The night was November 9th 1989, and the Berlin Wall was coming down. For perhaps the first time in a century the world was empathising with the Germans. But then not even the men who gave the orders in east Berlin knew it would happen. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the triumphant vindication of the 'cock-up' theory of history.

Corinne Hofmann falls in love with a Masai warrior while on holiday with her boyfriend in Kenya. After overcoming all sorts of obstacles, she moves into a tiny shack with him and his mother in his village, and spends four years in Kenya. Slowly but surely the dream starts to crumble until she flees back home with her baby daughter.

Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter, Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga and his family again in their village, Barsaloi. This book describes the changes she encountered in the village after all those years.

Describes Corinne Hofmann's return to Switzerland and the difficulties that faced her there, detailing how she built a new life for herself and her daughter and overcame all obstacles with the same courage and optimism with which she faced the demands of her life in the Kenyan outback.

Recounts Corinne Hoffmann's return to Switzerland and the difficulties she faced. This memoir details how she built a new life for herself and her daughter while overcoming all obstacles with the same courage and optimism she employed in her life in the Kenyan outback.

Sonia Frey fears for her sanity. Her marriage ended in divorce after her husband tried to kill her. On top of this, an acid trip has disordered her senses - she can now 'feel' smells, 'see' sounds. To escape these worries, she takes a job as a physiotherapist at a newly re-opened hotel in a remote Alpine village in the Swiss Engadine.

Set in 1945 and the present day, this novel provides an evocation of the race to build the atom bomb with an account of a conspiracy turned sour. The book blends fact and the speculations of history so the reader is left wondering whether it really happened.

Two weeks before Christmas, Dr Rajiv Mahendra encounters a patient with rare symptoms that are sinisterly familiar. In India, the disease is known as bubonic plague, and the last time it occurred in Europe, it was known as the Black Death. A thriller from the author of Stealing Thunder.

Riding the Iron Horse Across a Continent (and Back). At the age of 52, with a shoestring budget, a backpack and an open yet informed mind, Peter Millar set about rediscovering the United States, by following the last traces of the technological wonder that created the country in the first place: the railroad. On a rail network ravaged and reduced he managed to cross the continent two and a half ..

Suitable for modern Britons keen to get beneath the skin of the country that more than any other influences their lives, for intelligent Americans open to an oblique look at their own country, and for railway lovers everywhere.

Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter, Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga and his family again in their village, Barsaloi. This memoir describes the changes she encountered at the village after all those years.

A book of comfort and encouragement for all those facing difficulty or distress, this text is based on the author's own story of the sudden death of his wife. It includes letters and poetry from friends and strangers alike - all pointing to the mystery of God's transforming presence.