'Thubron on top form. Richly detailed, immaculately written and full of insights and encounters that bring a complex corner of the world to life' Michael PalinA dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writerThe Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the tenth longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific.
'She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic'This is the story of Fenfang who, determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots, gets a job as a film extra in Beijing. But living a modern life is not as easy as it looks in this tumultuous, messy city.
'When I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn.'This is the story of a woman with no name. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance.Yet she longs to lose herself completely.
'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that'This is the story of Darling, uprooted from her family home by paramilitary police, and living in a Zimbabwean shanty called Paradise.
A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the dazzling storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug.
With a global population estimated to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050 we face a huge challenge in feeding everyone on the planet. How is that to be achieved?
[Terry Pratchett] makes us laugh a lot.' The Sunday Times As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone - or something - is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmu
*The fifth and final book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition, part of the Discworld Hardback Library!*'This isn't just a great Discworld book, it's extraordinary . As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany mus
Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats .
The first-ever authoritative A-Z celebration of the 500 greatest names in men's fashion - an unprecedented guide to 200 years of men's style through the work of designers, brands, photographers, icons, models, retailers, tailors, and stylists around the g