Bloomsbury

Confessions of a Food Addict'Hunger is the loudest voice in my head. I'm hungry most of the time' One January morning in 2003, William Leith woke up to the fattest day of his life. That same day he left London for New York to interview controversial diet guru Dr Robert Atkins. What started out as a routine assignment set Leith on an...

A storm is threatening the East Coast of America, swelling the rivers and submerging the roads, and as the clouds gather on the horizon the inhabitants of a small Boston suburb feel their lives begin to spiral away from them. Vincent, a school teacher, meets with a former student, Henry, to discuss the wrenching possibility of hospitalising his...

Family SnapshotsEach story in this series offers a poignant glimpse of family life ' the ties we cling to; the ties we try to sever; and the ties that make us who we are. Told from a myriad of perspectives, from a dazzling array of some of the finest short story writers of our generation (including Jhumpa Lahiri, George Saunders, Jon McGregor...

"She's goin' back there. I can tell.She's breakin' her promise.She's breakin' my heart.She said she never would."Sive and Orlaith are twelve and thirteen. Yet despite their age, they are each responsible for the care of their respective parents. When the girls meet on a social day for carers, they forge a...

The history and literature of the Roman Empire is full of reports of dream prophecies, dream ghosts and dream gods. This volume offers a fresh approach to the study of ancient dreams by asking not what the ancients dreamed or how they experienced dreaming, but why the Romans considered dreams to be important and worthy of recording. Dream reports...

A pocketbook for the bride-to-beHave you ever wondered about the average age of brides 500 years ago or whether you are legally allowed to marry your brother&'s daughter&'s husband? Are you familiar with the marriage customs of the Na people of south-west China? Or would you know what to do if a swarm of bees attacked your wedding reception? Wonder...