David Tang's story is marvellously epi-typical of Hong Kong, bound up with the history of an extraordinary city that stands in reality as well as in all the cliches at the junction of East and West. His account of his grandfather's treatment of David's grandmother and father reaches back movingly to a past that seems way beyond yesterday. Read More...

It is always difficult to be objective about the life of the founder of a great religion - his personality is inevitably blurred by an aura of the miraculous. But behind the legendary Muhammad there lies one of the great figures of history, and, although very little is known about his early years... Read More...

John Barrington, a working shepherd, writes beautifully about the animals, wildlife, trees and flowers which surround him, and paints an unforgettable picture of his glorious corner of western Scotland. Read More...

The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen’s life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It is also a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire. Blixen wrote the book in English and then translated it into Danish. Read More...

Benjamin Franklin was an unrivalled polymath and the intellectual architect of many revolutionary ideas, yet he started his career as a runaway with a few coins in his pocket. This acclaimed biography is part of a Folio collection of America's Founding Fathers. Read More...