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'One of the most dazzling luminaries of contemporary American fiction' Sunday Times'The most commanding and exciting and inventive rhetorical...

"David Solomons's zany, inimitable wit makes for a series of capers that are thrilling and satisfying."- The Guardian on The Secret in Vault...

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays...

We are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Characterized aby new technologies fusing the physical, digital and biological...

Regarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. From Goya's Disasters of War...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WITH A NEW CHAPTER ON TURNING THIRTY 'The book we will thrust into our friends' hands. Alderton feels like a...

A rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand years \'Oh journey upon journey, my life...

Part of "Penguin's" beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable...

Reflections by the creator of the essay form, display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts...

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe§§Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines:...

This is the exhilarating, life-affirming call to spiritual arms from world-renowned spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. 'Gurdjieff's voice...

Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson. Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of...

Effective and clear guide to the uses and abuses of punctuation and how to avoid common pitfalls and less obvious mistakes. New title.

A revolutionary reexamination of trauma's role in the life journey, opening the door to growth and healing Trauma does not just happen to...

What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter? Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University,...

This title is shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012. This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of "The Language Instinct" and...

The New York Times #1 Bestseller 'Millions of young women look to Marie Forleo as their inspiration for empowerment and achievement' Oprah...

The twentieth-anniversary edition of the million-copy-plus Bestseller THIS EDITION of James Gleick's groundbreaking bestseller introduces...

'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M.Cioran...

'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian Things I Don't Want...

A new selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination...

In 1808, the infamous Chinese Pirate Queen Ching Shih's fleet is betrayed żeby a rogue captain and a ship of treasure sinks into the deep...

'What a lovely thing this is: a book that delights in the sheer textural joy of good sentences... Any writer should read it' Bee Wilson...

Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama, William Shakespeares Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties,...

Inspired żeby Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's...

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on a journey of many years-the story spooling outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old...

An introduction and notes accompany this classic epic poem about a spiritual pilgrim being led aby Virgil through the nine circles of hell.

This collection illuminates this fascinating era of French poetry when poetic forms evolved at an astonishing pace.

"[A] joyously peculiar book." -- The New York Times Bjarnason s intriguing book might be about a cold place, but it s tailor-made to be...

Lovecraft has proven that he is a master of descriptive writing that creates a sense of mystery, atmosphere, and dismay. On an expedition...

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Florentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has waited nearly a lifetime in silence since his beloved Fermina married another...

Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusadesremains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed the world and...

Follow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world. Starting out over fifty...

'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive... A masterpiece' Liz Jensen, GuardianFollowing one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In this personal and wide-ranging exploration of how...

Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables,...

'Furnish for how you would like to live, not for what you want people to think.'When interior designer Frida Ramstedt moved from a characterful...

Combining military theory and raw accounts of its practice, Carl von Clausewitz's treatise "On War" has had a profound influence on subsequent...

The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting'...

A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. Clever readers...

This is a book about feminism, capitalism, sex, punk, youth, the city, the literary giants, anger, infatuation and the USA. A teenage coming-of-age...

This is the completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad's widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History...

'Eva Fraser's Facial Workout' first published in 1992. For nearly 40 years, Eva Fraser has been practicing her facial workout techniques...

The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's...

'All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages...' A selection taken from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Introducing Little...

Asimov tells the stories behind the science: the men and women who made the important discoveries and how they did it. Ranging from Galilei,...

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays...

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021A rich, magical novel...

What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring...

In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's...

Contemporary / American EnglishOne of the most famous American books of the century.Love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal...

A unique history of the Beats, in the words of the movement's most central member, Allen Ginsberg, based on a seminal series of his lecturesIn...

This book is about sweet shops, school days and summer holidays! It is the story of the famous writer Roald Dahl when he was a boy. These...

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world...

'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century'...

How can you revive and renew your relationship in just seven days?For the past fifty years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have been studying...

From the prize-winning author and teacher, Engelke presents a fresh take on why anthropology matters, discussing subjects from child-rearing...

"In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." ********* The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic children's story - the essential...

To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the...

Things have started to get quite... Peculiar... Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos.«Nuestra imaginación es la que ve yno los ojos.»Marianela es una joven pobre, deforme y menospreciada...

"The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work" is Alain de Botton's lucid exploration of a subject key to most of our lives. Why do so many of us love...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos.«?Por qué siempre tenía que sufriryo??Estar siempre vigilada, siempre acusada y condenada sinremisión?»Jane...

A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such...

This title presents a history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The...

In the final novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the famous detective reaches a pivotal moment in his career Maigret is a few years short...

A comic history of humankind's love affair with booze, from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Etymologicon'Haha!... Highly...

"The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny "Adrian Mole" series. Sunday July 18th. My father...

"Notes from Walnut Tree Farm" is a collection of writing by Roger Deakin. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks...

COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION Making Sense of the Troubles is David McKittrick and David McVea's classic history of the Troubles,...

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world part myth, part legend and part history....

What to Do When Someone Dies is another ingenious thriller from the best-loved, bestselling author, Nicci French. Ellie Faulkner's world...

The follow up to My Family and Other Animals and the second book in The Corfu Trilogy, the beloved books that inspired ITV's television...

Don't Point That Thing At Me aby Kyril Bonfiglioli - Book 1 of the Mortdecai Trilogy, now a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp Introducing...

Big Little LiesOdkryj trzymający w napięciu bestseller, na podstawie którego powstał nagradzany serial HBO, w którym występują Reese Witherspoon,...

I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky' These simple, inspiring...

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They...

In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy), Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account...

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays...

'If you want to succeed, indeed, to survive, among the British you must be able to handle this curious and dangerous phenomenon, the English...

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner...

Packed with over a hundred and fifty recipes and ideas for juices, smoothies, breakfasts, soups, salads, lunch-boxes, main meals, quick...

A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kidsBased on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical...

If Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout...

Best known as the author of 26 novels, the late Murdoch also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired...

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories...

"The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry" features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel...

Be inspired aby the stories of the women who have shaped our world. Discover who fought for women's rights throughout history, and find...

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the...

"Demons", also known as "The Possessed" or "The Devils", is a dark masterpiece that evokes a world where the lines between and good and...

One of our best-known living philosophers Guardian How do we respond to the refugee crisis - aby opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge?...

When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there...

New York Times Bestseller 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year 'A manual for the 21st-century...

The greatest gift we can give our children is the ability to think for themselves. The author shows how any parent can develop the thinking...

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'A must-read...accessible and yet so full of scholarship' Owen JonesWe need to talk about racial...

'It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth'. Sherlock...

The Inspiration For The Major New Netflix Series, How To Change Your Mind 'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman...

The New York Times bestselling book which examines how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with...

This collection brings together some of psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott's most important work contributing to our understanding of the minds...

Re-issues and Re-jacketing of this bestseller by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist...

'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over...

This new collection brings together "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled"; these four novellas are among the first...

Is there a murderer across the street?It's 1964 and twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated aby glamorous Gloria and the goings-on...

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Clarkson is back with a brand new book of hilarious stories and observations about our gone-wrong world. In November 2016 we woke up to...

A collection of rare texts from Ancient Egypt, newly translated for this essential edition§§The fascination that Ancient Egypt holds in...

People speak different languages, and always have. We all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. This title ranges across...

'It was the start of my second new life, in a city that had a spin of its own - a wilder orbit inside the earth's calm blue-green whirl....

'Beguiling... Limpidly written, effortlessly learned' William Boyd, TLS, Books of the Year In November 1838 Frederic Chopin, George Sand...

Organizations are a part of everyday life, whether in schools, hospitals, police stations or commercial companies. In this classics text,...

The ultimate collection of weird and frightening American fiction, including tales from Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel...

"Don't You Have Time to Think?" collects the witty, eccentric and moving letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman. Richard...

Is It Really Too Much To Ask? is the fifth book in Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series. Well, someone's...

Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and are just about to get married. But then, on Lydia's...