The golden roadFor a millennium and a half, from about 250 BC to 1200 AD, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas, an 'Indosphere' where its influence was predominant. During this period, the rest of Asia was the willing recipient of a mass transfer of Indian soft power. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along

But when Helen makes it clear that she wants more

Less than a year later

With the full co-operation of the Entwistle family and The Who's long-term management

this odd duckling will need all her bravery and curiosity to survive

he knows that in every disappearance - however impossible it seems - there's an answer

'The Nature Seed' is a practical and philosophical guide to sharing the wonders of the natural world with children

Molly Bang illustrates the concept of picture

Nick is soon arrested for murder

Part of the powerful and magical people who are said to have abandoned this world entirely three hundred years ago

and in just three weeks

He's just escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes

Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi'