A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorology

In this perceptive and rich collection of essays, Toibin investigates the lives as well as the work of homosexual writers and artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The definitive essay collection from one of Picador's most highly acclaimed authors

'Highly entertaining reading. Frater introduces some marvellous characters ... and absurd incidents that had me laughing out loud. If, like me, you find air travel irresistibly exciting, you'll have great difficulty putting this down' TIME OUT

The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon.

An engrossing account of Pankaj Mishra's journeys both geographical and intellectual through the modern world

An engaging and eminently dippable anthology which re-defines the genre of travel writing.

An extraordinary African saga about life and death in Uganda, a coming of age story of a boy and of a country.

Your wife in return for the secrets you never knew - A powerful literary thriller in the vein of David Lynch

Mary Karr grew up in East Texas refinery town in a volatile and defiantly loving family. This memoir looks back at life with a painter mother, seven times married, whose outlaw spirit could tip over into psychosis, and a heavy-drinking, fist-swinging father who liked nothing better than to spin tales with his cronies at the Liars' Club.

The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon's previously unseen papers

A wonderful new book - part travelogue, part memoir - from author of the bestselling BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON and CHASING THE MONSOON.

Utilizing material from many sources to shed real insight into the laws, whys and wherefores, of crime, the book contains fiction and non-fiction items. Contributors include: Anton Chekhov, P.D. James, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allan Poe, Jean-Paul Satre and Barbara Vine.

A spellbinding chronicle of love, murder and the mob in pre-revolutionary Havana

Mikal Gilmore is one of America's leading rock critics. Spanning his 20-year career, this collection gathers his cultural criticism, reviews and musings in one volume.