2017

2017In the year 2017 in Russia poets and writers are obsolete, class distinctions are painfully sharp, and spirits intervene in the lives of humans from their home high in the mythical Riphean Mountains. Professor Anfilogov, a wealthy and emotionless man, sets out an expedition to unearth priceless rubies that no one else has been able to locate. Young Krylov, a talented gem cutter whom Anfilogov had taken under his wing, is seeing off his mentor at the

and spirits intervene in the lives of humans from their home high in the mythical Riphean Mountains

Adrian Goldsworthy's Antony and Cleopatra delivers a compelling reassessment of a major episode in ancient history

from aesthetic aspects to pairing tiles with different patterns or materials in the same area

A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 From the writer of the hugely acclaimed Love

a collaborator with Andy Warhol

on a place mat with pieces of string

she sees the world differently

Picking up where Fall of Giants

When Hisako's ship is captured

and Bea - may have escaped the slums

he must face a difficult and life-changing question: Why did he keep his friendship with Morgan a secret

Rosie Aunty Lee feisty widow