If you looked you would think that his mind was full of beautiful, poetic thoughts.. A ball of food would make its appearance at the base of his long neck and would travel upwards with all the majesty of a department store lift. The ball was generally the size of a coconut and would end its travels by rolling into his mouth. A satisfied expression would replace the look of thoughful genius and peter's lower jaw would recommence its monotonous movement. Read More...

John Mortimer chose his favourite Rumpole stories for this collection - the ones that made him laugh while writing them, which is, he says, ‘the only reliable test of a successful piece of work’. Read More...

Action, adventure, sex education, intrigue, tears, laughter, a homicidal brother with a penchant for amateur dramatics, Someone Like Me has got it all and then some. Read More...

1988 marks the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The Official Secrets Act and the '400-year Rule' have previously restricted publication of the true story - but now all can be revealed! Read More...

Scott Adams turns futurist, offering a bold, compelling - and often hysterical - vision of future society. Drawing on his keen grasp of human nature and social dynamics, Adams daringly predicts key developments in every part of the futurescape. Read More...

After seventeen years of working in a cubicle and reading thousands of e-mail messages from readers who've been 'downsized,' 'rightsized,' 'flattened,' and put in charge of 'quality teams,' Scott Adams can no longer restrict himself to a single artistic medium. Now, in an unabashed attempt to cash in on the lucrative business book, Scott brings us The Dilbert Principle. Read More...

It began as a sudden strange fancy... Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time ... And now she's enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother. Read More...

Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made one little mistake...And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes - which is tough when you're thirteen, but also just a little bit...cool. Read More...

A unique collection of stories about the mad, the bad and the truly dangerous to know, from more than two hundred years of sporting shooting. They include mad old colonels who took their trousers off before going elephant hunting, woman poachers with terriers sewn into their underskirts, and duck shooters chasing their quarry in helicopters. Read More...