Year 12 and 13 Wide reading - Global and cultural

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Non-fiction. Mark Kurlansky also wrote "Cod" "The big oyster" and "Non-violence" etc.  In Salt Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India. Got Books, Books To Read, Free Reading, Book Worth Reading, Reading Time, Historia Universal, English, Book Addict, Humor
Salt : A World History
Non-fiction. Mark Kurlansky also wrote "Cod" "The big oyster" and "Non-violence" etc. In Salt Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India.
Published in 1978. In the Autumn of 1973 Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller (GS) on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo "The last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth". Classic modern nature writing shot through with metaphor and mysticism and search for the snow leopard. Books You Should Read, Pdf Books, Book Club Suggestions, Best Travel Books, National Book Award, Penguin Classics, Exotic Places, Penguin Random House
The Snow Leopard
Published in 1978. In the Autumn of 1973 Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller (GS) on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo "The last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth". Classic modern nature writing shot through with metaphor and mysticism and search for the snow leopard.
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting Commonwealth, Reading Lists, Reading Groups, Book Lists, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Good Books, Amazing Books
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting
Africa Tanzania. Easter 1974 on a remote medical mission station a missionary doctor and his wife are savagely murdered leaving a young daughter Kate. Their last guest Annah Mason once an idealistic missionary nurse is now an outsider. Europeans view her with suspicion but the Africans know her as a gifted healer and the great love of Mtemi, chief of Waganga. They call her the rain queen. Medical Missions, Suspicion, Page Turner, Developing Country, Great Love, Her. Book, Call Her, Great Books, Tanzania
The Rain Queen
Africa Tanzania. Easter 1974 on a remote medical mission station a missionary doctor and his wife are savagely murdered leaving a young daughter Kate. Their last guest Annah Mason once an idealistic missionary nurse is now an outsider. Europeans view her with suspicion but the Africans know her as a gifted healer and the great love of Mtemi, chief of Waganga. They call her the rain queen.
Athol Fugard is renowned for his relentless explorations of personal and political survival in apartheid South Africa -- which include his now classic plays Master Harold . . . and the Boys and The Blood Knot. Fugard has written a single novel, Tsotsi, which director Gavin Hood has made into a feature film that The Times (London) calls a remarkable achievement and is South Africa s official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards Ya Literature, Nobel Prize In Literature, Date, The Times London, Apartheid South Africa, African Movies, Athol, Tearjerker, Soweto
Tsotsi
Athol Fugard is renowned for his relentless explorations of personal and political survival in apartheid South Africa -- which include his now classic plays Master Harold . . . and the Boys and The Blood Knot. Fugard has written a single novel, Tsotsi, which director Gavin Hood has made into a feature film that The Times (London) calls a remarkable achievement and is South Africa s official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burned man who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal,and rescue illuminates this book like flashes of heat lightening Canadian Books, The English Patient, Book Community, Reread, Summer Reading, Book Authors, So Little Time
The English Patient
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burned man who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal,and rescue illuminates this book like flashes of heat lightening
Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man. I Love Books, Travel Project, Goodreads, Book Recommendations, Favorite Books
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man.
Award winning  Australian novel. In the  nineteenth century William Thornhill is transported from the slums of London to NSW for the term of his natural life. He arrives with wife Sal, their children into a land he does not understand. Eight years later, Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury a free man to claim a hundred acres. Aboriginal people already live on the river and Thornhill will soon have to make the most difficult decision of his life. Inspired by research into her own family history. Book 1, Book Club, Books Everyone Should Read, Gothic Novel, Grenville, The Settlers, Slums, Natural Life, Historical Fiction
The Secret River
Award winning Australian novel. In the nineteenth century William Thornhill is transported from the slums of London to NSW for the term of his natural life. He arrives with wife Sal, their children into a land he does not understand. Eight years later, Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury a free man to claim a hundred acres. Aboriginal people already live on the river and Thornhill will soon have to make the most difficult decision of his life. Inspired by research into her own family history.
Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing, chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with his Maori ancestry, and going on to study medicine. After a brief but outstanding career working as a GP in the public health system, Lance and his wife set up a ground-breaking practice in the Far North that offers free healthcare to the many who can't afford it. The Water Diviner, And The Mountains Echoed, The Light Between Oceans, Studying Medicine, Sisters Book, Liane Moriarty, Peter Blake, Upbringing, Good Doctor
The Good Doctor
Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing, chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with his Maori ancestry, and going on to study medicine. After a brief but outstanding career working as a GP in the public health system, Lance and his wife set up a ground-breaking practice in the Far North that offers free healthcare to the many who can't afford it.
Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama, dressed as an ordinary Tibetan solider, slipped out of his summer residence with only four aides at his side. At that moment, he became the symbolic head of the Tibetan government in exile, and Gyalo Thondup, the only one of the Dalai Lama’s brothers not to don the robes of a Buddhist monk, became the fulcrum for the independence movement. How did the remote and bleakly beautiful Tibet disappear as an independent nation-state? Noodle Maker, Nation State, Solider, Before Midnight, True Identity, My Struggle, Day Book, Dalai Lama, Tibet
The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong: The Untold Story of My S…
Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1959, the Dalai Lama, dressed as an ordinary Tibetan solider, slipped out of his summer residence with only four aides at his side. At that moment, he became the symbolic head of the Tibetan government in exile, and Gyalo Thondup, the only one of the Dalai Lama’s brothers not to don the robes of a Buddhist monk, became the fulcrum for the independence movement. How did the remote and bleakly beautiful Tibet disappear as an independent nation-state?
The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history. A well meaning priest caught up in the paedophile scandals  of the church. It deals sensitively with issues of guilt, denial and morality. Story takes the point of view of family, victims, members of the church and perpetrators. Reading Room, Books To Buy, John Boyne, Irish Catholic, Child Sexual Abuse
A History of Loneliness
The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history. A well meaning priest caught up in the paedophile scandals of the church. It deals sensitively with issues of guilt, denial and morality. Story takes the point of view of family, victims, members of the church and perpetrators.
Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager where he played a leading role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. He provides an account of his life inside and out of Islamic extremism. Now founding member of the Quilliam Foundation. A think tank, that aims to challenge extremist narratives The Assassin, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Prison, Hip Hop, Show Of Hands, Foundation, Political Theory, British Government
Radical: My Journey Out Of Islamist Extremism
Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager where he played a leading role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. He provides an account of his life inside and out of Islamic extremism. Now founding member of the Quilliam Foundation. A think tank, that aims to challenge extremist narratives
A warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances, peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some beautifully black humour. Ove is a joy from start to finish. Grumpy Man, Travel Memoir, A Man Called Ove, Unexpected Friendship, Spring Reading, Life Affirming, Laughing And Crying
A Man Called Ove
A warm and tender story about love, loss and second chances, peppered with memorable characters, wonderful set pieces and some beautifully black humour. Ove is a joy from start to finish.
Before leaving for a teaching tour to America the Dalai Lama poses a challenge to his beloved feline, HHC (His Holiness's Cat) to discover the true cause of happiness. Little does she know what adventures this task will bring!. Professor, Gatos Cats, Book Cafe, Romance, Up Book, Cat Books, Animal Books, David
The Art of Purring (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #2)
Before leaving for a teaching tour to America the Dalai Lama poses a challenge to his beloved feline, HHC (His Holiness's Cat) to discover the true cause of happiness. Little does she know what adventures this task will bring!.
'Oh! How adorable! I didn't know you had a cat!' she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat? 'If only she could speak, ' continued the actress. 'I'm sure she'd have such wisdom to share.' And so the seed was planted . .the Dalai Lama's cat provides us with insights on how to find happiness and meaning in a busy, materialistic world. Jackson Galaxy, Free Books
The Dalai Lama's Cat (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #1)
'Oh! How adorable! I didn't know you had a cat!' she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat? 'If only she could speak, ' continued the actress. 'I'm sure she'd have such wisdom to share.' And so the seed was planted . .the Dalai Lama's cat provides us with insights on how to find happiness and meaning in a busy, materialistic world.