Packed with motivational images, quotes, and sayings, a guide to completing even the biggest of life's adventures. Alastair Humphreys spent four years traveling around the world... Læs mere
A non-scholarly compendium for the intellectually curious, giving nuggets of information about the largest, smallest, oldest and strangest beliefs, faiths and religions, from druidry to Jedi Knights
A breathtakingly clever comic novel about the Australian literary scene; winner of the Australian PM's prize for fiction
Morgan Tsvangirai: At the Deep End is the story of a man who, through everything he endured, remained committed to working for peace and democracy for all in ins country, and in the process became a beacon of hope for a beleaguered nation.
Set at a rural literary festival, a hilarious satire on the book world which takes no prisoners as it skewers authors, agents, publishers and reviewers alike
The multi-Bafta-winning creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd tells of his rise and painful fall, in a memoir that’s part sitcom-writing masterclass, part diary of a gender wars cancellation
Fusing science, poetry, history and a profound love of landscape, this is her heartfelt, thoroughly persuasive tribute to the stone she calls ‘an art project of the great divine’.
The Young Man and the Old Man – two fanatics in adjacent seats – form a slow but steady friendship over the course of a football season. As their beloved club lurches towards relegation – and as... Læs mere
Caught in a terrorist explosion on the London Underground, Helen can't go back to her own life. In a bid to preserve their shaky marriage, her husband, Frank, proposes they sell up and sail the... Læs mere
A bullied child seeks solace on the gay scene but falls into the hands of dangerous predators. Richard Hall recreates with unnerving frankness the year of his childhood when attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.
Writing rhymes for strangers on any subject they choose – as featured on BBC Radio 4
Finland regularly tops the rankings as ‘happiest country in the world’. Tim Bird looks at what makes the land of the sauna, Sibelius and the Moomins so special