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.

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) Close your eyes imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens.' Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about the beach', a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell

A collection of short stories by some of Britain's best known writing talent. Tony Hawks was asked to write a song with a Sudanese tribesman while Alex Garland was flown into a war zone. The writers experienced the beautiful but troubled Sudan in many different ways and this ensemble is the result.

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) Close your eyes imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens.' Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about the beach', a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell

In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster. On the other side of town, Rosa listens for her husband's car, and thirteen-year-old Vincente is watching for the man who pays money for street-kids' dreams. Tonight, these disparate lives will violently collide.

A young man is brutally assaulted in an underground train. Beaten unconscious, he lies for days in a hospital bed - but appears to make a full recovery. On discharge from hospital, Carl picks up the threads of his daily life, until he starts noticing strange leaps in his perception of time, distortions in his experience.

From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results. The award-winning illustrations from Nicholas Garland make this a beautiful and atmospheric book.

A young man is brutally assaulted in an underground train. Beaten unconscious, he lies for days in a hospital bed - but appears to make a full recovery. On discharge from hospital, Carl picks up the threads of his daily life, until he starts noticing strange leaps in his perception of time, distortions in his experience.

By the author of Shallow Grave , Trainspotting and A Life Less Ordinary , this screenplay is published to coincide with the release of the film, starring Leonardo Di Caprio.