Presents the story of the very first Christmas in which the humble donkey is chosen amongst all the other animals, including the kingly lion and the proud unicorn.

An evil Magus is intent on turning London into gold. Only a boy and his quick wits stand between the Magus and his goal Jeanette Winterson at her most inventive, lyrical, imaginative and brilliant.

Jeanette is adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves.

A little way in the future, Time is distorting. Time Tornados are causing havoc. People are whirled out of their own time, never to return, and a woolly mammoth has been seen on the banks of the River Thames

A special collectors' edition of Jeanette Winterson's beautiful Nativity story that includes a copy of the book, signed and numbered by the author, and a signed print with exquisite gold detailing all presented in a keepsake box. It is part of a limited ediion of one thousand copies, suitable as a Christmas gift package.

Henri had a passion for Napoleon and Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow, Henri butchered for his Emperor and never killed a single man. Meanwhile, in Venice, the city of chance and disguises, Villanelle was born with the webbed feet of her boatman father - but in the casinos she gambled her heart and lost.

In 2009, the Glyndebourne Festival of Opera reaches its 75th year. In commemoration of this event, the author has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors to pen stories inspired by opera.

On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before we took it to the edge of destruction. And off the air, Billie and Spike are falling in love. What will happen when their story combines with the world's story, as they whirl towards Planet Blue, into the future.

Set in the 17th century, this title tells the story of Jordan, an orphan found floating on the River Thames, and his keeper, The Dog Woman, a huge and monstrous creature with a powerful right hook and a wide vocabulary.

From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling.

Featuring each of the first 3 titles of the Myth series - The Penelopiad , Weight , and A Short History of Myth , this edition boxset also includes the introductory pamphlet, A Word or 2 About Myths , and is presented in a slipcase. Each book is a retelling of a myth by an internationally renowned author.

A tale of greed and love.

A book for children.

A novel of loss and love, and a philosophical meditation on the body. The novel explores the body as a physical entity and as an image of our innermost selves in order to reveal more about the phenomenon of love.

A 21st-century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality. Set in London, Paris, Capri and cyberspace, using fairy tales, contemporary myths and popular culture, it works at the intersection between the real and the imagined. Its territory is you.

A little way in the future, time is distorting. Time Tornadoes are causing havoc. People are whirled out of their own time, never to return, and a Woolly Mammoth has been seen on the banks of the River Thames. But time is big business, and whoever gets control of time controls life as we know it!

A little way in the future, time is distorting. Time Tornadoes are causing havoc. People are whirled out of their own time, never to return, and a woolly mammoth has been seen on the banks of the River Thames

Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. Separately and together, they query the relationship of past to present, and the meaning of life itself.

A pleasure boat company is transformed when the proprietor, Noah, is chosen by the One True God to put sunny faith back in the world and women back in the kitchen. The author has written Oranges are Not the Only Fruit ,(winner of the 1985 Whitbread award) and Sexing the Cherry .

In this, her first collection of short stories, Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery and word-play, she creates physical and psychological worlds that are at once familiar and yet shockingly strange.