Paul Theroux

Pictorial documentation of the history and future of African wildlife, focusing on the widespread destruction of the African elephant, and exploring the complex relationship between man and animals.

In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China has risen, India booms, Burma slowly smothers, and Vietnam prospers despite the havoc unleashed upon it the last time Theroux passed through. He witnesses all this and more in a 25,000 mile journey, travelling as the locals do, by train, car, bus, and foot, providing his penetrating observations on the changes these countries have undergone.--From publisher description.

Fourteen-year-old Jilly Farina walks into the tent at the County Fair and finds her life transformed. Fixing her with his hypnotic gaze, Millroy the Magician performs astonishing miracle. When she is later magicked into his trailer and Millroy promises to train her as his assistant, Jily feels safe for the first time in her short life.

Een Amerikaanse filantrope vraagt een schrijver, die tijdelijk in Calcutta verblijft, om een mogelijke moord uit te zoeken.

During World War II twelve-year-old Harry and a stray dog travel through war-torn England in search of safety.

The world's most acclaimed travel writer journeys through western Africa from Cape Town to the Congo.