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The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon. On the 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop...

"I wait for him, the cold seeping through my clothes, until it finally dawns on me that he's not coming back. And I wonder why he chose her instead of...

Hannah, May and Eleanor are sisters whose early life in Dublin with their middle class parents, has prepared them for a comfortable future of marriage, children and servants. Further North,...

Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....

Where does a firstborn girl fit in a world dominated by men When Tiadone was born, her parents had two choices: leave their daughter outside the community to die in...

This is a photography manual. It is organized as a graduated "course" which aims to appeal to the beginner, competent amateur and the professional alike. From film, cameras and lenses...

Three gripping interactive murder mystery stories - with riddles, puzzles and a 'choose your own adventure' hook Solve the puzzle. Save the world. Simple, right? Step into the shoes of...

The third book in this hilarious and relatable bestselling series from the creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on...

From the author of Love, Simon (Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda) bestselling YA rom-com queen Becky Albertalli, comes a new novel about daring to step out of the shadows...

The greatest classic of Vietnamese literature in a stunning new verse translation. "This manuscript is ancient, priceless, bamboo-rolled, perfumed with musty spices. Sit comfortably by this good light, that you...

Part biography, part detective story- the extraordinary life of the eccentric writer Frederick Baron Corvo One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar novel called Hadrian the Seventh and,...

"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule , a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in...

This book examines the theories and arguments put forward by Plato in his `Phaedo', in which he attempts to show that the soul is immortal. Chiefly intended for readers who...

In the Theaetetus, Plato looks afresh at a problem to which, he now realizes, he had earlier given an inadequate answer: the problem of the nature of knowledge. What Plato...

Sports Marketing provides an innovative approach to the study of marketing issues in a sport context. The book addresses sports marketing from a strategic perspective and explores both the marketing...

A collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Photographs and essays by family...

Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more...

Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son...

'Story-telling is an ingrained habit; I wouldn't know what else to do. But the mythology that is intriguing today is that of imagined alternatives. Somehow, choice and contingency have landed...

A holiday in the sun with your family - just what you want, or the last thing you need? For single parent Tessa, it's going to be a perfect time...

One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at...

Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to...

In Double Vision Pat Barker returns to the subject of war. Insomnia, exhaustion, recurring nightmares - Stephen Sharkey is suffering the aftereffects of his career as a war reporter, most...

Conrad's first novel is also the first part of his Malayan trilogy. Set in Borneo against an exotic and ruinous background, the book enacts the final, tragi-comic anguish of paternity...

'Fima is surely his best book, a celebration of human complexity, and his testament to its achievement' - Scotland on Sunday Fima, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a...

Published to tie-in with major new film adaptation starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant...

The story of a novel - with other essays on the genesis, composition and reception of literary fiction In 2004, Henry James featured as a character in no less than...

From the extravagant escapades of London's high society to the opulent elegance of the rural upper crust, this is an epic tale of wealth, greed and passion that catapults you...

A characteristically compelling, clear-eyed, humane and heartbreaking novel about a taboo subject - and about what it feels like to be a survivor... What do Mrs H., Rachel, Edwina, Ida,...

Insightful, incisive & enlightening, the first volume of Simon Callow's comprehensive biography of Orson Welles A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his...

Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century master Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong....

Driven by a desire to explore the most remote, barren yet romantic places on earth, Martin Buckley set off on a two-year journey through the world's deserts. In the Sahara...

Sparklingly original and hugely entertaining, An English Psychic in Hollywood, is the magical tale of Lucinda Clare's personal experiences as an actress and psychic among the stars of Hollywood. Like...

The Big Book of Business Card s showcases 2,500 business card designs, providing plenty of inspiration for every taste and type of business. With its robust visual gallery and detailed...

Completing the trilogy that includes the bestselling novels Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, Portrait in Sepia is a stunning novel about memory and family secrets. Set...

Bonny Prince Charlie has always been a figure swathed in romantic mystery. This biography makes use of letters and documents from among the Stuart Papers. It deals with his relationship...