18 MAY 1996, Page 42

A selection of recent paperbacks

Non-fiction: This Year in Jerusalem by Mordecai Richler, Vintage, £7.99 The Weather Prophet by Lucretia Stewart, Vintage, £6.99 Modern Philosophy by Roger Scruton, Mandarin, £7.99 Georges Perec: A Life in Words by David Bellos, Harvill, £12.99 Konin: A Quest by Theo Richmond, Vintage, £8.99 Riding the Retreat: Mons to the Marne, 1914 Revised by Richard Holmes, Pimlico, £10 Celestine by Gillian Tindall, Minerva, £6.99 Tito by Jasper Ridley, Constable, £14.95 The Last of the Duchess by Caroline Blackwood, Picador, £5.99 Rebel Hearts by Kevin Toolis, Picador, £6.99 Deng Xiaoping: My Father by Deng Mao- mao, Basic Books, £12 Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann, Abacus, £6.99 Fight and Kick and Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter by W. Stephen Gilbert, Sceptre, £7.99 An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks, Picador, £6.99 Night by A. Alvarez, Vintage, £7.99 The Social History of Madness by Roy Porter, Phoenix, £8.99 Fiction: Electricity by Victoria Glendinning, Arrow, £5.99 Poor Souls and This is It by Joseph Connolly, Faber, £5.99 each School for Lovers by Jill Paton Walsh, Black Swan, £6.99 A Safe Conduct by Peter Vansittart, Peter Owen, £9.95 Her Husband's Children by Sophia Watson, Sceptre, £5.99 Kiss and Tell by Alain de Botton, Picador, £5.99 The Blue Suit by Richard Rayner, Picador, £5.99 Grey Area by Will Self, Penguin, £6.99 Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson, Black Swan, £6.99 Norman Lewis Omnibus by Norman Lewis, Picador, £9.99 Heart Songs by E. Annie Proulx, 4th Estate, £6.99 Boyfriends and Girlfriends by Douglas Dunn, Faber, £5.99 Party Going by Henry Green, Harvill, £8.99