Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party.

Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique , this explores the nature of physical suffering.

Exposes the shock doctors and offers information and connections that show how the shock doctors' beliefs dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. This book tells the tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

After a car crash, writer Paul Sheldon is saved by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. She brings him home, splints his mangled legs, and all he has to do in return is write a very special book, one all about her favourite character. Because if he doesn't, if he is bad, she will be cross - very cross.

When serial killer Gretchen Lowell captured her last victim - the man in charge of hunting her down - she quickly established who was really in control of the investigation. So why, after ten days of horrifying physical and mental torture, did she release Detective Archie Sheridan from the brink of death and hand herself in?

You don't get out by giving them what you think they want. You don't get out until you are what they want.

A collection of stories set in Haiti, this anthology is structured so that characters who narrate one story may emerge later, seen from an entirely different perspective, in another.

Award winning quest of discovery through an Earth fantastically transformed by aeons of humanity.

The ultimate tale of teen rebellion -- one seventeen-year-old against the surveillance state.

Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America's greatest dream - and its worst nightmare - this work is a black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.

The remarkable debut novel from Khaled Hosseini, now out in paperback in a stunning new package

Documents US Government attempts to justify torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices in ongoing hostilities.

Are cruel and inhumane practices tolerable so long as they do not meet some definition of torture ? Bringing together lawyers, political theorists, social scientists, and public intellectuals, this book deals with the advisability of maintaining the absolute ban on torture and to reflect on what it says about the adherence to it.

Geoffrey Abbott details the history of torture, restraint and punishment through the centuries.

Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who never leaves survivors - her heart is broken.

Striking debut novel with all the cynicism, realism and punch the fantasy genre has been missing.

A harrowing, yet inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer

When the Joker commits an unspeakable crime, Batman must use all his skill to outwit the crazed criminal. But in the end, how different are the Dark Knight and his quarry?