A real-life adventure that inspired countless travellers in fact & fiction the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana

Includes:: an introduction by Colin Thubron In 1933 Robert Byron began 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 The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers Robert Byron (1905-41) was born in 1905 & educated at Eton & Merton College Oxford He died during the Second World War when the ship he was serving on was torpedoed by a U-Boat off Cape Wrath Byron's The Road to Oxiana is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing If you enjoyed The Road to Oxiana you might like Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle also available in Penguin Classics' The greatest of all pre-war travel books' William Dalrymple' What Ulysses is to the novel between the wars & what ' The Waste Land' is to poetry The Road to Oxiana is to the travel book' Paul Fussell' In any list of the great travel books of the 20th century Robert Byron's account of his travels in Persia & Afghanistan The Road to Oxiana must be put somewhere near the very top' Telegraph


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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 ...

The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought For over half a century it has inspired politicians & thinkers around the world & has had a crucial impact on our political & cultural history With trademark brilliance Hayek argues convincingly that while socialist ideals may be tempting they cannot be accomplished except by means that few would approve of Addressing economics fascism history socialism & the Holocaust Hayek unwraps the trappings of socialist ideology He reveals to the world that little can result from such ideas except oppression & tyranny Today more than fifty years on Hayek's warnings are just as valid as when The Road to Serfdom was first published ...

This is a condensed edition of ' The Road to Serfdom' republished in this edition with ' The Intellectuals & Socialism' (originally published in 1949) In ' The Road to Serfdom' F A Hayek set out the danger posed to freedom by attempts to apply the principles of wartime economic & social planning to the problems of peacetime Hayek argued that the rise of Nazism was not due to any character failure on the part of the German people but was a consequence of the socialist ideas that had gained common currency in Germany in the decades preceding the outbreak of war Such ideas Hayek argued were now becoming similarly accepted in Britain & the USA On its publication in 1944 ' The Road to Serfdom' caused a sensation Its publishers could not keep up with demand owing to wartime paper rationing Then in April 1945 Reader's Digest published a condensed version of the book & Hayek's work found a mass audience This condensed edition was republished for the first time by the IEA in 1999 Since then it has been frequently reprinted There is an enduring demand for Hayek's relevant & accessible message The ' Road to Serfdom' is republished in this impression with ' The Intellectuals & Socialism' originally published in 1949 in which Hayek explained the appeal of socialist ideas to intellectuals
- the 'second-hand dealers in ideas' Intellectuals Hayek argued are attracted to socialism because it involves the rational application of the intellect to the organisation of society while its utopianism captures their imagination & satisfies their desire to make the world submit to their own design
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SUNDAY TIMES GUARDIAN TELEGRAPH & ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'A provocative take on the UK's new tribal divisions a book whose timing is pitch-perfect' Andrew Marr Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country In fact they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years Fifty years ago people in leafy North London & people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests Today their priorities are poles apart In this groundbreaking & timely book Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps the ' Anywheres' who have 'achieved' identities derived from their careers & education & ' Somewheres' who get their identity from a sense of place & from the people around them & who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration & rapid social change In a world increasingly divided by Brexit & Trump Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand & respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism ...

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire & Lancashire in the 1930s The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant & bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice cramped slum housing dangerous mining conditions squalor hunger & growing unemployment are written with unblinking honesty fury & great humanity It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works & novels & remains a powerful portrait of poverty injustice & class divisions in Britain Published with an introduction by Richard Hoggart in Penguin Modern Classics' It is easy to see why the book created & still creates so sharp an impact exceptional immediacy freshness & vigour opinionated & bold Above all it is a study of poverty & behind that of the strength of class-divisions' Richard Hoggart ...

Guaranteed to challenge delight & amuse Dahl enthusiasts everywhere Here are over 300 questions & answers based on six of Dahl's best-loved titles Charlie & the Chocolate Factory George's Marvellous Medicine Fantastic Mr Fox Esio Trot The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me & Matilda With Quentin Blake's illustrations throughout Fascinating facts about Roald Dahl & his world ...

The Roald Dahl Treasury is a delightful collection by & about the World's Number One Storyteller Four exciting sections
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THE 1 EBOOK BESTSELLER' Darkly sexy & compelling' HEAT' Fans of The Girls will love this' RED ONLINE' You'll be gripped' RICHARD MADELEY' One of the best books I've read' REBECCA DONE' This book is stunning Wow' CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLINEVERYONE WANTS TO BE A ROANOKE GIRL BUT YOU WON'T WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTHThe girls of the Roanoke family
- beautiful rich mysterious
- seem to have it all But there's a dark truth about them that's never spoken Either the girls run away or they die Lane is one of the lucky ones When she was fifteen over one long hot summer at her grandparents' estate in rural Kansas she found out what it really means to be a Roanoke girl Lane ran far & fast Until eleven years later when her cousin Allegra goes missing
- & Lane has no choice but to go back She is a Roanoke girl Is she strong enough to escape a second time?FOR FANS OF SWEET LITTLE LIES GOOD ME BAD ME & THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR THIS IS THE MOST SHOCKING THRILLER YOU'LL READ ALL YEAR'A must-have' SUNDAY EXPRESS'A mini-masterpiece' JUDY FINNIGAN' One of the most unsettling & thought-provoking books I've read stunning & gripping' LISA CUTTS' You won't stop reading until you've unraveled the darkest of Roanoke's shocking secrets' LAURA MCHUGH' Deliciously writtenpulls you relentlessly into its twisted heart' AVA MARSH' Deeply darkly twisted I loved it' SARAH HILARY' One of the most disturbingly gripping books I have ever read' RUTH DUGDALL


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Millions watched the 2015 Women's World Cup as the England Lionesses roared in Canada winning bronze Their fighting spirit & fabulous skill captured the fascination of the entire country as their campaign unfolded in the small hours of the 2015 summer mornings On the back of this success attendances in the FA Women's Super League increased as interest in women's football accelerated Top stars talked enthusiastically about the dawn of a new era for women's football Carrie Dunn spent a year following some of the most famous
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- female footballers in the country to see what the future holds for women's football Can the smaller lower-profile teams ever compete with the big bucks & big names of the Women's Super League? How are grassroots clubs going to rise to the top when elite divisions of women's football depend on the award of licences? Can the women win a World Cup before the men do? & if they do what reward & recognition will they get? Roar of the Lionesses tells the tale of an increasingly popular yet still woefully underrepresented sport

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