The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse

Geoffrey Bownas, Anthony Thwaite and Geoffrey Bownas

Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The clich s of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are widely known and loved. The congenial attitude comes from a poetical history of about a millennium and a half. This classic c...

Collision Course (#12 Friday Barnes)

R.A. Spratt

Friday Barnes is Europe's most wanted in this latest installment of the bestselling detective series. Friday's Mum, the Nobel Prize winning physicist, has been accused of espionage. The police think she's been selling secrets about the CERN Hadron Super Collider. Friday knows her mother isn't capable of...