Imagine This is a book that does more than just tell a story; it takes the reader on a voyage of discovery.

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Abandoned by her father and separated from her brother, Lola must adjust to living without the basic necessities, where a drink of water entails a six-mile trek to the bushes. Unable to [...]

Then Inspector Jian meets Ding Ming, a young intellectual, newly arrived in a smuggler’s lorry and desperate to find his wife. Together they form an uneasy alliance, criss-crossing the country towards an inevitable and blazing finale.

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Bad Traffic – which Simon Lewis wrote in response to the recent deaths of Chinese immigrants in Morecambe Bay and [...]

When Academy Award-winning actor Sidney Poitier was born, he was not expected to live. He was premature and so tiny, he could fit into his father’s hand.

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That was 1927, and as the family lore goes, a fortuneteller assured his mother that he would survive and one day, carry the Poitier name around the world.
Poitier’s memoir, [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama has captured the Biography of the Year prize at the Galaxy British Book Awards for his bestseller, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

The book, a memoir of his early life and African-American heritage, was one of two Obama had in the running at the annual awards [...]

I think 2008 was a good year for books. At the end of the year The Times Newspapers publish a list of the top ten paperback fiction. The list is prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan for the 51 weeks ending 20/12/08.

Finally a novel that lives up to the publisher’s hype. So much is promised with each new book, but this is truly a fine work. I am unable to judge whether this is great literature, but it satisfied me on many levels. That is a rare occurrence for a piece of writing. I have given [...]

Life for independent author Howard Shapiro just keeps getting better with his fourth children’s book. After finding success with his first three children’s books, author Howard Shapiro seems to have nowhere to go but up. Having accomplished his goal of writing characters that adults and kids would be able to relate to in his stories [...]

I bought this when Obama was on the brink of his historic victory over McCain, anxious to see what kind of a person would be the next leader of the free world. Admittedly, compared to Obama, my views are probably a little more conservative, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
I was pleasantly surprised.
Obama takes [...]