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McGrath is a cool-eyed chronicler of a dispossessed generation - philosophical, astute and ultimately unforgiving. This is no pseudo rock'n'roll road trip, but an accessible and insightful study of the modern condition. The final autobiographical chapter is breathtaking."DEBORAH BOSLEY, 'Literary Review'"McGrath meets the nation's lost souls of the New Age. A 267-year-old princess from the tribe of Atlantis, a technoshaman, an alien who talks ...

Matthew Bourne suspects his partner, Marianne, of having an affair - though he has just embarked on one himself. Then one day a colleague's wife dies in tragic circumstances, and Matthew is called to identify the body. Only much later does he realise that this incident has seeped into his life like a slow poison... A riveting narrative of mystery and menace, 'The Execution' is a stunningly accomplished debut.

A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London.

A masterpiece of popularization' Times Literary Supplement

Ten years ago, at the age of 53, Shelby Tucker set out to cross Burma on foot from China to India when land access to Burma was forbidden. Tucker had a rucksack, a diary and some inaccurate maps. He recruited a 6ft 4in Swede, Mats, whom he had met on the train to Beijing.Near the beginning of their walk through the jungle they encountered a group of naked boys bathing - they realized too late that their Chinese Army uniforms were on the banks....

This copulative sotry of passion, jealousy, fidelity and faithlessness is Weldon at her most provocative.

Lavinia Greenlaw's mesmerising debut novel about growing up in the surreal banality of mid-1970s Essex.

A popular science of "free will", arguing that evolution is controlled and directed by quantum mechanics.

Following on from his autobiography, >The Life Of My Choice, My Kenya Days< is an evocative account of Thesiger's time in Kenya since his first visit in 1960. Superbly illustrated with 48pp of the author's own duotone photographs.

East of Java, west of Tahiti and north of the Cape York peninsula of Australia lie the unknown paradise islands of the Coral, Solomon and Bismarck Seas. They were perhaps the last inhabited place on earth to be explored by Europeans, and even today many remain largely unspoilt, despite the former presence of German, British and even Australian colonial rulers.Michael Moran, a veteran traveller, begins his journey on the island of Samarai, hist...

From Miami to Kabul

A distinctly idiosyncratic travelogue, describing a young Welsh-speaking woman's search for Welsh communities around the world - and how she found them in places such as Hong Kong, Japan, Norway and Patagonia.

B format edition of this hardback bestseller, detailing the relationship between Violet Trefusis, lover of Vita Sackville-West, and her mother Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII. An enthralling, eventful story which lays bare the obsessions, hypocrisies and betrayals in the upper echelons of Edwardian society. "Souhami has a marvellous touch with words. Her narrative sparkles." "Sunday Telegraph".

Some days with babies the world seems very small and it is refreshingly invigorating to be reminded that the world is big, and that you can still embrace it when you have a baby strapped to your front. Many people looked at us askance when we said we were going travelling with our baby, but we did not know any different. We believed we could do it. We did it. We loved it. This book is not a How To Guide, it is a gathering together of twent...