Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Serena is sent on a secret mission - Operation Sweet Tooth - which brings her into the world of Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom?

The internationally acclaimed bestseller from Iran now in mass market paperback

A compelling, funny and poignant novel about what happens when a family - and an entire community - are forced to confront the difference between right and wrong.

A poignant and heartwarming story about a group of women who form deep friendships through their love of scrapbooking - as memories are preserved, dreams are shared, and surprising truths are revealed. A novel about heart, about family and finding ourselves in places where we least expect from the bestselling author of Friendship Bread .

The last full new book, this distinctive and inimitable collection is the ultimate must-have title for Douglas Adams fans.

Famous writers on libraries real or imagined, past and future; why libraries matter and to whom.

Uncovers everything you didn't know you needed to know about how language evolves. This title helps you: learn the tricks to political propaganda, why we can talk but animals can't, discover 3,000-year-old clay tablets that discussed beer and impotence and test yourself at textese - do you know your RMEs from your LOLs?

Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday.