| A Writer's World: Travels 1950-2000 | | Jan Morris | Some of the author's finest articles are brought together here. Age might now restrict her travels, but her memories of travel are a delight. Her wonderful descriptions evoke the spirit of so many places. For example, Delhi is: the capital of the losing streak, the metropolis of the crossed wire, the missing appointment, the puncture, the wrong number.
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| The Long Way Round | | Peter Apps | | Stuart is a high school drop-out destined to spend the rest of his life laying carpets until he stumbles across Brian's project. Suddenly, he finds himself with a new job – working on a space station and exploring a distant galaxy. Will his adventures saving an alien race give him the weapon he really needs – the courage to overcome his inhibitions... and tell Brian how he really feels about him? |  | |
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| Tomorrow's Children | | J. T. Wheeling | A rare find, this is a page-turner of continuous action and surprising ideas that opens young reader's minds in an imaginative modern story. Young protagonist, Yani, experiences the magic and wizardry of Harry Potter, the suspense and awe of the James Bond era, and the odd touch of humour. The first book in a new trilogy.
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| On Beauty | | Zadie Smith | | "On Beauty" concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family. |  | |
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