When people ask me what I do for a crust and I tell them that Im a novelist, they immediately assume that my life is a non-stop carousel of limos, television appearances hair-dos, devoted fans, stalkers and all the glitzy paraphernalia of being a public figure. Its time to set therecord straight. I write alone, in a darkened bedroom, wearing my ...

A nervous breakdown seems like a great idea: all that lying in bed and watching daytime TV. But whos going to have it? Will it be housewife Clodagh, who spends her days microwaving pasta for her demanding toddlers and waiting for her beautiful husband Dylan to come home? Or Lisa, hard, brittle and shiny as an M&M, reeling from the shock of a dem...

Marian Keyes' sixth novel is a truly captivating story about a marriage that's gone wrong and a sensible girl who suddenly just wants to let her hair down."We will shortly be landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Please ensure your seat is in the upright position, that you weigh less than a hundred pounds and that you have excellent teet...

Slide Further Under the Duvet, get yourself comfortable and let Marian take you places youve never been before ...

The Infatuations is a metaphysical murder mystery and a stunningly original literary achievement by Javier Mar�as, the internationally acclaimed author of A Heart So White and Your Face Tomorrow.

The contributors to this anthology present a fascinating spectrum of research, dealing partly with Theophrast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) and partly with the scientific discourse on health and illness in general in the Early Modern Era in the context of religion and medicine. How did people view trained doctors, what did they think about the vari...

Perpetual economic growth is physically impossible on a planet with finite resources. Many...

"Chaos Theory in the Social Sciences: Foundations and Applications" offers the most recent thinking

Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But...

For fans of Jojo Moyes Me Before You, who cant wait for her new novel The Girl You Left Behind - out in September - here is an irresistible ebook-only prequel novella, Honeymoon in Paris .