'A writer of breathtaking prose
- prose whose sensuous, chiselled beauty has cast its spell on English travel writing ever since'
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In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad & Teheran to Oxiana
- the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan & the Soviet Union. His arrival at his destination, the legendary tower of Qabus, although a wonder in itself, is not nearly so amazing as the thoroughly captivating, at times zany, record of his adventures. In addition to its entertainment value, The Road to Oxiana also serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travellers. Here, 'armchair travellers will find newspaper clippings, public signs & notices, official forms, letters, 'diary entries', essays on current politics, lyric passages, historical & archaeological dissertations, brief travel narratives (usually of comic-awful delays & disasters), &
- the triumph of the book
- at least twenty superb comic dialogues, some of them virtually playlets, complete with stage directions & 'musical' scoring.' Paul Fussell, from the Introduction to the OUP US paperback, 1982


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Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus & Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus's twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy. Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar famously said, ' Veni, vidi, vici'. Tarquinius, separated from Romulus in the chaos of war, hides in Alexandria, searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both. From the battlefields of Asia Minor & North Africa, to the lawless streets of Rome & the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the Ides of March, the twins are reunited & must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny. ...

Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus & Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus's twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy. Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar famously said, ' Veni, vidi, vici'. Tarquinius, separated from Romulus in the chaos of war, hides in Alexandria, searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both. From the battlefields of Asia Minor & North Africa, to the lawless streets of Rome & the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the Ides of March, the twins are reunited & must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny. ...

Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus & Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus's twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy. Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar famously said, ' Veni, vidi, vici'. Tarquinius, separated from Romulus in the chaos of war, hides in Alexandria, searching for guidance. But mortal danger awaits them both. From the battlefields of Asia Minor & North Africa, to the lawless streets of Rome & the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the Ides of March, the twins are reunited & must decide either to back or to betray Caesar on his day of destiny. ...

Celebrating the wonder, comedy & adventure to be found in the most unlikely places, best-selling author James Dodson takes his young son Jack on a once-in-lifetime trip through the great cities & eccentric byways of Europe.

There are two kinds of travel, someone once said: first class & with children. During the summer of 2001, Jim Dodson discovers that travelling with a kid can almost make a grown man feel

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Na Ga was always in search of a better life. But now she sits, alone, in a hotel room in Wanting, a godforsaken town on the Chinese-Burmese border.
Plucked from her wild life as a rural eel-catcher, Na Ga is first abandoned by her would-be rescuers in Rangoon. Later, as a teenager, she finds herself chasing the dream of a new life in Thailand
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