Penguin

Bait is J. Kent Messum's thrilling story of survival and sanity strained to its limits. Please know that no one will be coming to your aid. Much effort has been made to ensure this Six strangers wake up on a remote, deserted island, with no memory of their arrival. They appear to have been chosen at random. One of the castaways finds a letter they...

A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for a millennia. In 1906 the dreams of the city came crashing down. ...

For twenty- one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it's got me. That's how Benjamin Braddock talked when he came down from university. Somehow it didn't seem to be what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was really appalled when Ben raped Mrs Robinson...

Dawn French, number one bestelling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous returns with Oh Dear Silvia. Everyone knows the real Silvia, don't they? Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family and friends gather at her bedside, each thinking they know the real Silvia. But do they? For Silvia hides a secret. One she can never tell. And as her visitors...

Britain's most exciting young chef, Jamie Oliver combines bold flavours and fresh ingredients within simple recipes. He is at the cutting edge of modern life and modern British cooking. The Naked Chef has something for everyone - from those who want great food but want to keep it simple, to those who work for a living and don't have time to spend...

An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argued that psychosis is not a medical condition but an outcome of the 'divided...