Kiran Desai After years of failure at school and work, and of spending his days dreaming in the tea stalls and singing to himself in the public gardens, it doesn't...

Kate Atkinson   From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet, part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novelNew York TimesBook Review Notable Book of...

James ReasonModern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the...

Paul R Ehrlich Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at...

Sebastian Faulks Discover the moving powerful prequel to Snow Country' An extraordinary novel of magnificent scope' Evening StandardAs young boys both Jacques Rebière and Thomas Midwinter become fascinated with trying to understand the...

William Melton Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel is one of the best-known in the repertoire, its melodies as familiar as folk-tunes - and yet no full-length biography of Humperdinck...

Robert B Parker April Kyle, a prostitute from Spenser's past, comes back into his life-with deadly complications. September 4, 2007 by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Rankin DavisDr. Jennifer Fox stands trial for the murder of a renowned scientist. A guilty verdict is inevitable--until the Prime Minister receives a message that a terrorist organization is holding...

Margaret Weis and Don Perrin   Many years before he formed the Mag Force 7 team of commandos-for-hire, Xriswas a government agent, betrayed by one of his own while invesigating...

Wilbur Smith Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his...

James Alan Gardner For the children of Admiral Alexander York, perfection wasn’t just expected, it was guaranteed—written into their DNA before they were born. But while Samantha grew into the...

James Byron Huggins One of Hollywood's hottest action-film writers, James Byron Huggins is a master at keeping the action rolling and the pages turning. Here, the author of Cain ("may...