A secret that people would kill to discover. On the run for their lives, Eddie and George must join forces to escape the clutches of a depraved genius - a man who needs the secret for a terrifying p
Provides collection of poems, translations, and composition notes from the authors early career that furnish yet further evidence of his literary mastery. This book appeals to those unfamiliar with th
In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker).
From the bestselling author of Janice Gentle Gets Sexy and Mrs Fytton's Country Life comes a tragicomic tale of one woman's journey to independence via seven houses, three men and many disappointments
The Queen presents an intimate portrait of Queen Elizabeth II during the crisis caused by the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris. While the British public was overwhelmed with grief at th
It is 401 BC. In battle at Cunaxa on the River Euphrates, the Persian king Artaxerxes II defeats a challenge to his throne by his brother Cyrus, the Younger. Among the slain of Cyrus's troops are a co
An enormously satisfying, exciting and enriching book, Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the lives of detective Sartaj Singh and Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India.
Eve, banished from Eden, gives birth to Cain and Abel then watches in horror as one brother learns to hate the other. Pharaoh's daughter, unable to bear children, saves Mose from the Nile and raises h
Imbued with a beautiful, melancholy sense of longing, the story becomes a quest narrative in which Tsuneo desperately chases this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier.
One May night in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five the greatest artists of the twentieth century sat down to supper. It would be the only time that Joyce and Proust, Picasso, Diaghilev and Stravin
Cordelia Gray is the inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, found hanged in mysterious circumst
When Mrs. Maxie Martingale was busy in organizing St Cedd's Church fete, she gets the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, the sly single mother, Sally Jupp. On the following m
A piercing scream brings Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from his literary party to the Steen Psychiatric Clinic, where he discovers the body of a woman and a chisel thrust through her heart. A
Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. At 18, she exercises her right to find out the truth. What she discovers will change h
Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray is soon embroiled in a mysterious case. Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic Cas
A new bestseller from the pen of Ricky Gervais. Flanatomy for Beginners . It's Flanimals galore as Ricky Gervais's new book on this species takes students to a whole new level. Find out in a new sec
The proposals of The Peverell Press's ambitious new managing director, Gerard Etienne, have made him dangerous enemies. When Gerard's body is discovered bizarrely desecrated, there is no shortage of s
Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, their throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown, the o
In About Pinter, Mark Batty provides a critical study of the work of Harold Pinter, one of our most successful living dramatists. He has compiled a wide-range of material which gives equal emphasis to
There have been three significant men in her life - Peter, her ex-husband; and Dean, a handsome younger man - all of whom have begun to think of Pamela in romantic terms once more.But Pamela is enjoyi
Celia, housewife, mother and wonderful cook, is celebrating her fortieth birthday. But the house of cards collapses around her, as friends and a sister turn edgy and fickle, a long-time admirer turns
Tabitha's Beauty Parlour is a haven. To Tabitha, Beauty is a broad canvas from which she will draw out what she can. But when Chloe, Tabitha's trainee, sets out to prove that she can give her clients
Apart from the envy of her less contented sister, she has everything she could possibly want - a loving husband, a beautiful home, a privileged lifestyle - and she's proud that she has achieved so muc
Joan's answer to life after divorce from Jack is simple: happy seclusion. She rejects the outside world and embarks on a contented existence of isolated self-indulgence. But when her nice neighbours F
This radical anthology is concerned with what Robert Lowell called 'this sweet volcanic cone', our human planet. The book is dedicated to the rake, an age-old implement which connects the earth to our
Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks! and Nightmare Before Chis
Now in paperback, the highly acclaimed collection by Scottish poet Don Paterson, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize Dear son, I was mezzo del cammin and the true path w
Avant-garde novelist and college professor, woodworker, and fly fisherman - Thelonious Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and an African American he is offende
The celebrated author of The New York Trilogy, The Book of Illusions and Invisible presents here a highly personal collection of essays, prefaces and occasional pieces written for magazines and newspa
Boy, when Fate opens up it opens up with both barrels. See what happens now I'm in trouble? See the awesome power of trouble. Trouble fucken rocks.Fifteen-year-old Vernon Gregory Little is in trouble.
As a composer and conductor, Pierre Boulez regularly appears with the greatest orchestras and opera houses throughout the world. In these conversations with Cecile Gilly, he recalls not only the great
The year is 1998. Nick Karolides is a marine biologist working on coral reef protection off Zanzibar - the island of slaves, sultans and spices that for centuries has signified both the exotic and the
