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Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again. Hajime, now a father and husband, finds himself catapulted into the past, risking all that he has in the present. Growing up..

Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man– a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a growing unease. What troubles him as he looks out..

When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal.But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and ..

In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?..

"The Rough Guide to Canada" is the ultimate travel guide to this staggeringly beautiful country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. Inspired by stunning colour photography and insightful background information, discover both the urban and the wild with expert guidance on exploring eve..

The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it ..

Anyone familiar with the long and tumultuous history of Berlin and those who have read about the changes wrought by the end of the Cold War should find Stefan Dauth's photographic portrait a valuable guide to this city on the cutting-edge. By concentrating on new perspectives of Berlin's most famili..

Here is a photographic portrait of Australia's premier city that illustrates why Sydney is the country's capital in everything but name. Whether he's photographing a landmark such as the Sydney Opera House, the spectacular sweep of Sydney Harbor, or street scenes that reveal the devil-may-care urban..

San Francisco has long been one of America's most attractive cities, "a gleaming jewel of the West Coast surrounded on three sides by water". Its hilly streets provide gorgeous glimpses of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge and its neighbourhoods reveal a mosaic of a city whose residents a..

teNeues announces a full colour version of the best-selling Photopocket series focusing on popular tourist destinations In this stunning collection of colour images, noted photographer Rainer Kiedrowski presents Tuscany as it has never been seen before. Whether evocative rural landscapes or medieval..

Venice is widely known as one of the most beautiful and magical places in the world; a city of water and light; of dreams and romance. But in this collection of black and white photographs by Piero Codato and Massimo Venchierutti, more than mere scenery is revealed. The shifting moods and texture of..