Jonathan Dimbleby
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

Jonathan Dimbleby attempts to get beneath the skin of modern Russia. Travelling by road. rail and boat, his epic journey takes him from the neo­classical splendour of St Petersburg to remote and inaccessible parts of Siberia. Jonathan was the only British television journalist to interview President Gorbachev during the Cold War, and returning to Russia for the first time since those days, he discovers a land transformed. But despite economic progress, he finds aspects of Russian society deeply troubling and takes a critical look at the way Russia has been run during the Putin years. Filled with a dazzling array of historical and literary references, this is a riveting account of modern Russia.

Jonathan Dimbleby is a distinguished broadcaster and author who has reported from Russia at pivotal moments in the country's history. He has written several bestselling books and is well known as the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions.

Ian Botham
Head On

Sir lan Botham. voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century, was a genuine all-rounder. He broke all the records, but he is just as famous for his off-field antics. Always controversial and confrontational, his life has been a sensational rollercoaster ride. From cannabis smoking to accusations of affairs, ball-tampering and air-rage. he became a figure of obsession for the tabloids. Now an unimpeachable icon of his sport. the time is right for Botham to set the record straight in his own words. This is the definitive, utterly candid. unmissable story of the English game's most inspirational legend.

Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City. where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane. has specifically asked for her, and he begins to talk. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered - and that more violent deaths will follow.