An intense and impressive coming-of-age story that moves between East and West, tragedy and comedy, dazzling as it does

Stunning re-issue of Diana Athill's candid memoir of a life spent working as an editor, with some of the most celebrated writers of the post war generation.

Diana Athill's memoir of a life spent working with some of the charismatic characters who have dominated 20th-century literature. With inimitable wit and rare candour, she recounts tales from a long life in publishing, including reflections on editing writers such as Jean Rhys and Gitta Sereny.

While the world looked the other way, Sri Lanka's Tamils, civilians and rebels alike, were systematically and pitilessly attacked by their own government for five relentless months. Survivors of the devastation tell their stories of sacrifice, cruelty and bravery

An exquisitely crafted, strikingly original literary debut that is both a doomed Arctic adventure and a haunting love story

Join Gustavo 'Highway' Sanchez - a man with a mouth full of bad teeth and a life full of stories - on his quest for a perfect set of pearly whites.

The astonishing true story of the prisoner who posed as the worst serial killer in Swedish history

A definitive biography of Gershom Scholem, the founder of modern Kabbalah, as well as a moving memoir of George Prochnik's time living in Jerusalem.