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THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."The year is 1984. War and revolution have...

COMEDY, TRAGEDY, THERAPY. HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self on stage....

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2003 In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in...

Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris Opera. She is watched aby the Opera's 'phantom' - a mysterious masked figure who terrorises...

From one of the world's leading physicists comes a grand tour of the universe that makes readers look at space, time, and the texture of...

Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets...

Swallows and Amazons for ever!' The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger -...

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying...

The psychologists would call it folie a deux...'Bruno slammed his palms together.' "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you...

A reversion from Picador, new in Vintage paperback.

One of Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year In Landscape and Memory Schama ranges over continents and centuries to reveal the psychic...

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages and also one of the most controversial. She was beautiful,...

The annotated text of this modern classic. It assiduously illuminates the extravagant wordplay and the frequent literary allusions, parodies,...

This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics żeby one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food,...

Discover Dostoevsky's masterpiece. 'The old woman was merely a sickness...it wasn't a human being I killed, it was a principle!'A troubled...

'A poignant, piercing meditation on middle age and the passing of time... Will linger with you long after the book is closed' Guardian *SHORTLISTED...

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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD. 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than...

In these Hemingway stories, which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic...

'As cryptic and compelling as a fever dream... Bae Suah is one of the most unique and adroit literary voices working today' Sharlene TeoFinishing...

A literary sensation and runaway bestseller in hardcover, this brilliant debut novel offers, with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism,...

Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's...

Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in...

This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the...

Comprehensive and accessible book which uses the chaos theory as a way of looking at the complexities of nature. New edition.

A startling new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Historical fiction set after the 1940 presidential election in America, during...

Nobel Prize-winning author Morrison's latest "New York Times"-bestselling masterpiece centers on a powerful tragedy involving a mother and...

'BRILLIANT' Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast ShowWhen was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This...

A captivating and unexpected journey through the history of humankind's relationship with food, with an urgent message for our times. We...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN'[A] splendidly entertaining book, fizzing with character and incident' Spectator'Invigorating......

In his prologue, John Fowles tells us that "A Maggot" began as a vision he had of five travellers riding with mysterious purpose through...

This faithful but unpretending record of a remarkable adventure is hereby respectfully dedicated żeby the narrator to all the big boys and...

Anton Vowl is missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location...

One of the most widely admired writers of our time returns us to the captivating play and narrative allure of his previous novels-"G. "and...

Joe Trace, door-to-door salesman, erstwhile devoted husband, shoots to death his lover of three months, 18 year old Dorcas. At the funeral,...

Fraser brings to the 14 essays in this indispensable volume the sensitivity, freshness of observation, and offhand elegance that makes her...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY...

A fascinating study of the humble cod, and of the social and financial impact it has had on societies worldwide throughout history. Blending...

With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club...

A self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. Suffering...

In this ingenious book Perec creates an entire microcosm in a Paris apartment block. Serge Valene wants to make an elaborate painting of...

A couple of missing wives—one a rich man's and one a poor man's—become the objects of Marlowe's investigation. One of them may have gotten...

National Book Award winner. The long-awaited third volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert A. Caro's award-winning epic biography of Lyndon...

Meet Frantz Schmidt: executioner, torturer and, most unusually for his times, diarist. Following in his father's footsteps, Frantz entered...

What is it really like to be a racer? What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body during...

This title features a foreword aby Tim Butcher and an introduction aby Paul Theroux. In 1935 Graham Greene set off to discover Liberia,...

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Language aby Xiaolu Guo Death by Julian Barnes Love...

Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner's finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the...

In this collection that offers a mixture of dark humor, witty quips, and unsettling observations about the human psyche, Eagleman offers...

Reissue of the classic romance, by the author of }101 Dalmations{. Made into a successful film in 2003, it was first published in 1948,...

Richard Pipes, Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution, brings his remarkable erudition to an exploration of a wide range...

Reissue.

All the characters in HHhH are real. All the events depicted are true. But alongside the nerve-shredding preparations for the attack on...

Engineers of the Soul draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes....

'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her...

A Best Book of the Year: Time, NPR, The Village Voice, The Miami Herald, Financial Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookRiot "Powerful and...

The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse societies and cultures. "Keegan is at once...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between

What is money, and how does it work? In this tour de force of political, cultural, and economic history, Felix Martin challenges nothing...

This twist on the traditional from East London sconoisseurs Liam and Grace of All'Scone features 30 uniquely scrumptious sweet and savoury...

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music's iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry's evocative lyrics of aspiration and...

An exciting, passionate and bewildering flight into the question of the origins of the universe. Leading cosmologist, Alan Guth, tackles...

Breaking a long silence Oliver, a young Englishman, writes to his elder brother, Patrick. Oliver, the idealistic younger brother is living...

The Doll

Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. After a...

It encouraged me to appreciate this most underappreciated of professions more than ever' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtChristie...

Re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious death of Christopher Marlowe. Poet, lover and spy, Marlowe must negotiate through the gumph...

JANUARY 2013: CELEBRATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy she is repelled by his overbearing...

Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all fishes in the sea and all living things on the land were destroyed, there was a man named...

4 new books to the }Vintage Classics{ series, from Thomas Hardy. Hardy was one of the most acclaimed novelists of the late 19th century,...

'I would rather be with my grandfather on the Alp than anywhere on earth!' When Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss mountains with her bad-tempered...

Original and quirky novel, shot through with wry humour and razor-sharp observation, about a collection of misfits thrown together in Paris....

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled aby the Party....

"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining-board, which I have padded with...

This is suitable only for persons of strong constitution. Contains: Drug use; Perversion; Murder; Corruption; Sexism; Racism; Law; Enforcement;...

In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey to the Olympic games, fight in the wars...

A selection of the best of Dickens' Christmas stories and writings, in one beautiful edition. It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas,...

Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy - the story of the little boy I never was. The story of my father. 'What a beautiful book'...

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger How Do You Solve A Murder Without A Body? Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat...

With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off...

After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever.Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cain wittily tackles many of the...

Anne Carson has been acclaimed żeby her peers as the most imaginative poet writing today. In a recent profile, "The New York Times Magazine"...

Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....

Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION aby JACK ZIPES Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose made of gold...the folk tales...

A thrilling, witty, genre-busting book on microbes, one of science's hottest topics, by a debut writer with a huge following.

In this extraordinary epic poem, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey...

Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane? What's...

A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki\'s wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture. 'We find beauty...

This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare...

Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake? Courted aby the Prince of Wales and painted aby Toulouse-Lautrec,...

1680 Amerika. Die verstörende Geschichte der Sklaverei und einer Mutter und ihrer Tochter, gefangen in einer brutalen Welt, in der ein Akt...

'It's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?' My dislikes: Being an orphan, having...

Reissue.

Features hilarious stories about life's mishaps from the creator of the immensely popular blog 'Hyperbole and a Half'. This book is fully...

Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply felt essays examines topics ranging...

As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the...

Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced żeby occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a horrifying...

These six stories, written at the height of Camus' artistic powers, all depict people at decisive, revelatory moments in their lives. Translated...

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARNational book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing...

}Trainspotting{ ten years on. Reintroduces characters from the bestselling novels, }Trainspotting{ and }Glue{. "A worthy sequel...A touching...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD aby JORDAN B. PETERSON 'Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece...The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today'...

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half foot peak, now in Vintage Classics. Introduction by Bill Bryson.

Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the...

When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres...

Empress Dowager Cixi is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for 47 years, transforming it from a medieval state...

Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and...

In these seven stories, the author of The Makioka Sisters explores the territory where love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation...

Simon Serrailler is on sabbatical on a Scottish island, recovering from an exhausting murder investigation, when he is urgently summoned...

'Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch pototo' New Scientist Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human...

John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something...

Harry Morgan is a tough guy making his living during the Depression from his motor boat in Key West, Florida. Although he normally takes...

Set at the height of the McCarthy period, this is the story of a radio star, Iron Rinn, and how betrayal, cruelty and humiliation shattered...

Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Led aby the reliably under-insightful Binder,...

As girls, Nel and Sula shared each other's discoveries and dreams in the poor black mid-West of their childhood. Then Sula ran away to live...

Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes...

"Fury" is a wickedly brilliant and pitch-black comedy about a middle-aged professor who finds himself in New York City in the summer of...

The story of K and his arrival in a village where he is never accepted, and his relentless, unavailing struggle with authority in order...