Nora Manin decides to leave her fractured life in London to start again in Venice - and there begins to unravel the story of her ancestor, Corradino Manin, an artist of glass that the famous island of Murano ever produced. This book is a combination of mystery, historical intrigue and love.

What lies behind the secret of Pope Silvestre II's mythical 'talking head', and what must be done now to halt its effects? Set in the year 1000 AD and the present day, this novel combines mystery, adventure, fact and fable.

A novel - by a well-known economist and political commentator - which offers a mix of action, humour and realpolitik. It renders characters and situations in a manner that blurs fact and fiction to give us a racy, behind-the-scenes take on politics, politicians, journalists and media owners and those who shape the way we perceive the world today.

Bernardino Luini, favourite apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci, is commissioned to paint a religious fresco in the hills of Lombardy. His eye is caught by the beautiful Simonetta di Saronno, a young noblewoman who has lost her husband to battle. This title tells a story of love and art set against the backdrop of the Italian Wars.

A work of a Ukranian-born cultural commentator and journalist whose life has been spent exploring the curious, the unusual and the plain dotty manifestations of human life around the world. It analyses how literature has bound his life, and explores how to survive in the modern world.

On the verge of giving up - anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives, this book features characters that walk the streets until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without them.

Jack Trent, the most effective CID officer in the history of the department, is having bad dreams. They are visions of the future that he has tried for years to suppress. Something happened to Jack in his childhood; something that means he cannot touch another living person; something that killed his mother, and has returned to his visions.

Follows the author from the New York art scene to Los Angeles' seedy, yet colourful underbelly - the world of alt porn. This work offers readers a fresh understanding of the industry, its players and its audience.

Tells of Sir Liontooth, who lays down his sword to make a perfect harmonious garden, but the herbacious mix of love, treachery, valour, terror, and civil war all but wrecks his dream. This gardening book features 19th century botanical paintings and drawings.

A guide to the issues surrounding global warming and the future of the world's energy supplies. It takes no sides - it's brief is to inform the citizen and thereby liberate the citizen. Written in clear, concise and often very witty language, it can empower consumers.

The sinking of the Titanic has long aroused debate, mysticiation and disagreement. This book presents the facts behind the fictions.

A memoir of growing up in St Monan's, Scotland. It brings the author to adolescence, the discovery of love and lust, and of Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare is dying and his last will and testament needs urgent attention. It is March 1616. Will's lawyer, Francis Collins, is at the Stratford deathbed, and is privy to the great dramatist's final words. The will must be watertight if his client's son-in-law, the execrable Thomas Quiney, is not to benefit by his death.

Features the life of Shakespeare, told by the playwright himself in the first person as he attends to his last will and testament.

Ian Carpenter was a 34-year-old property manager in Basildon when he found himself made redundant. He was looking at the recruitment pullout of the Guardian newspaper, and wondered: why don't I apply for every job here? So that's what he did, and along the way broadened his scope by applying to be the English football manager.

A Rock n Roll Odyssey. A fascinating and beautifully constructed memoir of a life inside the world that fascinates most, showbusiness.

Explores the phenomenon of collective guilt and how it attaches to a whole society, not just to individual perpetrators. This work considers: how to use the lesson of history to motivate individual moral behaviour; how to reconcile a guilt-laden past; the role of law in this process; and, how the theme of guilt influences the author's own fiction.

A novel that is set in a mythical southern Indian village. It describes the impact of the concept of modernisation on life in rural India.

Offering many parallels for contemporary society and politics, this novella features Francis who uses the power of words to oppose the authorities.

Joe Nightingale is tormented by visions of his mother's death. The Nightingales learn they have inherited an old house from a distant relative. Hoping to escape the shadows of the past, they decide to spend the summer at Daecher's Mill. But darker shadows await them. Who are the guests that have been brought here over the years?