In this collection of profiles essays & travel stories Chatwin takes us to Benin where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; & to Nepal where he reminds us that ' Man's real home is not a house but the Road & that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot' ...

When Maria turns twenty she falls in love. She is in the wrong town & he is the wrong sort of man. Going through his things she finds a photo of herself when she was twelve years old. She has the same smile but she is wearing the wrong clothes: she is the same only different. Anne Enrights astonishing novel moves between Dublin New York & London following the lives of the real Maria & the girl in the picture. Stepping through the mirror to tell the story of the two women both haunted by their missing selves WHAT ARE YOU LIKE? Is an exquisitely written disquisition on families & identity. It is a modern story full of genetic jokes of splitting & dislocation & it is one of the oldest stories there is: a novel about twins. Threading together the lives of two young women it confirms Anne Enright as not only the most original Irish writer of her generation but also as one of the finest funniest & most affecting. ...

What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz
- a wonderfully lively & accessible history of Modern Art by the BBC Arts Editor. An
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Chris Helme has been involved with the brass-band world for more than fifty years & this collection draws upon that experience to present a fascinating insight into the lives of thirty of the most famous bandsmen in the business. Filled with archive photographs & with contributions from the men themselves as well as their families friends band mates & colleagues it celebrates triumph & disaster local life & band life national & even international success. What Brass Bands Did For Me" will bring back many happy memories for those who have been involved with bands at any level over the years. An essential record of life in the mill towns as it once was & a triumphant celebration of a community that lives on into the twenty-first century it is a must-have for every lover of music." ...

The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth Georges previous bestseller WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS saw the wife of New Scotland Yards Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate & circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents Joel & two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunts house. Kendra childless & with two marriages behind her is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs neglect violence & poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family but that involves a Faustian pact. & the Devil will have his pay. ...

What can you see Spot?": There are lots of fun things to see in Spots world. Each page is full of things that your toddler will recognise
- from boats to butterflies & clouds to cats. This book is great for widening your childs vocabulary; encouraging them to talk & improve their visual recognition. Spot goes for a walk has fun at the beach visits the farm & sees a mouse in his house! This fun & colourful book for toddlers is filled with classic Eric Hill illustrations on every page with a mirror surprise to enjoy on the final page."
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Today most Americans take for granted that China will be the next global superpower. But despite the nations growing influence the average Chinese person is still a mystery
- or at best a baffling set of seeming contradictions
- to Westerners who expect the rising Chinese consumer to resemble themselves. Here Tom Doctoroff the guiding force of advertising giant J. Walter Thompsons (JWT) China operations marshals his 20 years of experience navigating this fascinating intersection of commerce & culture to explain the mysteries of China. He explores the many cultural political & economic forces shaping the twenty-first-century Chinese & their implications for businesspeople marketers & entrepreneurs
- or anyone else who wants to know what makes the Chinese tick. Dismantling common misconceptions Doctoroff provides the context Westerners need to understand the distinctive worldview that drives Chinese businesses & consumers including: why family & social stability take precedence over individual self-expression & the consequences for education innovation & growth; their fundamentally different understanding of morality & why Chinese tolerate human rights abuses rampant piracy & endemic government corruption; & the long & storied past that still drives decision making at corporate local & national levels. Change is coming fast & furious in China challenging not only how the Western world sees the Chinese but how they see themselves. From the new generations embrace of Christmas to the middle-class fixation with luxury brands; from the exploding senior demographic to what the Internet means for the governments hold on power Doctoroff pulls back the curtain to reveal a complex & nuanced picture of a facinating people whose lives are becoming ever more entwined with our own.


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What colour are your knickers Mrs Moo? They're blue! What colour are your knickers Horse Ned? They're red! Find out what colour knickers each of these animal characters is wearing in this hilarious lift-the-flap book! There's Mrs Moo Horse Ned Sheep Sharlene & Spider Wink
- can you guess which colours they've chosen to wear? Little ones will love guessing the colour under the flaps again & again in this gloriously illustrated novelty title with a hilarious surprise ending!
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I woke up in a cold sweat knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl & that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night... Jim Beaudry or Biscuit as hes known is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. Especially after his cousin L.A. turns up on his doorstep. When one summer afternoon Biscuit & L.A. discover the body of a teenage girl in the Texas wilderness an investigation begins that will put both of their lives in grave danger. ...