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The Last Maasai Warrior: Two Men, an Ancient Nation and an Impossible Choice
by Frank Coates

In 1904, the British government promised the Maasai control of their traditional lands 'for as long as they shall
exists as a people'. Seven years later, that promise is broken and the Massai must choose between war with a
powerful enemy and a perilous trek to the land allocated them by government. Ole Saderas has risen from village scapegoat to leader of his people. Now they look to him for answers, while he struggles with betrayal and rapid change, as well as his desire for another man's wife. A British Administrator arrives in East Africa to face the impossible choices of his own. Interesting ...

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The World is What it Is:
The authorised Biography of V.S. Naipaul
by Patrick French

French has produced a lucid account of of this enigmatic writer.
He looks sensitively and unflinchingly at V.S. Paul's relationships,
his development as a writer, and as a man, his outspokenness,
and his extraordinary position both outside and at the very
centre of the literary culture. We learn how incredibly funny
Naipaul can be.

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Joint Pains
by Penelope Ody

Many types of herbs can be used in arthritis treatment anti-inflammatories, analgesics, diuretics, laxatives,
diaphoretics, metabolic stimulants and so on. In traditional medicine Chinese practitoners use classic formulea
for particular syndromes. With an ageing population, it is estimated that at least 52% of us will suffer from
some from some degree of osteoarthritis by the time we are in our 60s...

This book looks at the whole area of herbal treatments including Western and Eastern approaches, dietary regimes
and the ever growing assortment of food supplements.