This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens.

Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn't work and why. Case studies are drawn from five countries and the ECOWAS (west African) region, and a range of sectors from education, wildlife, sanitation, through to government procurement processes. The book is supported by a range of policy briefs and videos intended to be both practical and critically rigorous. It uses evidence sources such as evaluations, research synthesis and citizen engagement to show how these cases succeeded in informing policy and practice.

The voices of policy makers are key to the book, ensuring that the examples deployed are useful to practitioners and researchers alike. This innovative book will be perfect for policy makers, practitioners in government and civil society, and researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence can be used to support policy making in Africa.

Eighty-five-year-old Alma tracks a stallion through the wild bush. A young woman leaves her corporate job to start a wine farm as her marriage stales. A mother leaves her war-torn home to seek safety for herself and her daughter and a girl begs for survival.

In a series of ten mesmerising stories, Cranswick pulls aside the covers to let us in on the lives and inner lives of women thrown out of their comfort zone. With chilling clarity and a haunting lyricism, Cranswick slows down time, zooms in close, and refuses to look away.

Originating in Guastalla, Italy, La Germania combines culinary craft with engineering skill. With roots in the tradition of the Italian family, culture and style, La Germania ovens and hobs are built with passion and precision by people who know about cooking.

Originating in Guastalla, Italy, La Germania combines culinary craft with engineering skill. With roots in the tradition of the Italian family, culture and style, La Germania ovens and hobs are built with passion and precision by people who know about cooking.

Castle builders or Disney Princess fans aged 5+ get loads of play possibilities with this LEGO® ǀ Disney Cinderella and Prince Charming’s Castle (43206) set, featuring a 3-level castle, 3 mini-doll figures and 2 LEGO animal figures, plus interactive digital instructions to make building extra fun. Available in the free LEGO Building Instructions app, the intuitive tools help kids visualize the model as they build.

Hands-on play This detailed set is packed with features and accessories to boost the fun as kids role-play and relive favorite movie scenes or create their own. The castle has a ballroom with a spinning dance floor, a dress studio where kids can swap out Cinderella’s dress, a closet with a working cat door and more, encouraging endless creative play.

Lots of fun characters This set gets kids playing fast with Disney Princess Cinderella, Prince Charming and Lady Tremaine mini-doll figures, plus Gus Gus and Lucifer LEGO animal figures, and is an impressive gift for anyDisney fan.

Originating in Guastalla, Italy, La Germania combines culinary craft with engineering skill. With roots in the tradition of the Italian family, culture and style, La Germania ovens and hobs are built with passion and precision by people who know about cooking.

This Russell Hobbs Black Ombre Toaster features a stylish silver to black ombre design. The toaster is a 2-slice and it’s powered at 815 watts. The toaster operates on 6 adjustable heat settings to control the desired browning of the toast. There are three additional functions on the side of the toaster which include defrost, reheat and cancel. The defrost setting is utilised for frozen bread, reheat allows for cold toast to be reheated and the cancel option may be utilised during operation. The toast will not get jammed. The indicator lights will also light up when the toaster has been switched on and operating. The toaster also has a removable crumb tray which allows for easy cleaning and prevents hazardous build-up inside the toaster.

Originating in Guastalla, Italy, La Germania combines culinary craft with engineering skill. With roots in the tradition of the Italian family, culture and style, La Germania ovens and hobs are built with passion and precision by people who know about cooking.

IDEAL FOR CAMPING & 4X4 ADVENTURES
Get off the grid and enjoy the great outdoors while keeping your essential gear powered & charged.
Thanks to the 230V South African plug, two DC ports, and a 12V auxiliary power outlet, you can power your mini fridge, camera, various lightbulbs, and other small electronics with ease.

POWER UP THE HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS


With four USB ports including one USB 3.0 Quick Charge port and a PD port, this household essential is ideal in the event of a power outage or loadshedding allowing you to power up devices such as your router, TV, notebook, and other small appliances.

Estimated Recharges:
    Smart Phone (3500mAh): 23
    Tablet (7000mAh): 11
    Portable Speaker (7500mAh): 10
    Action Camera (1250mAh): 64
 

Estimated Runtime:
    Laptop (50W): 6 hrs
    Lightbulb (11W): 27 hrs
    Internet Router (12W): 25 hrs
    42″ LED TV (100W): 3 hrs
    Portable Fridge (100W): 3 hrs

From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller about a worldwide blackout and the lengths one family go to stay alive.

When the world falls into darkness no one is safe... A nation without power. A society without rules. A race to build a better world...

In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son. Then the lights go out - not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.

Across the country lives Aubrey's estranged brother Thom, a fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security. But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings which not everyone will survive...

Aurora is suspenseful storytelling - both large scale and small - at its finest.

A luxury house in France. A gathering of wealthy, reckless friends. And a woman on the run.

Deep in the lavender fields of Provence, nine guests arrive at a luxury holiday home. They all know each other well, or at least they think they do. The only stranger is the young woman hired to do the catering. Over the course of their break, loyalties will be tested, secrets revealed, and tensions pushed to the point of no return...

The sensational new novel from the universally acclaimed Sabine Durrant - destined to be the thriller of summer 2022.

This edition of Oliver Twist provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.

The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Features:

• Affordable high quality complete text of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
• Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level English
• Explore the contemporary context, Charles Dickens’ writing, the novel’s critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text
• Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts
• Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary

Kids can stage a spellbinding contest with the LEGO® Harry Potter™ Triwizard Tournament™: The Black Lake (76420) playset. A top gift idea for kids aged 8 and up, it features a buildable underwater scene with an arch ruin, 2 caves and flexible LEGO elements to create the effect of 2 minifigures floating. There is also a pier model, with a minifigure-diving function, which can be placed on top of the underwater scene.

Iconic characters
Bring a classic Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ scene to life with 5 LEGO minifigures, including Harry Potter with flipper elements and Viktor Krum with a shark head element to help them rescue Hermione Granger™ and Ron Weasley™. Fans will also be inspired to play by the Merperson minifigure, new-for-March-2023 Grindylow figure and accessory elements such as the Gillyweed potion.

App-assisted building
Let the LEGO Builder app guide your youngster on a building adventure where they can zoom in and rotate models in 3D, save sets and track theirprogress.

DualSense™ Wireless Controller
Discover a deeper gaming experience1 with the innovative new PS5™ controller.

Heighten Your Senses™
The DualSense wireless controller for PS5 offers immersive haptic feedback2, dynamic adaptive triggers2 and a built-in microphone, all integrated into an iconic design.

Haptic Feedback
Feel physically responsive feedback to your in-game actions with dual actuators which replace traditional rumble motors. In your hands, these dynamic vibrations can simulate the feeling of everything from environments to the recoil of different weapons.

Adaptive Triggers
Experience varying levels of force and tension as you interact with your in-game gear and environments. From pulling back an increasingly tight bowstring to hitting the brakes on a speeding car, feel physically connected to your on-screen actions.

Built-in Microphone and Headset Jack
Chat with friends online3 using the built-in microphone — or by connecting a headset to the 3.5-mm jack. Easily switch off voice capture at a moment's notice with the dedicated mute button.

Create Button
Capture and broadcast3 your most epic gaming moments with the create button. Building on the success of the pioneering SHARE button, "create" offers players more ways to produce gaming content and broadcast their adventures live to the world.

A Gaming Icon in Your Hands
Take control with an evolved, two-tone design that combines an iconic, intuitive layout with enhanced sticks and a reimagined light bar.

Familiar Features
The DualSense wireless controller retains many DUALSHOCK®4 features, returning for a new generation of play.

• Built-in battery - Charge and play, now via USB Type-C®4.
• Integrated Speaker - Select games take on an extra dimension with higher-fidelity sound effects bursting from the controller.
• Motion Sensor - Bring intuitive motion control to supported games with the built-in accelerometer and gyroscope.

What does it mean to "leave quietly"? It means making the worst mistake of your life. By leaving quietly, you inflict unspeakable harm on your children and grandchildren.

The battle is raging. Two realms are seeking to influence the natural world—light and darkness. There is no middle ground. Depending on how you participate in life, either Heaven or Hell will advance its agenda into the Earth. The Holy Spirit is trying to show us what is at stake. He is trying to create something that will stop an evil every bit as hideous as Hitler. His voice is crying out to everyone, from celebrity pastors to Christian billionaires to everyday believers. He is ordering us to toss aside petty squabbles and build a movement that can destroy the nameless horror we face.

Mario Murillo is a bestselling author, popular blogger, and minister of the Gospel. As an evangelist for nearly 50 years, Murillo has weathered many cultural shifts, but his message has remained steadfast. In the midst of our current cultural climate, God is seeking to raise an army of prophetic people whose voices shape the direction of the nation.

Do Not Leave Quietly is a prophetic war cry for every reader to:

• Be ignited with a holy resolve to stop the enemy's plans.
• Expose and defeat woke and cancel cultures, and win the war on our freedom.
• Activate the key to seeing signs and wonders to impact your community.
• Advance the light of God’s Kingdom in the spheres of influence you are called to impact.

"I feel so overwhelmed."

Do you race from one thing to the next, unable to keep up with all the demands of your ever-growing to-do list? Are you overcommitted and overstretched, but don’t know how to slow down when the world just says to speed up? Is there any hope for rest in a world of never-ending demands?

Many women don’t realize they’re running at an unsustainable pace until it hurts them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Drawing on many years of counseling and their own experiences of burnout, wife and husband team Shona and David Murray want to help you slow down to a more grace-paced life―enabling you to avoid the pitfall of burnout, cultivate sustainable habits for the future, and experience the rest of body and soul that God intends for you.