Confessions of

Since 1993, Ian White has been a key member of the influential and passionate UK band Gallon Drunk, playing drums on six critically acclaimed albums ? In The Long Still Night (1996), Black Milk soundtrack (1999), Fire…

Despicable Me meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this hilarious illustrated adventure that follows a hapless warlock-in-training as he struggles to live up to his great and terrible destiny.

This is a laugh-out-loud and wonderfully written tale about love, life, loss, and motherhood - and all the ups and downs, Ins and outs that happen along the way. Peta has three children under five, a job she hates and a…

A humorous and anecdote-filled romp through the corridors of power. Former MP Nick de Bois exposes the vagaries and eccentricities of the Palace of Westminster and the peculiar demands that come with being a member of…

Discover Thomas Mann's comic novel of deception and misplaced confidence - back in print for the first time in over twenty years. Waiter by day, man about Paris by night;

'Quite simply extraordinary... Imagine if Maggie Nelson, Daphne du Maurier and Daniel Defoe collaborated.' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

P:Who is the real terrorist in this room? M:What're you saying? In a claustrophobic concrete cell, two men face each other across a bare table. One is a wanted terrorist, the other a British intelligence officer. But…

Published anonymously in The London Magazine, the Confessions were an immediate success, and soon speculation was rife as to the identity of the mysterious Opium-Eater. The work, which introduced the literary world to De…

On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, knows just three things: she was one of the last people to see her parents alive; she and her brothers are the only suspects; she can't trust…

written in Andrea's comfortable, emotive, humorous, around-the-kitchen-table style!' 'Reading this book not only helped me to understand my symptoms but it also helped me to realise that I am not going through this…

This true story of an ex-Marine who fought crime as an undercover cop, a narcotics agent, and finally a federal prosecutor spans a decade of crime fighting and narrow escapes. In this riveting tale, the author recounts…

"I tremble to say there's good in death, because I've looked in the eyes of the grieving mother and I've seen the heartbreak of the stricken widow, but I've also seen something more in death, something…

Offers an account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. This autobiography of addiction hauntingly describes the author's surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings through…

The immigration man read my deportation order, looked at it and handed it back to me. Not only is it the last instalment of a unique and unorthodox autobiography, but of a unique and unorthodox life that was as touched…

Candid, poignant and often hilarious, this highly original and very readable book offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into The life of a congregational rabbi.

With lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, this book features essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. It articulates a vision that he calls 'dark ecology, ' which stands firmly in opposition to…

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is a powerful nineteenth-century autobiography tracing Thomas De Quincey's journey of addiction, introduced by biographer, critic and academic Dr Frances Wilson.

Tricky customers, rude staff and everyone's favourite misanthropic bookseller: it's the second volume of the Sunday Times bestselling bookshop diaries, now available in paperback.

A playful account of one man's life in early twentieth century Trieste

'Carp are the big game of the inland angler, and in this book 'BB' tells of some of his experiences with this very sporting fish, how they may be caught or at any rate hooked, and what is the particular charm of their…

Bursting with revealing and often hilarious anecdotes, these are the political memoirs of a true parliamentary rebel. Strong broadcast and print media interest, serialisation under negotiation. Previous title Revenge of…

An honest, sometimes-touching, always-hilarious parenting book from a comedian-cum-Dad.

Confessions of a Thug was the first dramatic account to expose a European readership to the fantastic world of the murderous Thugs, or highway robbers, who strangled their victims and who have ever since been a stable of…

Describes the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, the author experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum. This book presents an account of the pleasures and pains of opium that…

She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time ... Her only comfort is to buy herself something - just a little something... Can Becky ever escape from this dream world,…

Explore the mind and motivations of a serial killer