A Thousand Beginnings and Endings Sasha Cohen To celebrate the release of

To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit

Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition

One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays

Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted home is both hauntingly familiar - and the strangest place on earth

of local communities with valuable perspectives of their own

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings Sasha Cohen To celebrate the release ofSixteen extraordinary authorsincluding New York Times bestsellers Melissa de la Cruz, Rene Ahdieh, and Julie Kagawareimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate. This exquisite paperback anthology includes an original bonus story from Ellen Oh. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called A Thousand Beginnings and Endings a must read. A mountain loses