` Having sifted through everything I have heard about the tiger & his wife, I can tell you that this much is fact: in April of 1941, without declaration or warning, the German bombs started falling over the city & did not stop for three days. The tiger did not know that they were bombs...` A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets & onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall. But for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic
- Shere Khan awoken from the pages of The Jungle Book. Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages after another war has devastated the Balkans. On this journey, she receives word of her beloved grandfather`s death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for `the deathless man`, a vagabond who was said to be immortal. Struggling to understand why a man of science would undertake such a quest, she stumbles upon a clue that will lead her to a tattered copy of The Jungle Book, & then to the extraordinary story of the tiger`s wife.
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From the author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
- winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year April
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The Sahara: a dream-like, far away landscape of Lawrence of Arabia & Wilfred Thesiger, The English Patient & Star Wars, & home to nomadic communities whose ways of life stretch back millennia. Today it`s a teeth-janglingly dangerous destination, where the threat of jihadists lurks just over the horizon. Following in the footsteps of 16th century traveller Leo Africanus, Nicholas Jubber went on a turbulent adventure to the forgotten places of North Africa & the legendary Timbuktu. Once the seat of African civilization & home to the richest man who ever lived, this mythic city is now scarred by terrorist occupation & is so remote its own inhabitants hail you with the greeting, ` Welcome to the middle of nowhere`. From the cattle markets of the Atlas, across the Western Sahara & up the Niger river, Nicholas joins the camps of the Tuareg, Fulani, Berbers, & other communities, to learn about their craft, their values & their place in the world. The Timbuktu School for Nomads is a unique look at a resilient city & how the nomads pit ancient ways of life against the challenges of the 21st century. ...

The Sahara: a dream-like, far away landscape of Lawrence of Arabia & Wilfred Thesiger, The English Patient & Star Wars, & home to nomadic communities whose ways of life stretch back millennia. Today it`s a teeth-janglingly dangerous destination, where the threat of jihadists lurks just over the horizon. Following in the footsteps of 16th century traveller Leo Africanus, Nicholas Jubber went on a turbulent adventure to the forgotten places of North Africa & the legendary Timbuktu. Once the seat of African civilization & home to the richest man who ever lived, this mythic city is now scarred by terrorist occupation & is so remote its own inhabitants hail you with the greeting, ` Welcome to the middle of nowhere`. From the cattle markets of the Atlas, across the Western Sahara & up the Niger river, Nicholas joins the camps of the Tuareg, Fulani, Berbers, & other communities, to learn about their craft, their values & their place in the world. The Timbuktu School for Nomads is a unique look at a resilient city & how the nomads pit ancient ways of life against the challenges of the 21st century. ...

The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin Britten's circle & began working for the Aldeburgh Festival. Although befriended by Imogen Holst & by E M Forster, part of him remained essentially solitary, alone in the landscape while surrounded by a stormy cultural sea. But this memoir gathers up many early experiences, sights & sounds: with Britten he explored ancient churches; with the botanist Denis Garrett he took delight in the marvellous shingle beaches & marshland plants; he worked alongside the celebrated photo-journalist Kurt Hutton. His muse was Christine Nash, wife of the artist John Nash. Published to coincide with the centenary of Britten's birth, this is a tale of music & painting, unforgettable words & fears. It describes the first steps of an East Anglian journey, an intimate appraisal of a vivid & memorable time. ...

The Time Garden will sweep you away into an enchanted world, created in intricate pen & ink by Korean artist Daria Song. Journey through the doors of the cuckoo clock & into its inky innerworkings to discover a magical land ready & waiting for you to customize with whatever colours you can dream up. The Time Garden is an international best-selling colouring book & this edition finally makes it available in English. Full of beautifully detailed illustrations, this is the perfect gift for colouring fans of all ages. ...

When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802, 701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment & peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture now weak & childishly afraid of the dark. They have every reason to be afraid: in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity the sinister Morlocks. & when the scientist`s time machine vanishes, it becomes clear he must search these tunnels, if he is ever to return to his own era. ...

A special edition of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan`s 70th anniversary. A brilliant scientist constructs a machine, which, with the pull of a lever, propels him to the year AD 802, 701. The time traveller finds himself on an idyllic Earth inhabited by the small, incredibly beautiful Eloi people who live quiet, purposeless lives in paradise. Yet all is not as it seems, & beneath the earth Morlocks
- a terrifying, cannibal race that toil in the darkness
- are lying in wait... Considered by many to be the best science-fiction novel of all time, The Time Machine is a pioneering classic & truly gripping tale from the author of The War of the Worlds & The Invisible Man.

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Set at the turn of the century, The Time of Man tells the moving story of Ellen Chesser, a young woman with a mind of her own. She & her family travel from one small community to another in rural Kentucky, eking out a living as itinerant farmworkers. Initially she feels isolated & lonely, resenting the hardship of her life & longing to be with her childhood friends. Yet slowly she learns what it means to fall in love & forges lasting friendships with other young people at the local dances. She is left stunned, therefore, when the man she is to marry comes to her to confess a dark secret. His past is shameful to him & heartbreaking for her but Ellen`s independent spirit & strength of character sustain her in the aftermath. When further accusations come to light, they threaten to disturb the tranquility of her life & that of the community where she lives forever. Written in the subtle, soaring prose for which Elizabeth Madox Roberts was known, The Time of Man is a spectacular coming of age story. As she grows older, Ellen Chesser is forced to confront the darker side of human nature but ultimately manages to overcome the difficulties she faces with a resolute dignity. ...

“ The Time of the Hero” has been acclaimed by critics around the world as one of the outstanding Spanish novels of recent decades. In the author`s native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. & that’s before you appreciate that it’s been written by an author as lyrically impressive as Mario Vargas Llosa. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement & boredom. But their pranks set off a cycle of betrayal, murder & revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy._`A work of undeniable power & skill.`_ * Sunday Telegraph* ...