Set before and during the great war, this work captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.

Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. He hears for the first time of a secret beach hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard finds a map pinned to his door, and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists.

Aliens - Moties - were first contacted in AD3017 in the region of space known as the Coalsack. The eponymous mote in his eye, which has winked out, much to the distress of pious Himmists, just might have been Motie laser light. It might even indicate the position of their home planet.

Lively polemic on contemporary sexual politics that examines the post-feminist phenomenon of 'raunch culture' .

Straight-talking BBC Television style experts Susannah Constantine & Trinny Woodall reveal the secrets of looking good and offer advice on making the most of your body in this super-stylish diary format edition.