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There is a history of humanity that has never been told - the story of how we are born.

"Cutting across disciplinary boundaries and challenging traditional understandings of historical cultures, this handbook examines and interrogates the ways in which gender, sexuality, and religion were mutually constructed and negotiated in ancient Near Eastern societies. Chapters look at ritual and ceremonial practices, iconographic representations, mythological and divinatory texts, personal beliefs, and piety, focusing on the intersections of gender, sexuality and religion as a central category of inquiry"--

Tracing the life of architect Hans Heyerdahl Hallen (1930-2022), this book reveals the transnational influences that shaped his practice in South Africa, and the migratory circles of ideas that defined a new form of subtropical architecture.Beginning with Hallen's Nordic and South African roots, chapters then explore his practice and studies at the London County Council and Architectural Association, where he met with contemporaries such as Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. From here, he returned to South Africa with new ideas that challenged the teachings of early modernism, instead combining philosophies such as Norberg Schulz's genius loci with African traditional architecture (Zulu Kraal) to create buildings unique to local communities and topographical conditions.This need to embrace vernacular forms was a response to local climate conditions and local materials, but also a desire to make cities relevant to the African context. In transmuting European teachings within colonial environments, Hallen's practice reveals the role of the architect to reflect local communities and to build for their needs, and to create spaces for community and resistance.Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the study features a wealth of previously-unpublished archival material to explore the role of the architect in the colonial context.

Hasan is eleven years old. One summer morning, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Set in a land ruled by an oppresive military regime, this novel recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, and illustrates the transformative power of the imagination.

Everything will be fine. That is what Mary and John promise when they tell their two children that they are getting a divorce. But the separation becomes wildly different from what they had both imagined. John is quickly scooped up by a new woman while Mary is forced to realise that an adult woman without a partner is not an uncomplicated matter in the eyes of society. While John moves on with both the children's trust and his personal finances intact, Mary - who has spent her life living for the approval of others - must reevaluate herself, her choices and her life. Opt Out is a searing reckoning with the limitations of marriage and gender roles, and an examination of the image of the good mother. Smart, intimate and emotionally astute, it is a story about family and love - for better or for worse - and the difficulties of breaking away from the constraints of one life in pursuit of another. Praise for Carolina Setterwall and Let's Hope for the Best'I've read it twice now ... Utterly compulsive' Marian Keyes'I think the world should read it' Lisa Taddeo'Brutally candid ... The most compelling book I've read in years' The Times'It's impossible not to draw comparisons with Karl Ove Knausgaard' Evening Standard'Every spare, controlled sentence has the ring of truth ... Gripping' Daily Mail

A unique homage to the fighter aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, marrying the story of how the author - an aeronautical obsessive - built a replica Spitfire in his back garden with an account of the development and operational history of an aeroplane that became a national icon and design classic.