The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox FordFord Madox Ford's extraordinary novel of passion and betrayal, The Good Soldier, is edited with an introduction by David Bradshaw in Penguin Classics. The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, and Leonora his perfect wife, but beneath the surface their marriage seethes with unhappiness and deception. Our only window

This is one of three major surviving classical treatises onthe Hatha Yoga

fabulist and tailor to Panama's rich and powerful

collects the poems Pushkin wrote during his time in St Petersburg as a young intellectual and his subsequent stay in the Caucasus and the Crimea

have a successful career

was an instant bestseller on publication in 1995 and has since sold millions of copies world-wide

Shantaram is narrated by Lin

this seems already to be rather a lot to cope with

Hinduism strives to explore truth and the true nature of reality

making the ecstatic

but also one giant confessional

Born the 'wrong way' and thrust into a world that greeted him with little more than a bad omen

And white lotuses will start showering on you