Bloomsbury

Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai and forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen, Anchee Min found herself in an alienating and hostile political climate, where her only friendships were perilous and intense. Both candid and touching, this compelling memoir documents her isolation and illicit love against the...

Alec Waugh describes his novel as an erotic comedy. It is the story of a respectable Treasury official, Victor Trail, and his wife Myra, whose marriage has lost its flavour, owing to Victor's clock-work schedule and Myra's bland acceptance of it. The unexpected revelation that Victor has suspiciously altered his routine rouses Myra out of her...

These days, we all need the ability to argue a case effectively inwriting. Drawing on his long experience as a leading copywriter,Lindsay Camp shows how it’s done-whether the ’end product’ is a glossy magazine ad, a new business proposal, a page for the company website, or just a hasty email to your boss. Engaging, entertaining...

The A Circuit is the top of the top when it comes to horse showing. Its a world with its own rules and super-privileged lifestyles. Teens employ private tutors so they can travel the circuit all year showing horses that cost as much as some peoples homes.Tommi, Kate, and Zara are all elite competitors on the circuit, but they come from totally...

England's Secret Intelligence Organisation, S.H.H. (Strictly Hush-Hush), is composed of several departments which are scattered over the capital city in undisclosed locations. Behind the facade of a seemingly ordinary bed & breakfast hotel in Pimlico resides the offices of P.S.S.T. (Pursuit of Scheming Spies and Traitors).Dawn finds herself drawn...

Eva Wylie, the heavyweight wrestler heroine of "e;Bucket Nut"e;, returns. She has a big mouth and large biceps, but meets her match in tiny, tenacious Crystal, a street companion from the past. Crystal's prostitute sister has been beaten to death and she's seeking revenge....