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From one of America'a most important voices of protest, an urgent polemic about the strangling of meaningful dissent - the lifeblood of our democracy - at the hands of a government and media increasingly beholden to the wealthy few.

(Many fine black & white illustrations throughout)
In the 1920s and 1930s there were adventures to be lived and fortunes to be made by strong young men in the outback of Australia and the gold fields of New Guinea. This is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuit - not of honour and glory, but of excitement and riches - by one such adventurer.

Patrick Leigh Fermor was born in 1915 of English and Irish descent. After a stormy school career and his year-and-a-half journey on foot to Constantinople, he lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago.
'Indescribably rich and beautiful..... a masterpiece' - Guardian

'Worldly and stylish, yet direct and plain-spoken, disarmingly simple, yet deep and wise, it offers trenchant summaries of complex historical issues, new angles on old controversies, and fresh ways of thinking'.
William Taubman, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Krushchev

An autobiographical fiction:
Rob Long was barely out of film school when he landed a job as one of the writers on the phenomenally successful TV sitcom, Cheers. With the demise of the show, Long faced the prospect: Is there life after Cheers?
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