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A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads Masterly mapping out of a new world order - Evening Standard Revised and updated edition The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically and in an age of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the western world stand in sharp contrast to events along the Silk Roads, where ties are being strengthened and mutual coope...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: The Tale of the Three Brothers Harry Potter fans will know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; The Fountain of Fair Fortune , The Warlock s Hairy Heart , The Wizard and the Hopping Pot and Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stu...

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is strange ? not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. But she has a dark power of her own : witchcraft. When Circe's gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone cannot live in peace for long ? and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor : the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will r...