Michael Cunningham From the author of the bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Hours, a beautiful novel about the uses of beauty and the place of love in our lives. | Martina Cole THE FAMILY was the bestselling hardback fiction title of 2010 |
Nigella Lawson Italian food has colonised the world. The author shows us how and why in over 100 delicious dishes - from telephone-cord pasta with Sicilian pesto to the crustless Meatzza, from... | Susan Hill Simon Serrailler is on sabbatical on a Scottish island, recovering from an exhausting murder investigation, when he is urgently summoned back to Lafferton. Two local prostitutes have been found strangled... |
Lynn Schooler The stirring memoir of one man's harrowing solo adventure in the Alaskan wilderness, and his discoveries about the home he leaves behind. | Hugh Johnson The original and best, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2012 successfully distills the world of wine into a handy, eloquent gem of a package. |
John Lloyd; John Mitchinson Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? This title presents a collection of facts, taking on... | Andrew Morgan The Routemaster bus - instantly recognisable as the classic red double-decker London Transport bus - is a British icon, and a symbol unmistakably associated with London. This book provides a... |
Judith Miller If you want to know the value of your antiques - or find out how the antiques market is faring - the world's best-selling antiques price guide is the place... | Nick Childs What kind of Royal Navy does Britain need now? The 21st century promises to be one of huge uncertainties and challenges for the senior service. Does Britain have the right... |
Diarmaid MacCulloch How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and... | Toni Morrison Toni Morrison's deeply moving novel reveals an apparently defeated man finding his manhood -- and, finally, his home. This is a stunning new novel by the author of Beloved. |
David Sedaris * The brilliantly quirky David Sedaris returns with a book of acerbic and outrageously funny stories about animals who have unmistakably human failings, with a hilarious new story for the... | Jenny Uglow In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical church in Victorian England. This book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate... |
Geraldine McCaughrean; Jana Diemberger | Philip Pullman 'I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all...' |