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Black satire of the highest polish' GuardianWhilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a world that's a gazillion shades of grey?'Afte...

Reissue of the 1991 Booker winner.

The internationally bestselling novel set in the brutal world of the communist regime, first published in 1941. 'A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of... all revolutionary dictatorships, ' "Times Literary Supplement

In a book that is part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, Dickens transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much admired. Few readers can fail to be touched by David's fate, and fewer still to be delighted by his story. The cruel Murdstone, the feckless Micawber, the unctuous and sinister Uriah Heep, and David Copperfiel...

In 2008, historian Tony Judt learnt that he was suffering from a disease that would eventually trap his extraordinary mind in a declining and immobile body. At night, sleepless in his motionless state, he revisited the past in an effort to keep himself sane, and his dictated essays form a memoir unlike any you have read before. All his experiences are as simply and beautifully arranged as a Swiss chalet - a reassuring refuge deep in the mounta...

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the sequel to Catch-22), and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in December 1999.

When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated. As a one-off killing it's shocking, but when it becomes clear that it's just the latest in a series of similar attacks, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation ar...

When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. And what seems at first to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation. Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the...

A collection of short stories by "Captain Corelli" author, Louis de Bernieres, based on the adventures of a real dog that has become the stuff of legend in a corner of Western Australia. A celebration of an Aussie canine hero, by a writer who has become a household name in recent years. "Contains some of his best writing" "Sunday Times". "Will this become another word-of-mouth "Corelli"-style bestseller? It is certainly possible...life enhanci...

New editions of classic novels from Lodge, tying in with the publication of new hardback "A Man Of Parts".

Can you forgive the past?It's 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straighforward, this is a tragic insight into one man's suffering. But a long hidden secret is discovered in the pages of the dead man's diary. What follows is life-and-death hunt for a notorious former concentration camp-commander, a man responsible for the deaths of thousands, a man as yet unpunished.

This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as 'Suzanne', 'Sisters of Mercy', 'Bird on the Wire', 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and 'I'm Your Man' and searingly memorable poems from many collections including Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers and Death of a Lady's Man. Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence an...

From the author of "The Big Picture" and "The Job" comes this latest novel in paperback, set in post-war New York, against the backdrop of the nightmare of the McCarthy witch hunts. A tragic love story, and a tale of divided loyalties, described by Kate Atkinson, author of "Behind The Scenes At The Museum" as "a compulsive read".

Paperback edition of Leon's latest thriller set in Venice, featuring her detective Commissario Brunetti. It's sold over 22, 000 copies in hardback. With a fresh new jacket look to help increase Leon's readership. 'Leon never fails to impress with her carefully wrought plots and believable characters.' "Daily Mail

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation, reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged, Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they can't handle - the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in, sending them the message that a 'no' is unacceptable. SAVAGES is an in...

Subtitled, "Reflections On Life's Journey". In this poignant, deeply moving book, Muhammad Ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his children. Some of his wisdom is his own, some from teachings, and others from people he has met in the course of his extraordinary life. *Also appeared in September Buyer's Notes*