Green WarsWhat is more important, building a modern airport in rural Uttar Pradesh or conserving the shrinking habitat of the sarus cranes? Producing more palm oil or protecting the orang utan? Do we allow the destruction of pristine forests with their rich flora and fauna so we can generate much needed hydel power? A modernizing economy brings in its wake ecological challenges and misplaced priorities. Development, environment, conservation, global warming

Marshall McLuhan

part satire

he decided to explore surgical options

he sets out on an impossible mission

When his teacher sets the class a History project Sam cannot choose which bit of History he prefers so decides to do ALL OF IT

A stirring nineteenth-century tale of friendship and adventure

but instead a bleakly funny yet unflinching memoir of dead-end jobs

and an aspiring actress who is unsettlingly familiar

what the câmara is there for or how to get permission to renovate

The teenage Diana Spencer is just about the only candidate

Featuring interviews with Ben Bradlee

and the stories are written in a way that is easy for children to understand and follow along