Thing Around Your NeckFrom the Orange Prize winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. In 'A Private Experience', a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away. In 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret

So the two men who met one day during the showing of a new art exhibition did not realise until too late that the middle-aged tweedy figure sitting out of earshot could understand every word they said

to the loneliness of life as a scandalous divorcee

The ruling Council of City Guardians has been forced to become more user-friendly - so citizens now live for the weekly lottery draw

startlingly

So when Greg asks Charlotte to stand in for show

a time of nation building and law-giving

Barrie originally conceived

the adventurers will have to learn how to rely on each other and fight harder than ever before

but Harry Wharton and Co

In this world of ours… …the first to die are those without guts

How does a casual listener learn to understand and appreciate the nuances between the unapologetic and innovative sounds of Louis Armstrong

Jooheon and his team just can't seem to stop encountering tombs