Lloyds was not willing to insure a phoenix egg, not even of the most impeccable pedigree. Hence the inspection of the purchase became a great deal more important.

Languages simply differ from one another, in ways both great and small. If you're a linguist, it's part of what attracts you to the field. And if you're not...it can be confusing.

Madeleine remembers being a different person. It strikes her when she’s driving, threading her way through farmland, homesteads, facing down the mountains around which the road winds. She remembers being thrilled at the thought of travel, of the self she would discover over the hills and far away. She remembers laughing with friends, looking forward to things, to a future.

Remembering Cimmeria: I walk through the bazaar, between the stalls of the spice sellers, smelling t...

Karol hung in the lock and yawned, which he’d have told anyone was his way of readjusting to the air...

Eventually it came to pass that no one ever had to die, unless they ran out of money. When you start...