Literature

Wendy Cope's first collection of new poetry since 2011's acclaimed 'Family Values', chosen as one of the Telegraph's 15 Best Poetry Books of All Time.

A double-sided joke book packed with jokes kids will love to read and tell.

Packed with over 300 awesome animal jokes to get your friends screaming with laughter. Full of entertaining elephants, funny fish, potty penguins, daft dogs and much, much more!

The real-life mystery featuring the two men - Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn - who inspired the creation of Sherlock Holmes. December 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle shocks his legions of fans by killing off the world's favourite fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, in Scotland, a sensatio...

For 40 years Christopher Hitchens' essays have been an essential element of the literary life of America and the UK. 'Arguably' is the definitive selection.

The poems in Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' include many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy' and 'Fever 103 degrees'. They were all written between the publication of Plath's first book, 'The Colossus' in 1960, and her death in 1963.

This hilarious compendium of original material is packed with favourites such as the street-talking World War II pilots, musical maestros Brabbins & Fyffe and accident-prone historian Dennis Lincoln-Park. There are also some new characters to discover, including Pharius and Horschstadt, the woefu...

A comprehensive selection of Dennis Potter's non-fiction writing, spanning his television criticism, political columns, lectures and radio talks.

If you want to make God laugh, Woody Allen once said, tell him about your plans. But most of us don't find it all that funny when things go wrong. Most of us want love. Most of us want a nice job, healthy children and a comfortable home. Many of us grew up with parents who made these things look ...

If you want to make God laugh, Woody Allen once said, tell him about your plans. But most of us don't find it all that funny when things go wrong. Most of us want love. Most of us want a nice job, healthy children and a comfortable home. Many of us grew up with parents who made these things look ...