Category Archives: Maps
A Kind Man
Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been a day when he had not shown her some small kindness and even after the tragic death of their young daughter, their relationship remained as strong as before. Grief takes its
Cockroaches: An Early Harry Hole Case
Harry is on a special mission Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It`s clear that the Ambassador`s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He
The Case of the Love Commandos
This is the wonderful fourth outing for Delhi detective Vish Puri (“the Indian Hercule Poirot” (Financial Times)). When India`s Love Commandos rescue a young woman from a high-caste family who has been forbidden from marrying an untouchable, she looks set to live happily ever after with the man she truly loves. But just hours before
Into The Silence
In 1924, an expeditionary team headed by George Mallory attempted to conquer Everest. Britain was reeling from the effects of the First World War, and there was a hope that scaling the world`s highest mountain would hand a much-needed boost to the nation`s psyche. But it was to be a journey shrouded in mystery, for
Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
Over the past 250 years of momentous change and dramatic upheaval, China has proved itself to be a Restless Empire. Tracing China`s course from the eighteenth-century Qing Dynasty to today`s People`s Republic, Restless Empire shows how the country`s worldview has evolved. It explains how Chinese attitudes have been determined by both receptiveness and resistance to
The Dark Road
Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. When family planning
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
“We killed Americans. We are killing Americans. We will kill Americans”. (North Korean schoolchildren conjugating verbs). In North Korea, citizens found humming South Korean pop songs risk being sent to a gulag for six months of hard labour. Jail sentences are handed out if portraits of the late Kim Jong-il are not properly dusted. Shoot-to-kill
The Noodle Maker
From the award-winning author of Red Dust, comes a virtuoso piece of `red humour` – a darkly funny novel about the absurdities and cruelties of life in modern China. Every week, a writer of political propaganda and a professional blood donor meet for dinner. They are unlikely friends – one of them tortured by his
My Life as a Foreign Country
In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner was at the head of a convoy of 3,500 US soldiers as they entered the Iraqi desert. Now, still stalked by conflict, he retraces his war experience and meditates on the echoes between his story and those of generations of soldiers marching to battle before him. Spanning pre-deployment to combat
Without Warning
On the surface Joseph Pullman seems to have left his unhappy childhood far behind: as the town undertaker and a council member, he is now a respected citizen of Henderson, Maryland. But Joe`s father is in jail for the brutal murder of a young boy and despite his wife`s questions, Joe can`t – or won`t
Bombay Stories
This book comes with an introduction by Mohammed Hanif. Bombay in the 1930s and 1940s reigned as the undisputed cosmopolitan capital of the subcontinent – an exhilarating hub of license and liberty, and a city bursting with both creative energy and helpless despondency. It was to be the favourite city and muse of the most
Shipton and Tilman
Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with
Parade
Four twenty-somethings share an apartment in Tokyo. In Parade each tells their story: their lives, their hopes and fears, their loves, their secrets. Kotomi waits by the phone for a boyfriend who never calls. Ryosuke wants someone that he can`t have. Mirai spends her days drawing and her nights hanging out in gay bars. Naoki
Night of Fire
Winner of the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Outstanding Contribution to Travel WritingIt began with a spark…A house is burning. Its six tenants include a failed priest, a naturalist, a neurosurgeon and a photographer. Their landlord`s relationship to them is both intimate and shadowy. At times he shares their obsessions and memories. He will
Wish You Happy Forever: What China`s Orphans Taught Me about Moving Mountains
For China`s Orphans, a Second Chance at Childhood
The Story Hour: A Novel
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The World We Found and The Space Between Us comes a profound, heartbreakingly honest novel about friendship, love, and second chances.An experienced psychologist, Maggie carefully maintains emotional distance from her patients. But when she agrees to treat a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself, her professional
The Hostage`s Daughter: A Story of Family, Madness, and the Middle East
In this gripping blend of reportage, memoir, and analysis, a journalist and daughter of one of the world`s most famous hostages, Terry Anderson, takes an intimate look at her father`s captivity during the Lebanese Hostage Crisis and the ensuing political firestorm on both her family and the United States-as well as the far-reaching implications of
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
LONG-LISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDALReminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight.Against the backdrop of the wave of demonstrations known as the Arab Spring, in 2011 hundreds of
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever
Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan`s expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method. The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only
