Lyttelton's Britain: A User's Guide to the British Isles as heard on BBC Radio's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
by Iain Pattinson

‘Humphrey Lyttelton is the best panel game host there has ever been.’ Victoria Wood, Radio Times

‘What a star in so many ways, Humph’s programme about jazz is so intellectual, so inspired and fascinating. And then you hear him on I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and he’s absolutely hilarious. His little summaries at the beginning, “Tonight we’re in …” – they ought to be compiled and put in the archive of the British Museum. Wonderful.’ Jenni Murray’s The Message, BBC Radio 4

‘Where does Jenni Murray think I got them from?’ Iain Pattinson, Humphrey Lyttelton’s writer

In Fact
by Prospect

'Good quality journalism and commentary is hugely important and I enjoy Prospect a lot. I read it regularly and I know that it is widely read among staff at Number 10' - Tony Blair

 'Prospect magazine is the sharpest, wittiest and increasingly the most important journal of opinion in Britain. Anyone who wants to know what good minds are thinking about in Europe simply must subscribe to it' - Michael Ignatieff

 'I absolutely love it, I really do. I took it on holiday and my girlfriend’s looking at me like I’m some sort of weirdo' - Dermot O’Leary

 'To dine at the Prospect table is to be assured of a well-chosen international menu, with selections of solid and nutritious writing, not unalleviated by lighter and wittier fare. The vintages travel well...' - Christopher Hitchens

For Love and Courage: The Letters of Lieutenant Colonel E.W Hermon from the Western Front 1914-17
by Anne Nason

‘A remarkable set of letters from a man who had much to live for to a wife he loved greatly. This is easily one of the best First World War books I have read, and paints a poignant picture of a vanished age.’
 Richard Holmes, author of Tommy

A Season of Leaves
by Catherine Law

A moving, evocative and beautifully written love story in a tradition which stretches from The Shell Seekers to Winter in Madrid.

Grumpy Old Rock Star: and Other Wondrous Stories
by Rick Wakeman

Keyboard wizard. Prog-rock legend. Bloody good bloke. Spend time in the company of planet rock’s funniest storyteller.

Gym and Slimline
by Emma Bustall

‘I really loved this book, I couldn’t put it down. I defy anyone not to identify with something in each of the characters and situations….I was up till 2 a.m. some nights reading it and felt quite bereft when I’d finished. It made me look at my own life, too. I took away so much from it.’ - Fiona Phillips

‘Fun, funny and fast – a really lovely novel’ – Penny Vincenzi

How Could He Do It?
by Emma Charles

A heartbreaking true story of a daughter betrayed by the father she loved.

Emma Charles writes sensitively about her family’s harrowing experience as she triesto come to terms with the damage wreaked by sexual abuse.

In the Bath: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing
by Tim FitzHigham

‘One of the most moving and compelling tales you’ll hear anywhere.’ The Scotsman

‘Tim FitzHigham is unhinged. He is completely without hinges.’  Eddie Izzard

‘Tim FitzHigham only exists because PG Wodehouse didn't invent him first’ Dave Gorman

‘A crackingly entertaining read . . . long live Tim Fitzhigham!’ chortle.co.uk

Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O’Toole and Reed
by Robert Sellars

‘A rollicking read’ – Sunday Express

‘Sellers’ biography is a jaw-dropping account of their twisted, tortured, politically incorrect lives.’ – Daily Record

‘Robert Sellers gleefully follows the seedy lives on the four liver-abusing actors as they drink, brawl and shag their way through the decades into eventual oblivion.’ Metro

The Forgotten Legion
by Ben Kane

‘I thoroughly enjoyed The Forgotten Legion - so much so that I stayed up until 2am to finish it. Where others play in the rarefied world of senators, legates and upper class merchants, Kane delves into the grim underbelly of slavery, prostitution and gladiatorial carnage...and the conclusion leaves us waiting for the sequel.’

Manda Scott, author of the Boudica novels

Follow the Forgotten Legion on their epic quest – visit the website now

Paying For It
by Tony Black

‘…the narrative blasts off the page like a triple malt…This is one adrenalin-pumped novel, as moving and compassionate as it is stylishly written.’ – Ken Bruen.

‘A fine debut. Black is the new noir.’ Allan Guthrie

The Deceived
by Brett Battles

The explosive follow-up to The Cleaner, featuring secretive CIA operative Jonathan Quinn.

Better than Bourne, harder than Reacher – enter the shadow world of The Cleaner . . .

The Cleaner
by Brett Battles

"Brett Battles makes a grand entrance into the thriller scene. An unputdownable spy novel. The Cleaner has it all: exotic locales, James Bondian derring-do, and ingenious plot twists that will keep you sweating all the way till the end."
Tess Gerritsen

The Deceived

Coming in July 2008 - Quinn returns in the sensational follow-up to The Cleaner

When Jonathan Quinn is hired to vanish all traces of Steven Markoff, a rare friend in Quinn’s line of business, the code he lives by – don’t get personal, don’t ask questions – has to be broken.

Determined to get justice for Markoff, he embarks on a trail that snakes from the corridors of power in Washington to the bustling streets of Singapore, along with his quick-witted apprentice Nate, and the brilliant, beautiful Orlando.

Events quickly spiral dangerously out of control. And as the pace quickens, the bullets get closer. And to trust is to be deceived . . .

A Point of View
by Lisa Jardine

A Point of View is a collection of the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed talks that Lisa has given on Radio 4 in ‘A Point of View’ on Sunday mornings, replacing Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter From America’.