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An illuminating and unusual book about how famous artists have anticipated the discoveries of neuroscience.

Michel Faber's bestselling blockbuster set in 19th-century London

A vivid biography of John Lee Hooker, from a critically acclaimed journalist

Edited by Robin Lorimer, and with a new introduction by James Robertson

'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever . . . Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph

Examines the important figures in the creation of modern jazz, detailing the emergence of bebop through the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. Using this as its starting point, this title delves into the developments of jazz composition, modal jazz and free jazz.

Liverpool, 1955. Actress Dorothy Wilson is offered her first major part in a feature film. But her boyfriend Sam wants her to settle down and start a family. Meanwhile, Lynne Donegan is bringing up her daughter on her own, eking out a meagre living as a dressmaker. The two women's lives are destined to intertwine in ways they could never imagine.

When there's a brutal murder at Mullings, ancestral home of the wealthy Stodmarsh family, housekeeper Florence Norris and local publican George Bird are determined to protect their nearest and dearest from suspicion. Could there be a connection with the mysterious 'ornamental hermit' who lives on the estate? It's up to Florence to find out.

The second novel from the IMPAC-winning and Costa-shortlisted Kevin Barry

The must-read, bestselling memoir by James Rhodes

Sparkling comedy from P.G. Wodehouse read by the inimitable Martin Jarvis

A very accessible, often laugh-out-loud funny, always illuminating trip around one of the most fascinating countries in the world

The brilliant new mind-frazzling adventure from the author of the 150,000 copy-selling The End of Mr. Y

From the International Man Booker winner - a fever dream of a novel where love, jealousy and obsession collide

The Venetian Years Memoirs by Giacomo Casanova

'The book everyone needs to read' JEANETTE WINTERSON, The Times

'The funniest book I have ever read' Steve Martin

'Dyer is becoming a character just as arch and seductive as that professional self-effacer from the previous generation, Alan Bennett' Observer

From a writer whose books succeed in either subverting or creating genres comes a unique look at an inaccessible world

This brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey.

Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being an inspiring mark of resistance. In 1939, its performance sparked controversy (and sometimes violence) wherever Billie Holiday went.