (Belfast)

This publication is a practical tool to individuals and organisations interested in taking the step from concern about global injustices …

Children in Crossfire: Seeds of Peace

Year: 2004

Collections of children’s creative writing from Ulster from writing events that were  sponsored by Children in Crossfire, an organisation that …

If the World Were a Village

Year: 2004

This brilliant 32-page full colour children’s book imagines what a ‘global village’ would look like if there were 100 people …

Children in Crossfire: Walk in my Shoes

Year: 2003

Collections of children’s creative writing from Ulster from writing events that were sponsored by Children in Crossfire, an organisation that …

Seeing Through the Spin: public relations in the Globalized Economy

Year: 2001

Schools are increasingly being targeted by companies keen to market their brand and image. This 187 page teacher pack provides …

The World Came to My Place Today

Year: 2004

This 32 page entertaining storybook explains how plants from all over the world are used in our daily routines and …

The White Tiger

Year: 2008 | Published by: HarperCollins India

The White Tiger tells the story of Balram, a former rickshaw-puller’s son from rural India who has reinvented himself as …

The Year of Living Dangerously

Year: 1974 | Published by: Penguin Books

Set in Jakarta just before and during the fall of Indonesian leader Sukarno in 1965, this novel is about a …

Twenty Chickens for a Saddle

Year: 2009 | Published by: Bloomsbury

The memoir about growing up in Africa is a well beaten track, so why did Robyn Scott feel she had …

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Year: 2009 | Published by: Spiegel & Grau

This book is the first to follow the lives of ordinary people in North Korea, one of the most repressive …

Infidel

Year: 2007 | Published by: Free Press

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has led an astonishing life and in her memoir Infidel she charts her experiences from a childhood …

Kings of the Water

Year: 2009 | Published by: Abacus

‘Kings of The Water’ tells the story of thirty-five year old Michiel Steyn returning to South Africa after a fifteen …

Three Letter Plague

Year: 2008 | Published by: Vintage

This book is about the cultural obstacles, misunderstandings and stigma that, especially in rural the areas that challenge the efforts …

The Kite Runner

Year: 2003

Banned under the Taliban, kite flying is once again now a national pastime in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner has probably …

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Year: 2010

Peter Godwin’s latest book The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe, tells about the murderous violence dished out by …

A Sunday by the Pool in Kigali

Year: 2003

This book is a love story told amid the backdrop of the world’s largest genocide in recent times. The Rwandan …

Concern Debates Handbook: A comprehensive guide for students teachers and adjudicators

Year: 2011

The Concern Debate Handbook outlines how to get involved in the Concern Debates and what must be done – from …

Around the World series

Year: 0 | Published by: Heinemann

Each book in this series explores a basic need or activity of people around the world. Find out how the …

Festival Time! Series

Year: 2005 | Published by: Frances Lincoln

The 5 books that make up the Festival Time Series look at important religious festivals in some of the world’s …