Product Description: The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France's mostaccomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression...read more

Product Description: 'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beautiful, graceful and desirable' – so begins André Gorz's 'open love letter' to the woman he has lived with for 58 years and who lies dying next to him...read more

An in-depth, insightful study of Iraq both under the reign of Saddam Hussein and during the war in Iraq draws in interviews with people from all walks of life and of all religious and political affiliations, from the Kurds of the North and insurgents in Fallujah, to rising politicians in Baghdad and American soldiers on street patrol.

For Margaret Ambrose, Paris was a place where dreams were reality; a fairytale city where beauty, elegance and style were still the ultimate ambition. This is her story about the challenges of learning the French language and also the captivating story of how your life can change when you follow your dreams.

Product Description: Albert Londres (1884-1932) was a much-translated French investigative journalist, distinguished by the application of humour to serious reporting. His journalistic coverage was extremely wide (Europe, Soviet Russia, the Middle East, the Far East, Africa, South America), as were his themes: war, revolution, racism, prison and asylum conditions, the slave trade, colonialism, sport...read more

Product Description: Albert Londres (1884-1932) was a much-translated French investigative journalist whose journalistic coverage and themes were wide-ranging. This study compares and contrasts Londres' work with that of other globe-trotting reporters from France, Britain and the USA who deal with history in the making...read more

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