Michael Godley

With wit and insight the Dalai Lama shows how ancient truths can help us to live happy and fulfilled lives at a time when science and technology have taken over from religious belief.

Peter Diamond is back at Bath CID but doesn't believe his expertise is needed to solve the theft of a rare stamp from the local museum. But when a dead body turns up hours after the stamp, Diamond realizes the victim was a reader of mystery fiction - of the "locked room" variety.

WH Smith Travel Award. Fascinating portrait of Delhi & its people.

Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana, met and married Ruth Williams in 1948 after coming to Britain to study law; at the time mixed race marriages were considered unacceptable. The couple was forced into exile for six years after the racially oppressive regimes of South Africa and Rhodesia put the British Government under pressure.

Charles Paris, failed actor and amateur sleuth, takes on the role of a forklift truck driver in a promotional video and finds himself in an adventure involving corporate politics, product marketing and the world of sales conferences.

Charles Paris uncovers a complicated fraud at the BBC when a beautiful studio manager is murdered. Clues are hidden in seemingly innocent radio announcements and lead to a trap which nearly spells the end for Charles.

Set in a world where Hitler has won the War. Xavier March, detective, is sent to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake in Berlin. With the Gestapo one step behind he uncovers a conspiracy involving wartime corruption and is caught up in a race to reveal the truth, a truth that could change history.

After fighting with the Free French, Theo Cazalle only wanted to be reunited with his family. When he returned to his farm, Bonnemort, he discovered that his wife has been denounced as a collaborator and a German officer has been found dead on the farm.

Collection of essays describing the author's impressions of places visited on his travels.

The three Laws of Robotics ensure that humans remain superior and the robots are kept in their rightful place. But an insane telepathic robot results from a production error, and logically deduces its superiority to non-rational humanity.

In 1943 on occupied Guernsey the war seems a lifetime away. When a young woman is found murdered, both the Islanders and the Occupiers realise that this idyll cannot continue. Contains some offensive language and explicit sex.

In 1899 Boer forces have surrounded Ladysmith. British soldiers and townsfolk dig themselves in to wait for rescue, but the relief column can't break through! In this novel the drama and action of the three month siege are brought alive. Some violent scenes and explicit sexual content.

As a headmaster, cricket enthusiast, conservation campaigner, author and publisher, J L Carr was the most English of Englishmen. This biography, which manages to be comic and touching, tells the life of a thoroughly decent man.

This superb collection of articles show both sides of the author; the intrepid BBC foreign correspondent and the reflective private man.

Exhilarating story of hardship and resilience told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader whose struggle against Apartheid changed South Africa.

Sir Henry Courtney prepares for a dangerous mission in the service of the Crown. His four sons, all very different from each other, also embark on adventures that will change their lives and shape the destiny of the Courtney family. Some explicit sexual content.

When this book was originally published, Trevor Huddleston was one of the first people to speak out against the South African government and make the world aware of the injustice of apartheid.

1942, and threatened by a possible Japanese invasion, a spirit of recklessness takes hold of the people of Sydney. In the same mood recently ordained priest, Frank Darragh, finds the line between saving others' souls and losing his own begins to blur as he becomes entangled with an attractive woman and an American GI. X rated, contains offensive language.

A startling and revealing biography of the author of the Raj Quartet.

When Julie Summer's car breaks down in a sleazy street, a young Arab comes from a garage to help her. This meeting has intense and unpredictable consequences on both their lives.

Jude Craig is having an affair with Lee Han, a young investigative journalist. Sometime after she left him asleep his flat is torched and Lee dies. Jude is a prime suspect, as is her husband, Dan, but the police also discover that Lee has made enemies through his investigations. X rated, contains graphic violence.

Fleeing the American rat race with his two daughters and an eccentric aunt, Quoyle heads for his ancestor's home in remote Newfoundland. Here they all try to cobble together new lives.

Amusing memoirs of TV/radio presenter and the extraordinary characters who dominated his early life.

A New England fishing community provides Paul with a safe haven until a man from his past, intent on revenge, brings Paul face to face with his own turbulent history.

Gregor Jack’s successful career as an MP is threatened after a police raid on a notorious Edinburgh brothel. Then his wife disappears and two dead bodies are discovered.  Book 4 of series

The life of an Anglican monk who worked tirelessly against the nationalist government of South Africa as leader of the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Detective Harry Bosch of the LAPD is called in to investigate when a Hollywood producer, Tony Aliso, is found dead in the boot of his car. Evidence suggests that this is a Mafia hit but nothing is that simple for Harry! Contains some offensive language.  Book 5 of series.

A magical journey through the African Bush meeting the people and the animals the author encountered as a child.