Sugar, a 19-year-old whore in the brothel of Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870s London society offers the reader a host of characters. At the heart of the story, however, is a young woman's struggle to lift her body and soul out of the gutter.

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though they are desperately poor, Lakshmi's life is full of simple pleasures. But when Lakshmi's family lose all that remains of their crops in a monsoon, her stepfather says she must leave home and take a job in the city.

A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder in 1763. By a well-known Irish writer.

The new bestselling novel, now in paperback, from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.

* Reissued in a new look, the breathtaking historical novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty set in Venice, by the author of SACRED HEARTS, featuring a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf

Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her.

A Dickensian tour de force set in a 19th century city beset by a cholera epidemic.

Cherry Vanilla, twelve years old with a penchant for short leather skirts and make-up, has one ambition: to become the most famous 'lot lizard', or truck stop whore, in the business. With his blonde curls and naked ambition he is determined to be more woman than most and to match his idol, rival and mother, Sarah - also working the lot.

Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and on to postwar New York.

Two prostitutes have been murdered in Tokyo. Yuriko had been working as a prostitute all her life, starting while still at school, where her stunning beauty compensated for what she lacked in intellect. Kazue worked for a blue-chip company. She chose to walk the streets at night where she hoped to get noticed. How and why did this tragedy occur?

Baby is twelve years old. Her mother died not long after she was born and she lives in a string of seedy flats in Montreal's red light district with her father Jules, who takes better care of his heroin addiction than he does of his daughter. Baby finds herself re-adjusting to new situations, new foster homes, new places, and new people.

The bestselling and infamous diary of a high-class call girl

Professor by day, callgirl by night - a true story

California's gold country, 1850. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. What she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea.

Presenting her tale of heroin addiction, half-hearted rehab and prostitution, here, Kate Holden conjures the sense of invincibility that comes with the first taste of adult life, the belief that drugs can make love and art transcendent, and, the conviction that you are in control.

A successful New York madam frankly discusses her life, customers, and problems with the law.

Her bond purchased by an enigmatic noblemen, previously indentured servant Phedre is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages and the arts of pleasure. But when she stumbles upon a plot threatening her homeland, Terre d'Ange, she has no choice but to act.

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her anywhere.

A blast from Spenser's past walks into his office asking for help. As Spenser plays the gallant knight, it becomes clear that she is not as innocent as she seems - in fact, she may be her own worst enemy...