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Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hill-walker, she made many visits to the Cairngorms with students and friends. She also travelled further afield - to Norway, France, Italy, Greece and South Africa - but always returned to the hou...

Fitzgerald's popular serial about a man behind the scenes of old Hollywood. Narration by Kerry Shale.

Ben Brooks was born in 1992 and lives in Gloucestershire. He is also the author of Fences, An Island of Fifty, The Kasahara School of Nihilism and Upward Coast & Sadie. Brooks' work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in the Dzanc Best of the Web anthology.

The Official Companion Book to the HBO miniseries from the producers of Band of Brothers. Covering nearly four years of combat, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan.

When a scarab belonging to an American millionaire is absent-mindedly stolen by Lord Emsworth, young writers Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are brought together in an attempt to retrieve it from Blandings Castle.

When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them.What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness . . .'Astonishingly, this is a fi rst novel, catapulting Welsh straight into the superstar league, while establishing Rilke as a classic original.'The Times'In Loui...

The funniest writer ever to put words to paper" - Hugh Laurie

A new edition of the bestselling novel set in 19th century Australia, which won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her previous novels include Bright Young Things, Going Out, PopCo and The End of Mr. Y, which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007. She teaches at the University of Kent and has recently published two chidren's novels, Dragon's Green and The Chosen Ones, part of a trilogy that will conclude with Galloglass in 2019.

MICHEL FABER has written many other books, including the highly acclaimed The Fire Gospel, The Fahrenheit Twins and the Whitbread-shortlisted novel Under the Skin. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps (2001) and The Courage Consort (2002), and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.

Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book ev...

The paperback edition of the bestselling humorous book charting Pilkington's reluctant travels. The hardback sold over 200, 000 copies, and the accompanying 8 part series on Sky1 had audiences of 1.5 million. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant persuaded Pilkington to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World, and these are his hilarious diaries. 'He is a moron. A completely round, empty-headed, part-chimp Manc.' Ricky Gervais

James Brabazon is an award-winning frontline journalist and documentary filmmaker. Based in London, he has reported in over sixty countries, investigating, filming and directing in the world's most hostile environments. His awards include the Rory Peck Trust International Impact Award 2003, the Rory Peck Freelancer's Choice Award 2003, the IDA Courage Under Fire Award 2004 and the IDFA Joris Ivens Competition Special Jury Award 2004. He has al...

A veil of melancholy has fallen over Jacob Marlowe. He's the last of his kind. Hunted by his enemies and haunted by his past, he is worn out by centuries of decadence and debauchery, and by the demands of his lunatic appetites. He decides to submit to the authorities at the next full moon.

Orwellian genius.