In these nine unforgettable, impressionistic "tales of little madness", the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clezio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or...
The Twentieth Anniversary EditionAs a young boy, growing up in London and watching his parents` marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby - author of High Fidelity, About a Boy and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree - had little...
For many people watching football is mere entertainment; to some it`s more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. For Nick Hornby his devotion to the game has provided one...
In his novels "Serpent" and "Blue Gold", #1 bestselling author Clive Cussler introduced a hero for the new millennium: Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA`s Special Assignment Team, and an instant hit with critics and...
In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has declared himself tsar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of dollars, he is determined to overthrow the current Russian...
First Love (Penguin Great Loves)
At the end of a dinner party, the remaining guests drink wine and tell stories of their first love. For one of them, it will be a dark journey into his past, reawakening unbearable memories of his obsession with the...
Distinguished by Smith`s trademark ability to unearth flashes of truth and depth in the everyday, "The First Person and Other Stories" sparkles with warmth and humanity. In one story, a middle-aged woman conducts a...
Francois Besson listens to a tape-recording of a girl contemplating suicide. Drifting through the days in a provincial city, he thoughtlessly starts a fire in his apartment, attends confession, and examines, with...
Henry Grey takes a dirty, demanding job transporting racehorses by air. But when he discovers that he`s actually transporting something altogether different, he has to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he has...
Fooled by Randomness: Chance in Life & Markets
Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth...
The publication of "The World According to Clarkson" in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy`s one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our...
Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke had resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke...
When reporter Bert Checkov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder. But there`s no such thing as a sure thing.
Rebecca, Daniel, Alex and Isabel have been best friends since university. Rebecca married Daniel, Alex married Isabel and, for 20 years, they have been inseperable. But all that is about to When Alex walks out on...
Fraction of the Whole (Booker08 shortlist)
From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the unlikely story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset - mostly unintentionally - an entire continent. Incorporating death,...
What do estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? How can your name affect how well you do in life? The answer: Freakonomics. It`s at the heart of everything we do...
