Home BoyThey are renaissance men. They are bon vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium: AC, a gangsta rap spouting academic; Jimbo, a hulking Pushtun deejay from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck, a wideeyed kid, fresh off the boat from the homeland. But when they embark on a road trip to the hinterland weeks after 9 11 in search of the Shaman, a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seemingly disappears into thin

Amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life it can be hard to find a moment of calm

She's looking forward to trying some new tricks

Adapted time and again for screen and stage

Tom's-All-Alone is 'Dickens but darker' - without the comedy without the caricature and a style all its own

Nick Sharratt's mischievous and funny illustrations in a sturdy board book format make this playful book a sure winner

Explore shadows

An impossible mission

she is always armed

It is 'old fashioned history' in the best sense: an accessible narrative with colourful characters whose story reveals the true reasons for the fall of Rome

life is far from happy

or Colin Bridgerton's Aegean Fasolada

the rascally white trader of Kamakama