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Charlie Johnson is a veteran war correspondent who thinks he has seen it all - until he makes one rash expedition into a war zone in the Balkans.

Lark and her brother, Termite, who is unable to walk or talk but is deeply loved by his family. The two are raised by their aunt Nonie in place of Lola, their mother, and Termite's father, Corporal Robert Leavitt, who is caught up in the chaos of the Korean War.

A special tie-in edition to Michael Hoffman's new Oscar-tipped movie, The Last Station

The famous comedy actress Pauline McLynn has crafted a hugely entertaining and poignant novel

A novel about bloodthirsty 1950s movie cowgirls with hallucinogenic toadsucking properties: this is seductive, fine fiction at the cutting edge of mayhem

What happens when the minibus full of your fellow wedding travellers hits a bear in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness? From a lonely excursion to a Lisbon cafe to the sometimes disorienting experience of emerging from a New York subway, this work focuses on a range of subjects related to travel.

These early writings from award-winning playwright Ed Bullins explore the themes of loneliness and despair. The New York Times hailed the 'richness of language and observation' of these beautifully crafted stories - written, as they put it, by a 'black writer for black people'.

Alexandre Najjar was eight when Lebanon erupted into a bloody and brutal conflict; he was twenty-three when the guns at last fell silent. After seven years of voluntary exile, he is now back amongst his family and friends, and the past is quickly catching up with him. This work offers insights into the experience of childhood in war.

In this heartfelt collection of stories Druznhikov describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism as well as the plight of Russian émigrés in the USA in post - communist times.

At home in San Francisco, between research trips to Africa, renowned primatologist Suzanne Albrecht finds herself suffering from an unexplained fever. Dr. Tony Miller, one of the sharpest diagnosticians in San Francisco, is determined to uncover the cause. But Suzanne doesn't have time for hospitals ...

Kit and Alice are happy, in love and enjoying a luxurious weekend break abroad when the unthinkable happens. Their car spins off a mountain road and into an empty desert valley. Their lives are changed in an instant.

O what a ploughman I could be! How deep the furrows I would trace, If while I toiled, I might but see My mistress' smiling face!

Charming inspirational tale of a young woman who is different from those around her and we follow her as she fumbles to find her own understanding in a world of sameness.Being Human is about difference and the boldness is takes to stand out from the sea of similarity.

On a cold winter morning in Paris in 1893, Marie, a farmer's daughter from the Midi is helped across a bustling street by a diffident young artist named Pierre Bonnard.

A firebomb attack at a Plummer property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he saves a child from the burning building. But when Plummer enlists his help to track down the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than the ENS and his rapidly overwhelming codeine addiction. Manchester needs a hero and Callum Innes is the closest it has.