Collected in one spellbinding volume for the first time, these are the digressive, exuberant, rip-roaringly funny diaries of one of Britain's best writers and heaviest smokers

The surprise smash hit - Japan's answer to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

A provocative and cinematic tale of isolation, friendship, the uses of sex and the art of finding salvation in the most unexpected of places

A award-winning book from an acclaimed investigative journalist, Cruel Britannia tells the hidden story of Britain's secretive and shameful record of torture, for the first time

Presents a tautly-plotted and suspenseful debut about an intense war-time friendship, a suppressed passion, a jealous crime, and a corrosive secret kept for decades.

Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories

Don't let death get in the way of a good chat.

An award-winning investigation into the shady world of international shipping, the hidden industry upon which our world turns and our future depends