Tolstoy`s enthralling epic, War & Peace, depicts Russia`s war with Napoleon & its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. He creates some of the most vital & involving characters in literature as he follows the rise & fall of families in St Petersburg & Moscow who are linked by their personal & political relationships. His heroes are the thoughtful yet impulsive Pierre Bezukhov, his ambitious friend, Prince Andrei, & the woman who becomes indispensable to both of them, the enchanting Natasha Rostov. ...

Tolstoy`s enthralling epic, War & Peace, depicts Russia`s war with Napoleon & its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. He creates some of the most vital & involving characters in literature as he follows the rise & fall of families in St Petersburg & Moscow who are linked by their personal & political relationships. His heroes are the thoughtful yet impulsive Pierre Bezukhov, his ambitious friend, Prince Andrei, & the woman who becomes indispensable to both of them, the enchanting Natasha Rostov. ...

War & Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon`s war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy`s view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless & delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky & the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy`s philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy`s approval. ...

Leo Tolstoy`s epic Russian classic, retold in just 64 pages. First published in 1869, this novel is one of the most famous books in the world, & this simple but atmospheric retelling now makes it accessible for young readers. Set in Russia following the French invasion of Russia in 1812, as the Tsarist regime is succeeded by the Napoleonic era. ...

THE ACCLAIMED TRANSLATION BY RICHARD PEVEAR & LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. ” If you`ve never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don`t read War & Peace, you live it”. (The Times). From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line at Austerlitz to a wife`s death in childbirth, Tolstoy conjures a broad panorama of rich, messy, beautiful & debased human life. We follow the fates of open-hearted, impulsive Pierre Bezukhov, his melancholy friend Prince Andrei & the enchanting Natasha Rostov, as history & fiction are combined in one of the wisest & most enthralling novels ever written. ”A joy to read... The sense of actually being in the skin of these people is phenomenally, brilliantly rendered by this translation”. (Simon Schama). The Vintage Classic Russians Series: Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are must-have, beautifully designed editions of six epic masterpieces that have survived controversy, censorship & suppression to influence decades of thought & artistic expression. ...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Caucasus was wracked by ethnic & separatist violence as the peoples of the region struggled for self-determination. Vicken Cheterian, who spent many years as a reporter & analyst covering the region`s conflicts, asks why nationalism emerged as a dominant political current, & why, of the many nationalist movements that emerged, some led to violence while others did not. He explains also why minority rebellions were victorious against larger armies, in mountainous Karabakh, Abkhazia, & in the first war of Chechnya, & discusses the ongoing instability & armed resistance in the North Caucasus. He concludes his book by examining chapters the great power competition between Russia, the US, & the EU over the oil & gas resources of the Caspian region. ...

A smoke bomb went off. Then shots were fired from buildings overlooking the square... The camera had a BBC News sign on it. Someone cried out from the crowd: ` You are the world, you are the world, you have to tell what they are doing to our people.` From Vietnam to Iraq, Martin Bell has seen how war has changed over the last fifty years, neither fought nor reported the way it used to be. Truth is degraded in the name of balance & good taste, reports are delivered from the sidelines, & social media, with rumours & unverifiable videos, has ushered in a post-truth world. As modern news increasingly seeks to entertain first & inform second, the man in the white suit provides a moving account of all he has witnessed throughout his career & issues an impassioned call to put the substance back into reporting. ...

Daniel Alarcon is a brilliant new voice in literary fiction. War by Candlelight is a beautiful, vital & luminous first collection. Something is happening around the globe: the mass movement of peoples, dislocations of language & culture in the wake of war & economic crises -- simply put, our world is changing. In this exquisite collection, Daniel Alarcon takes the reader from Third World urban centres to the fault lines that divide nations & people, personalising the shifting realities of our own contemporary world. These nine stories examine the lives of various characters in transition -- from unrepentant terrorists to immigrants wrestling with the idea of never returning home -- men & women never entirely free of the convulsive conditions that define their lives. Wars, both national & internal, are waged in jungles, across borders, in the streets of Lima, in the intimacy of New York apartments. ...

Emmanuel Jal was seven years old when he became a soldier & went into battle with the rebel army in Sudan`s bloody civil war. Believing he was being sent to school, Emmanuel trekked his way to a refugee camp in Ethiopia where he became one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. After nearly five years of fighting, Emmanuel was smuggled into Kenya by Emma Mc Cune, a British aid worker, & finally began to have a childhood & an education. When Emma died tragically, Emmanuel struggled to find purpose in life but eventually
- through the power of prayer & music
- he succeeded. From child soldier, to refugee, to rap star, War Child is one boy`s incredible story of survival & triumph.

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` That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has engulfed the whole world in war & death. I fear for us all.` In a triumphant return to his much-loved Courtney series, Wilbur Smith introduces us to the bravest new member of the famed family, Saffron Courtney. Saffron grows up on a sprawling Kenyan estate, under the watchful eye of her father, prominent businessman & distinguished war veteran Leon Courtney. Her childhood is idyllic, until a family tragedy forces her to grow up much faster than necessary. As she grows into a spirited teenager, her thirst for knowledge & adventure leads her to Engl&, where she finds herself inevitably drawn into the heart of the gathering storm in the lead up to World War II. Gerhard von Meerbach is the privileged & idealistic younger brother of Konrad von Meerbach, heir to an industrial fortune, & vocal supporter of the Nazi Party. Gerhard struggles to stay true to his principles in an increasingly cruel world. His friendship with a Jewish man places him in danger, & forces him to take a stand against the forces of evil that have overtaken his country & his family. But, unknown to him, he is caught in a trap that could cost him everything he holds dear. As the Second World War looms over them all, Saffron & Gerhard`s worlds will collide
- but will there be more to unite them than tear them apart? A love story in the time of heroes, War Cry is the latest breath-taking episode in Wilbur Smith`s epic account of one beloved family.
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