From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, ”the other”, & tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much more than the bare facts: it becomes the story of a community coming to terms with the legacy of enemy occupation. In a powerful narrative of exceptional fascination, Brodeck`s Report explores the very limits of humanity. ...

During the summer of 1998, Peter Mortimer set off on the 500-mile journey from Plymouth to Edinburgh, accompanied only by his King Charles spaniel. He took no money & had no transport or pre-arranged accommodation. Bereft of the basics necessary for human existence, such as food & shelter, he was dependent for his survival on his own wits, the generosity of others & good fortune. ...

Set in Albania, from the moment that Gjorg`s brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother`s murderer & then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother`s killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days` grace
- not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride`s heart goes out to Gjorg, & even these `civilised` strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta.
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” We hadn`t always lived on an island.. .why would anyone dream of such a thing if they had a house with its own path & a gate at the end of it?” When Suresh & Sandeep run away from home to escape their abusive & bullying father, they do so with the hope that they are going to find something better. However, soon Sandeep & Suresh find themselves working to collect rubbish (broken glass) in the big city
- & their new home is a traffic island in the middle of a busy road. Is this their future forever, or can the brothers change their fates to something much more hopeful?
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The history of Credit Gone West, a squalid Congolese bar, is related by one of its most loyal customers, Broken Glass, who has been commissioned by its owner to set down an account of the characters who frequent it. Broken Glass himself is a disgraced alcoholic school teacher with a love of French language & literature which he has largely failed to communicate to his pupils but which he displays in the pages of his notebook. The notebook is also a farewell to the bar & to his fellow drinkers. After writing the final words, Broken Glass will go down to the River Tchinouka & throw himself into its murky waters, where his lamented mother also drowned. ...

Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, ...

This title features three new essays by India`s fiercest, most outspoken & fearless political activist. War has spread from the borders of India to the forests in the very heart of the country. Combining brilliant analysis & reportage by one of India`s iconic writers, ” Broken Republic” examines the nature of progress & development in the emerging global superpower, & asks fundamental questions about modern civilization itself. In three incisive essays Roy lays bare the corruption at the centre of government & industry, explores life with the Maoist guerrilla movement & reveals the thwarted search for justice & democracy in India. ...

Welcome to a `perfect` world. Where war is illegal, where harmony rules. & where your date of birth marks your destiny. But nothing is perfect. & in a world this broken, who can Amity trust? From the bestselling author of the Angel trilogy comes Broken Sky
- an exhilarating epic set in a daring & distorted echo of 1940s America & first in a new trilogy.
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By the acclaimed author of the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2018 Fourteen years ago Aasmaani`s mother Samina, a blazing beauty & fearless activist, walked out of her house & was never seen again. Aasmaani refuses to believe she is dead & still dreams of her glorious return. Now grown up & living in Karachi, Aasmaani receives what could be the longed-for proof that her mother is still alive. As she comes closer to the truth she is also irresistibly drawn to Ed, her ally & sparring partner, & the only person who can understand the profound hurt
- & the profound love
- that drives her.

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When Tony Blair became prime minister in May 1997, he was, at forty-three, the youngest person to hold that office since 1812. With a landslide majority, his approval rating was 93 per cent & he went on to become Labour`s longest-serving premier. On his first election campaign, Blair had promised that ` New Labour` would modernize Britain, freeing it from sleaze, special interests & government secrecy. He vowed to give priority to social justice & equal opportunity for all. So what went wrong? The invasion of Iraq was particularly controversial & unleashed public fury against a government accused of not being open & honest in its march to war in Iraq & Afghanistan. Alastair Campbell`s `dodgy` dossiers about WMDs sparked outrage, but did the contamination of New Labour`s spin stretch beyond the wars? What is the truth behind Blair`s claims of rebuilding Britain`s schools, hospitals & welfare services? Why did he covertly open the doors to mass immigration? & how is it that the same man who risked his government to destroy Slobodan Milo Sevic & Saddam Hussein has, since leaving office, earned millions of pounds serving dictators? Tom Bower was one of those who in 1997 looked on in excited anticipation as Blair took up residence in Downing Street. Now, with unprecedented access to more than 180 Whitehall officials, military officers & politicians, he has uncovered the full story of Blair`s decade in power. To distil the magic & the myths of an era all Britons experienced but have not properly understood, he has followed Blair`s trail since his resignation
- to Asia, the Middle East & America, where he has built an extraordinary commercial empire advising tycoons & tyrants. The result is the political thriller of the year
- a dramatic re-evaluation of Tony Blair which disentangles the mystery of an extraordinary politician
- & illuminates the ultimate tragedy of power.


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