'To begin with, nothing was certain except her own terror ...'

A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris's best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career. Hand-picked by David himself, these are stories that will make you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, from "the funniest man alive" (Time Out New York).

A hot new series set in a high school for vampires.

*A classic novel of English adolescence

This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre.

Revealing insights into what your position in your family says about you and your relationships.

* A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time

A charming gift book of the strangest and most intriguing stories of London.