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This is a stunningly perceptive novel about modern India, about what motivates fundamentalist beliefs, and what makes someone driven, bold or mad enough to make a stand. The author brings the art of grand narrative back to the Indian novel in English.

The author has combined an utterly gripping and detailed police investigation with a sensitive and compelling examination of the impact of history on modern Spanish life. A riveting read, filled with incident and unexpected twists.

A revelatory account of Tony Blair’s tumultuous leadership, this book gathers extracts from the diaries of the man who knew him the best: Alastair Campbell – Blair’s spokesman, his press secretary, strategist, and closest confidant.

This work explains the persistence of India’s extremes by presenting a new interpretation of its history. The author argues that India is different largely because its politics rest upon a peculiar foundation, in which traditional philosophies of hierarchy, difference and privilege coexist to a remarkable degree with modern notions of equality and democracy.

Do you need to get your life under control? Do you need more money? There is a way to have the things you need and want and have them now. This is a positive book that addresses these and other questions.

Two flight commanders of the RAF make an unlikely alliance. But as each man is tested to the limit they come to share a common purpose and fresh understanding. The experience of these pilots and their comrades are vividly conveyed in a novel of compelling pace and power.

This book is designed not only to be something to read on the couch at home when you are planning your trip but also to be a manual you take with you in the field. Every part of the book is designed to allow you to get the information you need as quickly as possible.

Special Agent Kathryn Dance is an expert in kinesics. But she’s up against Daniel Pell, a master of control, who mesmerises, seduces and exploits people for his own murderous ends. A fine psychological thriller.

From 1940 until his death in 1966 the author wrote the daily column ‘Cruiskeen Lawn’ in the Irish Times. With shameless irony and relentless high spirits he satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life. This is a collection from that popular column.

This book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship and serenity that mark modern India. It urges us towards a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of India and its impact on those who try to lose or find themselves there.

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