Chart Throb.The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted 'search' for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back into 'reality' television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex-factors themselves. Ben Elton, author of Popcorn and Dead Famous returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely hilarious deconstruction of the world of modern television talent shows. Chart Throb. One winner. A whole bunch of losers.

Gathers photographs by the popular rock musician that show aspects of touring as well as surreal visions of modern life

The Throb of Fear opens with Logan Baxter, an esteemed art dealer, being knocked unconscious before going missing. But who carried out this vicious attack and why? Kenny Kay, a private detective, is hired once again with devastating consequences. Discover what happens to Rosalinda Little, an artist, as she attempts to find Logan in a Goan orphanage. On her search, she stumbles across the most famous painting in the world! After two cold-blooded murders Rosa fears for her own survival and joins Logan's wife, Lynette Baxter in Florida, where they make some disturbing discoveries.

The freewheelin', freelovin', bi-boy is back on the set of a Louisana porno film. Ready to take on anybody who is horny and willing enough to get their hands on this big hunk o' burnin' love.

Jericho Beaumont, a playboy actor whose tawdry past has dampened his career, signs a contract to work with Kate O'Laughlin, a successful Hollywood producer struggling to resist being drawn to him

THE STORY: Take Charlene, a suburban mother who writes erotic screenplays for women in order to support her children; add Clyde, her funny, dangerously obsessive and estranged husband; toss in hormonally overcharged teenagers; and layer it all with