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Subtitled, "My Year Disguised As A Man". The jaw-dropping and immensely appealing account of what happened when Norah Vincent spent a year living, loving and working disguised as 'Ned', her invented male persona. It was a bestseller in America.

Born in 1934, Irmgard Hunt grew up in the Bavarian village of Berchtesgarden, in the shadow of Hitler's infamous 'The Eagle's Nest'. In this fascinating memoir she offers an intimate glimpse into German life in the Third Reich, recalling an 'ordinary' childhood in an extraordinary time and place. Revealing the creeping Nazification of Germany and demonstrating how vulnerable people were seduced and cowed by their leaders, this book is a portra...

Riveting and authoritative, The Long Emergency is a startling vision of what lies ahead, bringing new urgency and accessibility to the critical issues that will shape our future, and which we can no longer ignore.

This paperback of the big New York Times bestseller is the film tie-in edition to the movie release of Charlie Wilson's War, one of the year's biggest films.

When Andrew Mawson arrived in Bromley-by-Bow in the east end of London, in the 1980s, it was in a state of social, economic and material disrepair. Living there, getting to know the residents and institutions, he soon realized that by unlocking its untapped potential, the community could begin to turn itself around.

This 'engaging and interesting history' (Peter Ackroyd, The Times) of the British flag is now available in paperback.

Jennifer Potter is the author of four novels and five works of non-fiction, most recently Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants, The Rose: A True History, and Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World, all three published by Atlantic Books. A regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement, she is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at King's College London.

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Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond is an English gentleman, looking for adventure. 'Demobilized officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible, but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential... Reply at once Box X10.

The first detective novel, with Inspector Bucket the prototype of the literary detective--Bleak House is both a literary classic and a classic of crime The case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce--a dispute over a vast fortune left by a miser who died intestate--has occupied the Court of Chancery for years. When Lady Dedlock faints upon recognizing the handwriting in one of the documents pertaining to the case, her sinister lawyer, Tulkinghorn, immediate...

Subtitled, "Why The West Should Get Out Of The Middle East". A controversial book that challenges accepted wisdom on a hugely topical subject, from the author of "Turbo-Capitalism".

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize, FAULT LINES is a gripping family saga, and a tale of a present haunted by the past. Moving from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich, its stories unwind back through the years until, reaching the Holocaust, the devastating secret at the heart of the family's history is finally revealed. FAULT LINES is a riveting and poignant novel in which love, music and faith rage against the spectre of e...

We are being overwhelmed by dangerous nonsense. From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, from creationism to unorthodox medicine, there is now an epidemic of demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world. For Damian Thompson, these unproven theories and spurious claims are forms of "counterknowledge", spread not least by the internet, they are creating a global generation of misguided adherents who repeat these untruths and lend them...

British former public school boy and computer genius Ben Hoadly has been found dead in Bangkok. But when the Thai police claim to have found the murderer, private eye Vincent Calvino smells a rat . . . Featuring drug addicts, dope dealers, fortune tellers, and high-class call girls, SPIRIT HOUSE is a hard-boiled page-turner that brings the contradictions of Bangkok to disturbing, exhilarating, life.

Richard Reeves is a leading social and political commentator, writing regularly for the Observer, New Statesman, Guardian, and Prospect. He is a former Columnist of the Year and Young Financial Journalist of the Year and has held research fellowships at the Institute for Public Policy Research and the University of London. He is the author of Dream Hoarders, about the rise of a class-based society in America.

Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. This book gives an account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world.

The definitive biography of Harvey Milk: an emotionally compelling story of the life and death of the first openly gay man to be elected to US political office

The definitive retrospective of Herman Leonard's jazz photography -- 'The greatest jazz photographer in the history of the genre.' Bill Clinton -- arranged as a chronological journey through jazz's greatest names, from Billie Holiday to Duke Ellington and Miles Davis.

Reissue with a new jacket and afterword, timed to coincide with Ash's new book, "The Literature Of Fact". In 1978, Ash went to live in Berlin to experience the divided city: 15 years later, he returned.

Nostradamus wrote a thousand prophecies. Only 942 have survived. What happened to the missing quatrains? And what secrets did they contain? And why did Nostradamus leave his daughter a sealed container in his will? This mystery drives two men with very different desires. Adam Sabir is a writer desperate to revive his flagging career, Achor Bale is a member of an ancient secret society that has dedicated itself to the protection and support of ...