Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

Journey to the River Sea by Eva IbbotsonA gorgeous 20th anniversary edition of Eva Ibbotson's award winning, bestselling classic adventure, with a beautiful cover by Katie Hickey and an introduction by award winning author of Letters from the Lighthouse Emma Carroll. A joyous Amazon adventure set in the lush nature of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and extraordinary characters. Maia, an orphan, can't wait to reach her distant relatives a thousand miles up the

ranging from the heroic battle of 'Rikki-tikki-tavi' and the Himalayan pastoral 'Purun Bhagat' to the drama of survival in 'The White Seal'

and a lot of happy enemies

is a peerless piece of journalism

the beauty of Islamic art and the permeation of the divine in public spaces

that poverty at the level of 99 cents a day is just a more extreme version of the experience any of us have when our income falls uncomfortably low

these memoirs reveal a man who was isolated by his controversial beliefs and whose towering achievements were attained by a life-long passion for the discoveries of science

Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight

The movements associated with his name have lent hope to many victims of tyranny and aggression but have also proven disastrous in practice and resulted in the unnecessary deaths of millions

especially not the romantic ones

Those few are completely free from negativity and live in permanent peace and happiness

'Le Carré understood that espionage is an extreme version of the human comedy

Misako's father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and alien culture