Mary Venner gave up a secure job and travelled to the other side of the world to work in foreign aid. Her work took her to places that are now daily headline news, including Ukraine, Afghanistan and Somalia. Where Are You This Time? provides a first-hand account of what life is like in these countries. With a wry sense of humour it describes the strange working conditions, the challenges of economic development, and the lively social life of expats living in places that tourists avoid.

Mary Venner gave up a secure job to travel to the other side of the world to work in foreign aid. She soon discovered that it isn’t always about feeding the hungry and tending the sick. It’s also about red tape and regulation, spreadsheets, computers and accounting.Mary arrived in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars and found a new career providing advice to politicians and government officials on how to manage their country’s finances. With a wry sense of humour, she descri...

The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors all played a role in restoring stability and establishing governance in the territory. This book looks beyond the apparently united and generally self-congratulatory statements of these international actors to examine what actually happened when they tried to ...

A guide to side trips and excursions to the best Roman sites in Spain. Spain was an important part of the Roman Empire for almost 700 years. Evidence of Roman occupation can be found almost everywhere. This guide describes some of the most interesting archaeological sites from Roman and pre-Roman history, why they are important, and how you can visit them today. Learn about the Iberians, Phoenicians and Carthaginians, see where the great battles for control of the Iberian peninsula happene...

I Cathy Hopkins' nye underholdende og engagerende teenage-pigeserie møder vi tre piger og to drenge: Cat, Becca, Lia, Mac og Squidge, som bor i en lille by i Cornwall i Sydengland. De fem er venner og skolekammerater - og de skiftes til at være fortællere og hovedpersoner i seriens i alt otte bøger. Temaerne er venskab, familie, kærlighed, fremtiden; kort sagt teenagelivet på godt og ondt. Om 8. bind: S, P eller K: HemmelighedenDer sker en frygtelig masse i Cats liv: Familien skal f...

Er vi venner?:Der starter en ny dreng i Klaras klasse. Han hedder Niklas og bliver hurtigt populær. Klara synes også, han er sød. Og så er det ret sejt, at han er god til fodbold og slet ikke er genert. Faktisk er Klara næsten sikker på, at hun er lidt forelsket i Niklas.Men da han pludselig vil snakke med hende alene, bliver det hele meget alvorligt ...Bog nummer 11 i den populære serie om Klara og hendes veninder. Bøgerne handler om venskaber, skole og det at blive...