'Hotel Babylon' is a trawl through the highs and lows, the extremes, the tragedies, the miseries, the decadence and the debauchery of the ultimate service industry - where money not only talks, but gets you the best room, the best service and also entitles you to behave in any way you please.

The fifth book in the bestselling 'Confessions' series. Press junkets; premiers; Dom Perignon: they're all in a day's work for your average Hollywood celebrity. But what's it like on the otherside of the microphone? In this no-holds-barred memoir, showbiz reporter Holly Forest reveals the less glamorous side of the world's most glamorous industry: show business.

Michael Winner's life as a movie director, food critic and general mover and shaker has brought him in touch with many of the most famous people in the world. These stories feature stars of film and TV, figures from his personal life and things in general that have amused him and will amuse the reader.

As a career diplomat, Michael Shea spent his working life in the company of the powerful and famous, from American presidents to the Pope, as well as film and literary giants and the Royal Family, and their true characters, wit and weaknesses are portrayed in this collection of anecdotal refletions.