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'Some men don't fall in love; they get lost. I was lost from the moment I saw Anastasia Romanov in the taxi club that first night...' When American journalist Michael...

The true story of Safari, an African boy deformed by burns who won the hearts of millions through the hit TV series, RPA. When retired couple Janet Seath and Frank...

As creator of the beloved INTO THE WILDERNESS historical series, Sara Donati has won the hearts and minds of readers around the world, but none so passionate and loyal as...

Cuba is a country rich in culture. A visit to Old Havana will reveal why the city was once considered to be the 'boulevard of the New World'. The southern...

"They circled above his house, searching for him. They found him by the river, where the dragonfox had disappeared. They hemmed him in, glaring at him through the black slits...

Showcases the famous McLaren Vale wine region bordered by the Onkaparinga River to the north, the Willunga hills to the south and St Vincent's Gulf to the west. This beautiful...

Albert Lippincott is a thirty-year veteran of the Nestor New York Post Office - a letter carrier extraordinaire, aggressively cheerful, obsessively efficient. But Albert has a few things to hide....

In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the...

Widely regarded as one of the best publisher/editors in London, Diana Athill helped over almost five decades to shape some of the finest books in modern literature. She edited (and...

Patricia Storace begins by telling of her first day in Greece. She brings to bear on modern Greece a deep knowledge of the classics, of the Greek myths and of...

Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the world today but orginated in India over 2500 years ago. This book provides a concise and unbiased view of the...

The dramatic advances in DNA technology over the last few years are the stuff of science fiction. It is now not only possible to clone human beings, it is happening....

Conversations about life and death, between a girl and an angel. As Cecelia lies ill in bed, and her family valiantly make their Christmas preparations in the knowledge that she...

Digital SLRs have taken the world of photography by storm and professional wildlife photographer Andy Rouse explains all that you need to know in order to get to grips with...

A description of the entire process of recreating animals in three dimensions, from the initial gathering of information to the completion of museum-standard models. The author uses non-technical language to...

In 1966 Muhammad Ali announced his intention to refuse induction into the United States Army as a conscientious objector. This set off a five-year battle that would strip him of...

An addition to the classic Art of Coarse. . . series. You already have an idea of what Coarse Drinking is if you have ever telephoned your host to apologise...

A rich, dark novel of buried secrets, new desires and a new land from the bestselling author of THE ACTRESSES, as haunting and evocative as HEAVENLY CREATURES Margaret Rose Bennett,...

Investigating some of the great breakthroughs in modern biology, involving the cloning and deciphering of the genes that control susceptibility or resistance to cancer, Angier explores a richly human community...

In the early 1800s, Louise, a French peasant woman, fearing she is about to die, calls for her priest. She has a secret to confess. Though the priest is impatient,...

This collection of women's writing about travel spans over 400 years, five continents, and a variety of characters from cross-dressers to armchair travellers. The authors include: Angela Carter, Jung Chang,...

This work looks at one of the most crucial of all human relationships: the bond between mother and son. Seven mothers and seven sons tread on emotional minefields - some...

A majestic tale, rich in allegory, wit and philosophy; another masterpiece from the Nobel prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago. What if, one day, Europe was to crack along the length of...

Peter, Katarina and August three emotionally damaged children in Biehl s experimental school are all borderliners, under assessment by the authorities to determine their futures. Either they will be integrated...

In Rabelais's tale, the giant prince Gargantua is a vast and inescapable cluster of qualities and activities; his violence, greed and incontinence are incomparable. In the old giant's size, ubiquity,...