* The third novel in the chronology of Vidal's epic NARRATIVES OF EMPIRE, embodying the passage of American history.

The three hilarious von Igelfeld novels - Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and The Villa of Reduced Circumstances - available for the first time in one volume.

The science fiction classic, reissued with stunning new cover artwork, an important new foreword by the author and a fascinating new introduction by Stephen Baxter.

The story of India's great flowering of wealth and cultural splendour

The long-awaited, candid memoir from Peter Doherty, whose talent as a musician has more often been eclipsed by a Herculean appetite for self-destruction: drugs, prison, prostitution, court, murder, death, robbery, car crashes and hospital emergencies.

The heart-rending story of one of Britain's top mediocre sportsmen, charting his dizzying rise from fleshy weekend golfer to bony weekend triathlete.

* A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life.

From the writer of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "All the President's Men" and "Marathon Man", Oscar-winning screen writer William Goldman presents his memories and views of movie-making, and of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman and Hoffman.