Anna Heymes, the wife of a senior government official, is suffering from amnesia & terrifying hallucinations. In Paris 10th arrondissement
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The Roman Empire was the largest & most enduring of the ancient world. From its zenith under Augustus & Trajan in the first century AD to its decline & fall amidst the barbarian invasions of the fifth century, the Empire guarded & maintained a frontier that stretched for 5, 000 kilometres, from Carlisle to Cologne, from Augsburg to Antioch, & from Aswan to the Atlantic.

Far from being at the periphery of the Roman world, the frontier played a crucial role in making & breaking emperors, creating vibrant & astonishingly diverse societies along its course which pulsed with energy while the centre became enfeebled & sluggish. This remarkable new book traces the course of those frontiers, visiting all its astonishing sites, from Hadrian

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The Roman Empire was the largest & most enduring of the ancient world. From its zenith under Augustus & Trajan in the first century AD to its decline & fall amidst the barbarian invasions of the fifth century, the Empire guarded & maintained a frontier that stretched for 5, 000 kilometres, from Carlisle to Cologne, from Augsburg to Antioch, & from Aswan to the Atlantic.

Far from being at the periphery of the Roman world, the frontier played a crucial role in making & breaking emperors, creating vibrant & astonishingly diverse societies along its course which pulsed with energy while the centre became enfeebled & sluggish. This remarkable new book traces the course of those frontiers, visiting all its astonishing sites, from Hadrian

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The Roman Empire was the largest & most enduring of the ancient world. From its zenith under Augustus & Trajan in the first century AD to its decline & fall amidst the barbarian invasions of the fifth century, the Empire guarded & maintained a frontier that stretched for 5, 000 kilometres, from Carlisle to Cologne, from Augsburg to Antioch, & from Aswan to the Atlantic.

Far from being at the periphery of the Roman world, the frontier played a crucial role in making & breaking emperors, creating vibrant & astonishingly diverse societies along its course which pulsed with energy while the centre became enfeebled & sluggish. This remarkable new book traces the course of those frontiers, visiting all its astonishing sites, from Hadrian

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Indian art has gone through a boom period in parallel with the extraordinary economic rise of the subcontinent from an agrarian state to a high tech axis of the new global economy. With new money came a new gallery system. With bigger spaces came bigger art & the sheer scale of ambition led to a break into the international market, which is always keen to find a new spectacular presence in the art world. The new art has also been created against a background of communal tension & violence. The exploration of identity, a common enterprise for artists internationally, is all the more challenging in the context of India under transformation. Above all Indian artists are faced with the legacy of their history & the ghosts of the Raj.

INTRODUCTION BY ZEHRA JUMABHOY

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* Can you find the way to Davy's bar? * Do you know the Doughnut principal? * How do you make a Chinese contract? The changes which Charles Handy foresaw in THE AGE OF UNREASON are happening. Endless growth can make a candyfloss economy, & capitalism must be its own sternest critic. Handy reaches here for a philosophy beyond the mechanics of business organisations, beyond material choices, to try & establish an alternative universe where the work ethics can contain a natural sense of continuity, connections & a sense of direction. We are now a world of shareholders, but everyone has a stake in the furure. With warmth, wit & the most challenging insights, Charles Handy seeks to turn paradox into real progress. ...