A Looking-Glass World Hannah Linden

A Looking-Glass World Hannah Linden1900. For Tianjins European colonists a profitable new century is dawning, but for the citys downtrodden Chinese natives the Zodiac cycles end signals imminent catastrophe. Meanwhile the fearsome Boxer warriors said by some to be bulletproof are spilling in from the provinces. On restless streets, a dangerous liaison begins. Ouyang Jue, gentle layabout and heir to a merchant fortune, finds himself entangled with Xnia, a French officers daughter

never-before-read Wild Book

and the early days of the local Labour party

their influence on Lenin and the Russian Revolution

of her readers’ expectations

He goes to Guyana

John Heath-Stubbs

[the sections on teenagers] Barry and Nicky and [senile old man] Tom

with fellow Valley Press author Sue Wilsea

Nepal and Kazakhstan

is full of strong poems and strong opinions

and the poems in Safe Metamorphosis welcome us into the imaginative and highly observant mind of an artist committed to the healing and unifying power of communication

and it is his skill in creating characters whose brief lives the reader finds engaging