Set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, this book tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw, while offering a modern vision of hell. Its playful narrative techniques intend to convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying.

This is the tale of an eccentric Belgian family living in the Far East through the uncertain years afer World War I and the Russian Revolution. The tale is recounted by their dryly conceited young English relative who comes to stay with them during his military mission to the East.

A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets.

The only single-volume edition of one of the most important works by Mansfield, which established her as a leading proponent of short fiction, is accompanied here by its continuation pieces 'At the Bay' and 'The Doll's House'.

The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies.

This title is part of the Longman African Writers series

Introductions by Robert Flynn Johnson and William Boyd are followed by ten chapters; 1. Land, Sea and Sky; 2. Beginnings; 3. Creatures; 4. Maturity; 5. Eros; 6. Going Places; 7. Signs and Messages; 8. Bizarre and Beautiful; 9. Still Life and Structure; 10. Endings and Infamy.

A novel of the Battle of the Somme told from the perspective of an ordinary private.

The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas, a spent spymaster, leaves West Berlin for London. His informants are either exposed or dead; his operational usefulness is over. Control, however, believes Leamas has one last job in him. It is daring, highly speculative and very, very dangerous.

Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment.

With an introduction by William Boyd.

The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas, a seasoned British Intelligence officer whose entire East German network has been arrested or shot, leaves West Berlin for London, believing his career is over. But his master, Control, knows that Leamas is good for a last mission: one that will allow him to take his revenge.