Miscellaneous

Quotations and extracts providing the essence of the big ideas that have shaped our world. From relativity to Gaia, from communism to eco-feminism, from Darwinism to racial equality, here are quotations from all the bright sparks.

Quotations from the women who changed the world, or had the guts to try. "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman," wrote Virginia Woolf. Here are the inspiring words from those who made their names known, and voices heard.

Nothing reveals so much about a culture as the folklore and collective wisdom of its proverbs. This robust tradition, at its richest in Africa, is reflected in this gift book.

Patrick Ibekwe, who was born in Nigeria, spent ten years assembling the material for his Wit and Wisdom of Africa, from which a selection of the best has been included in this Little Book.