Finding himself alone on a desert island when everything and everyone he knows and loved has been washed away in a huge storm, Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He’s also completely alone – or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no …

Discover the science behind Douglas Adams’ classic space adventure, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Ever wondered what the end of the universe might actually look like? Why the number 42 is so significant? Or whether time travel really would put a stop to history as we know it? If so, …

To his stepmother and stepbrother’s dismay, Gervaise, the new Earl of St. Erth, has survived Waterloo and returned to take his place at the family seat. His reception is less than welcoming. Here is classic Heyer, with a minimum of romance and considerable suspense. Indeed, there’s murder in this rarefied …

If you hate loft living, bar-clubs, Tony Blair, chick lit, global warming sceptics, Keane, loyalty cards, IKEA, Kabala, bling, and Richard Curtis…then you need Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?, an encyclopaedic attack on modern culture and the standard reference work for everyone who believes everything is shit. …

In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in 12th-century England that centered on the building of a cathedral and the men, women, and children whose lives it changed forever. Critics were overwhelmed, and readers and listeners ever since …

Darren Shan and Evra Von follow a trail of corpses and confront a foul creature of the night. A new enemy or Mr Crepsley?
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 3 When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals, Darren and the snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du …

Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire’s assistant.
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 2 Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren makes friends …

The first part of the chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world.
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 1 Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It’s the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear …

In this candid confessional, comedian Carla Collins divides the world into the angels who guide us, inspire us, and save our butts; the sexy and trendy vampires who suck the life out of us; and the douche bags who constantly annoy, disgust, and taunt us.
With a fast wit, fake breasts …

What do we believe? And in God’s name why? Lewis Black has the answers. Or at least his answers.
He survived Hebrew school and a bar mitzvah (barely), was a 60′s college student who saw the parallels between religious rapture and drug-induced visions (even if none of his friends did), explored …