In this, her first novel, Angela Carter tells a tale of shattered beauty and male camaraderie.

This challenges the idea that childhood victims are caught forever in the vicious circle of abuse. In 17 years of working with victims and survivors, the author discovered that most survivors break free from the patterns of victimization. Over 20 people were interviewed in depth for this book.

* Lisa Appignanesi, prize-winning author of MAD, BAD AND SAD, turns her unrivalled attention now to love, that most fascinating of emotions

* From the author of the Orange Debut shortlisted, THE VOLUPTUOUS DELIGHTS OF PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM - a new novel about coming of age in South Africa at a time that is at once charmed and cruel

* A wonderful novel, spellbinding and wise, Shelter is about love, about mothering and about home

* An intelligent, accessible and important book on a topic of perennial interest - for those about to embark on the journey, for those already in the throes of it and for those who have been married for many years.

This work, by the author of Flying , shows how patriarchal bias has operated in history and culture and is reflected in mythology, religion, social mores and literature. It explores sexual theory and psychoanalysis, and analyses the writings of D.H. Lawrence, Norman Mailer and Henry Miller.

* Linda Grant's 'best novel yet' (FT)- the thoughtful and engaging story of a London family from the late sixties to the present, out now in paperback

'Her writing is pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling the night with her starry language' Observer

A rich, panoramic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the Thirties that carries surprising and refreshing echoes of our own time.

This novel is the sequel to 'Only Human'.

A highly suspenseful and thought-provoking new novel from a writer who is going from strength to strength 'Stella Duffy gets better and better' Ali Smith

* An entertaining collection of stories based on the Twelve Days of Christmas from authors including Val McDermid, Jake Arnott and Sophie Kinsella. * 'A brilliant stocking filler' HEAT

The BBC TV tie-in of the trials of the young terror called Treasure as she clashes with her mother on the rocky road to independence during her teenage years