A rich blend of history & spirituality, adventure & politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple's previous work. In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos & Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Their aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages & mystics of the Byzantine East before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of Islam. Almost 1500 years later, using the writings of John Moschos as his guide, William Dalrymple set off to retrace their footsteps. Taking in a civil war in Turkey, the ruins of Beirut, the tensions of the West Bank & a fundamentalist uprising in Egypt, William Dalrymple's account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of Eastern Christianity. ...

Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, & other contexts to describe how & why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences. ...

Like many middle-aged baby-boomers, Richard Guise yearned to take on a physical challenge before he reached the age where walking across the kitchen would fall into that category. This is the tale of his 600-mile, 16-day bike ride through the Highlands of Scotl&, from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to Cape Wrath in the north. ...

Charting Hawksmoor's career & the decline of his reputation, Owen Hopkins offers fresh interpretations of many of his famous works
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When a homeless man is found murdered in picturesque Lincoln the police are met by a wall of silence from those who may hold the

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In 1933, at the age of 15, George Dunn left the small Welsh mining village of Blaina for St Albans in Hertfordshire as part of the government's Labour Exchange Scheme. This book covers the memories of his life in Hertfordshire & his wartime experiences. ...

It is 1934. Next-door neighbours Lizzie & Celia are the best of friends.

But their families, the Miltons & the Slatterys,

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Lynn Stephens' life has been tough recently, thanks to Vincent Bol&, the manager at the four-star hotel where she works. But, after standing up to him, she is delighted when she is vindicated. Lynn loved her job & she was good at it & now, with the support & love of her partner, parents & friends, she can put this terrible time behind her & find a job in another hotel. But the consequences of Vincent's actions are more far-reaching than Lynn knows & the after-effects are still being felt throughout the small town. The Boland family is powerful & influential & it's not long before Lynn realizes that this man still has the capacity to destroy her & all she holds dear. ...

Welcome to From Vines to Wines, a wine tasting game for adults over 21.

This is a perfect way to have fun & learn all

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From earliest childhood memory until I leave home, I take the reader on a journey through the loneliness, isolation & blessings of functioning in a mainstream world with a form of autism which did not gain classification until the late 1980's. The overall tone of my novel is positive. ...