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Fuelled by anger at injustice and optimism about humankind's ability to make a better, truly communal society, the anarchist writings of...

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused young artist...

'I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night.'...

'Think of two parallel lines. One is the life of Lee H. Oswald. One is the conspiracy to kill the President. What bridges the space between...

The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War....

You can always recognize a painting aby Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A...

New cover edition, a collection of war reports written for the New York Herald Tribune in the latter part of 1943.

Offers a profound guide to living well through making small changes to everyday routines. Covers a range of subjects, from decision-making...

A cunningly plotted mystery which was to establish Braddon as the leading writer of Victorian "sensation" fiction.

Explores the way in which the technology that surrounds us and allows us to live our modern lives has actually been developed. Rather than...

How you dress matters. What you wear affects your mood, how you feel about yourself and how others think about you. As an Ivy League educated...

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

The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary. A devastatingly funny satire...

Thomas Cale has been running from the truth - his brutal military training has been solely for the purpose of destroying humanity. Now the...

'Even if you can't eradicate harmful ideas or remedy established evils, there's no reason to turn your back on the body politic'. In "Utopia",...

All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink And Soothe Your Soul Discover how to transform your home and your life with Mrs Hinch. Cleaning...

A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming passion...

Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled...

In "Utopia", More paints a vision of the customs and practices of a distant island, but Utopia means 'no place' and his narrator's name,...

'Every time you read "The Castle, " you find something new in it'" Sunday Times."" The Castle" is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor...

This selection of thoughts on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books, and much more is taken from Schopenhauer's last work, Parerga...

A cult modern classic, Tropic of Capricorn is as daring, frank and influential as Henry Miller first novel, Tropic of Cancer. A story of...

It is worse, much worse, than you think.The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't...

The definitive life of Jesus from the bestselling author of "A History of Christianity." Johnson's brilliant and powerful reading of Jesus'...

'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling...

Debut novelist Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense--a richly inventive...

This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge,...

I took seven years over this work, spent all I had, my time, money and energy. Part of the journey was a green riot and part a deathly bleakness....

In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution...

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction...

Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel...

The Radio 2 Book Club Choice'Witty and emotional... A page-turning delight' Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteThis is a...

The Regeneration Trilogy is Pat Barker's sweeping masterpiece of British historical fiction. 1917, Scotland. At Craiglockhart War Hospital...

From the bestselling author of "The Elegant Universe", Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos" takes us on an irresistible and revelatory...

When a Paris musician witnesses an altercation that may have been a murder, the young Maigret becomes embroiled in his first case. The thirty-first...

The German bestseller paints a powerful, candid portrait of a family in crisis amid the turbulent fall of the Berlin Wall.

Asher Lev ist Künstler. Als er das sensationelle Bild "Brooklyn Crucifixion" malt, lässt er darin all seine Qual und Schmerz einfliessen,...

A pickpocket steals Maigret's wallet only to return it the following day, on the condition that he visit the thief's apartment. When the...

More commonly known as "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", Victor Hugo's Romantic novel of dark passions and unrequited love, "Notre-Dame de...

The third book in the wildly romantic Gabriel's Inferno series żeby Sylvain Reynard, following on from Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture....

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover and document his native land; accompanied only aby his dog, he travelled all across the United...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021**From the bestselling author of Homegoing**______________________________________________As...

'Intense, gorgeous, troubling, seductive - a novel that has to be surrendered to rather than read' Sarah Waters AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER...

Dana Thomas' "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre" goes deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover...

A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All Nations Doris is going to be a big...

A series of books that have changed the world, inspiring debate, dissent, war and revolution, enriching lives and also destroying them.

A classic collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the American author, including some tales that have never been published...

George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change.The Lion and the...

Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate...

"The Trouble with Physics" is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through...

Following the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, a panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs from the celebrated author of A...

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

The celebrated, revolutionary novel from a pioneering Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, now for the first time in Penguin Classics with a...

A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from international sensation Jojo Moyes, author...

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper....

New collection of his critical writings, short fiction and poetry, introduced aby Peter Ackroyd.

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was among the greatest writers of the Enlightenment, and in "Jacques the Fatalist", he brilliantly challenged...

The hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible new weepy from Jojo Moyes

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the...

In response to rapid changes in the field of visual culture, this edition brings together key writings on photography, painting, sculpture,...

PRE-ORDER THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHALK MAN AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE BURNING GIRLSAn...

This is the new gorgeously romantic novel from bestselling author of Billy and Me and You're the One That I Want, Giovanna Fletcher. Praise...

These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash,...

New edition of the archetypal gothic romance, created żeby an Irish clergyman and featuring one of the most fiendish characters in literature....

The best-selling and multi-prize winning history of Britain from a naval perspective is now available in B format paperback.

All the books published aby a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain. In this book, the author meditates on the art...

A beautiful clothbound edition of Waugh's great novel of the lost golden age before WW2.

Catch Me When I Fall is a chilling novel of murder, madness and a woman on the edge from the Top Ten bestselling author, Nicci French You're...

Think Like an Artist by BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei. Why do some people seem to...

This is the second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of...

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

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout,...

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of...

Discover the fabulous healthy eating secrets behind the amazing }You Are What You Eat{ results and get ready to meet the new you. This plan...

Ihr Leben ist eine einzige Party, sie trinken und tanzen die Nächte durch. Gloria und Anthony sind ein Traumpaar - sie sind jung, schön,...

From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.We live in a world in which...

New edition.

"The Rebel" is Camus's attempt to understand the time 'I live in' and a brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt. Published in 1951,...

"The Last Four Things" is the second in Paul Hoffman's remarkable series. Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell. These are the "Last Four Things"....

'If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn]' - Noam Chomsky, 2017Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics...

The profoundly moving story of how love, courage and determination brought Greta Thunberg's family back from the brink 'Urgent, lucid, courageous......

A compilation of memoirs from the legendary mountaineer, including photographs from his most famous expeditions. Translated żeby Robert...

'The plotting is masterly, the atmospheric descriptions superb... Absolute bliss' Sunday Telegraph Summer 1987, the final years of the Cold...

Fully revised and updated for the first time in a decade - Guy Kawasaki's iconic, bestselling guide for startups of all kinds. Now featuring...

Reissue with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer of the novel capturing the essence of Jazz Age glamour.

The devil comes to Moscow wearing a fancy suit. With his disorderly band of accomplices - including a demonic, gun-toting tomcat - he immediately...

A reissue to coincide with the release of its follow-up, }Ghost Train To The Eastern Star{. Takes in the places, peoples, food, faiths and...

Explores the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939. In this book, the author describes drinking from sacred springs,...

This is a classic mystery from Dick Francis, the champion of English storytellers. Wine merchant Tony Beach will do anything for a quiet...

"The Phantom of the Opera" is Gaston Leroux's exquisite blend of Gothic horror and tragic romance, which formed the basis for a world-renowned...

'In this remarkable work, Robert Skidelsky unites his experience, knowledge and talents in a sweeping account of money and power' - James...

Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief...

Richard Overy's "1939: Countdown to War" re-creates hour-by-hour the last desperate attempts to salvage peace before the outbreak of World...

A haunting novella of fame and disillusionment żeby a Japanese literary iconAll eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer...

It is the seventh year of the Trojan War. The Greek army is camped outside Troy and Achilles - their military hero - refuses to fight. Inside...

"The Tain Bo Cualinge", centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a...

Our Little Cruelties

A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic...

'These essays...live and grow in the mind' - James Campbell, "Independent". Baldwin's early essays have been described as 'an unequaled...

Ellenberg explores the mathematician's method of analyzing life, from the everyday to the cosmic, showing us which numbers to defend, which...

It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop. Everywhere people continue to work, drink,...

We lived on a bunk built for four but in times of overcrowding, it slept seven and at times even eight. There was so little space on the...

'Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with...

Simon Baron-Cohen's "The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain" is an unflinching look at the scientific evidence...

Explores the place of typography in culture. This title is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial...

An Event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of reality, a religious belief,...

While Buddhism has no central text such as the Bible or the Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses...

The controversial story of the fashion icon who starred in her tumultuous era

"Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing...

"A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp". (Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)....

'Literature is not innocent', stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only aby acknowledging...

Winner of the Elizabeth Longford prize for Historical Biography 'Engrossing' Claire Tomalin / 'Superb' Sunday Times / 'A triumph' Daily...

This magnificent epic has been compared to works żeby Umberto Eco, Thomas Mann, and Dostoyevsky. Harry Mulisch's magnum opus is a rich mosaic...

An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed...

A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZE'Osebol is a magnificent success; it is hard to imagine it...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides...

The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for...

'One of the best books on evolutionary biology for a broad readership ever written' Edward O. WilsonA dazzling tour of evolution in action...

This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight...

Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's...