Tribes TriumphantA powerful and insightful narrative of a journey once violently interrupted and here resumed through one of the most compelling regions on earth. From Aqaba to Jerusalem and on into Palestine, veteran commentator on the Middle East, Charles Glass writes a thoughtful, inquisitive and dispassionate book on the politics and peoples of the region. He has traversed the Jordanian desert to the Iraqi border with Bedouin guides, explored modern Israel and

at the time of the first Intifada

it is for anyone who wants to earn the right to be their dog's best friend

'This is a vivid account of being out of step with your peers

"Thakurbarir Bahirmahal is a remarkable Bengali book that sheds light on the public and social life of the Tagore family beyond the andarmahal (inner quarters)

Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead

and soon Gabriel finds himself a paying guest in his own home

mysterious and ultimately terrifying' Megan Abbott

change shape or be elastic

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERATURE PRIZE

and how far can our damage to nature be undone

Albia is a remarkable woman in what is very much a man's world: young

brimming with creation myths