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Read how a leading scientist of our age sees the future of space travel, the prospects of life elsewhere, the nature of our solar system and of galaxies and the 'multiverse', how science works, and the begnning and likely cold and lonely ending of our universe. And will our world survive? A stunning and highly readable account of our amazing world and a glimpse into his personal vision. Unique.

Published originally in Australia by ABC Books and HarperCollins, and in Japanese translation by the major publishing house Shueisha, THE HONEY AND THE FIRES is a retelling of some of the most powerful stories from the Bible for our day and age. This new paperback edition contains a story that did not appear in the original publication: "The Story of Adam and Eve - Narrated by a Snake." Roger Pulvers has brilliantly captured the essence of the...

In an intensely personal and illuminating account, a pastry cook, Austrian immigrant to New Zealand, reveals some of the secrets of his craft, the ups and downs of running a small business (his restaurant) and the human being behind it all.A fascinating, often surprising, and gripping read with much to learn (and not just about pastry)

Akbar's India tells the story of Akbar (emperor of India 1556 -1605) through eight paintings. The paintings were selected from many produced in his workshops to tell the story of his remarkable reign.The book was written and the different exercises were devised to encourage children to give the pictures more than a cursory glance -- to help them see the hidden history, the drama, the stories behind them.The last section of the book labelled "f...

Aspirations of peace and hatred of the horrors of war from the earliest times to the war poets of today, selected By Ruth Finnegan, cultural historian, classicist and anthropologist.An intensely moving as well as mind-opening and inspiring collection.of protest and aspiration

Eric is a black American soldier stationed in Japan at the height of the Vietnam War. Karen is a white American student who falls in love with him.Eric is about to be sent to the front line in Vietnam. But he refuses to kill … and the two go into hiding in Tokyo, pursued by both the Japanese police and the American military police.Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Japanese students are demonstrating on the streets in protest. The Japanese Riot P...

Every culture has some system of knowledge to explain its place in the world. Some of these systems are more complex than others, but each has an internal consistency based on what people have experienced. Some cultures have been characterized as "savage, " or "primitive" and have been considered as inferior by other cultures. Some cultures have become highly "scientific, " based on certain accepted practices of controlling their environments....

Half of Each Other takes place in Tokyo. It tells the story of Nick and Setsuko York, a once very fond married couple devoted to their adorable five-year-old daughter, Emi.Half of Each Other is the story of a woman and a man challenged by the shock of an overwhelming grief. Both are overcome by an immense sorrow … both are tempted by the passions of an extra-marital affair.We are all half of each other.How these two people, who were once madly...

In the 1910s, thirteen-year-old Leong Ping Hung comes to Singapore from China to seek his fortune. Decades later, he is a lonely old man mourning his shattered dreams. His granddaughter Yu Sau struggles to take care of him while trying to make sense of her own life in a rapidly changing country. He speaks Cantonese, and she Mandarin - but will they be able to find common ground through a shared love of Cantonese opera? As Yu Sau looks to her f...

Kris et Kate construisent un bateau dans le sable et leur chien Holly gambade autour d'eux. Ils s'aventurent dans une crique, sous le regard de leur me`re reste¿e sur le rivage.Un doux conte magique admirablement illustre¿ qui incite a` la de¿couverte de l'histoire naturelle.Traduit de l'anglais par Gwendolyne Thio et Jocelyne Chalumeau-Thio

It is my belief that there is no such thing as silence, " declares profoundly Evelyn Glennie. In Listen World!, the Grammy Award-winning percussionist challenges misconceptions about deafness, and asserts instead the incredible world of sound she lives in. Having dedicated her entire life to breaking boundaries, Glennie now seeks to transform the entire world - to listen, and to teach others to listen.Listen World! is an incredible insight int...

Once upon a time in the long long ago there were two children. One was poor. One was rich. One was very good at sums. The other one was not. But they liked each other a lot. And all the time they were playing together... A fairytale retold by Ruth Finnegan, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes.

Marella Campagna is a fashion designer by origin and a writer by adoption.In her adolescence she endured classical studies, which lit her passion for literature, reading and writing, complementing the artistic skills which she nurtured ever since she was a child, particularly in the areas of drawing and garment design.

Singapore, late 1980s. As women gain power and independence, what's an insecure guy to do? Lonely Face is the story of a man on the cusp of middle age, left behind by changing times. Fleeing his crumbling marriage on an overnight bus to Genting Highlands, he tries his luck at slot machines rather than the vagaries of modern romance. This snapshot of a society in flux is a newly-translated early work by acclaimed novelist Yeng Pway Ngon, Cultur...

This book contains 51 sermons on High Days and Holy Days in the Christian calendar. Though arising from the author's own religious experience, many of the themes are universal and speak to people of all religious faiths and none and to all cultures. It is hoped they will appeal to the many people who are housebound and unable to attend their place of worship. It is hoped too that it will be welcomed by the tens of thousands of people who faith...

A climate crisis in the Ice Age.A cold snap leads to an unrelenting glacial. For our prehistoric ancestors survival is threatened. Food gets harder to find in the frigid lands of Central Asia.Yet the tribes living near the Altai Mountains have found a refuge. A river and a lake allows some plants and trees to survive, herds come to graze - prey to hyenas and wolves.And man!Hunting together is tribal law. Shiga, failed his Initiation, ran away ...

Roger has fearlessly thrown himself into the whirlpool of cross-culturalism. His life reads like an adventure story."-Ryuichi SakamotoThe Unmaking of an American is an engaging and entertaining cross-cultural memoir spanning decades of dramatic history on four continents. Author, playwright, translator, journalist, theater and film director Roger Pulvers explores the nature of memory through life connections created from people and places, bot...

This fascinating fictional account of the life and times of Lafcadio Hearn probes the question: "What was the nature of this man, born wanderer, informant of the fiendish details of Japanese lore... a man who chose to live his life 'in defiance of the season'?" Though now largely forgotten in the West, he is, in the 21st century, still considered by the Japanese to be the foreigner with the most insight into their mind and mores. Orphan of Eur...

Kris and Kate build a boat in the sand, then, dreamlike, it becomes a rowing boat. Their dog Holly frisks round them.They venture out into a sea inlet, watched by their mother from the shore. Kate, assuming that girls take the energetic lead, insists on rowing, Kris dreams with fish. After all that excitement they they get hungry and eventually, with Holly, fall asleep! With their mother alarmed on the shore, the boat drifts out to sea. But th...

It is a common notion that Africa has, and indeed ought to have, learned much from the west. This is not wrong, all cultures rightly learn from each other. But less is said of what there is to learn from Africa: from her stories, myths, music, proverbs, insights - and more. Here an acclaimed African scholar steps into the gap by uncovering for us something of the great legacy of African thought and practice in ways that will astonish many. Wri...