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‘These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.’ - TLS
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‘Fresh and diverting, informative and topical without being slight or ephemeral […] This supremely well-edited combination of current affairs, journalism, commentary, and fun facts is perfect for our pause-button moment.’…
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‘These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.’ - The TLS
Essential in these times of narrowing national horizons. - The Bookseller
‘Essential in these times of narrowing national horizons.’ - The Bookseller
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Tremendously eclectic and classily produced … each volume gets under the skin of a country or a city in a multifaceted way that feels essential in these times of narrowing…
‘Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or the wind, or the moon.’ -…
In this volume, Jon Lee Anderson, Alberto Riva, and Eliane Brum among other Brazilian writers explore a multi-faceted country the world wouldn’t really associate with 'order and progress'.
‘On the Greek island of Ikaria, life is sweet … and very, very long. What is the locals’ secret?‘ - from The Island of Long Life by Andrew Anthony
