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Notes on Them & Us is a wry account of the transatlantic friendship as it actually exists today - how Americans see us, how we Brits see them

Both a practical companion and a story of exploration and rediscovery, it offers detailed descriptions of useful routes, stop-off points and watering-holes, along with detours into subjects as varied

Ophelia, criminal lawyer, is in for a shock. Her husband announces he's been having an affair, and leaves. Her home life and work implode - before long, she's broke, drinking too much and falling fo

'We all need a dose of Michael Mosley's Marvellous Medicine.' The TimesIf you were going to do just one thing to transform your health, what would it be?We all want quick and easy ways to improve our health, but when it comes to diet, fitness and wellbeing it can be hard to separate the facts from the fads. And harder still to find changes that fit easily into our daily lives. Based on the popular BBC podcast, Just One Thing, this book brings to life Dr Mosley's mission to find things you can introduce into your daily routine which will have a big impact on your mental and physical health.Did you know that eating chocolate can help your heart, that singing can give you a natural 'high' and that having more house plants can improve your mood and boost your productivity?Dr Michael Mosley unearths a range of Just One Things whose impacts are so surprising and intriguing you will be desperate to try them out. He chats to experts, road tests all his tips and enlists some special guests to h

Why is it so impossible to get a relationship to work between two mature single people, driven by enormous longing and loudly ticking biological clocks? In alternate chapters, Benny and "Shrimp" tell

A unique feast of biography and Regency cookbook, Cooking for Kings takes us on a chef's tour of the royal pleasure-palaces of Britain and Europe in the ultimate age of culinary indulgence.

Cooking for Claudine is the charming and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing Ch

In 1971 a curious new figure appeared on the London academic scene... Her name was Charlotte Bach, she was a former lecturer at the University of Budapest, and she had a new theory of sex and evolutio

A darkly enthralling literary novel about secrets and murder.

Updated with a new section for spring, this 'cult classic' is a hilarious collection of diaries and memoirs.

From Lego to lava lamps - via Borgen, The Killing, and the Muhammed cartoons - Patrick Kingsley takes us on a journey into the mysterious heart of Denmark.

In 1919 Sian Busby's great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later Beth drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced

Features 50 simple, practical things which we can do during the working day to make a difference to the world and those around us, regardless of our profession. This book helps us make the most of the

Takes you on a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany - via the Ashes series, the Ryder Cup, Wimbledon, and more. This book examines why sport holds us all in such thrall

Gilbert is back and he's glad to be back. After three years of teaching at Truss, an inner-city sink school, Francis Gilbert has been offered a job in the English department at his old school, a nice

Anyone who has ever gazed up at the sky or stared out of the window knows something about birds. This funny book paints a picture of how bird-watching has framed his life and helps us to an understand

Sometimes there is just not enough love to go round... With compassion and dark humour, this gripping novel celebrates life and death in the London borough of Hackney - and everything in between

Is it possible to eat what you like, most of the time, and get slimmer and healthier as you do it? Answer: yes. By simply quartering your calorie intake on two non-consecutive days each week (500 calo

In the six years since his arrival at Highbury, Arsene Wenger has made Arsenal FC double Double winners and transformed the reputation of English football in general. Jasper Rees has been granted unpr