This fantasy novel by the author of "Weaveworld" describes a race to find the secret of "The Art" - a state of being or consciousness which allows its owner to transcend their humanity and enter into a heightened spiritual state - between Fletcher and the evil-intentioned Jaffe.

A wonderfully funny yet tender evocation of the hedonistic 1980s. A young gay British man comes to 1980s Paris to teach English and to taste the erotic life that has eluded him in Britain. He suddenly finds himself in the midst of a sexual free-for-all beyond his wildest dreams - and then the AIDS epidemic hits. A beautiful, profane and witty novel from one of the masters of the form.

By the time of his death from AIDS at the age of 31, Keith Haring (1958-1990) was already a wildly successful and popular artist. Haring's original and instantly recognizable style, full of thick black lines, bold colors, and graffiti-inspired cartoon-like figures, won him the appreciation of both the art world and the general public.

Intended for the fans of Anthony Bourdain, this is a collection of his journalism. Containing stories from his worldwide misadventures, it talks about scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, the unglamorous aspects of making television, calling for the head of raw food activist Woody Harrelson, and confessing to lobster-killing guilt.

In The Family Trade and The Hidden Family , Miriam got in touch with her roots. Now those roots have begun to strangle her. A young business journalist from Boston, Miriam discovered that her family comes from a parallel timeline, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is way too much like the Mafia for her comfort.

On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster: a boy, Hercules, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with the power to read minds. This is a picaresque fable of the love that grows between Hercules and Henriette during their childhood, and which will ...

Robert Doisneau is best known for his magical, timeless 35mm street portraits taken in Paris and its suburbs. This work traces his life and career, providing an introduction to this seminal photographer.

Bringing together Eugene Atget's portraits of authentic Old Paris with photographs of contemporary interiors, this compilation explores the city from opposite ends of the 20th century.

This autobiography, taken from his diaries of 1991-94, interweaves Jarman's harrowing account of physical decline and failing eyesight with wonderfully poetic and detailed descriptions of the changing seasons of Dungeness, his meetings with Tennant, Freud and others, his thoughts on his sex life and his love for his boyfriend.

A memoir from the bestselling author of A Boy's Own Story and The Beautiful Room is Empty .

From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of western medical practice. This is an account of hysteria and its treatment through the ages, focusing on the development, use and fall into disrepute of the vibrator as a legitimate medical device.

Governing this world is a hyper-organised system of corporations, a network of companies, each responsible for a particular product, and each with a workforce conditioned to one end. But, somewhere, a clandestine group is operating to preserve the past.

In six days, Max Silverskin, thief and trickster, must discover the secrets of his heritage or die from the witch mark - the silverheart - which will devour his heart. This novel is set in Karadur, the city of metal, steam, and ancient families, the mighty clans of the metal.

From the world-famous author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE, an illuminating and humourous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation.

Sarah Waters, the award-winning author of three novels set in Victorian London, returns with a stunning novel that marks a departure from the 19th century.

Today programme presenter's Top Ten bestselling cry for better English in paperback for summer.

Set in Elizabethan England, Burgess's first novel for four years centres on the life of Christopher Marlowe, who was killed in suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford 400 years ago. It portrays a theatre genius riven by sexual and political conflicts.

How We Got To Be So Hated - Causes of Conflict in the Last Empire. Gore Vidal transcends the simplistic black-and-white sloganizing of politicians and the corporate-sponsored media, and makes a rational investigation into the causes behind the devastating events of 11 September and the Oklahoma bombing.

Contains interviews of Noam Chomsky who discusses US foreign policy in the post-9/11 world. This work explores topics, such as: the 2004 presidential campaign and election; the future of Social Security; the increasing threat of global warming; and the dangers presented by the United States' ever-deepening entanglement in Iraq.

Edward Manners - thirty three and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love with seventeen-year-old Luc, and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890's Belgian painter Edgard Orst.