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Classic political theory.

On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she found...

The disturbing post-apocalyptic novel "The Chrysalids" by John Wyndham, author of "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Kraken Wakes" and dramatised...

In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance...

In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple...

1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body...

Providing the leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception, this...

Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped żeby...

Eeny Meeny is the rocket-paced serial-killer thriller debut from M. J. Arlidge. The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story...

Remember Me is her most recent historical novel. She made a mistake and now she'll never see home again...Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter,...

'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign'. To this 'one very simple principle' the whole of Mill's essay "On...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and...

New translation of the classic Japanese 20th century novel, by Meredith McKinney.

He is an amazing talent, one of the best around' Pep Guardiola Football's most prolific and controversial goalscorer has nothing left to...

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A robust and vibrant new translation by Jesse Byock that captures the majesterial sweep of the Old Icelandic original.

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'Don't compete! - competition is always injurious to the species, and you have plenty of resources to avoid it!'Welcome to the anarchist...

When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the...

What makes a hit a hit? In Hit Makers, Atlantic Senior Editor Derek Thompson puts pop culture under the lens of science to answer the question...

Pre-order Stephen Fry's bewitching retelling of the legend of Troy - a tale of love and war, passion and power - following his sensational...

Pre-order the enthralling new biography of Ernest Shackleton żeby the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.'THE definitive...

Penelope Lively's Booker Prize winning classic, Moon Tiger is a haunting story of loss and desire, published here as a Penguin Essential...

This is a magisterial, one-volume history of political thought from Herodotus to the present, Ancient Athens to modern democracy - from...

It's not enough to have great ideas. You also need to know how to communicate them. What makes someone charismatic? Why do some people captivate...

Paul Davies' "The Mind of God: Science and the Search for Ultimate Meaning" explores how modern science is beginning to shed light on the...

The first novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is an ode to the American Midwest and the immigrants who transformed it. To the anger...

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Die junge Lady Susan sorgt allseits für Aufregung: Frisch verwitwet, kokettiert sie im Nu wieder mit ihren Verehrern. Jane Austens schmaler...

The fourth book in The Plated Prisoner series - the 50M view TikTok Dark Fantasy phenomenon I have burned down the court of King Midas and...

The "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Persuasion" by Jane Austen. 'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment...

From the most celebrated Swiss author of the twentieth century.

***FEATURING UPDATED AND NEW MATERIAL******THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The...

New chronology and further reading.

This title presents an enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered aby the Catholic Church...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Food Rules, Michael Pollan's wise and witty critique...

This is the complete "Blackadder" scripts by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson and John Lloyd. Twenty-six years ago, Edmund Blackadder...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'The best book on the history of life on Earth I have ever read' Tom Holland'Epically cinematic... A book...

Black Milk is the affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing aby Turkey's bestselling female writer Elif Shafak,...

"I love The Happy Pear. Its cheery optimism is enough to make it a charming refuge...genuinely good food that brings healthy eating in from...

'A breathtaking, magisterial panorama, telling the epic story of post-war anarchy, dying empires and rising nation states. It makes us rethink...

This is the gripping, edge-of-your-seat finale to the ground-breaking THEMIS FILES trilogy żeby the author of Waking Gods and Sleeping Giants......

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'She found the best clay that one could desire: white, supple, sticky, cold... She would get a clear and tender material from which she...

Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling Q series returns with Redemption, a gripping treat for all fans of the Scandinavian crime...

Collection of aphorisms focusing on the moral and spiritual truth of Buddha.

In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped aby floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees....

Run or Die aby Kilian Jornet - The inspirational memoir of "the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation." (The New York Times)....

A gorgeous guide to the Danish art of creating a cosy, happy home.Our homes should be a place of comfort, a place to feel safe when we shut...

'Delany's works have become essential to the history of science fiction' New YorkerSamuel Delany is one of the most radical and influential...

Andrei Bely's masterpiece, "Petersburg" is a vivid, striking story set at the heart of the 1905 Russian revolution. This "Penguin Classics"...

A meticulously-observed drama of class warfare, E.M. Forster's "Howards End" explores the conflict inherent within English society, unveiling...

A fascinating, practical guide to making better decisions with our money, health and personal lives from Gerd Gigerenzer, the author of...

Originally published in 1933, this is an explosive story of conspiracy set in the early days of the Chinese Revolution. Translated żeby...

'Alderton is Nora Ephron for the millennial generation' Elizabeth DaySince early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth...

TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAITING TO HAPPEN... January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster...

'I cannot recommend this book enough' Dr Rupy Aujla' Your diet affects your body but it also affects your brain. Brain Food uses cutting-edge...

John le Carré was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors,...

The Memory Game is a haunting psychological thriller from the Top Ten bestselling author, Nicci French You remember an idyllic childhood....

The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain.In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died...

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation...

"The Mahabharata" is some 3,500 years old and is the longest poem in any language. It is one of the founding epics of Indian culture and,...

Do you want to be better at pursuing goals, grasping opportunities and facing set-backs? Do you want to FLOURISH? The author shows you how...

Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce and veterans from the wars are finding it hard to recover. She scrapes...

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed...

Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But...

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order...

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

In sixty-four bite-sized pieces of advice, Michael Pollan's "Food Rules" tells you everything you need to know to eat healthily, dine happily...

19. Jahrhundert in Polen: Die Schauspielerin Marina bricht auf nach Amerika. Dort plant sie, eine utopische Kommune aufzubauen... Voll Liebe...

Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes....

Most people would take an all-expense=paid trip to the beach in a heartbeat. Garrett Kelly only accepts to keep tabs on Sarah Daniels, who's...

Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. This is going...

Austerlitz is W. G. Sebald's haunting novel of post-war Europe. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport...

Learn an entire MBA course without spending thousands and waving goodbye to two years of your lifeIf you want to succeed in business then...

All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. Words like Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, Acorn and Lark represent...

Trade paperback. An approachable and powerful guide to staying healthy and fighting disease. Servan-Scheibe is a professor of psychiatry...

A fascinating picture of the American frontier emerges from Twain's fictionalized recollections of his experiences prospecting for gold,...

A beautiful new edition of the stunning debut novel żeby Nina LaCour, award-winning author of We Are Okay "Hold Still may be the truest...

THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 'Sexy...

Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!"...

'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true...

'A story for our, and all, times' Guardian The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage The townspeople of Oran...

Through interviews with chefs working in professional kitchens all over the world, culinary students, line cooks and restaurant employees,...

An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. §§Originally written in Japanese, this passionate,...

A history play whose villainous usurper is one of William Shakespeare's most memorably cunning and sinister characters, Richard III is edited...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA transcendent coming-of-age story about the ways a broken heart learns to love again. One summer morning,...

In a decade marked, much like our own, by simple fears, John Wyndham refused to make simple metaphors

After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about...

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the "Grundrisse" was considered aby Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory....

This edition includes an introduction and a diagram of Mount Purgatory, with commentaries on each canto which reveal the internal logic...

'Fast paced and a fantastic cast of characters. Kept me guessing to the end - and I loved the final reveal' FIONA BARTONDID YOU SEE ANYTHING...

From the high politics of Court and Cabinet room to the everyday discussions in kitchen or queue, Peter Hennessy's "Never Again: Britain...

This is a new translation of Georges Simenon's novel set in claustraphobic provincial town, book eighteen in the new Penguin Maigret series....

When inventor Stephen Scott abruptly fires his winning trainer Jody Leeds, the racing world is shocked and disgusted - though not quite...

From birth, genetic females are better at fighting viruses, infections and cancer. They do better at surviving epidemics and famines. They...

From the bestselling, prize-winning authors of beloved cult phenomena The Lost Words and The Lost Spells'Breathtaking and magical. Jackie...

Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she...

'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing'I'm...

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

Every single one of Stephen Fry's ties - whether floral, fluorescent, football themed; striped or spotty, outrageous or simply debonair...

Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our...

In a rural English village in the middle of a snowstorm, the unthinkable happens: the school is under siege. From the wounded headmaster...

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger...

Many of us experience pain in our childhoods, and young people face trauma all over the world. How is it possible to recover? Do those abused...

Overview of the most important event in European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the French Revolution. It received rave...

"Connectome", żeby Sebastian Seung is "One of the most eagerly awaited scientific books of the year...intellectually exhilarating, beautifully...

'Just the right dose of delicious steam' Ali Hazelwood'Fresh, fun and extremely sexy' Helen Hoang'Full of wit, charm and Big Firefighter...

An accessible new translation of this treatise on military tactics, which has been a central work of Chinese literature for 2,500 years....

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is the sixth title in Oliver Bowden's phenomenally successful Assassin's Creed videogame tie - in series. It's...

From the bestselling author of Middle England and Mr Wilder and Me comes a brilliant new state of the nation novelIn the Birmingham suburb...

Classic of Russian literature.

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

'A brilliant display of pyrotechnics, a compelling tour de force... Żeby a master jeweller of polished prose' The New York Times A private...

Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas' "The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles...

A new translation of this seminal work of Buddhist literature, aby Valerie Roebuck.

"Spiegelman's drawings are like demonic woodcuts: every angle, line, and curve jumps out at you. Stylishness and brutishness are in perfect...

Now in paperback, this is the true story of Hisham Matar's return to Libya, 22 years after his father was kidnapped and taken to prison...

The exquisite last novel from Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari KawabataIneko has lost the ability to see things. At first it was a ping-pong...

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