Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job. So why is it he wants nothing more than the chance to speak at the next company convention? In this darkly satirical book, Joseph Heller takes us for a turn on the maddening hamster wheel of work....

Your sister might be the kindred soul who knows you best, or the most alien being in your household; she might enrage you or inspire you; she might be your fiercest competitor or closest co-conspirator, but she\"ll always share with you a totally unique bond....

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She\"s still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she\"s with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy\"s womb....

How to go on in a world where everything is set against you? With hope? In fear? Or, in violent struggle?...

Vintage Minis bring you the world\"s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between \"This is a history of intellectual courage, hard work, occasional inspiration and every conceivable form of human failing....

\"Because \\\"God\\\" is infinite, nobody can have the last word\" What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries? What is \"God\" and do we need \"Him\" in our modern world? Karen Armstrong looks again at these questions in a refreshing and startling way....

Vintage Minis bring you the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human – from birth to death and everything in between ‘Great art has dreadful manners… …The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs....

How do we love? With romance. With work. Through heartbreak. Throughout a lifetime. As a means, but not an end. Love in all its forms has been an abiding theme of Jeanette Winterson\"s writing. Here are selections from her books about that impossible, essential force, stories and truths that search for the mythical creature we call Love....

Why should one half be free to live, while the other is doomed to watch silently from the sidelines? In this visionary collection, Virginia Woolf leads us on a transformative journey through the liberating powers of the mind. From an exploration of......

Where do you go if you can\"t feel at home in your own family? When the people who made you can\"t fathom who you become? In these three tales of quarrelling clans and fraught reunions, Mark Haddon shows family in its frank, unsparing yet frequently absurd light, and, in doing so charts a stormy course into the crucible of the self....

When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, whether death can be good for our careers and why we......

In this inspiring, witty and eminently sensible book, Nigella Lawson sets out a manifesto for how to cook (and eat) good food every day with a minimum of fuss. From basic roast chicken and pea risotto to white truffles and Turkish Delight figs,......

Have you ever dreamt you were naked on stage, or woken having failed an exam? In these fascinating, pioneering essays, Sigmund Freud plunges into the recesses of our minds, and awakens the hidden meanings behind our most typical and surprising......

You’ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you’re destined for – what do you do? In Murakami’s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued......

How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a successful......