All Quiet in Peking (Book 3)The crisis in Peking reaches its endgame as the Communists encircle the city. The future looks uncertain for all sides. Inflation is rampant, food is scarce. The battered Nationalist forces find themselves in a never ending fight for resources, with corruption claiming what little is left. With Cui Zongshi dead, anything can happen. The old capitals few remaining brave souls do what they can to stem the chaos. Liang Jinglun and Fang Buting at the

Coleridge Goode is a thoughtful witness to a fascinating part of jazz history

Yuliya Kunina

This is volume two

everything around him comes to life

lies the native part of Nandagiri with its heaving bazaar

“Moving and inspiring

an enthroned bull

Translator Pádraig J Daly is an Augustinian priest

In the capital

He is a specialist teacher for students with learning disabilities

alongside Music is my Mistress (Duke Ellington)

and portrait poems of greedy politicians