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Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural wor

Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth with coffee mornings and bingo. Along with fellow members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of octogenarian anarchy.

Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, "One Continuous Mistake" teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher

Cameron, Miliband and Clegg. Three Men, One ambition and the Pice of Power.

Chris Stewart's "Driving Over Lemons" told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful and real, the book became an international bestseller. "A Parrot in a Peppe

You can never have enough pants, as this exuberant celebration of lots and lots more pants proves! Giles Andreae's brilliant rhyming text and Nick Sharratt's hilarious, vibrant illustrations will delight children and adults alike.

Reflecting the voices of poets, soldiers, the families they left behind and their comrades who would never return, "The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry", previously published as "In Flanders Fields", is edited with an introduction by George Wa

The sixth volume of poetry in the "Penguin Modern Poets" series. It collects together poetry by three West Country poets: U.A. Fanthorpe, Elma Mitchell and Patricia Beer.