https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENBSOPAC%3A%20(HUMAN%20%2B%20MIGRATION)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20human%20migration%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5545344 'The World' by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as Haiti, Congo and Cambodia as well as Europe, China and America. Starting with the first footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago, Montefiore steers us through an interconnected world via palace intrigues, love affairs and family lives, linking grand themes of war, migration, plague, religion, medicine and technology to the people at the heart of the human drama. It features a cast of extraordinary span and diversity: as well as rulers and conquerors there are priests, charlatans, artists, scientists, doctors, tycoons, gangsters, lovers, husbands, wives and children. 'The World' by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as Haiti, Congo and Cambodia as well as Europe, China and America. Starting with the first footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago, Montefiore steers us through an interconnected world via palace intrigues, love affairs and family lives, linking grand themes of war, migration, plague, religion, medicine and technology to the people at the heart of the human drama. It features a cast of extraordinary span and diversity: as well as rulers and conquerors there are priests, charlatans, artists, scientists, doctors, tycoons, gangsters, lovers, husbands, wives and children.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.<br />xlii, 1302 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Iver Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 909 SEB - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 95100000416918<br />Lt. Chalfont Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - 909 - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 27 Aug 2023) - 95100000279268<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5508326 Humanity was nomadic for 99% of its existence. Sedentary life, national borders and the creation of identity documents for increasingly stricter population control are comparatively recent phenomena, and paradoxical given that the world is becoming ever more globalised. The recent emergence of populist movements in the West that are focused on closing borders and rejecting others raises serious questions about our sense of fraternity, especially when we could be facing ever larger migration movements due to the climate crisis. This book concisely explains what migration is, its causes and consequences, and the humanistic and legal aspects regarding it in the simplest, most objective ways possible, so that children have all the information they need to understand the world around them. Humanity was nomadic for 99% of its existence. Sedentary life, national borders and the creation of identity documents for increasingly stricter population control are comparatively recent phenomena, and paradoxical given that the world is becoming ever more globalised. The recent emergence of populist movements in the West that are focused on closing borders and rejecting others raises serious questions about our sense of fraternity, especially when we could be facing ever larger migration movements due to the climate crisis. This book concisely explains what migration is, its causes and consequences, and the humanistic and legal aspects regarding it in the simplest, most objective ways possible, so that children have all the information they need to understand the world around them.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Altarriba, Eduard<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lewes, East Sussex : Button Books, 2023.<br />43 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm.<br />My world<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000406485<br />Beacon Villages Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000407114<br />Chesham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000406530<br />Gerrards Cross Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000406970<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000406740<br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J304.82 ALT - Available - 95100000406865<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5409473 We are all descended from migrants. Humans are, in in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. Migration is one of the most toxically controversial subjects of our day, but it is not only an issue of our age. Migrants are expected to assimilate and encouraged to remain distinctive; to defend their heritage and adopt a new one. They are sub-human and super-human; romanticised and castigated, admired and abhorred. 'Migrants' tells us that this is not a new narrative; this is the history of migration, which is part of everybody's backstory - for those who consider themselves migrants and those who do not. We are all descended from migrants. Humans are, in in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. Migration is one of the most toxically controversial subjects of our day, but it is not only an issue of our age. Migrants are expected to assimilate and encouraged to remain distinctive; to defend their heritage and adopt a new one. They are sub-human and super-human; romanticised and castigated, admired and abhorred. 'Migrants' tells us that this is not a new narrative; this is the history of migration, which is part of everybody's backstory - for those who consider themselves migrants and those who do not.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Miller, Sam, 1962-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus Books, 2023.<br />439 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.8 MIL - Available - 95100000400270<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5323407 'The World' by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as Haiti, Congo and Cambodia as well as Europe, China and America. Starting with the first footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago, Montefiore steers us through an interconnected world via palace intrigues, love affairs and family lives, linking grand themes of war, migration, plague, religion, medicine and technology to the people at the heart of the human drama. It features a cast of extraordinary span and diversity: as well as rulers and conquerors there are priests, charlatans, artists, scientists, doctors, tycoons, gangsters, lovers, husbands, wives and children. 'The World' by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents, from the perspective of places as diverse as Haiti, Congo and Cambodia as well as Europe, China and America. Starting with the first footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago, Montefiore steers us through an interconnected world via palace intrigues, love affairs and family lives, linking grand themes of war, migration, plague, religion, medicine and technology to the people at the heart of the human drama. It features a cast of extraordinary span and diversity: as well as rulers and conquerors there are priests, charlatans, artists, scientists, doctors, tycoons, gangsters, lovers, husbands, wives and children.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.<br />xl, 1304 pages : maps (colour) ; 25 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 909 SEB - Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024 - 95100000395542<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 909 SEB - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 30 Apr 2024) - 95100000396025<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5288485 An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change - how it will force us to change where - and how - we liveWe are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. While we must do everything we can to mitigate the impact of climate change, the brutal truth is that huge swathes of the world are becoming uninhabitable. From Bangladesh to Sudan to the western United States, and in cities from Cardiff to New Orleans to Shanghai, the quadruple threat of drought, heat, wildfires and flooding will utterly reshape Earth's human geography in the coming decades. In this rousing call to arms, Royal Society Science Prize-winning author Gaia Vince demonstrates how we can plan for and manage this unavoidable climate migration. An urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change - how it will force us to change where - and how - we liveWe are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. While we must do everything we can to mitigate the impact of climate change, the brutal truth is that huge swathes of the world are becoming uninhabitable. From Bangladesh to Sudan to the western United States, and in cities from Cardiff to New Orleans to Shanghai, the quadruple threat of drought, heat, wildfires and flooding will utterly reshape Earth's human geography in the coming decades. In this rousing call to arms, Royal Society Science Prize-winning author Gaia Vince demonstrates how we can plan for and manage this unavoidable climate migration.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vince, Gaia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Allen Lane, 2022.<br />176 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.8 VIN - Available - 95100000394935<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5218750 Discover how the migration of peoples has shaped the modern world. This book details the movement of people and cultures around the world - from the early migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa 50,000 years ago to modern refugee movements and migrations. Through striking photographs, evocative illustrations, and intimate first hand accounts, 'Migrations' explores famous (and infamous) movements in history, from the Middle Passage and Trail of Tears to the California Gold Rush and the Windrush generation. Discover how the migration of peoples has shaped the modern world. This book details the movement of people and cultures around the world - from the early migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa 50,000 years ago to modern refugee movements and migrations. Through striking photographs, evocative illustrations, and intimate first hand accounts, 'Migrations' explores famous (and infamous) movements in history, from the Middle Passage and Trail of Tears to the California Gold Rush and the Windrush generation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2022.<br />287 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 29 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.8 MIG - Available - 95100000355689<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5171816 Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politian to hold public office in the United States. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 amid a migration of gay men to the city's Castro district and took advantage of the neighbourhood's growing political and economic power to promote gay rights. Campaigning against the odds, and in the face of hate and death threats, Milk's political flair finally earned him a seat as a City Supervisor in 1977. But only eleven months later he was gunned down by a fellow City Supervisor. 'The Mayor of Castro Street' is the emotionally-charged story of personal tragedy and political intrigue, murder at City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the affirmation of human rights and gay hope. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay politian to hold public office in the United States. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 amid a migration of gay men to the city's Castro district and took advantage of the neighbourhood's growing political and economic power to promote gay rights. Campaigning against the odds, and in the face of hate and death threats, Milk's political flair finally earned him a seat as a City Supervisor in 1977. But only eleven months later he was gunned down by a fellow City Supervisor. 'The Mayor of Castro Street' is the emotionally-charged story of personal tragedy and political intrigue, murder at City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the affirmation of human rights and gay hope.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shilts, Randy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic Books, 2022.<br />464 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B MIL SHI - Available - 95100000350256<br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B MIL SHI - Available - 95100000349921<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5055103 Perplexed by plate tectonics? Confused by climates? Disorientated by demographics? 'Help Your Kids With Geography' helps parents to get to grips with what their children learn in geography class by exploring all these topics and more. Covering all the important areas of human and physical geography, from geopolitics to geology, and from coastal erosion to cultural migration, it presents information in a visually appealing way by using clear graphics and instantly understandable diagrams. Perplexed by plate tectonics? Confused by climates? Disorientated by demographics? 'Help Your Kids With Geography' helps parents to get to grips with what their children learn in geography class by exploring all these topics and more. Covering all the important areas of human and physical geography, from geopolitics to geology, and from coastal erosion to cultural migration, it presents information in a visually appealing way by using clear graphics and instantly understandable diagrams.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2021.<br />256 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 95100000332357<br />Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Available - 95100000333415<br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 95100000332725<br />Micklefield Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Available - 95100000333390<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4959048 Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. 'How To Argue With a Racist' is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry. Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. 'How To Argue With a Racist' is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rutherford, Adam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2021.<br />xliv, 179 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000309872<br />Flackwell Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000308976<br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000308623<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4877027 Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy surrounding mass migration and physical borders runs in parallel and is closely connected to the debates surrounding the symbolic boundaries people need to guide on the issues of everyday life. Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy surrounding mass migration and physical borders runs in parallel and is closely connected to the debates surrounding the symbolic boundaries people need to guide on the issues of everyday life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Furedi, Frank, 1947-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Routledge, 2020.<br />200 pages<br /><br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 301 FUR - Available - 95100000415538<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4768554 One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' - our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the connections between humanity and the Earth. We are being confronted by a daily barrage of geographical stories on climate change, geopolitics, population growth, migration, dwindling resources, polluted oceans and natural hazards. These are planetary concerns affecting all people and all places. They are challenges which can be addressed through geography. In this short but powerful book, Nicholas Crane makes the compelling case that never has geography been so important. One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' - our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the connections between humanity and the Earth. We are being confronted by a daily barrage of geographical stories on climate change, geopolitics, population growth, migration, dwindling resources, polluted oceans and natural hazards. These are planetary concerns affecting all people and all places. They are challenges which can be addressed through geography. In this short but powerful book, Nicholas Crane makes the compelling case that never has geography been so important.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Crane, Nicholas<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.<br />xviii, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Amersham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 CRA - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 95100000287342<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4751753 Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. 'How To Argue With a Racist' is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry. Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. 'How To Argue With a Racist' is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rutherford, Adam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.<br />207 pages ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000285615<br />Beacon Villages Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000260976<br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Available - 95100000290154<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.5 RUT - Onloan - Due: 14 May 2024 - 95100000285252<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4736698 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Smith, Stephen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Polity Press, 2019<br />200p<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.8406 SMI - Available - 95100000246903<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4590035 Perplexed by plate tectonics? Confused by climates? Disorientated by demographics? 'Help Your Kids With Geography' helps parents to get to grips with what their children learn in geography class by exploring all these topics and more. Covering all the important areas of human and physical geography, from geopolitics to geology, and from coastal erosion to cultural migration, it presents information in a visually appealing way by using clear graphics and instantly understandable diagrams. Perplexed by plate tectonics? Confused by climates? Disorientated by demographics? 'Help Your Kids With Geography' helps parents to get to grips with what their children learn in geography class by exploring all these topics and more. Covering all the important areas of human and physical geography, from geopolitics to geology, and from coastal erosion to cultural migration, it presents information in a visually appealing way by using clear graphics and instantly understandable diagrams.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2019.<br />256 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Available - 95100000244296<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 95100000244542<br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 910 HEL - Available - 95100000244436<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4325280 What happens when we attempt to exchange the life we are given for something better? Can we transform the possibilities we are born into? 'A State of Freedom' prises open the central, defining events of our century - displacement and migration - but not as you imagine them. Five characters, in very different circumstances, from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant and his dancing bear, and a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city, find out the meanings of dislocation, and the desire for more. Set in contemporary India and moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives - formally daring, fierce but full of pity - delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life. What happens when we attempt to exchange the life we are given for something better? Can we transform the possibilities we are born into? 'A State of Freedom' prises open the central, defining events of our century - displacement and migration - but not as you imagine them. Five characters, in very different circumstances, from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant and his dancing bear, and a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city, find out the meanings of dislocation, and the desire for more. Set in contemporary India and moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives - formally daring, fierce but full of pity - delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mukherjee, Neel<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage Books, 2018.<br />304 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - Available - 067417586<br />Iver Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - Available - 95100000181588<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4206771 This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration and a lot of sex. Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001 it has been subject to all sorts of claims, counterclaims and myths. In fact, as Adam Rutherford explains, our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals, but as epic poems. DNA determines far less than we have been led to believe about us as individuals, but vastly more about us as a species. In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics, Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us about history, and what history tells us about our genes. This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration and a lot of sex. Since scientists first read the human genome in 2001 it has been subject to all sorts of claims, counterclaims and myths. In fact, as Adam Rutherford explains, our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals, but as epic poems. DNA determines far less than we have been led to believe about us as individuals, but vastly more about us as a species. In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics, Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us about history, and what history tells us about our genes.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rutherford, Adam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.<br />xii, 419 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Chalfont St Giles Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 599.938 RUT - Available - 153943931<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3274479 A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors. A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors. A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors. A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Higman, B. W., 1943-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.<br />352 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.<br />Cambridge concise histories<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - R972.9 HIG - Available - 067846710<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1267305 'The Great Migrations' brings together 50 epic accounts of the mass movement of peoples. Each account not only describes the migration itself, but also examines in detail its causes, and its short- and long-term consequences. 'The Great Migrations' brings together 50 epic accounts of the mass movement of peoples. Each account not only describes the migration itself, but also examines in detail its causes, and its short- and long-term consequences.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Haywood, John, 1956-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Quercus, 2008.<br />255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Oversized - 304.809 HAY - Adult non fiction - Available - 060996162<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=896762 This textbook emphasizes and illustrates techniques used in human geography, such as population estimation and projection, market-demand estimation, retail and public facility location, school enrolment projection, and transportation and recreation demand forecasting. This textbook emphasizes and illustrates techniques used in human geography, such as population estimation and projection, market-demand estimation, retail and public facility location, school enrolment projection, and transportation and recreation demand forecasting.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Plane, David A.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York ; Chichester : J. Wiley, c1994.<br />xvi, 417 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 304.6 - Adult non fiction - Available - 113933264<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=828908 Born in Dublin in 1917 to politically active parents, Maeve Brennan wrote fashion copy at 'Harper's Bazaar' until being asked to join the 'New Yorker'. Focusing on migration, memory, and identity, as well as women's lives, she displayed a brilliant eye for human behaviour, fashion and style. Born in Dublin in 1917 to politically active parents, Maeve Brennan wrote fashion copy at 'Harper's Bazaar' until being asked to join the 'New Yorker'. Focusing on migration, memory, and identity, as well as women's lives, she displayed a brilliant eye for human behaviour, fashion and style.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bourke, Angela<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jonathan Cape, 2004.<br />xv, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - B-BRE - Adult non fiction - Available - 14231205X<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=801128 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Bloomington ; London : Indiana University Press [for] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1978.<br />xix,442p. : ill., maps ; 24cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 301.32 - Adult non fiction - Available - 002631323<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=521172 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macdonald and Jane's, 1980.<br />256p. : ill(some col), col maps ; 29cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: oversize - 591.52 MYS - Adult non fiction - Available - 150525450<br />