Two men, both advancing in years, converse deep in the French countryside. One is an artist, the other his gardener. On finishing his work, the gardener enters the studio and looks over the artist's shoulder. As the artist draws, the gardener talks. But, all the while the bond between these two very different men is deepening.

Contains facts and figures about our food options and looks at the entire cycle of food from the politics of importing and exporting to genetic modifications, and from pesticide free organic farms to the ethically questionable practices of the Big Four supermarkets.

Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) Babe leaves the farm for the city. He wants to make some money. But nobody wins in the city,' says Bob, a chimpanzee. And nobody helps anybody. Understand?'

The old objection to philosophy that it is 'impractical' seems to have as one of its best targets Kant's philosophy. This essay responds to this objection in the name of philosophy in general and in Kant's own name as a philosopher whose thoughts are commonly believed to be singularly applicable to the realities of politics and everyday life.

Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) Babe leaves the farm for the city. He wants to make some money. But nobody wins in the city,' says Bob, a chimpanzee. And nobody helps anybody. Understand?'

Traces the roots of the celebrated US name-place songs. This work offers a journey across America to unearth the mysteries of US musical folklore as the author encounters Voodoo in New Orleans, discovers the Jojo's bar from the Beatles' classic Get Back, and reaches Amarillo; the place that, Tony Christie and Peter Kay could not find.

Two men converse deep in the French countryside. One is an artist, the other his gardener. Their growing friendship produces moments of dry humour: when the gardener visits the artist in Paris, he brings an anvil along in his luggage; the pair go to the forest on a mission to steal a twenty- foot fir tree and marvel at habits of local characters.