"Stephen Fry is one of the great This autobiography of his first twenty years is a pleasure to read, mixing outrageous acts with sensible opinions in bewildering That so much outward charm, self-awareness and...
The story of John Self and his insatiable appetite for money, alcohol, drugs, porn and more. Ceaselessly inventive and thrillingly savage, it is a tale of life lived without restraint; of money and the disasters it...
The peaceful slumber of the Worcester village of Rudge-in-the-Vale is about to be rudely disrupted. First there`s a bitter feud between peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly Lester...
With Sancho Panza, a deposed Communist mayor, his faithful Rocinate, an antiquated motorcar, Monsignor Quixote roams through modern-day Spain in a brilliant picaresque fable. Like Cervantes` classic, Monsignor Quixote...
`He had never told anyone. The strange relationship, if it could be called that, had gone on for years, decades, and he had never breathed a word about it. He had kept silent because he knew no one would believe him....
"Moonwalk" is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. Giving absolutely...
Now readers can sing along with this hilarious book and CD read by Lenny Henry. You can never have enough pants, as this exuberant celebration of lots and lots more pants proves! Giles Andreae`s brilliant rhyming text...
From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies and stands as a...
It was one of the greatest human experiments ever undertaken: to populate an unknown land with the criminal, the unloved and the unwanted of English society. Amid conditions of brutality that paralleled those of...
When Tempe is called to the scene of an autoerotic death, she has little idea of the tangled chain of events that will follow. Because the man whose body she is examining apparently died in a helicopter crash in...
Mountain of Crumbs: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl`s discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country`s profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her...
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." Hemingway`s memories of his life as an unknown writer...
The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? It`s up to Victor Tugelbend (Can`t sing. Can`t dance. Can handle a sword a little.) and...
In the bar-parlour of the Angler`s Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what...
