Catriona McCabe, 28, only ever known at Cat, is trying to improve her career as a sports journalist and get over a failed relationship. What better way to do both than to spend the summer following the Tour de France? Plunged into a male press corps, Cat has to fight for space and for stories.

Lydia Halley longs to leave home. At twenty-one and working in the local button factory, her life seems empty and unfulfilled. After the tragedy of her mother's death, she decides to take up a position in a city many miles from home. Her father laments her departure but for Lydia it is the freedom she has yearned for.

All over Florence tourists were being robbed, cars stolen, and somewhere in the city terrorists were quietly at work. So the suicide of a Dutch jeweller looked like an open and shut case. Certainly, there were some slight discrepancies. But the only witnesses were a blind man, and an old woman given to vicious lying. Yet, the Marshal felt uneasy.

Bursting with life and bawdy humour, National Serviceman Brigg is now a Regular Army sergeant, defending the Empire in the beds and bars of Hong Kong. Peace-time diversions include: sensual fireworks with a pair of delicious Chinese twins and a tender, erotic affair with the lonely wife of an American serviceman.

Part biography of a book and a man, part bibliographic and bibliophilic quest, this book is a captivating piece of writing, a testament to the power both of books and the love of books. Logging thousands of hours and thousands of miles, the author uncovers a treasure trove of material on the life of a book and the evolution of an idea.

Stealing things from people who had upset her was something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt; a girl at school; a boyfriend who left her. And there was the man on the plane... Humiliated and scared by a total stranger Polly does what she always does. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such results.

Dick Contino, a 50s accordion player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the nuts and bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest and most legendary fighting units in existence around the world. This title draws on the author's experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade.

As a child, the author was enchanted by his grandmother's stories of Mexican adventures: of bandits, wild jungle journeys, hidden bags of silver and a narrow escape from the bloody Mexican Revolution. This title tells the story of the parallel journeys, a hundred years apart, into the heart of Latin America.

Trevor Jones was a Head Boy at Gordonstoun, usher at Prince Andrew's wedding, and a Falklands helicopter veteran. He was left almost completely paralysed after a skiing accident, and tells here how he has learned to cope and rebuild his life.

A send-up of 1970s and 1980s teen magazines. Gayle Tuesday, a bigoted Page Three girl, offers advice to modern girls on topics such as handling boyfriends, where to be seen and what to be seen in, how to be a successful topless model, and the truth about feminists.

The worst has happened. On the eve of their return to Blighty, Brigg and his fellow National Servicemen find themselves sentenced to another six months in Panglin Barracks...

Offers a portrait of one of comedy's greatest geniuses by those who knew Peter Cook best and can write about his rare talent. The contributers include Clive Anderson, Alan Bennett, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, William Goldman, Barry Humphries, Eric Idle, Dudley Moore and Michael Palen.

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres.