1929, Tripoli, and Liliana is sure she is on the brink of a great adventure. What awaits her is not the Mediterranean idyll of cocktail parties, dashing officers and romantic intrigues she had imagined. Instead she finds a world of persecution, repression, corruption and deceptions both great and small. Blown about by the winds of fascism and Catholicism, Liliana becomes enmeshed in a dark liaison which has terrible consequences both for her and those she loves most. The Fourth Shore is the sliver of fertile land along the Tripoli coast, the 'lost' territory Mussolini promised to reclaim for Italy, which is how 17 year old Liliana arrives there from Rome to join her brother and his new wife on a ship filled with eager colonists. We journey from the sand storms of Tripoli to a North London suburb where, as plain Lily Jones, she begins to uncover a secret she has buried so deeply that even she is far from certain what it is. A real treat, this is a beautifully written account of the long consequences of war set in a richly evoked Rome of the 1970s. 372pp, paperback.

'This moving tale of growing up in a Maoist cult, and the traumatic aftermath, explores ideas of freedom, control and identity with warmth and humour.' - Observer. This award-winning novel is 'literary gold'. - Sunday Times. Nina X has never been outside or met another child. She has no books, toys or privacy. Nina X has a lot to learn. She has no mother or father; she has Comrade Chen, and her Comrades Uma, Jeni and Ruth. Her closest emotional connection is with the birds she sees when she removes the plasterboard that covers her bedroom window. Comrade Chen has named her The Project. She is being raised entirely separated from the false gods of capitalism and the cult of the self. He has her record everything in her journal to track her thoughts. In order to keep her identity pure, her words are erased, over and over again. But that was before. Now Nina is in Freedom, and all the rules have changed. She has to remember that everything is opposite to what she was told, and yet Freedom seems to be a very confusing and dangerous place. A most brutal and innovative novel which is challenging, horrific and visceral, experimental and humane, but also a deeply serious of a mind-bending cult and the difficulty a survivor has in adjusting to the world of normality. 273pp, paperback.

November 1989 and society in El Salvador is immersed in the horror of civil war. On a fateful November dawn, a group of armed men entered the Universidad Católica and murdered six Jesuit priests with their housekeeper and her daughter in cold blood. Survivor of the massacre Father Tojeira is forced to take the reins of control in the sinister days following the attack, desperate to uncover the truth behind the terrible slaughter and discover who these assassins are. The only witness however has been silenced by the authorities. Inspired by the tragic events that shook Latin America, November is a moving and unsettling novel about fear, hate and impunity and the first book to cast some light on the crime that was never solved, and an attempt to speak out, as the murdered Jesuits attempted to do, in the defence of the disadvantaged. 293pp, paperback.

The Paris Review said, 'timelessly cinematic, with painterly visual descriptions and pitch-perfect dialogue that ranges across class, region, race, age, and gender.' The stories contained here are as American as jazz, and as wise and as multifaceted as their writer. Dorothy West's metier is the unique crucible in which America places its black middle class, but her themes are universal - the daily misunderstandings between young and old, men and women, rich and poor that can lead to tragedy, and the ways in which bonds of family and community can bring us together and tear us asunder. These autobiographical essays explore the poles of West's remarkable life from growing up black and middle-class in Boston to her near-mythic trip to Moscow in 1933 with Langston Hughes and other Harlem Renaissance writers to live on her beloved Martha's Vineyard. A celebrated novelist, short story writer, essayist and editor, this is a collection of her most luminous stories, a world of black people reaching for the American dream in the wake of slavery and often finding themselves betrayed or betraying themselves in their struggle to conform to standards that are only half theirs. She writes like a social historian, capturing significant moments that seem to alter lives forever or change nothing at all. 17 short stories and 13 essays in what may appear to be two books in one by a writer of huge compassion and acute observation. 272pp, paperback.

Two bodies are discovered near Gubu, one burning at the base of a tree struck by lightning and, on the banks of the Zambezi, a second killing which threatens to tear Detective Sibanda's life apart. The victims are not connected, as one is a foreign wildlife researcher, and the other a local driver, but Sibanda's intuition tells him the murders are linked. The only clues are a fragment of material found in the brain of one victim, a puncture wound in the thigh of the other, and a diary full of coded names. As Detective Sibanda and Sergeant Ncube investigate further, they find links to an ivory smuggling gang, and in their pursuit of the killer not only have to cope with their temperamental Land Rover, their chief inspector's lack of cooperation, but a rough and remote landscape full of wild and dangerous adventure. An intricate detective yarn told to the gentle music of the bush, and the harsher notes of the poachers' deadly gunfire. 249pp in large glamorous softback.

From the creative genius and author of the modern classic 'Sophie's World' comes a novel about loneliness and the power of words. Jakop is a lonely man. Divorced from his wife and with no friends apart from his constant companion Pelle, he spends his life attending the funerals of people he doesn't know, obscuring his identity in a web of improbable lies. As his addiction spirals out of control, he is forced to reconcile his love of language and stories with the ever more urgent need for human connection. The book is written in the form of a long letter by Jakop to a woman named Agnes about his life and encounters with the members of the Lundin family through the years. Jakop is a university professor with poor social skills and the use of Pelle allows us to question our own styles of communication and understanding of ourselves. A poignant and funny book for our times, full of life and hope. 321pp, paperback.

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, this fascinating debut is about a gifted artist with cerebral palsy and his young carer Janet who is struggling to find her way in the world. Brutal, tender, philosophical, visceral, complex and so well written, it is a deft exploration of two entwined lives. The character of Janet is incredible, utterly believable and this is one of those books that sneaks under your skin and expands you. Thoughtfully devised, it is a disquieting and unsettling read about the balance of power, cruelty and compassion, a multi-layered exploration of the able and the disabled body. Through the experiences of Janet who shares with us her enthusiasm and disappointment, love and loss, care for others and self-loathing, we discover the possibilities a disabled body offers which is far from incomplete or needing to be fixed. Beyond describing in vivid detail Sean's disability, Alex Allison uses it to pave new literary ground, making use of unusual figures of speech that allow the reader access to another way of looking at the world. Janet is caught between care work and caring for herself and her life revolves around Sean, a talented fine art student living and working with cerebral palsy. Both are new to London and far from their families, finding a means of escape through pushing their bodies to the limit. When Sean is faced with an unexpected and deeply personal tragedy, Janet must let her guard down at last and discover what she's prepared to fight for. 259pp, paperback.

Sub-titled 'A Cultural and Practical Guide for All Business Professionals', this new edition updates and expands valuable cultural and practical information and is necessary reading for all professionals working with or in the Middle East and North Africa. It covers the practical impact of Islam on business, significant changes in recent years, understanding Saudi Vision 2030 and other key initiatives in the region, issues of particular importance to all businesswomen, and for men who might be working with Arab and Muslim businesswomen. It covers business etiquette from handshakes and business cards to dress codes, political and social dos and don'ts, how to communicate effectively including remote and virtual communication, and the practicalities from the initial visit to establishing productive working relationships, including opening an office. Includes overview of geography, demographics, Sunnis and Shi'a law and order, passport and visa, taboos, gift giving and what to do in free time in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jerusalem, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. 306pp, paperback, charts and graphs.

Ragnvald Eysteinsson is now king of Sogn, fighting battles for King Harald. He navigates a political landscape that grows more dangerous the higher he rises. His sister Svanhild has found the freedom and adventure she craves at the side of a rebel explorer Solvi Hunthiofsson, though not without a cost. She longs for a home where her quiet son can grow strong, and a place where she can put down roots, even as Solvi's ambition draws him back to Norway's battles and keeps her divided from her brother. The novel is set six years after 'The Half-Drowned King' in the fjords and halls of Viking-Age Scandinavia, a world of violence and prophecy, where honour is challenged by shifting alliances and vengeance is always a threat to peace. An unusual Viking saga with its complex web of rituals, lore and debts of honour, this seafaring epic of Norsemen is an ambitious tale rich in historical detail and can be read without having read the first novel. 444pp, paperback.

What if you had an 'undo' button? Arlo Knott develops the mysterious ability to reverse his last action which makes him able to experience anything, to charm any woman, and impress any friend. His is a life free of mistakes, a life without regret, but second chances aren't all they're cracked up to be. As wonderful as Arlo's new life is, a mistake in his traumatic childhood still haunts him, and the temptation to undo, undo and keep undoing could be too much to resist. 'One of the most intelligent and readable high concept British novels of the last ten years' - Starburst. We meet a deeply flawed yet lovable protagonist who is utterly believable as we follow him from age 13 to adulthood, from success to success through luck more than his ability, the novel has echoes of 'A Time Traveller's Wife'. 436pp, paperback.