The Last Train to Zona Verde is Paul Theroux's compelling account of his final African journey.

Heading north from Cape Town,...

Got a sweet tooth but don't want to spend hours in the kitchen? Nigel Slater's collection of puddings can ALL be ready in less...

Nigel Slater fans will love this bestselling classic recipe book, packed full of simple but tasty dishes.

'This is real...

Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1...

What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as...

Saul David's All The King's Men is a thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo.

Between...

In his extraordinary and highly charged new novel, John Updike tackles one of America's most burning issues - the threat of...

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives...

They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained...

This fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English presents a new form of philosophical...

The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordinary Man Booker Prize winning novel.

High in the Himalayas sits a...

James Lovelock's bestselling The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we can Still Save Humanity is a dire...

Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when he's left his wife for you . . .

What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the...

'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at...

The Testament of Gideon Mack is James Robertson's acclaimed novel exploring faith and belief.

For Gideon Mack, faithless...

Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek...

David Thomson's 'Have You Seen?' - A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films is a quirky, idiosyncratic and hugely entertaining look...

A moving, wise and delightfully modern comedy of manners from the bestselling, Man Booker shortlisted author Karen Joy...

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love by...

From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls

The first novel in Pat...

An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty

Wentworth is in...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane.

Out at the eastern edge of...

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with...

The Trouble with Physics is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity...

A prescient and provocative history of America's role on the world stage

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous...