Combat Camera reveals the inner workings - and absurdities - of the British military's media operations in Afghanistan. A war memoir that draws on hundreds of field reports, it exposes the truth behin
A colourful evocation of India and its people, Dancing to the Flute is a magical, heart-warming story of a country's joys and sorrows, the nature of friendship and the astonishing transformative power
When Samuel wakes up on 1st January, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing exciting or unusual - until a strange visitor bursts into his flat, determined not to leave.
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2010, The Very Thought of You is a story of love, loss and complicated loyalties, combining a sweeping narrative with subtle psychological observation.
A novel about the celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love and a hilarious riff on our 21st-century infatuation with movies and the superhero solution.
A tale of adventure with as many twists and turns as the enchanting Somerset landscape that forms its backdrop, Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke is, above all, a celebration of the English countryside
A gifty shrink-wrapped pack containing three volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Homes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes. These beautifully i
A gifty shrink-wrapped pack containing three great adventure stories for young readers: The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit, illustrated by Peter Bailey, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Ste
Perhaps in no other novel of the twentieth century the sense of time and place had such a central role and profound significance as in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s masterpiece, The Leopard – a work
An enigmatic countess is tormented by a dark secret. An English aristocrat, Lord Montbarry, falls ill and dies in a decaying Venetian palazzo. An Italian servant disappears, and his wife receives a no
When war photographer Jo returns from her latest assignment in Afghanistan and moves into the Brighton flat she's just inherited, she hopes to restore equilibrium to her chaotic life. But images and e
Heart-warming, funny and poignant, Skid - the second volume in Roland Watson-Grant's Trilogy of the Swamp after the critically acclaimed Sketcher - continues the exploration of a young man's coming of
In Desire for Chocolate, Care Santos takes us on a spellbinding journey, masterfully juxtaposing the destinies of her protagonists, chronicling the history of our favourite confection and exploring Eu
A cleverly plotted mystery of love,jealousy and suspense, Stuart Prebble's eagerly awaited new novel - The Insect Farm - will linger long in the mind of its readers.
Warm, funny and perceptive, brimming with wisdom and insight, My Life in Agony is a meditation on the subjects that tend to concern and confuse us the most - from mother-daughter relationships through
