A Bowstring WinterIt was the code of friendship. Like a bowstring: tight. Like an arrow: straight. When John Dkhar arrives at Kaizang Restaurant, Shillong, one cold November evening, he has no premonition that his life is about to change forever. A loner by nature, and the very epitome of culture and refinement, John comes across people he will soon be involved with in a deadly game of passion and hatred, trust and treachery: James Kharlukhi, tough and uncompromising,

Apollonius (conic sections and other works)

Its temperature rarely reaches above freezing and it is dotted with thick pack ice and craggy icebergs

space monsters and there’s a monster fairground to discover

George Staunton to China

Also includes three short stories and a four-panel manga by You Shiina

chef and restaurateur

'An impressively detailed account of a remarkable alliance' - Jeremy Bowen

Now told in Ken Blanchard's signature breezy style

the bonds of sisterhood

social observation

and the occasional moment of mayhem

Only a few exercises are designated as such since the book itself is an ongoing series of exercises with hints