Unlike other accounts of near-death experiences, Dr Alexander is here able to explain in depth why his brain was incapable of fabricating the journey he experienced. His story is one of profound beauty and inspiration.

Back in London after a dramatic trip to North America, Doctor Alexander Gregory finds himself without an occupation while he awaits the all-important decision of the disciplinary panel at Southmoor Hospital. That is, until he witnesses the death of a famous actor, live on stage during the opening night of King Lear. When the police rule the death suspicious, they call upon the elite services of Gregory and his partner in criminal profiling, Bill Douglas....

Specifically devised to alleviate backache, stiff neck and shoulders, poor breathing, bad posture, and even rheumatic pains, the Alexander technique is designed to help every aspect of your life.

Michael Alexander is angry, frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a school nurse. These are his confessions.

1635, Europe is in the grip of the Thirty Years' War. Fear stalks the streets as a ship recruiting for the wars lies at anchor. A sinister figure watches from the shadows. When the body of a young woman is found, Alexander Seaton realises that the figure in the shadows is known to him and has come for him.

The sculptor Alexander Calder and the poet Joan Miro first met in Paris in 1928 and went on to become lifelong friends. This book explores what the two artists saw in each other, and how they maintained their friendship across two continents despite the difficulties of war.

Aged 19, Alison McKelvie was a self-confessed romantic, immersed in books and poetry, and dreaming of beauty, truth and love. In 1940, whilst working as a secretary at MI6, Alison met Alexander Wilson. 30 years her senior, Alexander was worldly and charismatic. An intense affair quickly led to marriage and two children. But the Wilsons' lives then spiralled into the depths of poverty. Alexander was sacked, imprisoned twice, and then declared bankrupt....

A fascinating and compelling account of young boy caught between two cultures, 'Orphan of Islam' tells the true story of a child desperately searching for his place in the world.

For the first time, the highly-charged account from the man known as 'Marine A' who was at the centre of the controversial murder of a wounded Taliban fighter. His case led to an unprecedented wave of public support which raised over �800,000 to fund his appeal.