This sophisticated large sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a stylish shade of navy blue & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding colour to the cover. ...

This sophisticated large sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a glamorous shade of red & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding red to the cover. ...

This sophisticated large sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a stylish shade of terracotta & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding colour to the cover. ...

This sophisticated pocket sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a bright shade of maize yellow & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding yellow to the cover. ...

This sophisticated pocket sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a stylish shade of navy blue & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding blue to the cover. ...

This sophisticated pocket sized note card has an elegant cardboard cover in a stylish shade of terracotta & comes with an ivory paper envelope. There are four plain inner pages made from 100gsm ivory paper, each blind embossed with the Moleskine logo & stitched in a corresponding colour to the cover. ...

”I was never really a big coffee drinker &, of course, tea is the thing in China. But I just can`t help myself. Also, the place I have now landed in, & my favourite, where most of my meetings & conversations seem to take place, is an eclectic mix of Chinese tea house & Western coffeeshop”. Thus, begins Notes from a Beijing Coffeeshop, in which the author provides a series of fascinating observations of today`s fast-changing China. Jon Geldart has spent the past five years in Beijing. His conversations with Chinese business leaders, opinion formers & ordinary Chinese provide deep insights into Chinese life, business & culture. Engaging & enlightening, the stories & profiles in this book are a gateway to seeing how people are really do business & living in the new China. ...

Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes
- even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth.
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Sacco paved the way for Palestine with his powerful triptych on modern war & its innocent victims, originally published in his comic Yahoo & collected here: ` When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People` chronicles the effect of aerial warfare on civilians, from Germany & Japan in World War II to Libya in 1986; ` More Women, More Children, More Quickly` is written from a victim`s perspective, as Sacco illustrates his mother`s harrowing experiences during Italian & German WWII raids on Malta; & ` How I Loved the War`, Defeatist`s centrepiece, is Sacco`s impassioned but sardonic reflection on the Gulf War, & the surrounding propaganda & media circus. Published during the reign of Bush I, it has since acquired an even sharper relevance. Defeatist also features Sacco`s first (relatively) long-form piece, ` In the Company of Long Hair`, a hilarious roadie`s-eye view of an American punk band`s eventful European tour from Amsterdam to Madrid, as well as ` Cartoon Genius`, ` Voyage to the End of the Library`, `A Disgusting Experience`, & ` On My Day Off`, a cycle of funny & rueful autobiographic comics that display Sacco`s graphic verve to its fullest extent. Defeatist is rounded off with a large section of Sacco`s earliest, pointedly satirical strips (none of which has been collected in book form before) & new introductions & notes by the author. A combination of youthful indiscretions & mature masterworks, Notes from a Defeatist spotlights the work of a brilliant young artist as he defines the capabilities & potential of his chosen medium. ...

Having lived in the UK for nearly two decades & about to return to America, Bill Bryson finally does Britain in Notes From a Small Isl&, in a farewell tour. He takes an unstructured route around the country, travelling here & there as & when he wants, but by the end of the trip he has covered most of the country & made fun of many of the Britons ...