Pushing the Limits

Kurt FEARNLEY

Known as 'the guy who crawled Kokoda' and 'the wheelchair marathon man', Kurt was born without the lower part of his spine. He grew up as the shortest member of the Fearnley family, and was raised to believe he could give anything a go. Frank, engaging and highly entertaining, Kurt has an enthusiasm for...

So Much Life Left Over

Louis de Bernieres

Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their small daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War, and its effects on their marriage, behind them.Back home in England, Rosie's sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches ...

Writing from Ukraine: Fiction, Poetry and Essays since 1965

Various

A selection of fifteen of Ukraine's most important, dynamic and entertaining contemporary writersUnder USSR rule, the subject matter and style of literary expression in Ukraine was strictly controlled and censored. But once Ukraine gained independence in 1991 its literary scene flourished, as the moving...